HeartofArtClass

Visual & Performing Arts Department Chair at a small high school in California. My art students are National Art Honor Society members and are continuously finding ways to beautify our community. I have taught, Art 1-4, Ceramics 1-3, and Graphic Design 1 (Adobe Illustrator)- 2 (Adobe Photoshop).

My teaching style is rigorous, sarcastic, and a little bit of tough love. I teach in a dominantly wealthy area and strive to not "hand-hold" my students. On other side of things, I am the nurturing type in a time of need. I am loud and teach with accents (why not?) I am the only art teacher at my school so I do what I can to make it work. All first-level courses cover a brief Art History, Ceramics History, or Graphic Design History timeline that we cover throughout the year. Projects are broken into large units that I backward mapped into activities and demonstrations.

I was "the art kid" my whole life. I went to California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, California and received a BFA in Art & Design with a concentration in Graphic Design. I received a Single Subject Art Credential (and a Single Subject Home Ec Cred for fun).

I am a wife to a fireman and a mother to a beautiful baby boy that suffered a stroke around birth. Outside of teaching, my family works with him daily to encourage use of the right side of his body. I appreciate your patronage to my shop as medical bills are always ongoing. Thank you.