Jody Olson

 

Primary Discipline: Visual Arts

Areas of Specialty: Drawing, Watercolor, Papier mache, Sculpture

Additional Disciplines/Specialties: Theatre, Set design, Specialty Props

 

Based in: Riverside
Phone: 509-322-4071

 

Biography: Jody Olson has been teaching art in the Okanogan Valley since 2003. She has been a rostered artist with Methow Arts Alliance for the last four years. Previously she was the owner and director of Apple Hill Art School and has directed numerous elementary school mural projects. Olson has received several grants from the King County Arts Commission and worked as a rostered artist with the Enumclaw Arts Commission. She has also taught through the Tonasket Outreach School.

 

When asked about her approach as a Teaching Artist, Ms. Olson wrote this: “It is my belief that a creatively engaged mind is a teachable mind. The more students are allowed to explore and investigate, the more alive they become and the more connected they are to their community. My goal as a teaching artist is to create a need for artistic expression in the lives of my students and a deep desire to follow that need. I want students to be willing to explore the unknown, to reach beyond what is expected and to allow their imaginations freedom. Through this process they will become capable of working with the the creative process to visualize and bring to fruition their ideas. I enjoy integrating my teaching projects with the classroom curriculum. I am patient, experienced, well prepared, flexible, enthusiastic, intuitive and committed to quality and integrity in my work.”

 

Suitable for Grades: K-12
Preferred Grades: K-12

Curriculum Integration Possibilities: Literacy, Reading, Writing, Science, History, Social Studies, Other Arts Disciplines

 

Additional Interests/Experience:

• Leading Professional Development workshops for K-12 Teachers

 

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