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Carmel Del Mar
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Cat Gilbert, STEAM+ Art Specialist
Educational Background and Professional Experience: Inspired to create opportunities for young artists to expand their creative confidence and visual thinking, Cat Gilbert is an experienced K-6 educator who engages students in authentic artmaking. Education/Credentials: B.A Fine Arts - University of San Diego, Multiple Subject Credential Arts Cohort - Cal State San Marcos. Certificates: CLAD, supplementary Art Authorization, Nueva School Design Thinking Institute. Recognition: Artist in Residence - Palo Alto Unified School District, Artissimo Art Educator - San Diego County, 2019 Sycamore Ridge Teacher of the Year - DMUSD. Personal art-making passions: printmaking, woodworking, installation art, and metalwork.
Teacher Contact Information:
(858) 481-6789 x3542
Educational Philosophy
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What to Expect in the CDM Art Studio
Educational Philosophy
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What to Expect in the CDM Art Studio
"It is my belief as an art educator that every child is an artist, and my role is to provide them with repeated opportunities to explore new ways to express their thinking visually, building creative confidence. What Do Artists Do? By providing students with a choice-based studio experience, even the youngest learners are able to develop and refine artistic practice authentically by making decisions, trial and error, playing with materials, envisioning ideas, collaborating with other artists, taking risks, mixing media, dreaming and trying, failing, abandoning ideas, innovating, and giving and receiving feedback from one another. In addition, exposure to art and artists of the past and present, both the well-known and those historically marginalized, gives context and creates understanding of the interconnected nature of our world, and the artist's role in it."
Life Outside of the
Life Outside of the
Dragon's Lair
Dragon's Lair
"When I'm not with my CDM Artists, my time is spent with my family - husband, Doug, and kids, London, (20), Lila (15) and Sol (13). I love nature and the outdoors, and enjoy hiking, learning, traveling, snowboarding, reading, cooking, eating, gardening, building, playing, adventuring, paddleboarding and beaching."
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