Kashana RickettsWinslow Township, NJArtist and Educator
My passion for art started at age eight when I learned to draw Hey Arnold for the first time under the guidance of my cousin. I continued on as a cartoonist in my early years, drawing my favorite Looney Tunes characters then over time, I evolved into a well-versed painter. High School is when I took my passion seriously, learning various styles of art from charcoal drawing to watercolor painting. I continued my pursuits in college, majoring in Visuals Arts with a concentration in Fine Arts at The College of New Jersey. Eventually I switched my major to history and education, receiving my bachelor's degree in Urban Elementary Education and History. The change was influenced by my fears but since returning to art, I work to encourage students to pursue their callings while providing them with the tools needed to do so.
As a former full-time educator, teaching large and small groups in a classroom of up to 30 students, I have the ability to differentiated instructions and materials to meet the learning needs of each student. Since pursuing art full-time, I taught visual arts virtually to middle school students and in-person to elementary and middle school for over a year. My two years as a full-time educator has enabled me to teach art to diverse groups of students and create lesson plans on the color wheel, color mixing, proportion, the envelope method as it relates to proportion, human features, and more.
Although I did not continue my artistic pursuits in college, I was introduced to new methods of painting such as oil painting and abstract art. Since my art career, I have taken online classes at New York Academy of Art and Long Island Academy of Fine Art with their continued studies program. I learned and continue to learn valuable skills both as an artist and educator that has enabled me to become a full-time artist, teacher, and business owner of Broken Edges LLC. I am equipped to create my own works of art and teach students how to do the same.
