Hello there! My name is Kristin Eschenroeder and I am a professional artist and teacher living in St. Petersburg, Florida. I studied Fine Arts at New College of Florida and received my MAT in Art Education from University of Central Florida. I think teaching art is the best job in the world, and I am thrilled to be a Visual Arts Specialist at Perkins!

My experiences owning a creative woodworking business, designing art programs for English language learners in Vietnam, and teaching art on a US military base in Vicenza, Italy have shaped me into a flexible and passionate art educator. I believe that relevant art education teaches students how to approach the unknown with curiosity instead of fear. I teach my students how to research an interest, plan, generate ideas, persist, critique, and present their ideas. While learning how to think like artists, students develop creative perspectives that will help them succeed in a fast-changing world.
Outside the classroom, you can find me building furniture in my garage, drawing birds at the beach or park, volunteering in my community, or pickling things!

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