Creative Educator · Visual Artist · Photography & Design Specialist

Teaching

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Cady teaches visual arts, photography, and design through a balance of technical skill, creative exploration, and clear structural tools.

Her approach blends contemporary art practice with industry experience, helping students develop confidence, craft, and the ability to think visually.

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Teaching Specialisms

Drawing & Tonal Skills

  • Line, contour, shading

  • Form, proportion, composition

  • Observational drawing techniques

Painting & Colour Theory

  • Acrylic + watercolor

  • Mixed media

  • Palette building, value, temperature, harmony

Photography

  • Composition, lighting, narrative

  • Documentary + portraiture

  • Technical + creative processes (DSLR + mobile)

Design & Creative Technology

  • Layout, typography, editorial design

  • Visual communication

  • Digital media skills

Integrated Arts Curriculum

  • Arts + literacy

  • Theme-driven projects

  • Arts + Spanish language support

  • Cross-curricular creative thinking

Creative Process & Studio Habits

  • Experimentation

  • Refining ideas

  • Reflective practice and critique

Embodied & Spatial Learning

  • Posture-conscious creative work

  • Accessible spatial reasoning

  • Functional movement awareness

  • Yoga-informed approaches to attention, focus, and creative process

Cady teaches art as both a technical craft and a way of thinking. Students learn through structure, experimentation, and imaginative problem-solving. Her classrooms are inclusive, process-focused, and grounded in visual literacy, design thinking, and embodied awareness.

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Qualifications

  • BA, Journalism & International Studies — University of Mississippi

  • Graduate Diploma, Photography — University of the Arts London (LCC)

  • MA Computational Arts — Goldsmiths, University of London

  • Arts-integrated teaching experience (primary + secondary)

  • Spanish language fluency (useful for bilingual and EAL support)

  • Yoga, functional anatomy, and movement-based learning training (200-hour teacher training in progress)

  • Ongoing training in design, photography, and creative education

Available for teaching roles, creative curriculum development, and photography/design instruction.

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