2022 NCAEA Award Winners
NCAEA Art Educator of the Year
Kathryn M. Bello
Elementary Art Educator, Chicod Elementary School, Pitt County Public Schools
NCAEA Elementary Art Educator of the Year
Kathryn M. Bello
Elementary Art Educator, Chicod Elementary School, Pitt County Public Schools
NCAEA Middle Level Art Educator of the Year
Janice M. Withers
Visual Arts Teacher, Apex Friendship Middle School, Wake County Public Schools
NCAEA Secondary Art Educator of the Year
Leslie Burwell
Visual Art Educator, Northwood High School, Chatham County Public Schools
NCAEA Higher Education Art Educator of the Year
Dr. Naomi Lifschitz-Grant
Associate Professor for Art Education, Graduate Program Director, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Greensboro, NC
NCAEA Museum Division Art Educator of the Year
Alex Brown
Director of Programs and Audience Engagement, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
NCAEA Supervision/Administration Art Educator of the Year
Brandon Guthrie
Interim Vice President of University Transfer, Dean of Arts and Humanities, Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC
NCAEA Emeritus Art Educator of the Year
Renee Winter Otero
University Supervisor for MAT Art Interns, UNCW, Jacksonville, NC
NCAEA Special Needs Art Educator of the Year
Kelly Holland
Visual Art Teacher, Buncombe County Schools Progressive Education Program, Asheville, NC
NCAEA National Art Honor Society Chapter Sponsor of the Year 2022-23
Stephanie Miller
Surry Central High School, Surry County Schools, Yadkinville, NC
Friends of the Arts I
Kristie Leinthall
Principal, Acme Delco Elementary School, Columbus County Schools
Jeremy Tucker
Director of Arts Education, NC Department of Public Instruction
Friends of the Arts II
Cape Fear Collective
Wilmington, NC
Kathryn Ervin
Founder, The Old School Studio (TOSS), Morganton, NC
Georgia Mastroieni
Director of Outreach and Family Engagement, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
Savannah College of Art and Design
Dale Clifford, Lara Langston, Amber Ylisto
Watauga Education Foundation
Boone, NC
Ginny Zellmer
Education Manager, Hickory Museum of Art
Distinguished Fellows Class of 2022
Marylu Flowers-Schoen
Marjorie O’Shea
Rebecca Dow