About Jane
Jane is an artist, educator, researcher, and creativity and educational consultant. She is also a Professor of Art Education at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. In 2024, Jane was nominated for North Carolina Higher Education Art Educator of the Year. She earned her Ph.D. in Expressive Arts in Education, and an M.F.A in Textile Design and Weaving. Jane is also a Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator (REACE). Jane offers expressive arts-based mindfulness workshops to support creative renewal and well-being for individuals as well as for professional development K-12 teachers.
Creativity and well-being are at the heart of my creative practice. For over 35 years, I have participated in meditation, yoga, and contemplative practices. During that time I have also taught art and have been a practicing artist. My work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and can be found in private and corporate collections. I also maintain an on-going expressive arts practice integrating a variety of contemplative practices. At the heart of mindful expressive arts practices is a deep attentiveness where mind, heart, and senses are open and receptive to the moment just as it is.
Jane maintains a fibers arts studio practice and enjoys the practice of slow stitching that fills a space in her life that calls out for solitude and creativity. Painting with both thread and pigment envelops me in a deeply meditative state. Engaging in the expressive arts can be a powerful way to promote mindfulness and self-care. Jane also enjoys visual journaling, writing, poetry, creative movement and music. Through creative practice and reflection she aims to find beauty, everyday, in every moment. Each work is unique, coming from a deep and personal place within. The process is intuitive and soulful.
Education
​Ph.D.
Expressive Arts Education
EGS University
Switzerland
In an international community of creatives I explored the many facets of the expressive arts: visual, creative movement, music, drama and writing/poetry and discovered the discipline of helping and healing that uses the arts as its basis for discovery and change.
M.F.A Textile Design & Weaving
Rochester Institute of Technology
New York
I took a beginning weaving class as an undergraduate and the passion took hold. Today I practice and teach a variety of “slow” textiles techniques:weaving, surface design, embroidery, spinning, and felting.
R.E.A.C.E.
(Registered Expressive Arts
Educator/Consultant)
International Expressive Arts Association
The expressive arts are about reclaiming our innate capacity as human beings to be creative. I applied to become a Registered Expressive Arts Consultant/Educator through the International Expressive Arts Association to support healing and creative expression
