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TAA Faculty

The Academy core faculty consists of twenty nationally recognized professors, academic instructors, and artists assembled from leading, universities, schools, and arts institutions from throughout the United States. A rigorous curriculum, cutting-edge methodology, and a unique philosophical perspective provide world-class instruction, community, and renewal to arts educators from across Tennessee and the nation.

From the Block to the Booth
Presenter: 
Candido
 
Crespo
Upper Middle/Secondary
 
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Visual Art

About 
Candido
 
Crespo

Candido Crespo is more than an artist; he is a storyteller, an educator of eighteen years, and a devoted father whose work pulses with the vibrancy of everyday life. A graduate of The State University of New York at New Paltz and at Stony Brook, Crespo spent years refining a multidisciplinary approach that dances between the precision of drawing and the tactile, layered worlds of printmaking and collage. Today, his practice is a celebration of the human experience. Whether through the athletic energy of his Hoop Screams series, the cultural resonance of the Vejigante mask, or his intimate explorations of Fatherhood, Crespo's work invites the viewer to find joy in the complex. Beyond the studio, he is a catalyst for community. Through his creativiDAD project, he empowers fathers and male guardians to embrace creativity as a vital parenting tool, proving that art isn’t just something you look at—it’s something you live.

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