Susan A. Urban
Art teacher
Born Sept. 25, 1952, Springfieid (MA), U.S.; daughter of Theodore and Adelle (Strzempek).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Our Lady of Elms College, Chicopee (MA), 1974; graduate, Summer Study of Fine Arts, N. Copemicus University, Torun (Poland), 1977; Master of Education (M.Ed.), Cambridge College, Springfieid, 1992.
Career: teacher, Blessed Sacrament School, Holyoke (MA), 1974-78; art teacher, Wilbraham Public Schools (MA), 1978-79, Ware Elementary School (MA), 1986-87, West Springfield Public School (MA), 1987 -.
Author: several copyrighted paper cut out designs (wycinanki), 1984; How to Plan and Organize a School Arts Festival (minibook for teachers), 1992.
Member of: board directors member, Western Massachusetts Society of Polish American Culture, 1978-84; Polish crafts director, Polish Alliance Youth Camp of Massachusetts, 1981-83; publicity director, Young Americans of Polish Descent, Hartford, 1981-82; National Education Association; Massachusetts Teachers' Association; West Springfieid Education Association; West Springfieid Community Arts Council (chairman, 1984-88).
Honors: Massachusetts arts education grants, Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council, 1978-79, 1984; Outstanding Young Woman award, Outstanding Young Women of America Association, 1984; Polish art and history education award, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1984; Outstanding Sculpture award, West Springfieid Arts Festival Committee.
Affiliation: Independent. Catholic.
Language: English.
Hobbies: lectures and presentations, Polish crafts and culture, presenting programs relating to ethnic art traditions.
Home: 83 Clarence Street, West Springfield, MA 01089.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.