Annie Painter's Art Institute
Philosophy
For two decades, as an elementary school
principal and arts education specialist, the simple logo below has guided my decisions as
a leader, teacher, speaker and writer. Annie PainterWhat do all children need for high achievement? |
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1. Love and support - (the heart) 2. Full development - (the little blue person) (All skills, talents & capacities are valued and used with enthusiasm) 3. Work worth doing - (the sunburst) 4. In an environment designed for success - (the triangle) |
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About Annie Painter and her work
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Annie Painter is a former award winning Oregon elementary principal
with experience as an elementary classroom teacher (kindergarten and grade six), exhibiting soft
sculptor, curriculum specialist, middle and high school fine arts teacher.
She spent three years as a national arts and literacy coach. Annie continues consulting and teaching from her studio.
She and her husband, Bob Bridgeford, a former museum director and two handsome Vizsla dogs, Theo and Alexander, live
on twelve acres in the tiny town of Sisters, in the Central Oregon desert. |
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In her studio on the property, she writes teacher materials, develops unique programs in the
arts for schools and operates an educational business. She is the author of two books, Struggling Artist Masterpiece
and Vincent and Jake Learn Color Mixing. Her art and education methods and lessons are tested in school residencies and taught at the graduate university level. An estimated fifteen hundred teachers and artists who teach have enjoyed her courses and workshops in the last decade. Children's Summer Art Institutes continue in Gresham Oregon, led by her colleague, Larry Verdoorn who, with Debi Briggs-Crispin, teach with Annie through Portland State University. These programs were influenced by the Art Institute work she founded twenty years ago in the Gresham-Barlow School District where she was an elementary principal. |
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Annie continues national consulting as well as driving all over the state in a jeep filled with books, boxes, bags, cameras, and equipment for her many workshops and residencies with administrators, artists and organizations, parents, children and teachers. |
| Annie on the Road... 2010 |
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Oregon Symphony: Co-teaching Graduate Course Professional projects include: creation of visual teaching tools and Summer 2010: Graduate Courses for Teachers Linking Literacies: |
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Home About Annie & New Schedule | University Graduate Courses Teacher Workshops & School Residencies | Author Visits & Book Arts |
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anniepainter@msn.com Annie Painter, Arts and Education Consultant P.O. Box 2135 Sisters, Oregon 97759 541-549-9539 (phone/fax) |