Hawkins named Crayola Creativity Ambassador – Morehead State University

News July 19, 2022 Susan Hawkins (Class of 2010), Morehead State instructor of art education, will be a National Arts Education Association (NAEA) Crayola Creativity Ambassador. She received this honor after a national search for arts leaders in education.  According to Crayola, nearly 200 visual arts educators applied to be creativity ambassadors. The newly announced 75 NAEA–Crayola Creativity Ambassadors will be immersed in leadership exercises and can then encourage colleagues to leverage creativity as a foundational practice in teaching and learning. Beginning in the fall, Hawkins will participate in online learning sessions and is encouraged to invite colleagues to join her. The sessions lead to the nationwide launch of Crayola Creativity Week in January 2023.  Selection for the program was based on a review of the applicants’ resumes and their answers to a series of questions about how they have used successful approaches to building creative capacity through teaching and leadership in the classroom, school and community.   Hawkins said she heard about the program through her involvement with NAEA and the Kentucky Arts Education Association (KyAEA) and said she was interested because she’s worked with Crayola before.  “I was immediately interested in the opportunity because I have worked with Crayola in…
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