After taking a long hiatus when my children were young, I have recently reconnected to what it is I love about art—both creating it and teaching it to children. In the winter of 2009, I carved out a space in the basement of my home—wedging my ‘studio’ between the furnace and the water heater and
began to paint. The process and the discipline required has rekindled my longtime curiosity, as well as help me rediscover my natural skills.
I began formally studying art during my last two years in high school in a technical institute to study commercial art. I continued my art and graphic design studies at Center for Creative Studies-College for Art and Design in Detroit, Michigan. In 1990, I moved to Chicago and worked as a freelance graphic designer for several years, while simultaneously exploring other art disciplines, including ceramics and sculpture. I came to Seattle in 1995 to work for The Children's Museum of Seattle creating exhibits and educational programming for young children and families.
I am an independent teaching artist, artist mentor, arts advocate and a parent volunteer passionate about bringing more art into public schools. I helped develop and implement a successful visual arts and music program called Arts Friday at West Woodland Elementary School, which has been thriving since 2009. After spending the first year managing the program, I was then hired as the visual arts teacher for 3rd-5th grades. My work as a Teaching Artist for ArtsCorps, partnered me with an afterschool program at Madrona K-8 Elementary School and at Southern Heights Elementary in Burien, WA. I taught a semi-private after school art class called Drawing Lab for a small group of third and fourth graders. In the spring of 2014, I joined Arts Impact, a professional learning organization for teachers, as one of their Artists Mentors. Through Arts Impact, I'll be a resident artist mentor at Sand Point Elementary school facilitating one of their programs called Arts FUNdamentals.
My commitment to teaching art requires ongoing development, research and practice. I am certified through Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab and other professional development practicums such as Visual Thinking Strategies, Arts Impact, Educator programs at the Frye Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, , Seattle Art Museum, Junior League of Seattle, Smithsonian Institute's Center for Museum Studies and many others.
I joyfully live in the neighborhood of Greenlake in Seattle with my husband and two sons.
mylen@hugginsandsons.com
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I began formally studying art during my last two years in high school in a technical institute to study commercial art. I continued my art and graphic design studies at Center for Creative Studies-College for Art and Design in Detroit, Michigan. In 1990, I moved to Chicago and worked as a freelance graphic designer for several years, while simultaneously exploring other art disciplines, including ceramics and sculpture. I came to Seattle in 1995 to work for The Children's Museum of Seattle creating exhibits and educational programming for young children and families.
I am an independent teaching artist, artist mentor, arts advocate and a parent volunteer passionate about bringing more art into public schools. I helped develop and implement a successful visual arts and music program called Arts Friday at West Woodland Elementary School, which has been thriving since 2009. After spending the first year managing the program, I was then hired as the visual arts teacher for 3rd-5th grades. My work as a Teaching Artist for ArtsCorps, partnered me with an afterschool program at Madrona K-8 Elementary School and at Southern Heights Elementary in Burien, WA. I taught a semi-private after school art class called Drawing Lab for a small group of third and fourth graders. In the spring of 2014, I joined Arts Impact, a professional learning organization for teachers, as one of their Artists Mentors. Through Arts Impact, I'll be a resident artist mentor at Sand Point Elementary school facilitating one of their programs called Arts FUNdamentals.
My commitment to teaching art requires ongoing development, research and practice. I am certified through Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab and other professional development practicums such as Visual Thinking Strategies, Arts Impact, Educator programs at the Frye Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, , Seattle Art Museum, Junior League of Seattle, Smithsonian Institute's Center for Museum Studies and many others.
I joyfully live in the neighborhood of Greenlake in Seattle with my husband and two sons.
mylen@hugginsandsons.com
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