Anna Divinsky, MFA

Anna Divinsky is an instructor of art for the School of Visual Arts at Penn State. She writes and teaches an online art course titled Art 10: Introduction to Visual Studies. She is responsible for creating the content of the course, which involves the writing of narratives and assignments, and participation in creative decision making. As an instructor she provides students with helpful constructive feedback, answers their questions, assigns grades, and offers other course-related assistance. She also maintains close correspondence with the teaching assistants and oversees their work.

Divinsky's experience in studio art stems from teaching drawing courses and online art at Penn State. Although the drawing classes enabled her to create a closely-knit studio atmosphere, with assignments and projects oriented toward her students' personal progression, online art instruction presented an interesting balance of theory and practice that is useful in promoting growth and the development of individual views and styles in non-art majors. Each course contributes to her ideas and goals of building versatile objectives as she continues to share her knowledge and learn from her students. She also draws on her experience of giving private art lessons to children of every age group, using their creative energy as sources of inspiration for her college-level courses. Most important, she integrates her personal art research and work into every aspect of her teaching, sharing her understanding and perception of art.

Divinsky is an active participant in art exhibitions and in the art community. Recently she has participated in more than a dozen shows, exhibiting her work in Pittsburgh, State College, Washington, D.C., and Sydney, Australia. Her solo exhibits, group shows, and art activities have received excellent reviews in the media and from her fellow artists. She is a member of such guilds as the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Group A, and the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, serving as a curator for the latter group's membership exhibition in 2007. She is also affiliated with the Digging Pitt Gallery in Pittsburgh, which carries her work in their permanent flat files collection. Divinsky received a bachelor of arts degree in studio arts and art history from the University of Pittsburgh, and a master of fine arts degree in printmaking from Penn State.

Jennifer Kelly, MFA

Jennifer Kelly has been a part-time instructor in Penn State's School of Visual Arts for four years and has taught Art 20: Introduction to Drawing for two of those years. Her favorite part of teaching is having the opportunity to see her students improve over the duration of the course. She has exhibited her work in Chicago, Cleveland, and Los Angeles, as well as Stamford, New York. She received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Penn State in 1995 and a master of fine arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999.