member and is associated with the Renaissance Center and the Knoxville Arts & Culture Alliance. Most recently, she has been invited to help improve the special education program in Russia.
KELLY FARR
Kelly Farr is a 5th grade teacher at Mt. Olive Elementary School in Knoxville, TN. He is a lead teacher and our Arts360 coordinator. Mt. Olive Elementary School has been an arts integrated school for four years and has seen outstanding results from the program. This will be Kelly’s fourth year presenting at Create.
CARLY EGAN
Carly Egan has been the music teacher at Mooreland Heights Elementary School in Knoxville, TN for the past five years. She earned her bachelor’s in music education from Carson-Newman College and her Masters in Music Education from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Ms. Egan has most recently been a mentor teacher in the Arts360 initiative in Knoxville.
BRITINEY FIFE
Britiney Fife is a kindergarten teacher at Mooreland Heights Elementary School in Knoxville, TN. She has enjoyed teaching with the arts for the past seven years in the Value Plus program. Britiney has a master’s degree in Holistic Education from Johnson University. She enjoys finding new and innovative ways to teach the arts in an early childhood setting.
GERI FORKNER
Geri Forkner creates felted and woven works of art from her studio in East Tennessee. She teaches fiber arts internationally to both children and adults. Her award winning art works have been displayed internationally and are in museum collections in New York, Atlanta, GA, and at the West Point Military Academy. Geri is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. She uses her knowledge of the traditional crafts to push their boundaries in new and innovative ways. Find out more at: www.weavingschool.wordpress.com
SEAN GLAZEBROOK
Sean Glazebrook, an Arts Coach for KID smART, facilitates arts integration workshops for classroom teachers in New Orleans, the Gulf South region, and nationally. He coaches and supports KID smART teaching artists and serves as artist-in-residence at McDonough City Park Academy. He coordinates the KID smART-directed ICI Initiative statewide. Sean is also Education Director for The NOLA Project, a New Orleans-based theatre company focused on producing original work and engaging new audiences. He holds a BFA in Theatre and History from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and a certificate in Shakespeare in Performance from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He has completed the Kennedy Center’s Artists as Educators track.
SOPHIE LUCIDO JOHNSON
Sophie Lucido Johnson worked for five years as a special education teacher in New Orleans public schools, with an emphasis on students with emotional and behavioral challenges. Sophie is the editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Neutrons Protons, and is a frequently published writer with an emphasis in creative nonfiction. She is also a touring comedian and producer, and performs at The New Movement Comedy Theater in New Orleans. Sophie is working with KID smART to develop an arts integrated Emotional Literacy Curriculum in a residency at Andrew Wilson and an AXIS Small Learning Group. She majored in English at Whitman College with a minor in Book Arts. 36