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Shani Perez-Anthony serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art and Design Education Department at Pratt Institute's School of Art, while concurrently holding roles as an Art Educator and Arts Office Lead for the New York City Department of Education. With 18 years of dedicated service at Elias Howe PS 51, she has developed and steered the visual arts curriculum while facilitating professional development workshops for art educators and pre-service teachers across New York City and internationally.
Her professional focus centers on art education philosophy and practice, emphasizing "building creative minds, one young artist at a time" through inclusive pedagogy and student voice amplification. She champions visual arts as essential to comprehensive education, believing art "makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness" (Anni Albers), and advocates for equitable access to quality arts programming through curriculum innovation and community engagement.
No specific scientific awards are documented in the source material, though her leadership in the DOE Arts Committee to the Panel for Educational Policy demonstrates significant professional recognition. This committee—comprising arts educators, museum directors, cultural organizations, and higher education representatives—advocates for sequential arts education across NYC public schools per the Arts Education Strategic Plan.
As a mentor to Pratt's pre-service teachers and global workshop facilitator, Perez-Anthony shapes emerging art educators while providing strategic advisory services to the Guggenheim Museum, NYU’s Astor Fellows, School Art League, and community-based organizations. Her grant-related work focuses on sustainable arts programming implementation and cross-institutional partnerships.
She actively collaborates through the DOE Arts Committee coalition, partnering with the Department of Cultural Affairs, higher education institutions, and arts nonprofits to ensure universal access to arts education. Her initiatives emphasize building "bridges of inclusion" and creating connections between schools, cultural institutions, and global communities through artistic practice.
