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PRESENTING LECTURES

        National and State Art Education Conferences in United States of America

 International Education Conferences: Venice, Italy,  Seoul, South Korea and Honolulu Hawaii 



Vitae   Jeanette Wachtman
           

EDUCATION

M.S. 1972  State University College at Buffalo, New York
                                Major:  Art Education

B.S. 1971  State University College at Buffalo, New York
                                Major:  Art Education
                                Minor:  Art History

       1970  University of Siena, Italy                      
                                Cultural Program in Italian Art

Additional Educational Courses

2004     Kennesaw State University:  Directed Study:  Research on the Impact of an Innovative Art Curriculum.

1998     Crazy Horse Memorial Educational Center, S.D.:
                      Northern Plains Indian History and Art   

1990     Kennesaw State University:  Exceptional Child and Youth

1978     State University College at Oswego, New York:  Native American Indian History

1973-74 Syracuse University, New York:  Mythology

1971-72 State University of New York at Buffalo:
                            Seminar in Art History; Research in Art History; Romanesque Architecture

CERTIFICATION

Permanent Teaching Certificate, Art Education, State of New York  

Georgia Teaching Certificate, Art Education T-5, State of Georgia

AWARDS and GRANTS
               -  
 Outstanding Part -Time Faculty Award, 2016, College of the Arts, Kennesaw State University

                  -   Inti Raymi:  Inca Festival of the Sun, KSU Year of Peru, Country Study Module Grant 2011-2012 Co-Authored

                   -  Korean Voice:  Intercultural Aesthetic Understanding, KSU Global Teaching and  Learning Grant (COTA) 2010 Co-Authored

                   - Honorary Educator 2010 Youth Art Month, GA Art Education Association

                   - Georgia Council of the Arts Grant, 2007 Co-authored

                  - Listed in Marquis Who’s Who of American Women, 2007 Edition

                   - National Southeastern Elementary Art Educator of the Year, 1999 National Art Education Association

                   - Youth Art Month Award of Excellence, 1999 GA Art Education Association

                   - Georgia’s Elementary Art Educator of the Year, 1997-98   GA Art Education Association

                   - Teacher of the Year, 1996-97 Bryant Elementary School, Mableton, GA 

                   - Outstanding Continuing Educator Award, 1993 Kennesaw State University Continuing Education

                   - CVS Educational Grant $1500.00, 2001

                   - TARGET Educational Grant  $500.00, 2002

                   -  Southern Bell Mini-Grant, 1993 $500.00

                   -  Southern Bell Mini-Grant, 1992  $500.00

                   -  New York State Education Mini-Grant, 1979  $2500.00


Educator:

Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 2006 - Present 

                  School of Art and Design, Assistant Professor of Art Education (Part - time)
                         -Instructor : ARED 3309 Visual Art for the Early Childhood / Middle Grade Educator

                          
Classes: In-person, Designed Hybrid and Online  Courses

                         -Participated in Faculty Learning Community Seminars for Turkey, South Korea, China, Peru

                         -Developed Android Educational App: Art Teacher Curriculum Builder

                         -
Developed Educational Website for Art and Classroom Teachers: rajeanandcompany.com

                    Published:
                        -Art for the Elementary Educator, A Teacher’s Workbook for Writing Integrated  Lessons,

                          
Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company, 2015

                       -The Making of Stars, Middle East Viewpoint Collection, 2011

                       -Art Students Win Trip to Turkey, article in GAEA College, Elektronic Haber Ajansil, 2009


Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA) Welch School of Art and Design 2008 – 2010 
                   Art Supervisor of Art Education students: K through 12 grade    
 
Kennesaw State University,

                  Continuing Education Dept, Kennesaw, GA 1988 - 2006  

Blackwell Elementary School, Cobb County, GA   2000 - 2008
 
Bryant Elementary School, Cobb County, GA 1991- 2000



 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:  CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTER (Partial List, 1977-Present)

                 - Georgia Art Education Association Conference, Young Harris, GA, 2019, 
                          Folk Art: A Cross-Cultural Connection for Students and Community

                 - Georgia Art Education Association Conference, Jekyll Island, GA, 2018, China-An Art Program

                 - Western Kentucky University Art Education Metal Workshop, From Mecca to America, 2017

              - Georgia Art Education Association Conference, Augusta GA, 2017, Art History-A Story to Be Told

                 - Western Kentucky University Art Education Workshop,  Building A Thematic Integrated Art  Curriculum  

                 - KSU’S Unconference 2016, Studio Based Art Online, 
                           Major Challenges on Developing the Online Course ARED 3309
 
                -Year of Peru Conference, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 2012                          
                           Inti Raymi:  Inca Festival of the Sun, co-presenter
                            
               - National  Arts Education Association Conference, NYC 2012
                          Inti Raymi:  Inca Festival of the Sun, co-presenter 

                - Georgia Art Education Association Conference, Marietta GA 2011                          
                         Inti Raymi:  Inca Festival of the Sun, co-presenter
                         American Roots: an original art and social studies intergraded teaching unit
                         Kan-do Kindergartens!
       
             - Georgia Art Education Association Conference, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mt., GA 2010
                         Building International Bridges through Art Education

              - Western Kentucky University, Bowling  Green, KY 2010 Two-Day Workshop on Curriculum Development

             - Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, 2010
                         Lectures presented to Art Education students (Graduate, Under-graduate and Art Therapy)
                                    Art Education in an American Elementary and High School
                                    Holistic Strategy for Teaching Multicultural Units
                                   Creative Connecting through Symbols

                  - 4th International Arts in Society Conference,Venice, Italy 2009
                          Community Celebration: A Grassroots Cultural Arts Program Designed to Promote
                                                                   Aesthetic and Cultural Experiences

               - Georgia Art Education Association Conference, Young Harris, GA 2009
                         Emperors, Dynasties, Art, and Beliefs of China - an overview of China’s 5000 years of history
                         Composing Creative Curriculum- a thematic approach for developing curriculum
                         Turkey Trekking - reflections on Istanbul Center’s Art Competition

               - Georgia Art Education Association Conference, Athens, GA 2008
                          Chinese Dragons are the Good Guys

                - High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia 2008
                           The First Emperor of China - workshops on Culture and Art of China for Georgia’s art education

               - 7th Annual Georgia Consortium for International Studies Symposium, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA 2008
                            Chinese Dragons are the Good Guys - a collaborative team teaching program

             - Georgia Art Education Association Conference, Valdosta, GA 2006
                             Trekking from Turkey to the Classroom, Co-presenter   

             - Mythic Journeys Conference, Atlanta, GA 2006
                            Creative Connecting through Symbols       


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: VISUAL ARTIST    (1977 - Present)
                  Art Exhibits and Awards  
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          2018   School of Art and Design Faculty Art Exhibition, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
                       Ancestors, Watercolor

         2017  *GAEA Annual Exhibition, Pachamama, Watercolor, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
                      National Arts Program, Watercolor, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University  

                     *Booth Photographic Guild Spring & Summer Show, Photographs: Rose, Nature’s Patterns, Chinese Shop,
                       Fiori Bianchi, Booth Museum’s Downtown Gallery, Cartersville, GA

         2016   Pay it Forward… Faculty & Student Art Exhibition, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
                     Three Red Pots, Photography
                    *Booth Photographic Guild Summer Show, Photography Bluegreen Coral, Booth Museum’s
                      Downtown Gallery, Cartersville, GA
                    *Booth Photographic Guild Winter Show, Photography Marbles, Booth Museum’s
                      Downtown Gallery, Cartersville, GA

          2014  School of Art and Design Faculty Art Exhibition, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
                     The Bucket List, watercolor, and My Travels Started in the 70’s, When I was a Brunette,
                      a collection of nine photographs
  
          2013   Kennesaw State University Art Faculty Exhibition, Sturgis Art Gallery, Kennesaw State University, GA
                      Watercolor - ...and from the Cosmos Emerged Pachamama  with four photographs of Peruvian images

         2012   Kennesaw State University Art Faculty Exhibition, Wilson Gallery, Kennesaw State University, GA
                    Photography -  Steps to History Wilson Gallery, Kennesaw State University, GA

        2010    *GAEA Annual Exhibition, Photography - Steps to History, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mt., GA
                     Works by Faculty Exhibition, Georgia State University Gallery, Atlanta, GA Visual Narratives, Images from Italy
                      Kennesaw State University Art Faculty Exhibition, Wilson Gallery, Kennesaw State University, GA
                      Photography  - Visual Narratives, Images from Italy               

        2009   Kennesaw State University Art Faculty Exhibition, Sturgis Library Gallery, Kennesaw, GA
                    Photography –Konya Rose   a comparative study in black/white and color

        2008   Kennesaw State University Art Faculty Exhibition, Sturgis Library Gallery, Kennesaw, GA
                    Photography – Images from Xi’an, China

        2008   Art of the Art Teacher 08, The Art Place Gallery, Marietta, GA
                     Photography – Images from Xi’an, China

        2007   University System of Georgia Board of Regents, GA
                    Photography – Images of marine animals and choral

        2007   Windows of Change-a visual narrative of Turkey, Photographic Exhibition,
                    The Art Station - Big Shanty, Marietta GA

        2007   Kennesaw State University Art Faculty Exhibition, Sturgis Library Gallery, Kennesaw, GA
                    Photography – Images of marine animals and choral

        2006   Vision I, Mixed Media in the Permanent Collection, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA

        2006   Windows of Change-a visual narrative of Turkey, One Woman Photographic Exhibition,
                    Istanbul Center for Culture and Dialogue, Norcross, GA

      2006   Art of the Art Teacher 06, The Art Place Gallery, Marietta, GA
                  Photography – Images from Turkey
                   Earthenware Pottery decorated with shell and gemstones

       2006   Kennesaw State University Art Faculty Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Kennesaw, GA
                   Photography – Images from Turkey

        2006   *GAEA Annual Exhibition, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
                    Native American Images, Dyes on Fabric

        2005   Art of the Art Teacher 05, The Art Place Gallery, Marietta, GA
                    Native American Images, Watercolor

       2004   Art of the Art Teacher 04, The Art Place Gallery, Marietta, GA
                    Native American Images, Watercolor

        2001 *Art Educators Art Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
                  Native American Images, Dyes on Fabric

       2000 *Expressions of our Educators...2000, Georgia Art Education Association, Duluth, GA
                  Native American Images, Watercolor
                   *Capitol Gallery Art Exhibit, Office of the Governor, Atlanta, GA
                   Native American Images, Dyes on Fabric                       *juried shows


      





 
 


  

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