Jeanette Wachtman for over twenty-five years has been an art educator, artist and author. She received her Masters in Art Education from State University College of New York at Buffalo and participated in a Cultural Educational Program in Siena, Italy. She is presently teaching on Kennesaw State University Campus and for Cobb County Schools. Ms. Wachtman has been the recipient of the Southeastern Elementary Art Educator Award 1999 from the National Art Education Association, Georgia's Elementary Art Educator of the Year in 1997-98 awarded by Georgia's Art Education Association. She was selected Teacher of the Year 1996-97 for Bryant Elementary School, Mableton, Georgia, and received the Outstanding Continuing Educator Award 1993 from Kennesaw State University Continuing Education Department.

Ms. Wachtman is the author of three books and co-authored another, all related to art curriculum. She has exhibited her watercolors, pottery, and mixed media art in regional and one-woman shows, receiving awards in juried competition. She is presently exhibiting digital photography recording images from her travels.

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