Art Education- To expand and explore on the idea that art is everything around us and that everyone is able to create art and create it well.
Teaching Approach- To balance freedom/diversity, growth, and expectations so that students may reach their individual potential.
EDUCATION: B.S. ART ED, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA Major: Art Education K-12 May/2014 GPA: 3.72
Transfer Student, Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg, PA Major: UGRD Visual & Perform Arts/Education Fall 2010-Fall 2011 Major: Architecture Fall 2008-Spring 2010 GPA: 3.4 - Credits: 92
AWARDS/ HONORS: Kutztown University -Deans List Fall 2011- Spring 2014 Juried Senior Show Spring 2014 -Artists Mug: Andy Goldsworthy (Photo) -Natures Mug (ceramic and glazed) -Wedding Flower (Sterling Silver and Nickel Silver Hair Comb) Harrisburg Area Community College -Deans List (Harrisburg Area Community College) Fall 2010-Spring 2011 Juried Honors Show Fall 2012-Fall 2011 -1 mixed media (2D Design) -2 photographs (Digital Photography) -1 ceramic Sculpture (3D Design) -1 Strathmore Sculpture (3D Design) -1 Painting (Oil Painting) Digital Photographs Published Spring 2011 -The Wildwood Journal Vol. 31 pg. 32 & pg. 80 with featured writer Patty Hanahoe-Dosch
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: NAEA member Spring 2013 -Fall 2014 Attended conference Pride and Prejudice: GLBTQA Spring 2014 Attended PAEA conference Forging a Strong Future Fall 2013 Attended NAEA conference Framing the Future Fall 2012 Designed and completed Centerpieces for Framing the Future Fall 2012