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Paula Currie

Artist and teacher

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Paula Currie

Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Art Education (K--12).

Art History Minor  Arlington, TX

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About Me

Hi everyone! Thanks for checking out my site.  Here is a little bit about me.  My name is Paula.  I am a military wife and mother of 3. I love art, it is my passion.  I also love baking.  I ran a cottage food bakery for 15 years that specialized in decorative cakes, though I closed the door on that chapter of my life to focus more on college. I also love animals.  We have a dog, 3 cats and a chinchilla.   I was born in Laredo, TX.  My mom immigrated from Mexico many years ago, and though I may not look it, I am very well versed in Hispanic culture.  I moved to Arkansas when I was a teen and met the love of my life my junior year of high school. Though we were very young, we got married 2 months after graduation and have been together ever since.  I started community college that fall and graduated a triple major three years later.  Before I could work on my bachelor’s degree, my husband joined the military and so began a different adventure. In the military we have lived in some very interesting places, my absolute favorite military move was when we were stationed in Hawaii for three years!  We lived on Helemano Military Reservation which is about 10 minutes from North Shore.  Talk about paradise!  After numerous moves, deployments and tours of duty, it was finally time for our family to settle down in one spot, so in 2011 we moved to Fort Worth and are lucky to call it our home.  

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Education

WHAT I’VE LEARNED

2023-Present

University of Texas Arlington – Arlington, TX; Class of 2026

MFA Intermedia

Experience

WHERE I’VE WORKED

August 2022- Present

Creative Arts Center Dallas, Kiln Formed Glass Teaching artist.

March 2023 - May 2023
2020--2023

University of Texas Arlington – Arlington, TX; Class of 2023

BFA; Art Education, Art History Minor

Summa Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key, McNair Scholar, Kappa Delta Pi, UTA Research Ambassador, Maverick Advantage, IDEA Fellow, CoLA Scholar

GPA: 4.0

L. Clifford Davis Elementary School, Student Teacher

December 2022- May 2023

UTA Office of Undergraduate Research, Student Ambassador.

January 2023 - March 2023
2016–2017

Tarrant County College -- Fort Worth, TX; Class of 2017

Associate of Arts; Visual Arts

Phi Theta Kappa, Sigma Alpha Phi

GPA: 4.0

1999--2002

Phillips Community College -- DeWitt, AR; Class of 2002

Associate of Arts; General Education, Early Childhood Education, 

English, Speech and Drama

GPA: 3.5/4.0

Benbrook High School, Student Teacher

February 2006 -- December 2020

Just Desserts, Cottage Food Bakery Owner, Baker and Decorator

Aug. 2011 -- August 2016

Homeschool Teacher

1995-1999

DeWitt High School, DeWitt, AR  Class of 1999

Beta Club, Quill and Scroll, Journalism Staff, Business Award

GPA: 3.5

Technology Experience

Technology Experience

WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE

MS Word, Powerpoint and Publisher

Content Writing & Editing

Adobe Photoshop, & Illustrator

Image & Design Tools

Canvas

Blackboard

MS Teams 

Zoom

Fluent in English

Can understand Spanish

Awards & Interests

Awards

WHERE I SHINE

2023 Summa Cum Laude

2023 Maverick Advantage Distinction

2023 TASA Artovation Exhibition

2023 McNair Scholar Exemplary Senior Scholarship Recipient

2023 Oustanding Student Leader Nominee

Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society for Education

Deans List Fall 2022

Deans List Spring 2022

2022 McNair Scholar

2022 TASA Artovation Exhibition 

2022 Emerging Great Women Artists Exhibition

2022 CoLa Scholar

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

A & AH IDEA Fellow (2021-2022)

A & AH Faculty-Staff-Student Liason Committee Representative (2021-2022)

1st Prize for art historical research in UTA Spring 2021 Art and Art History Symposium

1st Prize Methods Seminar Research Paper Competition (Spring 2021)

Golden Key International Honor Society

Deans List Fall 2021

Deans List- Spring 2021

Deans List - Fall 2020

Deans List - Spring 2020

Phi Theta Kappa

Sigma Alpha Phi

Fine Arts Academic Award

First place: Drawing; Student Art Show

Honorable Mention: Sculpture; Student Art Show Tarrant County College

Chancellors Art Show participant, Tarrant County College

Interests

OUT OF OFFICE

Creative Writing

Photography

Travel

Cooking

Art

Reading

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