Mel Fox Olsen

Visual Art & Design Educator at Newport School Department

Mel Fox Olsen is a Visual Art & Design Educator at Portsmouth School Department since September 2002, focusing on curriculum development and advocating for high-quality instruction in Fine Arts. Concurrently, Mel Fox Olsen teaches yoga at All That Matters yoga + wellness and holds a 500 RYT certification in Shiva Rea's Prana Flow® yoga. As a freelance artist and painter since 1983, Mel Fox Olsen has a background in Psychology and Painting with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Rhode Island and a Master of Art in Teaching in Visual Art from the Rhode Island School of Design. Additionally, Mel Fox Olsen served as a Cooperating Educator at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2004 to 2018, providing guidance in research-based teaching practices aligned with National Standards in Art Education.

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