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Donna Shank

dshank@greenville.k12.sc.us


Donna Shank studied at Furman University and received her BA and M.Ed from Converse College. She teaches 2D and 3D Design and also serves as the Coordinator for Explore the Arts summer program. She grew up in Greenville and was a graduate of The Fine Arts Center. She works in a variety of media and techniques including clay, printmaking, and bookmaking. In 2013, she received a National Artist Teacher Fellowship to study bookmaking in Florence, Italy. She has received many grants, including a Fulbright Memorial Fund grant to study in Japan, fellowships to study at Arrowmont School of Crafts and was selected as a SC State Park Artist in Residence. Her work has been exhibited in shows at the Art Bomb Studios, Open Studios with the Metropolitan Arts Council, and FAC faculty shows at the Vandiver Gallery at Anderson University.

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