Deb Rosenbaum
A native of Denver, Deb received a B.A. in Art History from the University of California and completed graduate study in art education at Florida International University and Metropolitan State College in Denver. She chaired the art department at Hannan High School in New Orleans for 9 years, developing curriculum for studio art, art history and Louisiana history. As Director of the Kauai Academy of Creative Arts in Hawaii, she received state grants to write art and social studies curriculum for public elementary schools.
Deb is a mixed media artist working in sculpture, drawing, painting, printmaking and mixed media box assemblage. Her work is in the collection of Hawaii’s State Foundation for Culture and the Arts and she has shows work professionally in New Orleans and Denver. Deb is the recipient of study fellowships from the Surdna Foundation (2010), National Endowment for the Arts (1995, 2009), the National Endowment for the Humanities (2003 and 2008), The Fund for Teachers (2007), the Japan Memorial Fulbright Fund (2006), Chicago Art Institute (2005), and the Kansas City Art Institute (2005 and 2009). She currently serves on the Public Art Committee for the City of Denver, and the School Leadership Team, Collaborative School Committee and the Personnel Committee at DSA. This is her 8th year at DSA. deb_rosenbaum@dpsk12.org
KENDRA FLEISCHMAN
Kendra is a professional sculptor and Colorado native. Her monumental bronze sculptures are included in public and private collections across the United States. In Colorado you can see her work outside the black box theater at the Arvada Center in Arvada, CO, at the Lakewood Cultural Center in Lakewood, CO, on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO, and in Benson Sculpture Park in Loveland, CO. She has experience working in carving stone, casting bronze, ceramics, jewelry and video. Mrs. Fleischman comes to DSA from the Jefferson County Public Schools, where she was an arts educator for over 10 years. This is her 3rd year at DSA.
You can view her sculpture and new works at KendraFleischman.com