Aurelle Sprout has a Master's Degree in Dance from Temple University and a Bachelor's Degree in Art from Pennsylvania State University. She had graduate assistantships in dance from Temple University and in art from San Francisco State University. In 1998 she was the recipient of a Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Summer Opportunity Award for Visual Artist/Educators with a follow-up school grant. Being a Geraldine R. Dodge Fellow has opened up opportunities for mini-grants and for docented museum tours in the Hudson River Valley, Boston, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Hamilton (Grounds for Sculpture). Conference highlights include presenting at the National Art Education Association in NYC and Denver and Art Educators of New Jersey. Topics include Interdisciplinary, Creative Problem-Solving; Collaborative Problem-Solving Through Art; Open Space Celebration; Drawing as Meditation: Getting Lost in a Line; Thinking in Clay; Clay Expressions; Customized "Guitars" with an Art History Flair; Art with a Message; Painting in 3-D; and Dimensions in Acrylics. Aurelle has been teaching art and/or dance for approximately 25 years and presently teaches in a NJ School District.