Mishawn K. Reynolds has been an art educator for more than twenty years. As an art specialist she has taught art to students in kindergarten through the secondary level. Specific courses include Advanced Placement Art, Elements and Principles of Design, Fundamentals of Art 2-D and 3-D Levels 1-2-3, Photography, Sculpture, Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Art History, Portfolio Preparation, and Technology within Art. At The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA where she earned her BFA and MA in Art Education she wrote her first curriculum guide, entitled: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Art Education: Exploring the Colonial American Theme Utilizing the Webbed Model. Since then she has written and implemented multiple curriculums. These curriculums include: Autistic Support in the School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; a secondary art curriculum introducing 3-D courses into a 2-D only program in the Pottsgrove School District, Pottstown, PA; an interdisciplinary curriculum for middle school students coinciding with their Language Arts and Social Studies program in The Springfield School District (Delaware County), Springfield, PA; an elementary curriculum based on the Elements and Principles of Design in the Christina School District, Newark, DE; and a Multicultural program at Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for the Gifted at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA. She has also taught an In-Service course entitled Teaching Core Subjects through an Interdisciplinary Approach in Art on the secondary level in Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Annapolis, MD. She received a grant to attend Teaching with Instructional Multimedia in Mathematics and Science at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), Essex Campus. She is certified to Teach Advanced Placement Art and was awarded a Graduate Assistantship and Fellowship. As an eclectic artist, Ms. Reynolds continues to be a practicing artist in photography, graphic design, and gourd art. Her work has been shown in both juried and group exhibitions in galleries, including: the Centennial at the Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA; Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD; the Rosenwald, Mednick, and Off-the-Wall Galleries, Philadelphia, PA; and the Florida Gourd Show in Merion County, FL. Mishawn Reynolds can be contacted for help, In-Service, and Media Inquiries at mreynolds@teachingart4autism.com