About the Author

Marilyn Galvin Stewart is Professor Emerita of Art Education at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, and recipient of the university’s faculty awards for research and teaching. Dr. Stewart is the author of Experience Art, senior author of the Explorations in Art elementary series, co-author of Rethinking Curriculum in Art, author of Thinking through Aesthetics, and editor of the Art Education in Practice series, all published by Davis Publications. She is a frequent keynote speaker and consultant in meetings and conferences throughout the nation and abroad. In decades of service to the field of art education, including her early years of elementary and middle school teaching, Dr. Stewart has initiated or has been consultant to numerous national and local curriculum projects, including as coordinator of the Educator Guides Project for the PBS series, Craft in America, and as a member of the writing team for the National Visual Arts Standards and Model Cornerstone Assessments. She has conducted more than 200 extended professional development institutes, seminars, or in-service days in over 35 states. A distinguished fellow of the National Art Education Association, Dr. Stewart has received numerous awards for her contributions and was named by the National Art Education Association as the 2011 National Art Educator of the Year.