Lisa Hochtritt

Art Education Chair

• EdD, Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
• MA, Creativity and Creative Arts Education, San Francisco State University
• BS, Radio/TV Film, University of Wisconsin.

Prior to her arrival at RMCAD, Dr. Hochtritt was Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching Program and a member of the faculty at The School of Art Institute of Chicago. Formerly at the college level, she taught at Teachers College-Columbia University and Bank Street College of Education-Parsons School of Art and Design.

She is an experienced educator at the elementary and secondary level as well, teaching in public schools in New York, Texas and California. Dr. Hochtritt exhibits her art nationally, and publishes and presents in the field of art education.

Lisa is also an accomplished performing and visual artist. She has had exhibitions and performances in:

• Chicago
• San Francisco
• Providence, RI
• New York, NY
• Purdue, IN.

Marcia Sanders

• MFA, CU Boulder, printmaking
• MEd in K-12 Art Ed, University of South Alabama, printmaking
• BFA, East Carolina University, printmaking, distinguished artist award
• AAS, Graphic Design and Communication Arts, Pittsburgh Community College
• Certified K-12, Colorado

Marcia specializes in lithography, large-scale relief, intaglio, alternative, photographic, and non-toxic printmaking techniques and methods. She owns UnderPressure Fine Arts, a printmaking and fine art facility in Arvada, CO. She taught high school digital art, fine art and yearbook for three years in addition to playing several stringed instruments professionally.

http://www.underpressurefineart.com

http://dimatrmcad.blogspot.com

Mike Carroll

• MA, Education and Curriculum Development, University of Denver
• BFA, Sculpture, University of Denver

Mike teaches elementary art in the Jefferson County Public Schools in Golden, CO.

Prior to teaching in public schools, he developed a state-accredited private-school art program for emotionally disturbed middle and high school students. He has been conducting research for the past four years on "Arts Integration and the Motivation to Learn."

Sarah Shay

• MAAE Art Education, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• BA Anthropology, University of Iowa
• BFA Photography, University of Iowa

Sarah has taught in a wide variety of K-12 schools including private, charter and public schools in Illinois, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Colorado.

Her research focuses on multiculturalism in contemporary art curriculum, and her artwork explores the personal narrative through multi-media.