Maureen Meyer

I am Maureen Meyer, an art educator. I was an art student who never wanted to leave the art room, so I stayed. I trained to be an art educator at Alfred University and joined the profession at the age of 22. I have taught for over 20 years in five schools, two states, and six grade levels. I have taught no less than 14 different art classes. I was a department chair in my last position for 7 years. I have lived all the joys and frustrations that come with being a career art educator. After over 20 years in education, I decided to return to school in the evenings to study Graphic Design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. 

After dabbling in the design world, I quickly learned you can take the girl out of the art classroom, but you can’t take the art classroom out of the girl. I’ve simply moved from mentoring and cheering on art students to mentoring and cheering on art educators through a website I created called My Art Lesson (myartlesson.com). In addition to my website, I continue to encourage artistic excellence in art education through my role as Regional Manager of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for Massachusetts.