Artists Index: W

Whitman, John

John H. Whitman

John Whitman grew up in a rural area outside of a small town called Port Royal in Pennsylvania.  He graduated from Juniata High School in 1995 and continued his education at Kutztown University.  John earned a B.S. at Kutztown with a degree in Education and a major in Art Education.  After substituting for a couple of years, John moved to South Carolina in 2000 and started teaching full time in 2001 at Mullins High School.  At Mullins High, John currently teaches eleven different Visual Art Electives including Advanced Placement Studio Art and is the acting Department Head of the Fine Arts Department.  While teaching art, John has been awarded the Promising Young Professional Award and Teacher of the Year in 2006.  He also sponsors chapter 959 of the National Art Honor Society.  For the last three years he has written and been awarded the Arts Curricular Distinguished Arts Program (DAP) Grant for Mullins High School.   Currently he is a board member of the Marion County Arts Council and has served as secretary.

 

 

 

 

Wiegert, Linda

 

 

 Linda Wiegert has been a Marion resident, artist and art teacher since 1999.  She is a National Board Certified Teacher for adolescents through young adult students. Linda received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN; a Masters in Secondary education and an Education Specialist degree in Middle Level Curriculum and Instruction, University of New Mexico. She is a member of the FoxTrot Festival Board, the HMRA (Historic Marion Revitalization Association), and the Arts Council of Marion County.  She also belongs to the National and South Carolina Arts Education Associations