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Debra's Summer Art Classes - Registration Form
Debra has been teaching art for 4 years
in a variety of settings including public school, private school, private lessons, and in a museum setting. She
is the current art teacher at Farragut Elementary School in Culver City, CA. Debra made her career change
from graphic design shortly after beginning teaching part time at Worcester Art Museum in 2004, becoming a Massachusetts certified
teacher of Visual Art, grades 5-12, and most recently recieving her California teaching credential in Visual Arts k-12.
During her time at Saint Bernard's CCHS in Fitchburg, MA,
she taught Arts I, II, III, and IV, to grades 9-12. Here, the art teaching experience included addressing
Arts I-IV in a single class period, teaching each level simultaneously through scheduling demonstrations and introductions
at different times so that all students were continuously engaged whether designing, sketching, completing projects,
or critiquing. She is experienced in teaching all levels of students in various media, including pencil, charcoal,
pastel, oil pastel, watercolor, acrylic, tempera, printmaking, ceramics, mixed-media, computer graphics, sculpture, pen &
ink, and more.
In the summer of 2006, Debra created an art day camp at Saint Bernard's
with her partner Dominic Quagliozzi to co-found Camp DestinationART, a week-long art day camp for ages 5-13.
During Debra's three-year employment term at the
Worcester Art Museum, she taught a range of age groups from kindergarten to eighth grade, concentrating primarily
on the middle school ages as well as grades 3-5 through the Worcester Public Schools After-school Enrichment Program. At
these programs, Debra taught a range of experience levels in various media, centered around the themes, Art
Around the World, and Visual Literacy.
At Farragut Elementary, Debra is the Art Consultant for a school community
of 500 students as well as the coordinator of Farragut's After-school Arts School & Technology Program (F.A.A.S.T.)
This year, she is working on the theme of "Community" for Farragut's annual art fundraiser ARTWORKS! scheduled
for April 25th, 2009.
Additionally, Debra is pursuing her Masters of Fine Arts degree
in Studio Art full time at the California State University of Los Angeles.
Farragut Elementary School Art Department (FF 2minutes 28 seconds)
Teaching Philosophy
Debra's basic philosophies of education
have stemmed from her experiences as a young teacher. "Mostly, I believe that everyone in their own way is an artist, and that all students
must be allowed the opportunity to create, think freely, express, and learn. Art is for everyone, and is everyone;
its mysteries must be unlocked before it can be understood. Teaching students what art is, how it evolved, and what it can
be, is an extremely valuable tool for young members of our cultured society. Art is a mirror of many subjects;
math, science, music, language, philosophy, religion, sociology, and most of all history. It is fundamental that our
educational system recognizes this mirror as well as art's role in the interrelation of subjects and people.
The impact of art on a young person's life is most profound when a student realizes that art is truly the beauty of expressing
one's own unique vision of the world."
Gallery
Below is a gallery of images from the 2005-2006 school year, ranging from our young artists at Camp DestinationART, Sullivan
Middle School, and Saint Bernard's CCHS
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| Camp DestinationART Masks! |

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| Audrey, Chelsea, DJ, Daniel, Zach, Kevin, Chris |
| Chelsea Candid! |

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| Symbol of the Senior Class Art Gift : Van Gogh's Ear! |
| Sean Fletcher "Self Portrait" |

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| Acrylic on Wood appx. 2'x3' |
| Mixed Media Senior Projects, All Levels |

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| STB Annual Art Show, 2006 |
| Self Portrait; Display Rocket, Joey LaJoie |

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| STB Annual Art Show, 2006 |
| Visiting Artist Day |

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| Cartooning with Andy Fish |
| Self Portrait, Chelsea Aro |

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| Prismacolor, appx 20x24" |
| "Lily Storm" , Charcoal |

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| Art I student, Nick Pierce |
| "Java" Drypoint Prints |

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| Sean Fletcher, WCC student/teacher workshop |
| Class Project: Batik Quilt, (paper) |

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| Sullivan Students, WPS After School Program |
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| Camp DestinationART Demo |

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| Giving a demo on Peter Max Watercolors |
| Art IV Senior Painting, Starry Night by Van Gogh |

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| Artists Sean Fletcher & Meredith Peterson |
| Two Dimensional Work |

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| STB Annual Art Show, 2006 |
| Mixed Media Senior Projects, All Levels |

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| STB Annual Art Show, 2006 |
| "Froot Loops" Pop Art Sculpture, Michelle LaRoche |

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| STB Annual Art Show, 2006 |
| Characters |

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| Andy Fish gives a demo on faces & characters |
| "Barbie Shoe", Pop Art Sculpture, @ 3'x4'x3' |

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| Mixed Media, Meredith Peterson & Catherine Piro |
| "Face with Design" Dry Point & Carborundum |

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| Chelsea Aro, WCC student/teacher workshop |
| Cubism Still Life |

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| Sullivan Students, WPS After School Program |
| Cezanne Squares, Gallery-Studio Workshop Piece |

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| Class Effort, Cezanne Still Life, field trip at WAM |
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| Rustic Tea Set, by Andrew Aten |

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| cups fired, teapot glazed pre-fire |
| Art III Painting, "Paint by Numbers?" |

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| by Chelsea Aro, Acrylic, 16x20 |
| Art I & II work |

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| STB Annual Art Show, 2006 |
| "Self Portrait with Orange Soda", Meg Doiron |

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| Working Fountain, STB Annual Art Show, 2006 |
| Mixed Media Self Portrait |

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| Pat Walkovich, Art I |
| "Big Brother", Assemblage |

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| Art I Senior Project, Phil Enright |
| Saint Bernard's Table at Art In Bloom |

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| Annual Fitchburg Art Museum Event |
| "Jesus", Pen & Ink, Watercolor |

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| Art IV student Sean Fletcher |
| Cubism Still Life |

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| Sullivan Students, WPS After School Program |
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