Goodwin is one of only two teachers nationwide to receive the 2017 FATE Educator
Award. She earned her M.F.A. (focus on sculpture) at Winthrop.
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA — Alumna Rae Goodwin '06 is one of only two art educators in the U.S. to receive the 2017 Foundations
in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) Educator Award.
The prestigious award recognizes exemplary work in teaching, research and service
by a college professor in a first-year art and design program. Goodwin received the
award at a conference presented by FATE and the Kansas City Art Institute. She will
appear on an upcoming episode of FATE's monthly podcast series "Positive Space."
Goodwin said she is "honored to be recognized" by her peers and "thrilled to work
with such an amazing team of faculty" in the University of Kentucky's School of Art
and Visual Studies in Lexington, Kentucky.
The Tolland, Connecticut, native serves as director of studio foundations and director
of undergraduate studies at the UK School of Art and Visual Studies, where she is
an interim associate professor.
Goodwin earned her M.F.A. (focus on sculpture) at Winthrop and her B.A. in art at
Framingham State University in Framingham, Massachusetts. She has worked as an artist-educator
for 23 years, teaching at the primary and secondary levels before establishing her
own arts enrichment business, Visualize. Goodwin, who has worked at UK for four years,
resides in Lexington.
To learn more about Goodwin's work, visit her website at www.raegoodwin.com.
