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<a href="#home" class="nav-logo">Greta Munns</a>
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<li><a href="#about">About</a></li><li><a href="#artwork">Artwork</a></li>
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<p class="eyebrow">Art Educator · Advocate · Systems-Change Leader</p>
<h1 class="hero-name">Greta<br><em>Munns</em></h1>
<p class="hero-tag">Where art meets advocacy,<br>every student finds their voice.</p>
<p class="hero-bio">K–12 art educator, teaching artist, and foster care advocate with over two decades of experience elevating youth voice — in classrooms, statehouses, and national policy spaces. Oregon, WI.</p>
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<p class="photo-cap">Because great art should stop you in your tracks.</p>
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<p class="sl">About Me</p>
<h2 class="st">Art, advocacy,<br>and <em>authentic voice</em></h2>
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<p>I'm Greta Munns — artist, educator, parent, and lifelong advocate for young people who deserve to be seen, heard, and supported. My path into this work started at eighteen, fresh out of out-of-home care, when someone asked if I'd attend an advocacy training conference. I had no idea what "lived experience" meant at the time — only that child welfare policy had shaped my life in undeniable ways. That moment launched a career I love.</p>
<p>As an art educator, my teaching philosophy is grounded in community building, cultural humility, and strengths-based leadership. I strive to be a "guide on the side," creating an inclusive, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-affirming environment where students feel safe to take creative risks and develop ownership over their identities. I view art class as both a mirror and a window — supporting deep self-exploration while fostering curiosity and empathy for others' experiences.</p>
<p>In my current role as a Program and Policy Coordinator–Advanced with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, I serve as the policy lead for the Wisconsin Youth Advisory Council — ensuring that youth voice is embedded throughout agency decision-making, not siloed. I hold a B.S. in Art Education (Minor: Art History) from UW–Stout and am pursuing graduate studies in Advocacy and Political Leadership at Metropolitan State University.</p>
<p>I am a parent of children in the Oregon School District, a TEDx speaker, a former Governor's appointee, and someone who found her own voice through the arts — and shows up every day to pay that forward.</p>
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<p class="intro-p fi">My personal practice spans large-scale painting, printmaking, ceramics, and mixed media. Much of my work is informed by the experiences of youth in the U.S. foster care system — influenced by socio-political artists like Kehinde Wiley and Kara Walker. Making art is how I process the world and advocate for change within it.</p>
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<p class="tab-desc">Large-scale acrylic on canvas. This recent piece — a cowbird rendered in bold reds, oranges, and deep grays evolving to a cool purple ground — continues my ongoing exploration of displacement, resilience, and the natural world as metaphor. Click any image to enlarge.</p>
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<p class="tab-desc">Works on paper exploring portraiture and identity. This expressive piece combines printmaking techniques with layered ink and color wash — loose, gestural mark-making that echoes the energy of my painting practice.</p>
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<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('IMG_6927.jpeg','Portrait study — printmaking, ink and color wash on paper, 2024')"><img src="IMG_6927.jpeg" alt="Portrait printmaking with ink"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">Portrait study — printmaking & ink, 2024</span></div></div>
<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc0152.jpg','For Kris — acrylic on canvas, 2×2 ft, 2013')"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc0152.jpg" alt="Horse painting"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">"For Kris" — acrylic on canvas, 2013</span></div></div>
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<p class="tab-desc">Undergraduate and early career work including the Cowbird Series — my UW–Stout senior thesis exploring foster youth identity and displacement through socio-political painting — and "Strike," made during the 2012 Chicago teachers' strike.</p>
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<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cropped-epson025.jpg','Cowbird Series — UW–Stout Senior Thesis, 2011.')"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cropped-epson025.jpg" alt="Cowbird series"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">Cowbird Series — Senior Thesis, 2011</span></div></div>
<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/imag0473-1.jpg','Strike — acrylic on canvas, 2×2 ft, 2012.')"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/imag0473-1.jpg" alt="Strike painting"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">"Strike" — acrylic on canvas, 2012</span></div></div>
<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc0152.jpg','For Kris — acrylic on canvas, 2×2 ft, 2013.')"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc0152.jpg" alt="For Kris"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">"For Kris" — acrylic, 2013</span></div></div>
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<p class="intro-p fi">My curriculum integrates studio skill development with visual culture analysis, aesthetic inquiry, art criticism, and art history — encouraging students to notice, question, and respond to the world around them.</p>
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<div class="card fi"><img src="IMG_2778.jpeg" alt="Student self-portraits with pets"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">Grade 2 · Watercolor Pencil</p><h3 class="c-title">Self-Portraits with Pets</h3><p class="c-desc">Inspired by Frida Kahlo's iconic self-portraits with animals, students used watercolor pencils to portray themselves alongside a beloved pet — building observation, color mixing, and visual storytelling skills.</p></div></div>
<div class="card fi"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/photo-24.jpg" alt="Monster Pinch Pots"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">K–2 · Ceramics</p><h3 class="c-title">Monster Pinch Pots</h3><p class="c-desc">Students dyed Model Magic with markers, formed pinch pots, then added expressive features — teeth, tongues, hair, and mini-monsters. A joyful introduction to form and fearless creative risk-taking.</p></div></div>
<div class="card fi"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/imag0478.jpg" alt="Frida Kahlo self-portraits"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">Grade 2 · Watercolor Pencil</p><h3 class="c-title">Frida Kahlo Self-Portraits with Pattern</h3><p class="c-desc">Students discovered they could move beyond stick figures. Step-by-step watercolor pencil portraits with bold patterned backgrounds — a celebration of identity, shared proudly at the school open house.</p></div></div>
<div class="card fi"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc0060.jpg" alt="Cézanne Still Lifes"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">Grades 3–4 · Painting</p><h3 class="c-title">Cézanne Still Lifes</h3><p class="c-desc">Students studied Paul Cézanne's 200+ still life paintings and created their own compositions — learning that art history lives in practice, not just in textbooks.</p></div></div>
<div class="card fi"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/imag05422.jpg" alt="Cityscapes"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">Grade 6 · Drawing</p><h3 class="c-title">One-Point Perspective Cityscapes</h3><p class="c-desc">Referencing Georgia O'Keeffe's cityscapes and students' own west-side Chicago neighborhood, this project built technical drawing skill alongside deep personal and cultural connection to place.</p></div></div>
<div class="card fi"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/picstitch-2.jpg" alt="Student Art Exhibition"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">K–8 · Exhibition</p><h3 class="c-title">Annual Student Art Exhibition</h3><p class="c-desc">Organized and curated a full K–8 student art show — selecting work, designing the hanging layout, and creating a moment where students could see themselves as real artists in front of their families.</p></div></div>
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<h3>My Teaching <em>Philosophy</em></h3>
<p>Art class is not a break from learning — it is some of the deepest learning that happens in school. My classroom centers student voice, cultural identity, and the creative process over the final product. I use art history and contemporary visual culture to help students situate their own work within broader artistic, social, and cultural conversations. Having found my own voice through the arts, I am deeply committed to ensuring all students have the opportunity — and the courage — to explore, reflect, and express themselves.</p>
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<h2 class="st fi">Those closest to the pain<br>should be closest to <em>the power</em></h2>
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<p class="intro-p fi">My advocacy work is grounded in lived experience and over two decades of public service. From delivering congressional testimony to keynoting statewide conferences, I have built a career around one conviction: the people most affected by a system must be the ones shaping it.</p>
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<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>Program & Policy Coordinator–Advanced, Wisconsin DCF (2018–Present)</h4><p>Policy lead for the Wisconsin Youth Advisory Council — embedding youth voice throughout agency decision-making. Managed $2.8M in COVID-era emergency funding, dispersed equitably and in a community-driven way.</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>Co-Founder, Fostering Success at UW–Stout (2014–2018)</h4><p>Built Wisconsin's first higher education support program for students from out-of-home care. Peer-led model now receives state funding and has been replicated on eight UW campuses.</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>TEDx UW–Stout Presenter (2015)</h4><p>Delivered a TEDx talk on lived experience, identity, and the power of youth voice in systems change.</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>Congressional Testimony & Capitol Hill Advocacy</h4><p>Delivered testimony before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee (2009). Advocated for the Family First Act alongside Casey Family Programs. Witness testimony partner, Wisconsin Foster Care Task Force (2017).</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>Governor's Appointee — Future of the Family Commission (2016)</h4><p>Appointed by the Governor of Wisconsin to contribute lived experience expertise to statewide family policy.</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>FosterClub All-Star & National Consultant (2009–2014)</h4><p>Selected as a 2009 FosterClub All-Star. Consultant with FosterClub and the National Resource Center for Youth Development, delivering keynotes at federal and state convenings.</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>UW–Stout Diversity Award Recipient (2017)</h4><p>Recognized for outstanding contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Wisconsin–Stout.</p></div></div>
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<div class="spk"><p class="spk-yr">Education</p><h4>Art as a Tool for Youth Empowerment</h4><p>How creative practice builds self-efficacy, emotional regulation, and identity formation — especially for students from vulnerable backgrounds.</p></div>
<div class="spk"><p class="spk-yr">Policy</p><h4>Foster Youth Voice in Systems Change</h4><p>Embedding lived experience into public policy — from legislative advocacy to agency decision-making. Why proximity to pain must mean proximity to power.</p></div>
<div class="spk"><p class="spk-yr">Higher Education</p><h4>Foster Youth & College Access</h4><p>What universities can do to genuinely support students from out-of-home care: FAFSA, housing policy, campus supports, and the peer-led model that works.</p></div>
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<div class="res-sum fi"><p>Child welfare systems-change leader with over two decades of professional and lived expertise in advancing youth and family voice in public systems. Demonstrated leader of state-level initiatives; skilled at developing cross-system partnerships, building inclusive engagement and recruitment strategies, and providing training and technical assistance. Strengths-based developer of lived experience leaders — passionate about creating meaningful opportunities for youth and families to improve program effectiveness, shape policy, and increase equity for children and families.</p></div>
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<p class="rst">Child Welfare & Policy Leadership</p>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Advanced Program & Policy Coordinator</p><p class="ri-s">Wisconsin Department of Children and Families</p><p class="ri-d">March 2018 – Present</p><ul><li>Lead youth voice integration through statewide Youth Advisory Council (YAC) recruitment, retention, and leadership development</li><li>Policy lead ensuring youth lived experience is embedded throughout DCF's work — not siloed</li><li>Led development of DCF's Guide for Youth in Out-of-Home Care Placements in Wisconsin</li><li>Oversee PATHS housing-first program for emerging adults with child welfare experience</li><li>Managed $2.8M in COVID-19 emergency funding — equitable, community-driven dispersal</li><li>Monitor budgets and provide technical assistance for seven tribal Independent Living program partners</li><li>Facilitate Foster Youth to College Advisory Council, aligning youth and postsecondary voices for policy recommendations</li></ul></div>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Co-Founder & Outreach Specialist</p><p class="ri-s">Fostering Success at UW–Stout</p><p class="ri-d">March 2014 – March 2018</p><ul><li>Co-founded Wisconsin's first higher education support program for students from out-of-home care and homelessness</li><li>Built peer leadership and mentorship structures; designed workshops and post-secondary readiness camps</li><li>Authored grants, managed budgets, led strategic planning, reported to advisory boards</li><li>Organized advocacy for housing deposit deferment, fee waivers, and campus policy reforms</li><li>Model now receives state funding; replicated on 8 UW campuses</li></ul></div>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Intern / Consultant</p><p class="ri-s">FosterClub & National Resource Center for Youth Development</p><p class="ri-d">June 2009 – 2014</p><ul><li>Delivered national trainings and keynotes at federal and state convenings</li><li>Advocated on Capitol Hill for the Family First Act alongside Casey Family Programs</li><li>Represented lived experience on national platforms and advisory groups</li></ul></div>
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<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Graduate Studies — Advocacy & Political Leadership</p><p class="ri-s">Metropolitan State University</p><p class="ri-d">In Progress</p><ul><li>Coursework in political leadership, policy change, and advocacy</li></ul></div>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Bachelor of Science — Art Education</p><p class="ri-s">University of Wisconsin–Stout, Menomonie, WI</p><p class="ri-d">2006 – 2011</p><ul><li>Minor in Art History</li><li>Senior thesis: Cowbird Series — socio-political paintings exploring foster youth identity</li><li>Coursework in painting, printmaking, ceramics, art metals, and 2D digital imaging</li></ul></div>
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<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Kindergarten–8th Grade Art Teacher</p><p class="ri-s">Piccolo School of Excellence, Chicago Public Schools</p><p class="ri-d">2012 – 2013</p><ul><li>Delivered high-caliber, youth-driven arts programming to 540 K–8 students at a first-year turnaround school on Chicago's west side</li><li>Developed full curriculum integrating art history, studio practice, and cultural connection across all grade levels</li><li>Organized and curated annual K–8 student art exhibition</li></ul></div>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Teaching Intern</p><p class="ri-s">Breakthrough Kent Denver School, Denver, CO</p><p class="ri-d">2011</p><ul><li>Taught middle school English and art elective to high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds</li><li>Designed curriculum centered on youth empowerment and creative expression</li></ul></div>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Student Teacher</p><p class="ri-s">Chippewa Falls High School, WI</p><p class="ri-d">2011</p><ul><li>Taught foundations studio and art history at a large western Wisconsin high school</li></ul></div>
<p class="rst" style="margin-top:2.3rem">Presentations, Awards & Recognition</p>
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<li><strong>Keynote Speaker</strong> — Foster Youth Graduation Celebration, 2021</li>
<li><strong>TEDx UW–Stout Presenter</strong>, 2015</li>
<li><strong>Governor's Appointee</strong> — Future of the Family Commission, 2016</li>
<li><strong>UW–Stout Diversity Award Recipient</strong>, 2017</li>
<li><strong>Witness Testimony</strong> — U.S. House Ways & Means Committee, 2009</li>
<li><strong>Witness Testimony / Contributing Partner</strong> — WI Foster Care Task Force, 2017</li>
<li><strong>Member</strong> — Secretary's Advisory Council on Child Welfare, 2009–2012</li>
<li><strong>Federal Grant Reviewer</strong> — Administration for Children & Families, 2011</li>
<li><strong>State Reviewer</strong> — WI Children & Family Services Review, 2010</li>
<li><strong>General Session Presenter</strong> — WFAPA, 2015</li>
<li><strong>ACE Interface Master Trainer</strong> — Saint A's, 2017</li>
<li><strong>Dear Leaders Tool Contributing Consultant</strong> — Alia, 2021</li>
<li>Art featured on FosterClub.com and the WI Foster Care & Adoption Resource Center</li>
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<p class="eyebrow">Art Educator · Advocate · Systems-Change Leader</p>
<h1 class="hero-name">Greta<br><em>Munns</em></h1>
<p class="hero-tag">Where art meets advocacy,<br>every student finds their voice.</p>
<p class="hero-bio">K–12 art educator, teaching artist, and foster care advocate with over two decades of experience elevating youth voice — in classrooms, statehouses, and national policy spaces. Oregon, WI.</p>
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<p class="photo-cap">Because great art should stop you in your tracks.</p>
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<h2 class="st">Art, advocacy,<br>and <em>authentic voice</em></h2>
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<p>I'm Greta Munns — artist, educator, parent, and lifelong advocate for young people who deserve to be seen, heard, and supported. My path into this work started at eighteen, fresh out of out-of-home care, when someone asked if I'd attend an advocacy training conference. I had no idea what "lived experience" meant at the time — only that child welfare policy had shaped my life in undeniable ways. That moment launched a career I love.</p>
<p>As an art educator, my teaching philosophy is grounded in community building, cultural humility, and strengths-based leadership. I strive to be a "guide on the side," creating an inclusive, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-affirming environment where students feel safe to take creative risks and develop ownership over their identities. I view art class as both a mirror and a window — supporting deep self-exploration while fostering curiosity and empathy for others' experiences.</p>
<p>In my current role as a Program and Policy Coordinator–Advanced with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, I serve as the policy lead for the Wisconsin Youth Advisory Council — ensuring that youth voice is embedded throughout agency decision-making, not siloed. I hold a B.S. in Art Education (Minor: Art History) from UW–Stout and am pursuing graduate studies in Advocacy and Political Leadership at Metropolitan State University.</p>
<p>I am a parent of children in the Oregon School District, a TEDx speaker, a former Governor's appointee, and someone who found her own voice through the arts — and shows up every day to pay that forward.</p>
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<span class="chip ct">K–8 Art Education</span><span class="chip cs">Foster Care Advocacy</span>
<span class="chip ct">Teaching Artist</span><span class="chip cb">Public Speaking</span>
<span class="chip cs">Youth Policy Leadership</span><span class="chip ct">Trauma-Informed Practice</span>
<span class="chip cb">Ceramics & Printmaking</span><span class="chip cs">TEDx Speaker</span>
<span class="chip ct">UW–Stout Alumna</span>
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<p class="intro-p fi">My personal practice spans large-scale painting, printmaking, ceramics, and mixed media. Much of my work is informed by the experiences of youth in the U.S. foster care system — influenced by socio-political artists like Kehinde Wiley and Kara Walker. Making art is how I process the world and advocate for change within it.</p>
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<p class="tab-desc">Large-scale acrylic on canvas. This recent piece — a cowbird rendered in bold reds, oranges, and deep grays evolving to a cool purple ground — continues my ongoing exploration of displacement, resilience, and the natural world as metaphor. Click any image to enlarge.</p>
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<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('IMG_0761.jpeg','Full composition — acrylic on canvas, approx. 4×5 ft. Work in progress.')"><img src="IMG_0761.jpeg" alt="Large bird painting full view"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">Full composition — work in progress</span></div></div>
<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('IMG_0762.jpeg','Detail: bird portrait against red ground — acrylic on canvas')"><img src="IMG_0762.jpeg" alt="Bird painting on red"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">Detail — bird portrait, red ground</span></div></div>
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<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('IMG_0766.jpeg','Final color stage: cool purple ground with orange and red bird — acrylic on canvas')"><img src="IMG_0766.jpeg" alt="Completed bird painting purple"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">Final color stage — complete composition</span></div></div>
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<p class="tab-desc">Works on paper exploring portraiture and identity. This expressive piece combines printmaking techniques with layered ink and color wash — loose, gestural mark-making that echoes the energy of my painting practice.</p>
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<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('IMG_6927.jpeg','Portrait study — printmaking, ink and color wash on paper, 2024')"><img src="IMG_6927.jpeg" alt="Portrait printmaking with ink"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">Portrait study — printmaking & ink, 2024</span></div></div>
<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc0152.jpg','For Kris — acrylic on canvas, 2×2 ft, 2013')"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc0152.jpg" alt="Horse painting"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">"For Kris" — acrylic on canvas, 2013</span></div></div>
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<p class="tab-desc">Undergraduate and early career work including the Cowbird Series — my UW–Stout senior thesis exploring foster youth identity and displacement through socio-political painting — and "Strike," made during the 2012 Chicago teachers' strike.</p>
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<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cropped-epson025.jpg','Cowbird Series — UW–Stout Senior Thesis, 2011.')"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cropped-epson025.jpg" alt="Cowbird series"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">Cowbird Series — Senior Thesis, 2011</span></div></div>
<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/imag0473-1.jpg','Strike — acrylic on canvas, 2×2 ft, 2012.')"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/imag0473-1.jpg" alt="Strike painting"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">"Strike" — acrylic on canvas, 2012</span></div></div>
<div class="art-item" onclick="openLb('https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc0152.jpg','For Kris — acrylic on canvas, 2×2 ft, 2013.')"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc0152.jpg" alt="For Kris"><div class="art-ov"><span class="art-cap">"For Kris" — acrylic, 2013</span></div></div>
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<p class="intro-p fi">My curriculum integrates studio skill development with visual culture analysis, aesthetic inquiry, art criticism, and art history — encouraging students to notice, question, and respond to the world around them.</p>
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<div class="card fi"><img src="IMG_2778.jpeg" alt="Student self-portraits with pets"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">Grade 2 · Watercolor Pencil</p><h3 class="c-title">Self-Portraits with Pets</h3><p class="c-desc">Inspired by Frida Kahlo's iconic self-portraits with animals, students used watercolor pencils to portray themselves alongside a beloved pet — building observation, color mixing, and visual storytelling skills.</p></div></div>
<div class="card fi"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/photo-24.jpg" alt="Monster Pinch Pots"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">K–2 · Ceramics</p><h3 class="c-title">Monster Pinch Pots</h3><p class="c-desc">Students dyed Model Magic with markers, formed pinch pots, then added expressive features — teeth, tongues, hair, and mini-monsters. A joyful introduction to form and fearless creative risk-taking.</p></div></div>
<div class="card fi"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/imag0478.jpg" alt="Frida Kahlo self-portraits"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">Grade 2 · Watercolor Pencil</p><h3 class="c-title">Frida Kahlo Self-Portraits with Pattern</h3><p class="c-desc">Students discovered they could move beyond stick figures. Step-by-step watercolor pencil portraits with bold patterned backgrounds — a celebration of identity, shared proudly at the school open house.</p></div></div>
<div class="card fi"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc0060.jpg" alt="Cézanne Still Lifes"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">Grades 3–4 · Painting</p><h3 class="c-title">Cézanne Still Lifes</h3><p class="c-desc">Students studied Paul Cézanne's 200+ still life paintings and created their own compositions — learning that art history lives in practice, not just in textbooks.</p></div></div>
<div class="card fi"><img src="https://gretaanderson.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/imag05422.jpg" alt="Cityscapes"><div class="cb2"><p class="grade">Grade 6 · Drawing</p><h3 class="c-title">One-Point Perspective Cityscapes</h3><p class="c-desc">Referencing Georgia O'Keeffe's cityscapes and students' own west-side Chicago neighborhood, this project built technical drawing skill alongside deep personal and cultural connection to place.</p></div></div>
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<h3>My Teaching <em>Philosophy</em></h3>
<p>Art class is not a break from learning — it is some of the deepest learning that happens in school. My classroom centers student voice, cultural identity, and the creative process over the final product. I use art history and contemporary visual culture to help students situate their own work within broader artistic, social, and cultural conversations. Having found my own voice through the arts, I am deeply committed to ensuring all students have the opportunity — and the courage — to explore, reflect, and express themselves.</p>
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<p class="intro-p fi">My advocacy work is grounded in lived experience and over two decades of public service. From delivering congressional testimony to keynoting statewide conferences, I have built a career around one conviction: the people most affected by a system must be the ones shaping it.</p>
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<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>Program & Policy Coordinator–Advanced, Wisconsin DCF (2018–Present)</h4><p>Policy lead for the Wisconsin Youth Advisory Council — embedding youth voice throughout agency decision-making. Managed $2.8M in COVID-era emergency funding, dispersed equitably and in a community-driven way.</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>Co-Founder, Fostering Success at UW–Stout (2014–2018)</h4><p>Built Wisconsin's first higher education support program for students from out-of-home care. Peer-led model now receives state funding and has been replicated on eight UW campuses.</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>TEDx UW–Stout Presenter (2015)</h4><p>Delivered a TEDx talk on lived experience, identity, and the power of youth voice in systems change.</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>Congressional Testimony & Capitol Hill Advocacy</h4><p>Delivered testimony before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee (2009). Advocated for the Family First Act alongside Casey Family Programs. Witness testimony partner, Wisconsin Foster Care Task Force (2017).</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>Governor's Appointee — Future of the Family Commission (2016)</h4><p>Appointed by the Governor of Wisconsin to contribute lived experience expertise to statewide family policy.</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>FosterClub All-Star & National Consultant (2009–2014)</h4><p>Selected as a 2009 FosterClub All-Star. Consultant with FosterClub and the National Resource Center for Youth Development, delivering keynotes at federal and state convenings.</p></div></div>
<div class="hi"><div class="dot"></div><div><h4>UW–Stout Diversity Award Recipient (2017)</h4><p>Recognized for outstanding contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Wisconsin–Stout.</p></div></div>
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<div class="spk"><p class="spk-yr">Education</p><h4>Art as a Tool for Youth Empowerment</h4><p>How creative practice builds self-efficacy, emotional regulation, and identity formation — especially for students from vulnerable backgrounds.</p></div>
<div class="spk"><p class="spk-yr">Policy</p><h4>Foster Youth Voice in Systems Change</h4><p>Embedding lived experience into public policy — from legislative advocacy to agency decision-making. Why proximity to pain must mean proximity to power.</p></div>
<div class="spk"><p class="spk-yr">Higher Education</p><h4>Foster Youth & College Access</h4><p>What universities can do to genuinely support students from out-of-home care: FAFSA, housing policy, campus supports, and the peer-led model that works.</p></div>
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<div class="res-sum fi"><p>Child welfare systems-change leader with over two decades of professional and lived expertise in advancing youth and family voice in public systems. Demonstrated leader of state-level initiatives; skilled at developing cross-system partnerships, building inclusive engagement and recruitment strategies, and providing training and technical assistance. Strengths-based developer of lived experience leaders — passionate about creating meaningful opportunities for youth and families to improve program effectiveness, shape policy, and increase equity for children and families.</p></div>
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<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Advanced Program & Policy Coordinator</p><p class="ri-s">Wisconsin Department of Children and Families</p><p class="ri-d">March 2018 – Present</p><ul><li>Lead youth voice integration through statewide Youth Advisory Council (YAC) recruitment, retention, and leadership development</li><li>Policy lead ensuring youth lived experience is embedded throughout DCF's work — not siloed</li><li>Led development of DCF's Guide for Youth in Out-of-Home Care Placements in Wisconsin</li><li>Oversee PATHS housing-first program for emerging adults with child welfare experience</li><li>Managed $2.8M in COVID-19 emergency funding — equitable, community-driven dispersal</li><li>Monitor budgets and provide technical assistance for seven tribal Independent Living program partners</li><li>Facilitate Foster Youth to College Advisory Council, aligning youth and postsecondary voices for policy recommendations</li></ul></div>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Co-Founder & Outreach Specialist</p><p class="ri-s">Fostering Success at UW–Stout</p><p class="ri-d">March 2014 – March 2018</p><ul><li>Co-founded Wisconsin's first higher education support program for students from out-of-home care and homelessness</li><li>Built peer leadership and mentorship structures; designed workshops and post-secondary readiness camps</li><li>Authored grants, managed budgets, led strategic planning, reported to advisory boards</li><li>Organized advocacy for housing deposit deferment, fee waivers, and campus policy reforms</li><li>Model now receives state funding; replicated on 8 UW campuses</li></ul></div>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Intern / Consultant</p><p class="ri-s">FosterClub & National Resource Center for Youth Development</p><p class="ri-d">June 2009 – 2014</p><ul><li>Delivered national trainings and keynotes at federal and state convenings</li><li>Advocated on Capitol Hill for the Family First Act alongside Casey Family Programs</li><li>Represented lived experience on national platforms and advisory groups</li></ul></div>
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<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Graduate Studies — Advocacy & Political Leadership</p><p class="ri-s">Metropolitan State University</p><p class="ri-d">In Progress</p><ul><li>Coursework in political leadership, policy change, and advocacy</li></ul></div>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Bachelor of Science — Art Education</p><p class="ri-s">University of Wisconsin–Stout, Menomonie, WI</p><p class="ri-d">2006 – 2011</p><ul><li>Minor in Art History</li><li>Senior thesis: Cowbird Series — socio-political paintings exploring foster youth identity</li><li>Coursework in painting, printmaking, ceramics, art metals, and 2D digital imaging</li></ul></div>
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<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Kindergarten–8th Grade Art Teacher</p><p class="ri-s">Piccolo School of Excellence, Chicago Public Schools</p><p class="ri-d">2012 – 2013</p><ul><li>Delivered high-caliber, youth-driven arts programming to 540 K–8 students at a first-year turnaround school on Chicago's west side</li><li>Developed full curriculum integrating art history, studio practice, and cultural connection across all grade levels</li><li>Organized and curated annual K–8 student art exhibition</li></ul></div>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Teaching Intern</p><p class="ri-s">Breakthrough Kent Denver School, Denver, CO</p><p class="ri-d">2011</p><ul><li>Taught middle school English and art elective to high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds</li><li>Designed curriculum centered on youth empowerment and creative expression</li></ul></div>
<div class="ri"><p class="ri-t">Student Teacher</p><p class="ri-s">Chippewa Falls High School, WI</p><p class="ri-d">2011</p><ul><li>Taught foundations studio and art history at a large western Wisconsin high school</li></ul></div>
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<li><strong>Keynote Speaker</strong> — Foster Youth Graduation Celebration, 2021</li>
<li><strong>TEDx UW–Stout Presenter</strong>, 2015</li>
<li><strong>Governor's Appointee</strong> — Future of the Family Commission, 2016</li>
<li><strong>UW–Stout Diversity Award Recipient</strong>, 2017</li>
<li><strong>Witness Testimony</strong> — U.S. House Ways & Means Committee, 2009</li>
<li><strong>Witness Testimony / Contributing Partner</strong> — WI Foster Care Task Force, 2017</li>
<li><strong>Member</strong> — Secretary's Advisory Council on Child Welfare, 2009–2012</li>
<li><strong>Federal Grant Reviewer</strong> — Administration for Children & Families, 2011</li>
<li><strong>State Reviewer</strong> — WI Children & Family Services Review, 2010</li>
<li><strong>General Session Presenter</strong> — WFAPA, 2015</li>
<li><strong>ACE Interface Master Trainer</strong> — Saint A's, 2017</li>
<li><strong>Dear Leaders Tool Contributing Consultant</strong> — Alia, 2021</li>
<li>Art featured on FosterClub.com and the WI Foster Care & Adoption Resource Center</li>
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