Susan Donley

Current

• Portrait Artist at Susan Donley, Portrait Artist

Past

• Instructional Designer at Learning Design (Self-employed)
• Producer at Digital Alchemy
• Director of Educational Services at WQED Multimedia

• Education Director at Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation

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Education

• University of Oklahoma
• Westminster College

Connections

42 connections

Industry

Fine Art

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Susan Donley’s Summary

Artist and educator with over 30 years of experience developing instructional materials to help museums, public television, and other nonprofits adapt their programs to the school arts and humanities curriculum. Her diverse clients have included the Frick Art Museum and Clayton, Fallingwater, Pittsburgh Children's Museum, Center for American Music, and the White House Historical Association through WQED Pittsburgh. That era of her work is documented at http://www.learningdesign.com.
In the last few years, however, Susan is returning to her routes as a fine artist. She specializes in detailed, realistic portraits of pets and people in pencil, pastel, watercolor and ink. See her artwork at http://petspictured.com and http://susandonley.com.

Susan Donley’s Specialties:

Museum education, art education, arts-in-education, curriculum writing, staff development, graphic design for education, web design, portraiture (people, pets, houses), graphite pencil drawing, colored pencil, oil pastel, watercolor, scratchboard, illustration

Susan Donley’s Experience

• Portrait Artist

  Susan Donley, Portrait Artist

  (Fine Art industry)

  2006 — Present (4 years )

  I'm an artist specializing in portraits of people, pets, and places we love in realistically detailed graphite and colored pencil, oil pastel and watercolor. I'm reclaiming my art career after a successful 30 year career in museum and arts education where I created educational materials for all ages.

• Instructional Designer

  Learning Design (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; E-Learning industry)

  January 1997 — November 2006 (9 years 11 months)

  Through Learning Design, Susan Donley created imaginative and motivating educational materials--on paper, on the air, online, on exhibit, and on screen--serving preschool through post-graduate learners for a range of clients, including museums, public broadcast and new media; community, arts, and healthcare organizations; schools and educational institutions; business, government and service groups. She has completed projects for Fallingwater, the White House Historical Association, the National Geographic Society, WQED Pittsburgh, the Center for American Music, the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, the Frick Art and Historical Association and many more. She is the author of <i>Pennsylvania Our Home,</i> an elementary Pennsylvania history textbook (Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith Publishers, 2004).

• Producer

  Digital Alchemy

  (Fine Art industry)

  1996 — 1996 (less than a year)

• Director of Educational Services

  WQED Multimedia

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  October 1991 — January 1996 (4 years 4 months)

  Created educational materials to accompany local and national public television series, including Mind Your Own Body, The Pittsburgh History Series, Next Step Mars, Within These Walls and Upon These Grounds (for the White House Historical Association), Where in Time is Carmen San Diego. Also supervised Instructional Television Service, including WNET's National Teacher Training Institute.

• Education Director

  Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation

  (Fine Art industry)

  1985 — 1988 (3 years )

Susan Donley’s Education

• University of Oklahoma

  MLS , Museum Studies, Museum Education , 1982 — 1985

• Westminster College

  BA , Art, History , 1971 — 1975

Additional Information

Susan Donley’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Susan Donley’s Interests:

drawing, sketching, painting, watercolor, birding, walking, knitting, polymer clay, folk music, local history, history, dog training, pets, nature, photography, genealogy, museum education, art education, arts in education

Susan Donley’s Groups:

EyesOnThePrize.org Support for Gynecologic Cancer - EyesOnThePrize.org
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation Allied Support Group, Chicago, IL
SMC Business Council, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators
Pittsburgh Society of Artists
Oakmont Chamber of Commerce

•    Visual Artists and their Advocates
•    Art marketing
•    Women's Small Business Association (WSBA)
•    Linkin Greater Pittsburgh
•    Westminster Connect
•    Pennsylvania Governor's Conference for Women
•    Art of Licensing
•    Art By Hollis Int'L (R) - Art, Law, Entertainment, Fashion, Sports, Film, TV, Photography & Biz
•    Christian Art and Media Professionals
•    Pittsburgh Women's Connection
•    Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators

Susan Donley’s Honors:

Distinguished Alumni Lecturer, Westminster College, 1988
Pennsylvania Art Educator of the Year, 1992
Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Merit Award, 1992
A Dozen Who Made a Difference, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2002
Celebrate and Share Women of Achievement Honoree, 2009

Susan Donley’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• getting back in touch