NAME: Kristin Berry

SCHOOL: Grisham Middle School

CLASS: Art 6, Studio Art 7/8, and Advanced Studio Art 8

PHONE EXTENSION: (512)428-2737

About The Teacher

    I'm a 2002 graduate of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, and I have 
Art and Elementary teaching certificates for grades 1-8.  The 2008-2009 
school year will be my 7th year of teaching.  I taught Art I for a year at 
Nolan Middle School in Killeen, before coming to Grisham in '03/'04.  

    I've also served as Grisham's Fine Arts department chair for four 
years.  We have the best Fine Arts students & staff I've ever seen here.  
All of our arts programs- Art, Band, Choir, Orchestra, and Theatre Arts- are 
awesome!  
    
    Being an art teacher is really cool.  Who wouldn't enjoy coming to work 
and teaching a subject that's so much fun?  I love art, especially working 
with collage, paint, and Prismacolors.  I'm not always the best with 
words, but I can draw or paint how I'm feeling with no problem.  

    I think it's amazing that art is such a universal language.  My favorite 
artists are Kahlo, Kandinsky, Klimt, Matisse, and Varo, and I like each of 
them because of their strong use of color and their individual styles.  Even 
though each of these artists lived and worked in different parts of the 
world, their work "speaks" to me nonetheless.
    
    Students often ask why I like teaching.  Witnessing the unexpected and 
original ideas students come up with is my favorite part of the job.  The 
creativity and fearlessness of young artists is inspiring!

Mission For The Class

Our mission is to improve and expand our skills as artists by working with a 
variety of media in new and creative ways.