Teaching Artist Lessons from Practicum Experiences

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• Christopher Nelson, 5th Grade, Jackson Magnet Elementary School, Home Documentary,  
  with CVA student Rudy Arnold.

• Free Arts Minnesota, Harriet Tubman, 3D Houses with Wood Blocks with CVA student Lydia Alsdurf.

• Jaci Sullivan, 3rd and 4th Grade, Clara Barton Open School, Minnesota History with CVA student Rachel Smith.

• James Hagg, 7th Grade, Hazel Park Middle School, Make Your own Moleskine Poetry Book with CVA student Cara Fazio.

• Jane Spicer, 1st and 2nd Grades, Barton Open School, Solar System Painting, with CVA student Christa Meyer.

• Judith Kerrigan-Krodel, Jackson Magnet Elementary School, Parts of a Whole with CVA student Jaclyn Nelson.

• Kara Johnson, 4th grade, Lincoln Elementary School, Traveling in Their Shoes with CVA student Jaclyn Nelson.

• Kevan Nitzberg, Drawing II, Grades 9-12, Anoka High School, Accordian Books,
  with CVA student Crystal Tomczak.

• Kitty Kramer, 7th and 8th Grades, Hazel Park Middle School, Hands-on Painting with CVA student Cara Fazio.

• Letty Vaughn, 1st and 2nd Grade, Ramsey Fine Arts School, Reading and Writing with CVA student Katrina McMahon.

• Meri Gauthier, 7th and 8th Grade, Clara Barton Open School, Texturized Painting with CVA student Lydia Alsdurf.

• Nancy Norwood, 11th and 12th Grades, Perpich Arts HIgh School, Pinhole Photography,
  with CVA student Rudy Arnold.

• Nancy Norwood, 11th and 12th Black and White Photography Classes, Perpich Arts High School,
  Sense of Place with CVA student Christa Meyer.

• Pat Benincasa, 10-12th Grade Art Class, Hill-Murray High School, Water Color Techniques with CVA student Joe Weaver.

• Nancy Norwood's 11th & 12th Grade Classes, Perpich Arts High School, Experimental Photography with CVA student Missy Hayes.

• Allison Rubin, 7th & 8th grade, Clara Barton Open School, Facial Transformations: Portrait Math Project with CVA student Kate Smith.

• Jane Spicer, 1st & Second Grade, Clara Barton Open School, Color Mixing and Activity with CVA student Joe Weaver.

• Jaci Sullivan, 3rd & 4th Grade, Clara Barton Open School, "The Calder Game" Mobiles Project with CVA student Missy Hayes.

• Ulla Tervo-Desnick, 1st & 2nd Grade, Expo Elementary School, Creative Mapping Project with CVA student Kate Smith.