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Sarah Paap

SOUTH CAROLINA LICENSURE PENDING

email: sarahpaapart@gmail.com

phone: 828-850-2490

Education

2012- 2016 Appalachian State University - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art with a concentration in Ceramics

2020-2021 Metropolitan State University of Denver - K12 Visual Arts Teaching Licensure Program

Teaching Experience

2022 Substitute Teacher for Catawba County Schools in NC

Ceramic Teacher for a community art studio

2021 Substitute Teacher for Catawba County Schools in NC

Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy - Student Teaching K-5

2020 MSUD Field Experiences and Independent Study

(Covid-19 presented the opportunity for MSUD field experience online.)

For each field experience I completed at least:

  • 10 hours of observation watching published videos of recorded classes

  • 10 hours of lesson planning

  • 10 hours of teaching

2018-2019 Highlands Ranch Community Association - Ceramics Instructor

Responsibilities with this job included but not limited to:

  • working with all ages (pre-k, elementary, secondary, and adults)

  • Planing and teaching weekly handbuilding lessons

  • Maintaining the ceramic studio by restocking and ordering supplies, making glazes, cleaning equipment, and firing the kilns.

Exhibitions

2018 Ten Years of Appalachian State Ceramics, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum

2016 13, Spring BFA Show, Katherine- Smith Gallery

OCHO, Group Show, Nth Degree Gallery

2015 In Passing, Group Pop-up Show

Little Nth of Horrors, Annual Halloween Show, Nth Degree Gallery

The Peel’s Text-Based Art Show, juried group show, Looking Glass Gallery

Split, Group show, 3rd Place 

2014 Miniature Show 2.0, Nth Degree Gallery

Skills/Certifications

  • Art concentrations in Ceramics, Drawing, and Watercolor

  • Familiar with many other mediums

  • Have worked with a diverse group of learners

  • Skills in multiple online teaching platforms such as Seesaw, Google Classroom, Pear Deck, and Canvas.