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Lisa Lenarz
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Associate Professor
Art
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Lisa Lenarz Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Associate Professor
Art
Specialty area(s)
Art Education
Brief biography
Lisa Lenarz earned her M.F.A. in Studio Art from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT and her B.S. in K-12 Art Education from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse in La Crosse, WI. Her research is informed by her experience teaching art at all levels in public and charter schools and centers on interdisciplinary models in art education. Her art has been exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally, most notably at the Brooklyn Museum as part of Ulrike Müller’s published, “Herstory Inventory: 100 Feminist Drawings by 100 Artists,” and at Galerie 5020 in Salzburg, Austria.
Current courses at UWL
ART 361 - Field I in Art Education
ART 461 - Field II in Art Education
ART 401 - Foundational Practices in Art Education
ART 403 - Contemporary Practices in Art Education
EDS 492 - K-12 Student Teaching Seminar for AWLME (Art, World Language, and Music Education)
ART 302 - Visual Language in the Global Classroom (as Faculty-led Japan Study Abroad & Asynchronous/Online sections)
Education
Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT | M.F.A., Studio Art
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, La Crosse, WI | B.S., Art Education
Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, MN | Fine Arts, Painting & Sculpture
Career
Teaching history
UW-La Crosse
Associate Professor (2022-current)
Assistant Professor (2018-2022)
Associate Lecturer (2017-2018 & 2012-2014)
Viterbo University
Adjunct Faculty (2014-2017)
School District of La Crosse
Art Teacher K-12 (2008-2018)
Professional history
Pump House Regional Arts Center
Gallery Committee (2010-2013 & 2018-2021)
Board Member, Youth Art Coordinator, & Instructor (2008-2013)
Wisconsin Arts Board
Grant Proposal Review Panelist (2019)
WAEA (Wisconsin Art Education Association)
Co-Interim President Elect (2013-2014), Web Designer (2012-2014), Advocacy Representative (2011-2012), & Elementary Education Representative (2010-2011)
Research and publishing
Grant-funded Projects
Increasing Knowledge and Familiarity of Contemporary Indigenous Artists and their Works. 1-year (2024-2025) Creative Communities, Wisconsin Arts Board (WAB)/National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grant. Project included workshops for Wisconsin teachers and youth focusing on teaching about the work of: (1) Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk) at the WAEA state conference, (2) Rabbett Before Horses Strickland (Ojibwe) for sessions at UWL Kid's College, & (3) Levi (Ho-Chunk) and Verna (Chippewa/Menomonie) Blackdeer for a multi-part artist-led workshop with pre-service Art Ed students). Shared resources and curriculum from these workshops can be found here.
Published Articles
Lenarz, Lisa M. (2018/2019). Engaging Marginalized Students Through the Visual Arts. ASCD Journal (Associate for Supervision and Curriculum Development), December/January (Issue).
Editor/Mentor of Published Student Research
Bernhagen, M., Smith, S., & Sonnek, A. (2020). Testing Creative Lines of Inquiry in the Art Classroom (1014494990 780430603 L. Lenarz, Ed.). Journal of Undergraduate Research, XXIII. https://www.uwlax.edu/urc/jur-online/volume-xxiii-2020.
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