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Bio

 Teresa (Perrault) Lawler

Certified Art Teacher and Artist

 
TERESA LAWLER  
WATERCOLORIST AND GLASS ARTIST

 
 
The visual artist Teresa Lawler was raised in Montauk and since marrying, raised her own family in East Hampton, NY. With one masters’ degree in Education and another in Computer Technology, she was an Art Teacher in the East Hampton public school system for 22 years.
 
            As a schoolteacher, Teresa constantly expanded her knowledge of different mediums and techniques. She believes in the value of being an educated artist. If one doesn’t know how to use it, build it, create it, then one should try to learn how! Her exploratory approach, as an art teacher is what eventually led her to her current passion: watercolor and glass fusing.
 
            Teresa fondly remembers her first classes with Vermont glass artist Genevieve Cole. Using scientific principles to manipulate her medium and create a landscape out of glass still fills her with awe and excitement. While she enjoys photography, drawing and painting with traditional mediums, glass fusing allows her greater experimentation while still achieving a painterly style.
 
            As an art teacher, she values the process of creating as much as the end product. One can continually recycle glass fusing, melting and breaking into pieces as many times as needed-to start over with a vision that may be fulfilled, or sometimes even better, not be matched at all by the end product.
 
            Challenging the viewer’s perception of glass art motivates Teresa to paint with glass. Many people would label glass art as “crafts.” Her works have themes of nature: landscape, beach scenes, still life -a result of growing up in Montauk. Mounted and framed, they can invoke feelings in their viewers as strong as a painting with traditional mediums. As she hones her skill, she looks forward to breaking the mental barriers toward glass art, moving away from the craft label into fine art.
 
            In addition to Genevieve Cole, Teresa lists Vermont glass artist Simon Pearce as an influence. Also you may see in the lines and textures of her artwork her admiration of the drawings and painting of Vincent Van Gogh. From her perspective, glass is a wonderful medium to use when producing Van Gogh’s Style.
 
            Her most valuable influence is her father, who passed away in 1996. He told her when she was a young girl that art isn’t all in one direction. This basic truth has proved itself in her art practice and motivates her to use all mediums available when planning her vision in glass. Letting the process of art lead her in many directions, she has succeeded in creating works that still bring her home.
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Education

Educational Technology,  Computers in Education, 2000, Honors Long Island University, Brookville
Masters of Science, Education. 1996
Honors Long Island University/Southampton
Bachelor of Science, Art Education. 1991.
Honors Long Isand University/Southampton
Associate of Arts. Liberal Arts. 1989
Honors Suffolk Community College,  Riverhead

Awards: Skills/Abilities


Suffolk County Art Teacher of the Year 1997
​New York State Art Teacher Portfolio Project 2000
NYSTA Statewide Peer Review 1998
Grants: Peconic Teacher Center, EH Greater Education Foundation
Presenter NYSATA 1998
Art Out East, Long Island Art Teachers Spring Conference 1997
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Educator Workshops
National Art Education Association Conferences:

Baltimore, New Orleans, New York City
Membership: NAEA, LIATA, NYSATA, Guild Hall, Artist Alliance of EH, East End Artist, AVA Gallery
Art Assistant - Miriam Schapiro


ART EXHIBITIONS
The Gallery Depot, Montauk 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
East End Arts, Riverhead 2015, Member Show, Juried Show 2016,  Member, Juried Shows 2017, 2018
Artist Alliance of East Hampton, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Guild Hall of East Hampton 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Ashawagh Hall Art Exhibition, 3/26-27, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Springs Improvement Show 2017, 2018,2019
​East Hampton Street Fair 2017, 2018, 2019
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Other Activities:
​Religious Education Teacher, Eucharistic Minister
Most Holy Trinity

EMT-B and Captain at  East Hampton Village Ambulance 2003- present

Experience

Art Teacher. Grades 4-6. East Hampton Middle School, 1992
Art Teacher. K-4. John Marshall Elementary School 1991-2006.
Art Teacher. East Hampton High School. 2006-2014.
Art Teacher. The Art Barge. 2019.


Teaching background: Art History, Drawing, 
Painting, Printmaking, Photography B&W, Digital Photoshop, Glass Fusing, Crafts, Weaving, Watercolor, Sculpture, Clay, Set Painting and Computers.

Other  Related Activities

Elementary Scholarships
Art Club
Art Sale and Show
Costume/Set Design
PTA Reflections Art Contest
Guild Hall Student Art Festival
Summer Institute, Learning Standards and Assessment of the Arts
Minds and Hands of the 20th Century - Art Barge
Art Interview Committee
Nature Conservancy Committee for Andy Warhol for Visual Arts
Parrish Art Museum Education Committee
Guild Hall - Co-Chair Clothesline Art Sale 
​Long House - Education Committee
​Private/Group Lessons:
Glass fusing classes - Genieve Cole, AVA Gallery, NH,
Bullseye Glass, NY - Miriam DeFiore, Italy, 2016
​Painting with Glass, 2017
Watercolor Classes - Janet Jennings, EH, NY, Robert O'Brien, NH, Robert Carsten, NH
​Printmaking Classes - Dan Welden, NY, Japanese Woodcut

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We Would Love to Hear From You Soon!


Telephone
631-324-6014
631-678-2618
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Email

lawlerbtbn@gmail.com
​lawlerbtbn@hamptons.com

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