artist bio
Elizabeth Tobin Rodriguez is an Artist and Teaching Artist in central Virginia. After receiving a Bachelors Degree and Teacher's License in Fine Arts from James Madison University in 2006 she began her career as an art educator, working with grades k-5 in a public elementary school. In spring of 2012 she earned a Masters in Art Education degree from Boston University. Elizabeth recently began working as a freelance teaching artist at local arts organizations and schools in Charlottesville, Virginia. In addition to teaching and creating art she also enjoys traveling, live music, reading and spending time with her husband and two rescue cats.
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Elizabeth's work is inspired by a love of nature, travel and vintage materials and styles. She enjoys being about to tell the stories of different places and times through her art and helping others to share their unique stories.
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Teaching Artist CV
EXPERIENCE
Ruckersville Elementary School, Ruckersville, VA -Art Teacher
August 2006 - May 2022
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Ix Art Park- Teaching Artist
​Summer 2022
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EDUCATION
Boston University -Masters of Art Education
August 2010 - May 2012 Boston, MA
James Madison University -BS in Fine Arts with Teaching Licensure
August 2001 - May 2006 Harrisonburg, Virginia
Teaching Experience
Elementary Education Coordinator
The Scrappy Elephant
November 2022-Present
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Lead Teaching Artist
Ix Art Park
Summer 2022
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Art Teacher- Kindergarten-Fifth Grade
Ruckersville Elementary School
Aug 2006-June 2022
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AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
Arte Libre Parking Spot Muralist 2022
Winchester, VA, 2022
Virginia Declaration of Learning Participant
VEA Grant Recipient-Fall 2021
Collaborative Student Created Murals
VEA Grant Recipient-Fall 2019
Art And Music Collaboration with Specdrums
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EXHIBITIONS
Teeney Tiny Trifecta
Second Street Gallery
September 2023, 2024
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This is Creative Reuse
The Scrappy Elephant
April 2023
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A Night At the Movies
Draw Charlottesville @ Violet Crown Theater
November 2022
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Art Guild Of Greene Educators Show
Stanardsville, Virigina- July 2022
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Practice What You Teach- October 2021
Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach Virginia
Central Virginia Art Educators Show- Feb 2020
Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro VA
Art at the Mill- May 2016 and May 2018
Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood Virginia