NAME:
Donna Staten
SCHOOL:
Gattis Elementary
CLASS:
K-5 Art
SCHOOL PHONE:
428-2020
Donna Staten comes to Gattis from Temple ISD where she was an art specialist
for 22 years. Her students were recognized at state, national, and
international levels numerous times. She has had 85 winners in the
prestigious International Children's Art Exhibition, judged in Japan,
including 11 Gold medals and 2 Supreme Gold medals. Fifteen students were
named national winners by the Crayola Dream-Makers Art-in-Education Program,
and 17 students were named to the Save the Children Permanent Artist
Collection. Numerous student artworks have been published in books,
magazines, journals, calendars and other publications.
Ms. Staten's online student gallery at Artsonia.com has consistently been
rated among the top schools and she has received the Artsonia Leadership
Award several times. She was also the first ever "Camp Crayola" director for
Binney & Smith. She has spoken at state level conferences and to numerous
civic groups; served on a TEA Textbook Panel; and is published in Arts &
Activities Magazine. She has curated a number of international art exhibits
and is listed in Who's Who in the World and Who's Who in Education for her
work with art education.
Ms. Staten's students have been exhibited at these locations: Crayola
Factory, Easton, PA; US Dept of Educ. Bldg. and the Caring Institute, both
in Washington DC; EPCOT/Disneyworld; IACA World Awareness Children’s Museum
and the Empire State Building, both in New York; Texas Governor’s Office;
Texas Capitol; Springfield, Utah, Museum of Art; Colorado Springs Fine Arts
Center and many universities. Internationally: Russia, Czech Republic,
Japan, France, Romania and other countries.
