Susan Harrison, founder of Brick Street Art Studios, and current Visual Art Chair of the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts, has developed comprehensive  visual art programs and curricula for a wide range of educational institutions, while working with  diverse elementary, secondary and higher education students.  She especially loves to mentor foundation students and work with them over a three to four-year span as they develop their art and design portfolios for competitive pre-college summer arts programs as well as for art school and university-level majors and programs. Harrison strongly believes that the enjoyment, problem-solving and higher-thinking skills developed via art, photography and design processes that she employs in her teaching and mentoring approaches not only result in happier and higher achieving life-long learners and reflective thinkers but also in more confident, self-directed and motivated artists. Helping students develop their own inner creative compass as well as conceptual and technical know how is her main purpose. "I feel successful as an art mentor and "coach" when students leave my studio with a strong sense of their ability to mold and shape their own respective path in any creative pursuit. as well as a strong sense of their individual aesthetic, tastes and sensibilities."
 
 Harrison served in the following full time positions: 
      -High School Art Teacher, Western High School, Louisville, KY 
      - Upper School Art & Digital Media Teacher, Louisville Collegiate School (LCS), Louisville, KY for eleven years;
      - Admissions Counselor & Teacher Certification Program Advisor, School of Education, North Park University, Chicago, IL for four years;
      - Studio Art & Photography Instructor, Fort Worth Country Day School (FWCDS), Fort Worth, TX  for four years;
      - Circulation Manager, Print Graphic Design Magazine, Bethesda, MD for four years.


Harrison has taught at the university-level a wide range of courses including printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture and 3-D foundations: 
       - Printmaking, Photography, Ceramics & Technology Instructor, North Park University, Chicago, IL
       - 3-D Foundations Instructor, First Year Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
       - Sculpture & 3-D Foundations Adjunct Instructor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
       - 3-D Foundations Graduate Teaching Associate, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
       - Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN


Here is a list of many of Harrison's other professional experiences and contacts over the years:
SUMMER ARTS PROGRAMS
      - Chair of Visual Arts & Printmaking Instructor,  Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA), Lexington & Danville, KY
     - Printmaking & Digital Media Instructor, The Louisville Collegiate School (LCS), Louisville, KY
     - Lead Artist, Gallery 37 @ Hansen Park Elementary School, Chicago, IL
     - Printmaking Instructor, Anchor Graphics’ High School Program, Chicago, IL                                                        
     - Printmaking Teaching Assistant, Downtown Program, Gallery 37, Chicago, IL  
     - Art Instructor, KIDS U, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
     - Workshop Producer, Summer Academy of Arts & Science, Knoxville, TN 
     - Instructor, Arts Camp, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
    - Printmaking Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    - Art & Photography Instructor, The University of Tennessee Community Programs, Knoxville, TN

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
    - Sculpture Instructor, Living Arts & Sciences Center, Lexington, KY
    - Volunteer Art Instructor, Youth Outreach Services, Chicago, IL
    - Lead Artist, Gallery 37 @ The Christopher School, Chicago, IL

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS
   - Qualified Roster Artist, Illinois Art Council, IL
   - Museum of Contemporary Art @ Mather High School, Chicago, IL 
   - Charleston & Matoon Public Schools, Coles County, Illinois
   - DuPage Children’s Museum, Wheaton, IL
   - The Brown School, Creating Pride, Chicago, IL 
   - Witness & Legacy Holocaust Project, The Knoxville Museum of Art @ Austin and East High Schools, Knoxville, TN
   - Meet the Masters Program, The Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
   - The Bonny Kate School, Knoxville, TN
   - Rural Outreach Program @ The Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 

PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS
     - Middle-level Education, Lyman A. Budlong School, Chicago, IL
     - Secondary Education Intern, Oak Park River Forrest High School, Oak Park, IL
     - Resident Art Intern & Gallery Assistant, The Madeira School, McLean, VA
     - Program Assistant, Curator of Education, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

EDUCATION
- Illinois Teaching Certificate for K-12 Art, North Park University, Chicago, IL 
- M.F.A. in Sculpture, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 
- B.F.A. in Fine Arts, The Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, DC 
- B.A. Cum Laude in English Literature, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Junior Year Abroad Program, University of London: Westfield and King's Colleges, London, England

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
Certified to teach K-12 Art in the states of Indiana, Illinois, New Jersey and Kentucky