Naomi LIFSCHITZ

Naomi Lifschitz-Grant is a painter and art educator. She is an Associate Professor of Art Education at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where she coordinates graduate and undergraduate art education. She holds an EdD and MA in Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has taught art for well over 18 years across New York City, Birmingham, Alabama, and Italy. Her research focuses on community-based arts as a tool for school reform. She took part in the A.I.R. Vallauris residency in France in 2003 and has held many other residencies, including MacDowell and Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been exhibited internationally.