DEBY CHILDRESS

Mixed Media Artist
  512-731-5868    debychildress@gmail.com

Education
MA in Art Education, University of Texas at Austin
BFA in Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin   Texas Teaching Certificate All Level Art

Teaching Experience

2015-Present       Lake Travis ISD - Art Teacher

2006-2015          Round Rock ISD - Art Teacher

2002-2006         Bee Cave Art School – Owner/Art Teacher

2001-2002          Lake Travis ISD – Art Teacher

1994-2001           Austin ISD – Art Teacher

1985-1995            Laguna Gloria Art Museum – Art School Program Director/Art Teacher

1984-1994            University of Texas at Austin – Instructor for Museum Education Extension Class

1980-1985            Austin ISD Community Schools – Program Coordinator/Art Teacher

Professional Activities

 Vice President, Bee Cave Arts Foundation – Bee Cave Sculpture Park
Texas Commission on the Arts- Artist –In-Residence working with at risk children

VASE  (Visual Art Scholastic Event) – Juror for regionalTexas High School Art Competition

Curator of Art – Exhibitions at the City of Austin Dougherty Art Gallery- Art Maze and Spirit of Crazy Horse

Supervising Teacher for UT Austin student teachers and interns
Texas Art Education Association – Presenter at Annual Conferences

Collaborative Community Projects with Students
Peace Pole – Permanent ceramic tile sculpture for the Bee Cave Sculpture Park

Empty Bowl Project – Ceramic  bowls created to raise money for Area  Food Banks
Mosaic murals created for permanent installation in area schools, sizes - 4 ft x4 ft to 15 ft by 5 ft
Painted Mural at Habitat for Humanity. Mural is a city block in length created during three summers

Painted Mural 30 ft by 12 ft  created at Darden Hill Boy’s Ranch,
Concrete outdoor sculpture for playscape at Deer Creek Boy’s Home

Fabric Quilt Backdrop for High School graduation at Creative Rapid Learning Center

Grants

Junior League of Austin ABC Grant  

 Dell Technology Grant

Texas Commission on the Arts

Austin Cultural Contracts

Austin Friends of Folk Life

Educational Publications  
Texas Commission on the Arts - The Virtual Museum Exhibition Hall  - Southwestern Bell  Art Collection
Texas Commission on the Arts –  Texas Art Activities for Teachers  - Statewide Art Campaign   
University of Texas at Austin, Blanton Art Museum - Look by Learning – Contemporary Art  Collection

University of Texas at Austin, Blanton Art Museum - Look by Learning  - Latin American Art Collection

University of Texas at Austin, Blanton Art Museum- Look by Learning  - Prints and Drawings Collection
University of Texas at Austin - Austin Art Adventures  -  Explores outdoor sculpture in Austin
New Braunfels Children’s Museum - Video Production Curriculum Handbook- Museum’s TV News Station