The Artist
Freelance Artist, Substitute Teacher & Graduate Student
Lenawee County, Michigan
Heather Yeager is a married mother of three, artist and teacher. She, her husband of 13 years, Matt, her two daughters Reece & Rowen and young son Jonah live in Michigan surrounded by the beautiful Great Lakes. Heather went to the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and graduated with a Graphic Design degree in 1999. After graduation she went to work for a couple different newspapers in their Advertising and Marketing departments. Even though she loved working in this field she felt that something was missing from her career, so she quit her job took some time off while she was pregnant with her first child. During this time she decided to substitute teach at her grade school alma mater and found out that teaching is what she wanted to do. Going back to school was a challenge with a small child, a freelance company and family to run, but 4 years and another baby later Heather graduated from Siena Heights University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and her certification in K-12 Art Education in 2008. Her graduation from Siena ended on a high note when she put together and presented her own gallery show “Before I Knew You” a very personal exhibition of her life and experiences surrounding conception, pregnancy, birth and post birth. Siena was impressed enough by her paintings that they purchased a piece from her collection and hung it in Studio Angelico on campus. Art and Art Education have proven to be the path she was meant to take from the beginning. Since graduation Heather has had a third child, continued to create art through her freelance company and has taught when the opportunity has presented itself.
If you are interested in contacting Heather for freelance work she is available through email, her professional website and on the telephone.
Phone: 517-260-3093
Email: [email protected]
Web address: http://yeagerartspot.weebly.com
Degrees
· Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI May 2008
-BFA in Painting, Cum Laude
-Certification in Art Education K-12
· The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA June 1999
Specialized Technology Degree in Graphic Design
Key Professional Appointments
· Self Employed Freelance Artist Fall 1999 - 2012
Murals, Advertising, Graphic Design
· PESG Substitute Fall 2001 & 2007-2012
Substitute Teaching K-12 All Subjects
· Brownstown Middle School, Brownstown, Michigan Jan.– June 20011
Long Term Substitute Art Teacher
· The Monroe Evening News, Monroe, MI 2000-2002
Graphic Designer
Selected Works
· Professional Website
http://yeagerartspot.weebly.com
· BFA gallery show at Klemm Gallery, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
Before I Knew You (2008), Watercolor, Oil, Plaster Casts
· Published paper on the Wirth House, 529 Dennis Street, c. 1908 (Foursquare)
Located on Peter Barr’s award winning website 19th Century Adrian, Architecture.com
http://web2.sienaheights.edu/personal/PBARR/foursquare.html
Leadership, Grants, and Recognitions
· The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Student Ambassador
Research Interests
· Tree Preservation (the California Redwoods)
· Childhood (A painting series)
· Collage
· Cognitively Impaired art projects
If you are interested in contacting Heather for freelance work she is available through email, her professional website and on the telephone.
Phone: 517-260-3093
Email: [email protected]
Web address: http://yeagerartspot.weebly.com
Degrees
· Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI May 2008
-BFA in Painting, Cum Laude
-Certification in Art Education K-12
· The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA June 1999
Specialized Technology Degree in Graphic Design
Key Professional Appointments
· Self Employed Freelance Artist Fall 1999 - 2012
Murals, Advertising, Graphic Design
· PESG Substitute Fall 2001 & 2007-2012
Substitute Teaching K-12 All Subjects
· Brownstown Middle School, Brownstown, Michigan Jan.– June 20011
Long Term Substitute Art Teacher
· The Monroe Evening News, Monroe, MI 2000-2002
Graphic Designer
Selected Works
· Professional Website
http://yeagerartspot.weebly.com
· BFA gallery show at Klemm Gallery, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
Before I Knew You (2008), Watercolor, Oil, Plaster Casts
· Published paper on the Wirth House, 529 Dennis Street, c. 1908 (Foursquare)
Located on Peter Barr’s award winning website 19th Century Adrian, Architecture.com
http://web2.sienaheights.edu/personal/PBARR/foursquare.html
Leadership, Grants, and Recognitions
· The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Student Ambassador
Research Interests
· Tree Preservation (the California Redwoods)
· Childhood (A painting series)
· Collage
· Cognitively Impaired art projects