Professional Experience
Currently, Grace Smith is a fellow at Crealde School of Art in Winter Park, FL. She studied studio techniques at the Arts Students League and Temple University’s “Tyler School of Art”. She also has a degree in Art Education from Millersville University. This combination of academic and studio education formed her foundation as an artist and teacher.
EDUCATION
Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania: BS, Art Education 1981
Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA: Studio Classes 1982
The Art Students’ League of NY, New York, NY: Student of Cornelia Foss 1999-2000
Crealde Art School, Orlando, FL: Fellowship 2010 -
EXHIBITIONS
Crealde, Orlando, Florida: Group Show, June 2011, Award: 2nd Place
PaintLab, Santa Monica, California: Faculty Group Show, December 2009
Baldwin Park Arts Festival, Orlando, Florida: Outdoor Juried Show, March 2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
10/2009 – 05/2010: PaintLab, Santa Monica, California: Painting Instructer
7/2006 – 5/2009: Wyndham Lakes Elementary, Orlando, FL, Art Teacher, grades K-5
2006; Five students showed work at Orlando Museum of Art (one student selected for the Museum’s Permanent Collection).
2006: One student’s work was selected for the 2007 OUC calendar.
2007: Seven students showed at the International Peace Project, Orlando City Hall 2007: Presented a collage workshop to Florida Teachers at the FAEA Conference
4/2006 – 5/2006: APOPKA MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, Apopka, FL
1/2001 - 11/2004: MADISON HIGH SCHOOL, Madison, NJ, Art Teacher:
CERTIFICATIONS
ART EDUCATION K-12 in Florida, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania