Teaching Artist Portfolio Course

Dear Art Educators:
MassArt is offering a great opportunity to work with artist Chandra Ortiz (nominee for this year’s ICA Foster Prize). This evening studio course is specifically designed to engage art educators in their own studio practices in a supportive community of artists/teachers. Please consider taking advantage of this unique opportunity and bring your art educator friends! The course description and Chandra’s bio are below.
Best regards,
Dan Serig
Chair and Associate Professor of Art Education
 

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Professor Emeritus Dean Nimmer Wins Teaching Award

Dr-Dean-withKidsforwebDean Nimmer (Professor Emeritus, 2D Fine Arts) has been chosen for the 2010 Distinguished Teacher of Art Award by the College Art Association.  The award will be presented at the CAA conference in February.

In his “retirement,” Dean is working on his second book, Making Abstract Art, teaching at Holyoke Community College, and teaching elementary art at Curtis Blake Day School!  He’s an inspiration to us all.

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