Subs with Suitcases

Contact

melisacadell@hotmail.com
828-688-4772
828-385-0798

Availability

I am registered to teach in Mitchell County. I’m available to teach on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays – please feel free to call to check availability. 

Teaching Artist Statement

I am trained in Discipline Based Art Education, which means that I relate my subject area of art to those core subjects in the normal classroom.  What better way to cover something familiar and infuse it with creativity and imagination while teaching the student about the satisfaction of creating something to be proud of?

Areas of Interest

My teaching experience spans 19 years.  I have taught Pre-k through Senior Adults in Art and conducted various professional workshops.  I enjoy the challenge of finding out the strengths of my students and building a bridge to what they are unfamiliar with in order to bring them to a new learning experience.

Reviews/Recommendations

I taught 7 years in the Texas Public School System working with grades Pre-k -6th in Art.  I am certified in All Level Art Ed: K-12.  While teaching, I was awarded “Teacher of the Year” for my School.

“She has been such a benefit to the students in the class! She has brought things to my classroom I could have never done!” – Paula Holder, 4th grade teacher at Gouge Elementary

Resume

click here to download a PDF of my resume

What’s in My Suitcase?

It depends on what grade I’ll be working with, but at any time it might include. . .

• paints
• brushes
• mask making materials
• Japanese sumie brushes and ink
• various papers
• watercolors
• bookmaking supplies
• clay
• sewing materials
• iron
• print making supplies
• drawing supplies

What Might We Do with All This Stuff?

• Tesselations
• Grid Drawings
• Mask making
• Book making
• Self Portraits
• Sewing
• Painting
• Art History fused with History of Choice and Social Studies
• Art History fused with Science
• Sculpture
• Writing stories based on art images
• Printmaking
• Limited clay exploration (depending on number of days spent with students)
• Japanese/ Chinese Calligraphy
• Native American Studies
• Multicultural Lessons
• Anything creative that we can come up with as a team.