Barb Michel
Instructor of Art
Phone: (260)  359-4172
Office: Merillat Centre for the Arts, room #174
Email: bmichel@huntington.edu

Initial Year of Appointment at HU: 2007

Education
Ph.D. work in Art Education Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue University
M.S., Education, Indiana University in Indianapolis
   Thesis: "Relating Art History to Studio Work"
B.S., Commercial Advertising, Purdue University
B.S., Art Education, Purdue University

Professional Organization Memberships

• Art Education Association of Indiana

• National Art Education Association

• Kappa Pi Honorary Art Fraternity

• Christians in the Visual Arts

Professor Michel has won numerous awards for her work as an art educator. Before joining the HU art department she taught secondary visual arts for 12 years at the public school level. She has presented at state and local art education conferences and she serves as the faculty advisor for HU’s Student Art Education chapter. Michel exhibits her art regionally, including the 2010 Artlink University Faculty Exhibition and the 2009 Indiana State Fair Open Exhibition. She has also juried a number of regional art exhibits including student shows, the Honeywell’s Clark Gallery Black and White Photography Exhibit and the Charley Creek Arts Festival to name a few. Courses that Professor Michel teaches at HU include art education, drawing I and II, figure drawing, Introduction to Art, art history, 2-D design and basic drawing.

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