Susan Donley
Portrait Artist, Museum Educator, Author
- Location
- Greater Pittsburgh Area
- Industry
- Fine Art
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Susan Donley's Overview
- Current
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- Portrait Artist at Susan Donley, Portrait Artist
- Past
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- 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
- Education
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- University of Oklahoma
- Westminster College (PA)
- Connections
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171 connections
- Websites
Susan Donley's Summary
Fine artist and illustrator specializing in detailed, realistic portraits of pets and people in pencil, pastel, watercolor and ink drawings and paintings. See artwork at http://petspictured.com and http://susandonley.com.
Previously educator and author 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. http://www.learningdesign.com.
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
2006 – Present (6 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)
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).
Director of Educational Services
WQED Multimedia
Nonprofit; 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
1985 – 1988 (3 years)
Developed materials and training to help teachers integrate local history and architecture into regular classroom curricula; Created informal programs for elementary and secondary students focused on architectural heritage.
Susan Donley's Skills & Expertise
Susan Donley's Education
University of Oklahoma
MLS, Museum Studies, Museum Education
1982 – 1985
Westminster College (PA)
BA, Art, History
1971 – 1975
Susan Donley's Additional Information
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- Interests:
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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
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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
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- Honors and Awards:
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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
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