Kathryn Sowinski strives to cultivate collaborative and transformative learning spaces. After graduating from MICA with a BFA (‘04) and MAT (‘05), she taught in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County Public Schools. A National Board Certified Teacher in Early and Middle Childhood Art, she has served as a visual arts standards reviewer for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Kathryn has been the edTPA Coordinator at MICA since 2015. She was awarded MICA Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Fund Grants in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Her awards for teaching include the inaugural France-Merrick Fellowship at MICA (2003), the Artsonia Leadership Award for Family and Community Involvement in Education and Technology Integration in the Arts (2008), Teacher of the Year, Northern Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce (2009), and Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Northern Illinois University (2025). She has presented at local, state, and national conferences.

Kathryn is a PhD candidate in Art and Design Education at Northern Illinois University. Her research interests include the role of assessment in art education, with particular attention to the ways it shapes artistic identity, critical reflection, and creative decision-making through humanist and posthumanist perspectives. A painter and mixed media artist, she has shown her artwork nationally and internationally.

Alumni Affiliation

Painting BFA, '04
 Teaching MA, '05