Lauren Parker Art Educator -PA Certified in Art Education K-12, Instructional I -7 Years Varied Art Education Experience: Pre-K - College level -10 Years Fashion Industry Design Experience -Illustrator, Designer, Entrepreneur

Philosophy of Teaching My main goal is to encourage and support the growth of creative thought and problem solving skills in my students.

TEACHING

Pre - K: Beginner Artists Images from pages of the final books made in Fleisher’s Beginner Artists' Workshop About the elements of art.

Kindergarten Ethiopian Wishing Scrolls Multi-Media buildings Printmaking & Illustration

Grades 1 and 2 Explorer Journals : Bookmaking Project Painting Dream House Workshop Self-Portraits

6 year Old Painting 7 Drawing The above images are all inspired by the artwork of contemporary Japanese pop artist Yoshimoto Nara. Our class looked at several examples of his work and talked about common traits we saw in the pieces. Some of the topics in our discussion included: the size of each subject’s eyes, the shape of their heads (we decided they usually look like beans), How big the heads are in relation to the bodies, the simple background colors in each piece, and whether or not these characters were realistic or cartoon-like. The point of this project was to introduce our 6 year olds to the work of a popular contemporary artist and to learn about and enjoy portraiture without having to get too tied up in the confusing mathematics of facial proportions usually associated with a self-portrait project. Once we’d become familiar with his style, the students set out to create a silly self-portrait (or in some cases, a portrait of someone else) based on Yoshimoto’s work. We used a resist technique with oil pastels and watercolors. The results are fun and colorful, really capture the spirit of each subject. Slide background art by Yoshimoto Nara.

Grades 3 and 4 Accordion Book Illustrations Still Life with “The 3 Sisters”

Grades 5 & 6 India Ink Emperor Penguins Illustration

Grades 7 and 8 Andy Goldsworthy Photo Project Charcoal Drawings Based on Lascaux Cave Paintings Repeat Printmaking Mesopotamian Cuneiforms On Hand Made Clay Tablets

High School Value 1-Point Perspective Crafts

Empowerment Group of Academy at Palumbo

PERSONAL WORK

Mew Gallery Combination gallery and boutique specializing in products by local Philadelphia artists Mew Gallery 906 Christian Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 215.625.2424 www.mewgallery.org

Illustration CasitaNido Logo Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Illustration for Dear Fleisher Art Exhibit “Wriskey” Logo Sample “ME & Blue” Boutique Logo

Clay Sculpture Storyteller Doll Portrait Studies

Screen-printing Trompe L’oeil Tee Shirts Sold on Etsy.com

Printmaking Etching Print Gocco Cards

Multi- Media Assemblage Mixed Media with Shrinky-Dinks

www.CasitaNido.com Personal website

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