2021 NCAEA Award Winners
NCAEA Art Educator of the Year
Slater Mapp
Secondary Art Educator, Green Level High School, Wake County Public Schools
NCAEA Elementary Art Educator of the Year
Gussie Marshallsea
Elementary Art Educator, Underwood Elementary Gifted and Talented Magnet School, Wake County Public Schools
NCAEA Middle Level Art Educator of the Year
Chynna Oaks
Art Educator, Harold E. Winkler Middle School, Cabarrus County Schools
NCAEA Secondary Art Educator of the Year
Slater Mapp
Secondary Art Educator, Green Level High School, Wake County Public Schools
NCAEA Higher Education Art Educator of the Year
Christine Liao
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
NCAEA Museum Division Art Educator of the Year
Kristin Smith
Museum Educator, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
NCAEA Rookie Art Educator of the Year
Ali Petrauskas
Art Teacher, Harold E. Winkler Middle School, Cabarrus County Schools
NCAEA Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Art Educator of the Year
Amanda Adams Gordon
Art Teacher, A+ & Magnet Coordinator, Diggs/Latham Elementary School,
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
NCAEA Supervision/Administration Art Educator of the Year
Laura Mitchell
Arts Education Specialist, Buncombe County Schools, Asheville, NC
Friends of the Arts I
Priscilla Brayboy
Principal Elizabethtown Primary School, Bladen County Schools
Nicolette Grant
Chief Academic Officer, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
Friends of the Arts II
Toni Tronu
Owner, Visual Index
Susan H. Whitehead
Executive Assistant to Paul Coble, Legislative Services Office
Jaymie Meyer
Director of Education, Green Hill Center for NC Art
Katie Cornell
Executive Director, Asheville Area Arts Council
Dara Silver
Vice President of Grant Programs & Partner Relations,
The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County
The Sawtooth School for Visual Arts
Winston-Salem, NC
Distinguished Fellows Class of 2021
Eric Purves
Rebecca Bailey
Karen Canfield