NAEA Open Studio: Practicing What You Teach: Transforming Talent Into Career Opportunity: Educator to Educator With Artist and Teacher Andi Fink
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NAEA Open Studio
Practicing What You Teach: Transforming Talent Into Career Opportunity: Educator to Educator With Artist and Teacher Andi Fink
Thursday, October 29, 2024
Cost: FREE!
In this Open Studio Conversation, Andi Fink, a designer, educator, and illustrator, will share her insights about how to she balances her personal art and design career and thriving greeting card and specialty item business with roles as a graphic design instructor at Anoka Ramsey Community College and Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She’ll unpack how she multitasks and how she prepares her students to take advantage of multiple opportunities as working professional artists and designers. She’ll share some of her work, her teaching tips and tricks, and some much-needed affirmation for art educators who also want to practice what they teach!
This Open Studio Conversation is sponsored by Wacom and attendees will have the opportunity to win one of two Wacom digital pen tablets to be given away following the event.
Please note that participation in this live event or recording does not include NAEA professional learning credit.
Michele Dick
Education Marketing Manager, Wacom
Michele Dick is an educator first and foremost, and she brings her unique skills and experiences as classroom teacher, technology specialist, and digital learning coordinator with Evergreen Public Schools in Vancouver, WA, to her role at Wacom. A sought-after conference speaker, professional learning expert, and innovator in integrating digital ink technologies into creative and core curriculum instruction, Michele provides essential support, expertise, and creativity into her role helping educators tap the power of digital pen and display technologies in their teaching practices.
Andi Fink
Graphic Design Instructor, Anoka Ramsey Community College, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Currently based in the Twin Cities, Andi Fink (she/they) is an Oregon-born, Missouri-bred artist, designer, and educator. When she’s not running her gift and stationery business A Fink & Ink, she can be found teaching graphic design, photography, or illustration at various institutions, including Anoka Ramsey Community College and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. If she’s not teaching, lettering, or shooting photographs, you can find her watching some trash TV (or a new documentary), reading a book, or out on a long walk. Andi received her MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She earned her bachelor’s degree in graphic design and photography from the University of Missouri.
