Monica Mitchell (TPP 2009) will be teaching elementary art in the Lynn Public Schools– K-5, art-on-a-cart, 6-7 classes a day.
Some of the elementary students have never had art in school before! Lynn has added several new art teacher positions this year to address this situation.
Naomi (Fletcher) Graham aka Nome (BFA, Community Education, 2003) recently lead a group that painted the new emergency entrance corridor for the Monadnock Community Hospital. Keeping in mind that the people entering the hospital this way are in distress and most likely lying on a stretcher, the artists designed the mural to soothe and relax. Nome worked with high school students designing the mural elements and painting the sea creatures that line the walls and ceiling. Elementary grade students were then invited to contribute their own original paintings along the lower walls. The overall effect is one of moving through a a watery dreamscape.
You now have the option of taking the Communication and Literacy MTEL test on a computer instead of paper and pencil.
Information at MTEL:
Note: If you want to register for computer-based testing, check seat availability before paying the registration fee and test fees. Once you pay the registration fee, you will not be able to get a refund even if there are no available seats on the dates you want. Computer-based testing is popular, and most seats are booked far ahead of time.
Jim Chisholm (MSAE 1995) is now a full Professor of Art at North Shore Community College.
He will have six paintings and some poems in a group show “…As Lovely as a Tree” at Gallery Della-Piana in Wenham August 14 – October 9. The opening is on Saturday, August 14th between 4 and 6 pm, with poetry readings at about 5.
Art Education MSAE and MAT students, accompanied by Professors Dan Serig and Juan Ormaza, recently returned from another inspiring trip to Ecuador. While there, they took a boat trip up the Amazon and taught in a local school. Visit the Ecuador Gallery to see some of their photographs.
Mariah MacGregor, who will complete the MAT in August 2010, will be teaching at River Valley Charter School in Newburyport, one of two public Montessori schools in the state.