Pigg,+Robin+(MS)

Birthday:__** March 25, 1965
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Jason Pigg - 22 years. 2 children - Davis (15 yrs.) and Janiece (13 yrs.)
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This summer: Japan! Future travel plans: Hawaii and France
 * __Past travel__**: Alaska, Vancouver, BC; Montreal, Canada; Mexico, Bahamas; several cruises (6)

Graduated from Ursuline Academy, New Orleans, LA Graduated from Louisisana State University (LSU) Baton Rouge, LA with Bachelor of Interior Design (BID) and minor in Art Post Graduate studies at Mississippi State University, Industrial Technology
 * __Life/Education__**: Born in New Orleans, LA

Interior Designer -Self Employed 1988-2001 Starkville Academy Elementary School - Art Teacher (part-time) 2002-2009 Starkville Academy High School - Art Teacher 2009-Current
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__**Art Classes Taught:**__ 5th & 6th grade elementary art Fine Arts (7th & 8th grade), Art 1 Art 2 Advanced Placement Art

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I am a middle and high school art teacher (5-12) in the North Mississippi area. Located in a university town (Mississippi State University), our school has a large group of international faculty and students living in this area. I try to incorporate some of their cultures into our way of life by projects that reflect their culture (sumi painting, kirigami, origami, etc.) while also incorporating the life and history of China and Japan. After taking the NCTA course at Ole Miss last summer, I came back and shared the information I learned with our High School History department, thus promoting more awareness of the Asian culture throughout our curriculum. I want my students to be exposed to all art forms: painting (acrylic, watercolor, oil, tempera, sumi), sculpture (ceramics, wood carving, wire sculpture), screen-printing (linoleum cuts, wood cuts, batik printing), and photography (digital and enhanced manipulation of digital photos). I have been teaching art for over eight (8) years, first in the lower elementary and now at the high school level. My goals for our art program are two-fold. First, I initially wanted to introduce the lower elementary students to the different types of art mediums that you can use to make art projects. In the upper elementary, I challenge my students with more difficult types of projects and learning different artists and their art styles. This year I am teaching upper elementary (5-6 grades), Jr. High and High School, and Advanced Placement Art (AP). I feel this is a natural progression for me as a teacher and want to expand my knowledge of art and other art cultures. While moving up with the same students I have taught over the last 8 years, I can build on their level of art knowledge that I have already begun and be able to expand their future knowledge as it relates to art. I belong to the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS), Starkville Area Arts Council (SAAC), and Starkville Academy Patron’s Association (SAPA). I actively participate in the Starkville Area Arts Gala, the Cotton District Arts Festival Art Contests, the MAIS local, district, and overall Art competitions. Personally, I have held several art exhibits over the years, mostly in the New Orleans area. The last three years I have served as Art Department chair, and I was chair of our curriculum realignment for the art department during the 2008-2009 school year.