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Susannah Van Horn
Susannah is originally from New Lexington, Ohio, but has enjoyed living in the Lansing area since 2006. She received her B.A.E. (Bachelors of Art Education, 1994), M.A. (museum education/studies focus, 1997) and her Ph.D. (oral history of Appalachian Regionalist watercolor artist, 2012) all from The Ohio State University. Prior to teaching at St. Thomas Aquinas, she was an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University for 10 years, taught K-8th grade visual art at the Chinese American International Scho ... read moreol in San Francisco, and 9th-12th grade art at Harpeth High School, just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to her love of teaching, she has spent several summers working at archaeological sites, predominately in Greece, but also in Egypt, where she has served as the site conservator of pottery, coins and other glass/metal objects. She has also worked as a site photographer (black and white and digital) and illustrator of pottery, small finds, and site maps. She is a practicing artist, most recently exhibiting her work at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids. All of these experiences have helped to inform her teaching practices, which follow a choice based methodology. Teaching both skills and artistic behavior, Susannah provides students the opportunity to express themselves individually through their art. Art history and critical analysis of works of art as well as community based art projects are also interwoven into her lessons.
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