Our May Member Spotlight recognizes Susan Bivona, elementary art teacher at Mount Prospect School, Basking Ridge, NJ Mrs. Bivona has been the art teacher at Mount Prospect School in Basking Ridge, NJ (Bernards Township School District) for the past 18 years. Ten years ago, when the school was celebrating its 10th Anniversary - all the [...]
Gail Fountaine is an art educator at Grace M. Dunn Middle School in Trenton, NJ. Gail was nominated by friend and colleague, Debbie Greh. We asked Gail to tell us about her teaching: "As an art teacher at Grace A. Dunn Middle School, I teach 6th, 7th and 8th-grade students drawing, 2-D and 3-D based [...]
Megan Rademacher is a grade 4-8 art educator at Milltown's Joyce Kilmer School. She was nominated by Mary O'Mara, a member of the school board in Milltown. "Ms. Rademacher is tireless in her pursuit of strengthening art education at Joyce Kilmer School, but she is just as committed to the student body as a whole. [...]
Our February Member Spotlight is Megan Hawthorne! Megan is an art teacher at Highland Park Middle School and she was nominated by Antonia Germanos. We asked Megan to tell us about herself and her teaching: I’m in my 13th year working at Highland Park Middle School and 14th year in education overall. My teaching [...]
Our December Member Spotlight features Julia Mooney of William Allen Middle School, Moorestown Township Public School District! The following is paraphrased from Gene Sloan, USA TODAY writer: "In a project that's drawing national attention, the 35-year-old art teacher at William Allen Middle School has vowed to wear the dress every day she teaches for the [...]
Meet Heather Lisk from Hightstown High School, East Windsor Regional School District! Heather was nominated for the AENJ Member Spotlight by her colleague, Tamika Diaz who works at Kreps Middle School in the same district. Heather Lisk attended Moore College of Art and Design and graduated with a BFA in 3D fine arts in 2001. [...]
Please join us in celebrating our Division Award Recipients for the September Member Spotlight! High School: Jen Braverman, Maple Shade High School, Maple Shade School District Jen's was nominated by Lora Marie Durr who said: Jen immediately impressed me because she exuded passion for the field and dedication to her students. Jen teaches from a therapeutic art [...]
Randi Drogin is an art and graphic design teacher at Bayonne High School In Randi's nomination, she is recognized for her dedication to the school community through the creation of posters, banners, and signs that hand throughout the district. She is credited with her creative solutions, using crowd sourcing to raise funds to support her [...]
Our May Member Spotlight features Sarah Kaplan from George L. Catrambone School, Long Branch Public Schools Sarah was nominated by Lonell Klina, Supervisor of Visual & Performing Arts. Lonell writes: "As a former art educator and current Visual and Performing Arts Supervisor, I would like to highlight Mrs. Kaplan for creating lessons that inspire her students. Mrs. [...]
Lisa Confora is an art educator at Atlantic County Special Services School District. Lisa was nominated by her friend and colleague, Sandra Koberlein. Sandra says: "I first met Lisa a few years back while sharing a room at an AENJ conference. We met through a mutual friend and have continued to travel together to both [...]