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Brenna Fisher is a social practice artist interested in how artistic expression can be used to foster empathy, connection, and community. Brenna works in drawing, painting, loose parts sculpture, and writing.
Brenna works as an Atelierista at Barrow Street Nursery School. She leads workshops for schools, businesses, and conferences around topics of artistic interventions that support learning in early childhood. She redesigned the play centers for the Family Justice Centers of Manhattan and Queens, as well as the maker's space for the Montclare Children's Center. Brenna attended Hunter College and completed her Master's in Early Childhood Education. Her thesis investigated the role drawing places in creating a foundation for social justice in preschools. Brenna’s received a B.A. in Studio Art and a minor in English from the College of Wooster. Her independent study was titled Johnny Appleseed: a cultural landscape. Prior to classroom teaching, Brenna also developed and oversaw visual arts programming as the art director of Kingsley Pines Camp and worked as a teaching artist at the Children's Museum of the Arts in NYC. Brenna is an alumni of the New York Arts Program and worked with for Bruce Pearson, Nancy Bowen, and Daniel Zeller. She now mentors undergraduate students in art and art education. Her experience with NYAP, and particularly with her mentor Emilie Clark, taught her how to sustain her art through any transition. |