Lecturer, MFA | Coodinator of Student Field Experiences
Visual Art Studies
Department of Art & Art History
- Office: ART 3.406
- Phone: +1 512-471-5410
- Mail Code: - D1300
Lecturer Fred Woody holds B.S. and B.F.A. degrees from Northwest Missouri State University and an M.F.A. from the University of Montana. He joined the Visual Art Studies faculty in 2000 after twenty-five years of teaching art in public schools. Woody conducts VAS and EDC (Curriculum and Instruction) courses and serves as the Coordinator of the Student Field Experiences in Art, placing and supervising VAS students in art apprenticeships throughout the Austin area. He also facilitates the College of Fine Arts annual Advanced Placement Summer Institute and the spring mini-conference for art teachers.
During his twenty-one years with the Austin Independent School District, Woody was a middle school and high school art teacher, served as a teacher trainer in the AISD Professional Development Academy, and later was program development coordinator for the AISD high school Fine Arts Academy. In 1999 he received the Texas Art Education Association's (TAEA) award as Secondary Art Educator of Year. In 2004 TAEA recognized Fred Woody as the Higher Education Art Educator of the Year.
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