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Sharon D. McCuen

Biography

 Sharon McCuen is a Selinsgrove resident and retired public school art teacher.  She is a working artist with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Penn State University. As an artist, she has shown her work in one-woman shows, group exhibitions and juried shows. She has won numerous awards as an artist and as a teacher. In 2005 the Pennsylvania Art Education Association selected Sharon to receive the Outstanding Elementary Art Educator of the year award. Her art work is primarily in painting and print making, with a focus on water-based monotypes and mono prints.

 Sharon’s inspiration for her art began in graduate school when she heard a philosopher speak about the "Stuff of Water" from Greek mythology. He suggested that artists have the ability to reach into the pool of memories where all one’s thoughts and deeds are deposited on their journey through life. We as artists have the gift to reach into this pool of memories and bring back to others the valuable truths that have been deposited there. It is her hope that people will glimpse these "Truths of Life" in the beauty of her work. She is often inspired by nature and the beauty of life in her surroundings.

Background • Awards • Exhibitions

Partial Listing of Academic Background and Awards:
  • Making Art Safely, Printmaking Workshop, Santa Fe, NM
  • Art in New England  printmaking workshop,  Bennington, Vermont
  • Pennsylvania State University MFA  & certification 1988-89
  • Bloomsburg University BA in Studio Art 1985. Susquehanna University AD 1983
  • Public School art teacher for 20 years
  • Third Place Award, Professional category, Packwood Museum Show 2012 
  • Best of Show Award, North Central Educators Exhibition at Penn College 2010
  • Pa Art Education Association Outstanding Art Educator of the Year  2005
  • Excellence in Arts in Education Award , Pa Coalition for Arts in Ed. 1998
 Partial Listing of Exhibitions:
  • Susquehanna Tower, Williamsport Regional Medical Center 7 pieces on permanent display
  • Penn Gallery, Pa College of Technology
  • Packwood House Museum
  • Art Space Invitational Show - Four Woman Printmakers
  • Susquehanna Art Society Members Exhibit
  • Art Association of Harrisburg, Pa.
  • Harrisburg State Capital
  • Susquehanna University Degenstein Art Center, 5 Artist 
    Invitational Exhibit
  • WITF Public Radio/Tv station, Art in the Atrium , Solo Show​ 
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