Denise Francis-Robinson
DENISE FRANCIS - ROBINSON M.A.Ed
Artist Educator Creativity Specialist
Denise Francis - Robinson is an Artist and Master Educator and Facilitator. She is a multi-talented and highly creative individual. Denise is a graduate of the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts and earned her Masters degree in Art in Education from the Ohio State University, in Columbus Ohio. She is a former principal dancer with Jamaica's foremost dance company the National Dance Theater Company (NDTC). With more than a passing interest in dramatic theater, she has also shared the stage with some of Jamaica’s known actors.
In her own artmaking practice, Denise is known for her brightly colored decorative art/ surface designs on ceramic, canvas and almost anything that will hold paint. Her artistic offerings range from the whimsical to surreal. They are usually expressive with strong symbolism. She has participated in numerous exhibitions and art fairs.
As an accomplished costume designer she has been a three time awardee of the Actor Boy Award for best costume design. In the field of education she was awarded the Top Teacher Award in the JCDC National Visual Arts competition for three years in a row.
Today Denise adds creativity specialist and coach to her long list of creative abilities, engagement and accomplishments. She has an excellent reputation for organization and facilitation of exciting transformational creative workshops that focus transformation in individuals driven by a multi layered artistic process.
For Denise, sharing her wealth of experiences, to enhance the learning experiences of various types of learners of multiple intelligences is a priority. Within the classroom setting, she has engaged with students, from Kindergarten to college. Outside of the formal classroom she has worked with retirees, persons with special needs and disabilities, corporate teams, teachers of the Visual Arts and many others. Her experiences with individuals with special needs, include her own children, a daughter who was diagnosed with speech and language processing delay at an early age and her adult son who suffered a devastating stroke over 15 years ago.
As an artist, educator, facilitator, and caregiver, she has witnessed and experienced the power of transformation and revolution in consciousness through the arts with numerous persons from a variety of backgrounds. This phenomenon is exemplified in the miraculous recovery and transformation of her son, who earned a gold medal in the JCDC annual Visual Art competition.
It is against this experience and training that Denise brings to the table a depth of knowledge, understanding, structure and profound responses to her classes, talks and workshop activities as she engages with the arts for their intrinsic value for self care, self expression, transformation, as therapy and fun.
“Persons who see the arts as a viable option and opportunity to ‘create’ our way out of many of the challenges we face, as individuals or in our communities, would benefit from my particular point of view.” -
Denise Francis-Robinson
"The power of the creative impulse in all persons offers individuals and the world the solution to our biggest challenges."
Contact
Denise Francis-Robinson
2 Marley Close, Kingston 6
876-413-9518 876-620-6322
FB: Live Cre8tive
