from the January 2001 PAEA Newsletter

 

Paul Bolin was a professor, advisor, and supervisor at Penn State University from 1992-2001. He offered a novel interdisciplinary approach to art education. Material culture studies, archaeology / anthropology, history, and literature enhanced his art education coursework by broadening contexts for learning.

Dr. Bolin worked on the Penn State History of Art Education Symposium Publication. He spent numerous hours editing hundreds of manuscript pages. This resource, currently used by many universities would not have existed without his tremendous efforts.

Paul’s professional involvement at the state level on the Board of Directors for PAEA as a member of the PAEA Higher Education Task Force, and on the national level through editorship of the NAEA Journal, Art Education, and his work on the NAEA Research Commission Task Force, as well as numerous publications and presentations brings Dr. Bolin into the foreground as a deserving candidate for recognition. Paul’s continuing work in art education, cements his commitments to the field and serves as an example of the standard of excellence that Pennsylvania maintains in the art educators who reside and teach here. Paul is a well-respected colleague whose talent and compassion for others is rarely matched in higher education.