Kim Greene
BFA, Bright Horse Art Director
Biography
Kim has had had a passion for art since early childhood. Eight years ago she received a Bachelors degree of Fine Art from Buffalo State College, in her home state of New York. She has been working with children and art in diverse settings ever since. As a resident of North Carolina since 2000, Kim has taught drawing and ceramics to hundreds of children at many organizations, including the Lincoln Pottery Studio, the Durham Arts Council, the Carrboro Arts Center, Montessori Community School as well as privately for neighborhood communities. As an avid member of the art community, she has held a seat on the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission, performed in outdoor theatre with Paperhand Puppet Intervention and volunteered as a gallery guide at the Ackland Art Museum. In addition to enjoying her career, she has a great love for horses, the outdoors, reading and travel.
Philosophy
I have come to understand through years of working with people of all ages that drawing is a teachable skill. Certainly, there are children with artistic flair, often named “the artist of the family”, but I firmly believe that everyone can learn the basics of art through consistent, engaging art instruction and find it satisfying to use in their day-to-day life. Not every child that learns to read and write will grow up to be a poet. Not every child that learns to swim or ride a bike will grow up to be an athlete. These are simply skills that are taught and just like these skills, art can also be learned and enjoyed.
Skill building is essential to human growth and development. It raises self-awareness, boosts self-esteem and builds confidence to try new things. Art offers children an inward journey and an opportunity to feel successful doing so. In the hustle and bustle of modern life, creating art regularly in a quiet, orderly environment offers a much needed reprieve. Sadly, the state of our educational system today is such that art is being forced out of the curriculum and, as a result, thousands of children will grow up to be adults considering themselves unable to draw.
As an avid promoter of the craft of art, my teacher-directed style of instruction leads children confidently forward as they enjoy a non-competitive approach to the fundamentals of art. My students enjoy a calm classroom environment where individual creativity is encouraged and individual vision is nurtured.