"The arts are not a frill..." -Barbara Jordan
Alysia Raycraft is a Visual Art Studies Teaching Artist and designer of Curriculum certified in EC-12 Art.
Education: BFA Painting, Sculpture and Art History Studies from The University of Texas at Austin with Classical Foundation Studies of Art and Art History-UT Italy, AAS Textile Surface Design-FIT NYC, MFA Costume Design from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Department of Design for Stage and Film, MSED Studies in Education, Arts Integration-Bank Street Graduate School, NYC.
Experience: Painter, Textile Designer, Theater Professional and Costume Designer for the Film, Theatre and Television Industries of NYC and Los Angeles and Visual Art Educator of Museum and Charter Classrooms. While earning her MSED, she taught in the NYC Public School System with LEAP Arts Enrichment programs. She teaches EC-12 Art and Design in Austin, Texas.
Classroom: Ms. Raycraft teaches students to develop their own unique voice and viewpoints through Visual Art. She hopes to set students up for success with a practice that will grow over time. She believes that the deeper concentration levels of Visual Art and Design can help students find ways to quiet the mind and connect to their creative center which can assist with success in other coursework and in life. Ms. Raycraft teaches 2D-3D drawing, painting, illustration, sculpture and design studies from brainstorming ideas to problem solving and creating original works of art through organizational and innovative thinking.