art education

Announcing: ART for a START, NY

With school budgets being drastically cut, some schools, especially those lacking in funds, may choose to exclude art classes from their curriculum. However, the students at these schools may be missing out on some important benefits of an education in the various art related fields. Whether it’s painting, Theater, sculpture, music or dance, the arts provide students with an excellent opportunity to increase their academic success and develop important skills. All classes will be conducted under the supervision of Deborah Wasserman. For more information about the program, our philosophy, and classes, visit ART FOR A START, NY.

Deborah Wasserman is the Founder, Director, and Instructor at a new inquiry-based independent arts program in Jackson Heights, Queens.

 

"I loved working with Deborah this year.  I love teaching in an interdisciplinary style and Deborah was a perfect fit.  I always try to incorporate music and art in my classes.  Her creativity, ideas and projects were an excellent complement to my teaching style and the children’s learning.  As Deborah and I worked with the children on peace poems, I was able to interject and teach my poetry unit with the children.  Now, as I am teaching y geometry unit, Deborah is working with the children to create geometric relief designs.  It has been just great!"
-- Maureen Wolf, 4th Grade teacher, P.S. 88

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1986 - 1990

THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718. Adjunct professor, teaching a 2D Module class to undergraduate students.

PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS - 30-30 Thompson Avenue, L.I.C. NYCommissioned by PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS to create a 400 square-foot mural at P.S. 69 in Brooklyn in collaboration with third grade students. Conceived and implemented all aspects of the mural planning: Developing a curriculum; creating a final design, contracting and supervising mural production and installation.

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM EDUCATION PROGRAM - LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS (LTA) - 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY- Working as a teaching artist. Planning residencies at schools around NYC based on the Guggenheim’s changing exhibits while supporting the school’s curriculum. Themes correlating to the museum’s exhibits. Residencies culminated in an exhibition, “A year with Children” at the Museum.

"This art class really changed my opinion of abstract art.  I used to associate abstract art with strange paintings and sculptures that don't really look like anything and don't really look too difficult to create.  Now, I find a lot of abstract art particularly interesting.  I think that abstract art can reveal a lot about a person and therefore, be very interesting to look at."
-- K.Z. , Student, The College of New Jersey, Experiencing Art, 2009

NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART - 583 Broadway, New York, NY- Taught at the Visual Knowledge Program (VKP) at Stuyvesant Outreach High School. Curriculum combined contemporary art (Visual Literacy) with history studies. Final project culminated in a mural, the student’s interpretation of slavery and American black history.

THE CREATIVE CENTER FOR WOMEN WITH CANCER - 147 West 26 Street, New York, NY- Designing two foundation art courses for the winter semesters of 2001and 2002. Subjects explored: color theory, basic drawing techniques, composition, perspective, portraiture and still life. Ages: 33-65

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A.I.M - ARTISTS IN THE MARKETPLACE - The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE - Skowhegan, Maine

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PUBLIC SCHOOL 69
Commissioned through PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS to create a wall mural at P.S.69, Brooklyn, NY

Images of the mural

SOLO Exhibitions

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL (LMCC) Winter Brochure (cover), USA

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