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GOLDEN Educator Residents & Top Finalists Announced!

Golden Artist Colors

Golden Artist Colors and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 GOLDEN Educators Residency! Three educators will be invited to participate in a two-week artists’ residency through the Sam & Adele Golden Foundation in a sylvan setting in upstate New York. They will also each receive a gift certificate for $1,000 for GOLDEN paints.

Geeta Dave, Power of Intuition, Acrylic paint, 30’ x 30’, 2018

Geeta Dave

from Prairieville, Louisiana

Glasgow Middle School

 

2017, acrylic, pastel, ink, painted and collaged paper, canvas, and felt on panel, 46” X 46”

Kevin Kelly

from Wichita, Kansas

Wichita West High School

 

“During the spring of 2014 I made a promise to my AP Studio Art students that I’d paint a portrait of them if they passed the AP Studio Art portfolio review.” 2015, oil painting

Brian Payne

from Yukon, Oklahoma

Yukon High School

Collectively, these three educators have been teaching for close to 60 years. Learn more about their work here. The Alliance partnered with the National Art Education Association to review the applications to the residency – in addition to the three residents selected, nine additional finalists (who made the decision-making process particularly challenging) were identified; they will also receive $1,000 gift certificates for GOLDEN paints:

Lynn Bennett-Carpenter, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Rouzanna Berberian, Monrovia, CA

Cynthia Berger, Minneapolis, MN

Amy Bouse, Inglewood, CA

Caitlin Clifford, Cortlandt Manor, NY

Elaine Florimonte, South Riding, VA

Todd Johnson, Knoxville, TN

Christina Keith, Prior Lake, MN

Shannon McBride, West Linn, OR

Learn more about the GOLDEN Educator’s Residency here.

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