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Carrie Chapman
Carrie.Chapman@sccpss.com
Carrie Chapman is a sculpture, pottery, fibers, and art elective teacher. She has been teaching of 10 years here at Savannah Arts Academy as well as summer camps around town. She has a Masters degree from Armstrong Atlantic State University. Creativity in the arts is her passion and three-dimensional art is her specialty.
Courses Taught: Pottery & Fibers
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Trellis Payne Department Chair
Trellis.Payne@sccpss.com
A faculty member at Savannah Arts Academy since 2006, Trellis Payne teaches courses in Art Foundations, Drawing, Sculpture, and AP Studio Art: 3D Design. She also directs SAA’s Annual Junk 2 Funk Fashion Show. Payne received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Valdosta State University where she emphasized in studio art. She has a master’s degree in the foundations of education from Troy State University. In addition, she is a summer instructor at Art Smarts Camp, hosted by Savannah College of Art and Design and Savannah Arts Academy.
Trellis has exhibited and been involved with numerous art shows and community events, and is an active free-lance artist working primarily in the areas of painting and mixed media. To view Payne’s eclectic style of art, visit her website at www.trellispayne.com.
You can find Trellis and her artworks in various places in Savannah, GA. Her paintings are for sale at Nadeau, (www.furniturewithasoul.com) a unique furniture store located on Abercorn Street by The Fresh Market. She also teaches kids' art lessons Starlight Pottery (www.starlightpottery.com), where you can also view one of her murals and purchase her decorative works.
Courses Taught: Comp I, Sculpture, AP Studio Art: 3-D Design & Applied Design (Fashion Design) |
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Steve Schetski
Steve.Schetski@sccpss.com
Steve Schetski has taught high school art for 20 years, including 12 years at Savannah Arts Academy. As a veteran teacher at SAA, he has served six years as the Department Chair of Visual Arts and is currently the director of the gallery. He teaches advanced courses in drawing and Advanced Placement Studio Art. Schetski received a BFA in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art & Design in 1985 and a Master of Science from Troy University in 2006.
Schetski has won numerous art awards and works in a variety of media. He has received recognition for his teaching from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in 2006 – 2008, Star Teacher in 2007, National Society of High School Scholars in 2005 & 2006, and was the runner-up for SCCPSS District Teacher of The Year in 2007. His students consistently win awards and recognition for their artwork at the local, state, and national level in the High School Congressional Art Exhibit, All-State Art Exhibit, Scholastic Art Awards, Georgia High School Drawing Competition and the PTA Reflections Contest.
Courses Taught: Draw I, Draw II, AP Studio Art: Drawing & AP Studio Art: 2-D Design |
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Kinte Taylor
Kinte.Taylor@sccpss.com
SCAD alumnus Kinte Taylor is a faculty member at the Savannah Arts Academy who began his teaching career at Thunderbolt Elementary. Having graduated from SCAD with his Masters and Bachelors of Fine Art, he worked professionally as a post production manager, web-master, web-designer, graphic designer, videographer, editor and production artist. Kinte is a keen photographer and digital artist, using these skills to teach courses in Graphic design and photography. He is also an active freelance multimedia artist and consultant.
Courses Taught: Photo I, Photo II & Introduction to Graphic Design, Graphic Design and Production, Advanced Graphic Design |
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Napoleon Wilkerson
Napolean.Wilkerson@sccpss.com
Napoleon Wilkerson has been an art teacher in the Savannah Chatham County School System for 15 years. He started teaching in the elementary schools for five years at Hodge Elementary and Bartow Elementary. He is in his 10th year at the Savannah Arts Academy teaching Paint 1, Comp 2, and Art History. Napoleon is the Sponsor for the National Art Honor Society which has 44 members. He is a practicing artist who works in watercolors and acrylic. and is a member of the Georgia Watercolor Society andhas won numerous awards for his art .
Courses Taught: Art History, Comp II & Paint I |
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