Melody Weintraub Bio

Melody Weintraub served as President of the Tennessee Art Education Association (TAEA) from 2020-2022. Her awards include 2014 TAEA Middle Level Art Educator of the Year, 2023 Briarcrest Fine Arts Hall of Fame Award and 2023 Tennessee Arts Academy’s Joe W. Giles Lifetime Achievement Award. Melody has presented numerous studio workshops in multiple mediums and lectured on the national level.  She offers free workshops on her YouTube Channel, “Melody Weintraub’s Online Art Class.” She has also conducted workshops and teacher training throughout many states in the Southeastern Region and in Nebraska. She currently serves as RAEA’s (Emeritus) Silent Auction Chair. As an artist, she studied watercolor under the direction of Lynda Tate and Lafayette Ragsdale in West Tennessee. She has participated in several group and solo art exhibitions in the Memphis area. She was recently juried into the Memphis Germantown Art League’s Spring Exhibition at Memphis Botanic Gardens. She wrote and illustrated, “The Little Bluebird,” (2001). Melody produced, a set of 60 motivational cards for teachers, “Teacher Encourage-Mints,” (2022). Melody retired in 2020 and currently supervises art education candidates virtually for The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has written over 30 articles for SchoolArts Magazine and is published in “STEAM Education: An Interdisciplinary Look at Art in the Curriculum,” NAEA 2024. Melody also enjoys acting and can be seen in several television commercials. She also appeared as the history teacher in the 2009 film, The Blind Side.

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