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Lisa Lenarz

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Associate Professor
Art University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Lisa Lenarz's office hours

Tuesday
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
or by appointment

Remote office hours offered: I'm available for drop in Zoom office hours on Fridays from 12:05-1:05 or you may request a meeting by appointment. Please email me at: llenarz@uwlax.edu to schedule.
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Lisa Lenarz Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Associate Professor

Art

Specialty area(s)

-Art Education

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Brief biography

Lisa Lenarz is an associate professor and artist in the Department of Art at UW-L, specializing in art education. Research interests include community engaged learning through the visual arts and culturally responsive art education. Prior to her current position, Professor Lenarz taught art at all levels (K-12) in the La Crosse School District of La Crosse (10 years) and as an adjunct instructor at both UW-L and Viterbo University (6 years). Her art has been exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally, most notably at the Brooklyn Museum as part of Ulrike Müller’s published, “Herstory Inventory: 100 Feminist Drawings by 100 Artists,” and at Galerie 5020 in Salzburg, Austria.

Current courses at UWL

ON CAMPUS courses
ART 102 - Art Appreciation (online/asynchronously - occasionally Winter/Summer)
ART302 - Visual Language in the Global Classroom (Fall/Spring/Summer & Japan Study Abroad)
ART 361 - Field I in Art Education 
ART 461 - Field II in Art Education 
ART401 - Foundational Practices in Art Education (spring only) 
ART403 - Contemporary Practices in Art Education (fall only) 
ART 413 - Independent Study: Advanced Studio Practices in Art Education (occasionally)
ART 415 - Art Seminar (occasionally during Japan Study Abroad)
EDS 492 - K-12 Student Teaching Seminar for AWLME (Art, World Language, and Music Education)

FIELD EXPERIENCE SUPERVISION
ART 361 - Field I in Art Education 
ART 461 - Field II in Art Education 
EDS 497 - K-12 Art Education, Student Teachers 

Education

M.F.A. in Visual/Studio Art, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT | 2010, with work focused on sculptural installation, video, and printmaking.
B.S. in Art Education, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, La Crosse, WI | 2007, with studies focused on printmaking, sculpture, and painting.
Fine Arts, Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, MN | 1993/1994, studying drawing, painting, sculpture, and graphic design.

Career

Teaching history

UW-La Crosse
Associate Professor (2022-current)
Assistant Professor (2018-2022)
Associate Lecturer (2017-2018 & 2012-2014)

Viterbo University
Adjunct Faculty (2014-2017)

School District of La Crosse
Art Teacher K-12 (2008-2018)

Professional history

Pump House Regional Arts Center
Gallery Committee (2010-2013 & 2018-2021)
Board Member, Youth Art Coordinator, & Instructor (2008-2013)

Wisconsin Arts Board
Grant Proposal Review Panelist (2019)

WAEA (Wisconsin Art Education Association)
Co-Interim President Elect (2013-2014), Web Designer (2012-2014), Advocacy Representative (2011-2012), & Elementary Education Representative (2010-2011)

Research and publishing

Published Articles

Lenarz, Lisa M. (2018/2019). Engaging Marginalized Students Through the Visual Arts. ASCD Journal (Associate for Supervision and Curriculum Development), December/January (Issue).

Editor/Mentor of Published Student Research

Bernhagen, M., Smith, S., & Sonnek, A. (2020). Testing Creative Lines of Inquiry in the Art Classroom (1014494990 780430603 L. Lenarz, Ed.). Journal of Undergraduate Research, XXIII. https://www.uwlax.edu/urc/jur-online/volume-xxiii-2020.

Kudos

presented

Joshua Doster, Lisa Lenarz, Deborah-Eve Lombard, Marc Manke, Bradley Nichols, Sierra Rooney, Zachary Stensen and Jennifer Williams, all Art, presented "Art Open House" at the Lowe Center for the Arts on Oct. 24 in La Crosse, WI.

Submitted on: Oct. 25

presented

Lisa Lenarz and Deborah-Eve Lombard, both Art, presented "Teaching About Ho-Chunk Artist, Truman Lowe in the K-12 Classroom" at Wisconsin Art Education Conference on Oct. 24 in Black River Falls, WI.

Submitted on: Oct. 25

presented

Lisa Lenarz, Art; Lindsay Steiner, English; Sarah Bakken and Kendall Morgan, both Murphy Library; and Daniel Schneider, Philosophy; presented "Great Ideas for Teaching Students (GIFTS): Assignments Using Generative AI" at the CATL Mini-Conference on Friday, Oct. 11, in La Crosse.

Submitted on: Oct. 10

awarded

Ariel Beaujot, History; Nese Nasif, Marketing; and Kathleen Hawkes, Lisa Lenarz, Marc Manke and Sierra Rooney, all Visual & Performing Arts; received the award for Preservation Alliance of La Crosse Heritage Award at Preservation Alliance of La Crosse Banquet on Wednesday, Sept. 6 in La Crosse, WI, USA. Preservation Alliance of La Crosse has granted us the 2023 Heritage Award for contribution to Historic Preservation via the Hear, Here Project.

Submitted on: Aug. 28, 2023

awarded

Lisa Lenarz, Art, received the award for 2021 Higher Education Art Educator Award from Wisconsin Art Education Association. Lisa was nominated by WAEA Past President, Tiffany Beltz. The award will be presented at the WAEA's Fall conference, Thursday, October 21st. (WI Location TBD).

Submitted on: May 4, 2021

presented

Kathleen Hawkes and Lisa Lenarz, both Art; Jonathan Borja, Music; and Joseph Anderson, Mary Leonard and Gregory Parmeter, all Theatre Arts; presented "various workshops in art, music and theatre" at Arts Day 2019 on Monday, Nov. 4 in La Crosse, WI. Faculty from the School of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) presented workshops on stage makeup, photography, graffiti art, musical theatre and stage combat to area high school students who attended the all day Arts Day event at UWL.

Submitted on: Nov. 4, 2019

awarded

Lisa Lenarz, Art; Jennifer Kosiak and Jenni McCool, both Mathematics, Statistics; and Lindsey Butts, Ashley Cree and Mai Chao Duddeck, all SOE office of the dean; received the award for the Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Chocolate History Research Grant at the 15th Annual banquet dinner of the Heritage Chocolate Society on Jan. 19 in Orlando, FL.

Submitted on: Jan. 30, 2019

published

Lisa Lenarz, Art, authored the article "Portraits of Courage" in "Educational Leadership" published on Dec. 9, 2018 by ASCD.

Submitted on: Dec. 10, 2018

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