Marie Shack 
Marie has served the professional field of art education in many ways and was recently named the 2010 Massachusetts Art Educator of the Year for Supervisor/Administrator by Massachusetts Art Education Association. She is currently a member of the Massachusetts Department of Education Curriculum committee to refine the Fine Arts Frameworks. Marie is employed as the art liaison for the K-12 art program in Wilmington public schools where she is currently a high school art teacher. She has participated in high school accreditation teams in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and North Providence, Rhode Island. She was awarded Outstanding Student in Educational Leadership and Management at Fitchburg State College by New England Conservatory. Marie's work as an art educator was featured in The Flower Teachers: Stories for a New Generation by Candace Jesse Stout. Marie holds a C.A.G.S. in Educational Leadership from Fitchburg State College ('97); an M.A. in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art ('81), and a B.A. in Art from the College of New Rochelle ('68).