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Roni Rohr is a graduate from The Fashion
Institute of Technology in Textile Design with a minor in Home
Furnishings and has her Alternative Licensure with an Endorsement in
Art from The Santa Fe Community College. For 25 years Roni has been a designer and children’s illustrator creating giftwrap, stationary, books and toys . After illustrating her first children’s book, ‘Those Toes’, she found herself a frequent guest speaker in the public schools and was inspired by the students. She now teaches art at El Dorado Community School , as well as with ARTWORKS and the Santa Fe Arts Commission collaborating with children in art in almost every public school in Santa Fe (K-7) for the past five years. An inspiring speaker, Roni creates motivational workshops for educators to link art across their curriculum in Language Arts in the Arts , Teaching Art & Kindness Across the Curriculum’, as well as Licensing Art & Design Workshops. She has given workshops at the O’Keeffe Museum , annually at the New Mexico Museum of Art, Dulce Reservation , the NMAEA conferences and The NY Graphic’s Artist Guild. Roni is passionate about art education and learning how to better one another through collaborative art efforts and enhanced professional development and greatly looks forward to serving as president with the NMAEA. To see Roni's website click here. |
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| Roni Rohr NMAEA President |
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Michelle holds a BA degree in Art and Design/ JLMC, with
a minor in marketing from Iowa State University. She has a 10 year
employment record in marketing, promotions, and graphic design/
advertising. Michelle received her Art Education MA with Licensure from UNM. She has been teaching with Albuquerque Public School District (APS) for 12 years licensed Level 3, K-12. For the last 8 years, she has been an Itinerant Elementary Art Teacher with the APS Fine Arts Department. Michelle mentors new teachers in her department as well as UNM student teachers. She is currently on the Standards Committee for elementary art at APS. She enjoys working with students and is inspired by their creativity and enthusiasm daily. She has presented workshops at various schools throughout the district, the Albuquerque Museum Summer Art Program and NMAEA conferences. She hopes to help promote collaboration and professional development within our profession and across the state, and is excited about being your vice president NMAEA! |
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| Michelle Lemons NMAEA Vice President |
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Currently, I am teaching for the Bloomfield Municipal Schools in Bloomfield, New Mexico. I teach art to Kindergarten through Sixth Grade students at Blanco Elementary
and Bloomfield Early Childhood Center. I have an Art Club where
Fifth and Sixth Grade students learn to throw clay on the wheel.
I also do an Art Focus group for teachers interested in learning how to
make art. I graduated from the University of New Mexico where I received my bachelors degree in Art History (1995) and my masters degree in Art Education (2000). I have been Treasurer for the New Mexico Art Education Association for the past six years. I enjoy oil painting, ceramics and painting sets for the annual high school plays. |
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| Nancy Chavez NMAEA Treasurer |
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I was born in Santa Fe and grew up around New Mexico. Having
lived in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Gallup, and Las Vegas which defines me
as a true New Mexican. I have a BFA with an emphasis in Printmaking and
Art History from NMHU and an MFA in education: studio art teaching,
from Boston University. Presently I reside in Santa Fe and am a Kindergarten Teacher of an arts integrated classroom at Pinon Elementary School. I am a true believer that art is the foundation for successful learning. |
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| Phyllis Roybal NMAEA Membership |
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D'jean Jawrunner is the entire art faculty at Mesalands Community College
and an active artist. Between teaching art during the week and making
art on the weekends. She is the director of the college’s bronze
foundry program. Although primarily a sculptor in bronze,
D'jean creates metal jewelry and works in various other metals.
She also hosts an iron pour at the foundry twice a year at Mesalands.
She can almost always be found in the Mesalands Community College's
studio. D'Jean is a teacher with varied interests from pouring iron to enjoying long walks at sunset around Tucumcari, New Mexico. D'Jean Jawrunner and The Mesalands Iron Pour can be viewed on You Tube. D'jean was written up in the October 2008 issue of New Mexico magazine (pg 68-69). |
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| Djean Jawrunner NMAEA Secretary |
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I'm a retired, Middle School art teacher from Kansas who moved to
Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2005. I have maintained my own personal web
site called taospaint.com for ten years. Frani (my beautiful wife of 45 years) and I have two
sons and six grandkids. Three came as a set (triplets). We also have
three great-grand sons. Frani makes quilts and I paint watercolors. Being retired, we have time to do the stuff we both enjoy. I'm a docent at the Albuquerque Museum. My team gives tours for school children twice each month. I'm also active in the New Mexico Watercolor Society. I served as president of NMWS for 2007-08. Back in Kansas, I was active on the KAEA board. From time to time I do workshops for art teachers at state or national conferences. After moving to Albuquerque, I changed my NAEA membership from Kansas to New Mexico, I then volunteered to create, and still maintain, this web site for the New Mexico Art Education Association. My teaching degree (1976) is from the University of Kansas in Lawrence (Go Jayhawks). As far back as June 1985, I began driving from Kansas City to Taos, New Mexico to paint watercolors. I continue to attend the Adams State Watercolor Workshop at the Sagebrush Inn, in Taos, every June. |
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| Woody Duncan NMAEA Web Master |
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