Kelly Baker, visual arts teacher

Q: What were you doing before you started working at GCAA?

A: Before working for Grand Center Arts Academy, I worked one year for KIPP Victory Academy teaching kindergarten through fourth grade art. I also taught for six years at Queen of All Saints School where I taught kindergarten through eighth grade art, as well as two Project Lead the Way courses: Design and Modeling, and Automation and Robotics.

Q:  What is something you want people to know about you?

A: I love getting to know my students and learning about what makes them unique. During my classes, I work with students as they develop their art, and use it as a chance to hear about them.

Q: Whats your long-term goal for your students or class?

A: In the long-term, I would like my students to gain the experience of working with many art forms in my class. We do a little bit of everything so that students can learn about what type of visual art they love the best.

Q: What are you looking forward to at GCAA?

A: I am so excited to be at GCAA because, as a visual arts teacher, I get the opportunity to work with, for the most part, students who are interest in visual arts! GCAA is different from the schools I come from in that students can choose to be in my studio classes rather than be placed in the class automatically. I’m looking forward to learning about all my students and building their skills throughout the school year.