Intro

My name is Ethan Pignataro and I am pursuing my Masters Degree in Art Education, focusing on the secondary level. I graduated from Georgia Southern University in 2005 with a degree in Printmaking and Photography. I will be interning starting this fall at Bearden High School with Mrs. Flowerree Galetovic, my mentor teacher, who was Knox County’s Teacher of the Year in 2009 for grades 9-12.

I have some experience working with children and young people. At an early age in middle school and high school, I did a lot of volunteer work with the Interact Club, shadowing elementary teachers and helping them in the classroom setting. I also volunteered for a short time at a Lions Club Camp for the Blind in Waycross, Georgia, working with students that had visual and hearing impairments as well as other special needs. Recently, I have had experience with young people while volunteering for UT’s University Assisted Community Schools program at Pond Gap Elementary school last Fall. This was a great experience, and I learned a lot especially about working with younger students since it was quite some time ago that I shadowed at the elementary level. I also recently (last semester) completed my practicum/field experience at the high school level which I completed at Bearden High School, working with all grades and class levels from Art I to A/P and Honors students.

Main hobbies of mine revolve around art, music, and video games. I love drawing, as I have since I was four years old, and love creating pencil, pen, and ink drawings, paintings, and small books/zines as well as photography here and there. I also collect records, which I have done since I was in high school and I have quite a large collection of music. I am slowly trying to teach myself how to play electric guitar, but I regrettably haven’t had much time for that since I decided to go back to school last year. My favorite way to unwind when I have the time is to put on some loud music and play Xbox 360 for a little while to completely zone out and get out of my head for a little while. My favorite games include Bioshock (I & II), Borderlands, and Limbo.