About the Artist

An artist, art educator, and museum professional, I am currently the Associate Director of Education at The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York, where I have had the pleasure of working in the Education Department since 2004.  I also create select exhibition-related student activity guides for select exhibitions at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY.  In 2011, I began Cork Creations by Kristina and now sell my recycled cork artwork at craft and gift fairs across Long Island, New York throughout the season.

I received a Bachelor of Arts in art history and studio art (with a concentration in drawing) from Binghamton University, State University of New York, in 2004 and a Masters of Science in Education in Art Education from Queens College, City University of New York in 2008 and hold an New York State Initial Certification in Art Education, K-12.  

Over the years, my personal artwork and teaching styles have evolved greatly and continue to do so with every new and exciting challenge that life brings!

Undergraduate Thesis

Unmaking the Museum: Marcel Duchamp's Readymades in Context

I wrote this untraditional thesis in the form of a website in 2004.  It was published in Tout-Fait, The Marcel Duchamp Online Studies Journal, Vol I, 2005.

Links

The Heckscher Museum of Art
Godwin-Ternbach Museum
Binghamton University

Graduate Thesis

“Coming To Terms” with a Selective Art Experience for High School Students
A Case Study of Visual Art Teachers' and Museum Professionals' Understandings of a Juried Student Exhibition