Andrea Kantrowitz

Andrea Kantrowitz, an artist and an educator, has lectured and led workshops on art and cognition internationally. She was a teaching artist in New York City public schools for many years, involved in research that demonstrated the positive impact of art for students growing up in poverty. She holds a doctorate in Art Education and Cognitive Studies from Columbia University Teachers College, an MFA from Yale, a BA from Harvard, and is an Associate Professor and Director of the Art Education Program at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Her paintings have been exhibited nationally.