The Background

3/20/2017

In a painting or drawing, the space around the object is just as important as the object itself. The artist strives for a balance between the positive space (the object) and the negative space (the background)around it.

To create this web site, It was necessary to to define the space around me... my background...my work...my places and my people.

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I have been a public school teacher for 20 years. I graduated from the University of Colorado, received my teaching credential and MA from San Francisco State University, received Fulbright-Hays Summer Fellowships to both China (1991) and India (1999) and achieved National Board Certification in 1996 in the area of Adolescence and Young Adulthood Art.

For twenty years I taught in public schools in Menlo Park and Mountain View California as well as at San Jose State University where I was the Director of the San Jose State University California Arts Project.

In 2014, I facilitated the writing of the Visual Arts Standards for AERO, a project supported by the U.S. State Department's Office of Overseas Schools. I am now the lead trainer for School Loop [www.schoolloop.com]

SF Chronicle article about these drawings

Street Sheets article

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Dede Tisone

The Background

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