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News Release
EVENT NEWS / October 27, 2008
Boise State University Professor Kathleen Keys Honored as
2008 Art Educator of the Year
Boise State University professor Kathleen Keys of the Department of Art was
recently honored as the 2008 Art Educator of the Year by the Idaho Art
Education Association (IAEA).
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Kathleen Keys
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“We are very fortunate as an association to have this great teacher as a
member and colleague,” IAEA President Joni Cashman wrote in Keys’ award
letter. “She has contributed to our organization on many occasions with her
time and energy, for which we are grateful.”
Keys has a bachelor’s degree in arts administration and a bachelor of fine
arts degree in painting from the University of Kentucky, as well as a
master’s in arts policy and administration and a Ph.D. in art education from
The Ohio State University.
She has been actively involved in arts education in Idaho since her arrival
in 1999; before arriving at Boise State, she worked for the Idaho Commission
on the Arts. She later became director of the Boise State Visual Arts Center
and was named assistant professor of art education in 2005. She now serves
as the coordinator for undergraduate and graduate art education programs at
Boise State, and her research and teaching interests include community arts
pedagogy, community-based arts education, art teacher preparation,
contemporary art in K-12 art curricula, museum education, arts-based
community development, service-learning and multiculturalism.
Keys has been published extensively and regularly presents her research and
teaching work at professional conferences. She also serves on the Boise City
Department of Arts and History Visual Arts Advisory Committee and works with
the Boise Art Museum’s educational programs.
“Dr. Keys is a gifted scholar and instructor,” said Richard Young, chair of
the Department of Art. “She is truly an inspiration to aspiring student
teachers and has done a fabulous job heading our undergraduate and graduate
program in art education.”
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Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
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