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Judith Berry
Art Education, Drawing and Design
Judith Berry is an instructor for the Art and Design Department at Wayne State College. She was born and raised in Southern California and received her first BA in the Visual Arts from California State University San Bernardino. In 1989, she moved to Nebraska to pursue a K-12 Art Education teaching endorsement. She completed the BFAE in 1991 and was hired by Wayne State College as a graduate assistant. Simultaneously, as she earned an MS in Art Education, she was hired as an elementary art educator for Laurel/Concord Public Schools. In 1994, she began employment as a K-5 art specialist in the Clark County School District (CCSD) of Nevada where she remained for six years.
During her years as an art educator in Nevada, Berry was selected Teacher of the Year for the southwest area of CCSD, nominated Elementary Art Educator of the Year for National Art Educators Association, and National Teacher of the Year for the State of Nevada. The Nevada Department of Education appointed her to be part of the Arts Performance Standards Writing Team and as a member of the Praxis II Module Selection Panel; she also worked with the CCSD to develop district art curriculum. With grants from various entities she was able to advocate learning through the arts and to partner with the community in various capacities to promote permanent student art projects.
Berry authored a National Endowment for the Arts Fast Track Grant, and in the fall of 2001, WSC was awarded $10,000 to partner with Wayne Community Schools and the Wayne Area Chamber of Commerce to create a permanent civic design project. The projected timeline for a ceramic mural and thirty sculptures to be placed permanently in the downtown area of Wayne is planned for the first part of May 2002. As an interim instructor of art at Wayne State College, Berry teaches art education courses as well as drawing, design, and watercolor.
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