Current teaching assignments: Basic Design, Intro to Crafts, Intro to Visual Arts, Ceramics, Freehand Drawing, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Sculpture, 3D Animation Studio, Digital Fantasy Painting and Independent Study in Art. Additional activities include: Art Department Chair -Derry Area School District Visual Arts Department, Art Club adviser, Derry Area School District Foundation board member, Coordinator -Heroes of Imaginations Project, Adjunct Faculty -Seton Hill University Art Program, and Cooperating Teacher for Student Teachers -Seton Hill University and Indiana University Of Pennsylvania.

Richard S. McWherter

Bachelor of Fine Arts,

Seton Hill College/University, Greensburg, PA

Major -Studio Arts -Photography, Minor -Art Education K-12

As an educator, McWherter is dedicated to the continued artistic growth of all learners, and since 1996 he has been the Visual Arts Instructor at the high school in his hometown in Western Pennsylvania. It is his belief that creative thinking and inventive problem solving skills are extremely important to both individuals and society as a whole.

Since 1973, Richard McWherter’s activities have included the learning, creating, exhibiting and teaching of photography as a Visual Art. He continues to promote the art of photography by exchanging views and resources with students, artists, photographers and enthusiasts around the world through various non-profit organizations, as well as the Internet. His artwork has appeared in several regional publications and has also been reproduced in national magazines for fine art photography. He has received both national and international awards for his work. In May of 2007 he was named Arts Educator of the Year by the Greensburg Area Cultural Council and the Westmoreland Cultural Trust. Click here to see a select listing of some of his awards. To view a complete resume, please click here. Currently he is represented by Walkwood Publishing, his entrepreneurial online gallery. To view his fine art photography, please click here.

Visual Arts Department Derry Area High School

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