Margaret Peeno has contributed to the development of art education at the local, state, and national levels as a classroom practitioner and as an active member and leader of local, state, and national organizations. As Supervisor of Art in the Columbia, University City, and Clayton, Missouri schools between 1969 and 2009, Ms. Peeno served her communities providing a strong voice for the importance of the arts as a part of every child's education. She currently teaches and supervises student teachers at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and works with Gallery 210 at UMSL to build art connections with area school districts, communities, and artists in our area.
Along with myriads of committee responsibilities, she assumed a variety of leadership roles including President of Art Education Advisory at the St. Louis Artists' Guild, Chair of the St. Louis Art Museum Advisory Board, President of the Missouri Art Education Association, Vice President of the National Art Education Association and Trustee for the National Art Education Foundation. Her work in these professional organizations has been recognized with a variety of awards, including the National Art Education Distinguished Service within the Profession Award, the Binney-Smith Crayola Leadership Award, and the Missouri Art Education of the Year Award. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Art Education Association.
Margaret Peeno has an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from Alfred University, Alfred, New York, and graduate degrees from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, and The University of Missouri-Columbia, where she majored in Fine Arts Leadership and Administration. As Art Supervisor for the University City School District she facilitated the CEMREL Aesthetic Education Program and the John D. Rockefeller Arts in General Education project. A regular presenter, seminar, and workshop leader at local, state, and national conferences, she has given keynote addresses at the Missouri Alliance for the Arts, the Missouri Arts Education Collaborative, and the University of Missouri Grand Seminar Arts Integration Workshop. She has painted series of Character Education murals throughout schools and community- based centers for students across the greater St. Louis area sponsored by grants from the University of Missouri Foundation. She presented a workshop for teachers and administrators at the 2019 National Art Education Association Conference in Boston at "The Caucus for Social Theory in Art Education-Encouraging Positive Social Behavior Through Art.
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