I’m thrilled to share that I have been selected as an @arteffectlmc 2024-2025 ARTEFFECT Ambassador! I have guided students through the ARTEffects competition for the past two years, and decided to apply to be an ambassador for this school year. It’s been a wonderful experience to collaborate and learn new teaching strategies from the cohort of amazing ARTEffects educators.

ARTEFFECT Ambassadors is an online fellowship for educators working directly with students in grades 6-12 to foster the visual arts. Ambassadors learn from and alongside other high-level practitioners through visual-arts-based learning about the inspiring and diverse stories of Unsung Heroes from history. During the school year, the Ambassadors cohort participates in virtual professional development sessions and completes an innovative capstone project that engages their classrooms and communities.

As an ARTEffects Ambassador, I have developed a Capstone Project highlighting students’ Unsung Heroes artwork and impact statements. The ARTEffects project was launched in my Art 2/Art3/Art 4 classes in January 2025, and students have been working diligently to create narrative art that tells the story of their chosen hero. They have conducted extensive research, gathered reference images, collaborated in groups as they’ve developed their ideas and their artwork, and are now writing Impact statements. The Southwest Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library will host an ARTEffects Exhibit this summer, featuring the work my students have created. A special section for ARTEffects will be featured in the Spring/2025 issue of the PRP Pulse. Artworks will be spotlighted with an online gallery and displayed in a school-wide exhibit. Stay tuned…I will begin posting artwork in an online gallery (here) in the coming weeks.

I’m excited to embark on my journey sharing the inspiring stories of history’s #UnsungHeroes through #visualarts education and #artsintegration.

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