2023 NCAEA Award Winners

NCAEA Art Educator of the Year

Frann Paige

Art Specialist, Clemmons Elementary School, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools

NCAEA Elementary Art Educator of the Year  

  Frann Paige

Art Specialist, Clemmons Elementary School, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools

NCAEA Middle Level Art Educator of the Year

Destiny (Harris) Johnson

Art Teacher, Roberta Road Middle School, Cabarrus County Schools

NCAEA Secondary Art Educator of the Year  

Lauren Mann

Visual Art Teacher, Enloe Magnet School, Wake County Public Schools

NCAEA Higher Education Art Educator of the Year

Dr. Brooke Anne Hofsess

Professor of Art Education, Appalachian State University

NCAEA Rookie Art Educator of the Year   

Pooja Nair

Art Educator, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools

NCAEA Supervision/Administration Art Educator of the Year 

Justin Pierce

K-12 Visual Arts, Digital Media Arts, and Dance Curriculum and Instruction Specialist, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

NCAEA Emeritus Art Educator of the Year      

Beth Palmer

Artist, Concept Designer, Educator, Beth Palmer Studio, Durham, NC

NCAEA National Art Honor Society Chapter Sponsor of the Year  

Caitlyn Bachman

Visual Art Teacher, Topsail High School, Pender County Schools

NCAEA National Junior Art Honor Society Chapter Sponsor of the Year   

Kirsten N. Durbin

Art Teacher, Porter Ridge Middle School, Union County Schools

Friends of the Arts I 

Tricia McManus

Superintendent, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

Friends of the Arts II

Denise Dickens

Public Art Programmer, Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Resources Department, Town of Cary, NC

Bryant Holsenbeck

Artist, Teaching Artist, Durham & Wake County, NC