Artist Stacy Marko
Stacy Marko is an American artist who not only exhibits her work but also teaches her craft. Marko earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and went on to pursue a career in education, earning her Masters Degree in Education from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
The artist currently teaches Art and Design, Drawing and Painting, Ceramics and Honors Art at McClintock High School in Tempe, Arizona and was the 2020 Arizona Art Educator of the Year. She sponsors the National Art Honor Society at McClintock and is the District Teacher Exhibition Coordinator. Since 2013, Ms. Marko has also been a Dual Enrollment Instructor at Rio Salado Community College. Marko was an instructor at the Summer Arts Academy at Desert Vista High School. She also taught at Mountain Pointe High School and Desert Vista High School in the Tempe area.
In addition to being a member of NAEA for over 20 years, Marko is currently an Art 7 (formerly Art 6) organizer (2001-2005, 2012-present). Ms. Marko has been a sponsor of NAHS for over 15 years and was involved with Visions (a program with the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art) for 12 years. She also conducts painting classes with Paint, Party, and Wine. Her list of exhibitions, outside of her educational responsibilities, can be found below.
Ms. Marko currently resides in Tempe, Arizona with her husband. To contact the artist, please visit the contact page or click here.
Exhibitions:
December 2019 – January 2020: Grinder’s Coffee
November 2019 – December 2019: Art Intersection
March – June 2019: Herberger Theater Center Art Gallery, Water
November 2018: Herberger Theater Center Art Gallery, Trees or the Furry Animals
August – September 2012 – present: TUHSD Teacher Exhibit, District Office
July, August 2018: Grinders Coffee
March 2018: New City Studio
Summer 2017: Grinders Coffee
March 2017: New City Studio
anuary – May 2017: Oh, The Places You’ll Go, ASU downtown
July – December 2016: ASU, Downtown, Of Land, Sea, and Sky
June - August 2016: Shemer Art Center, Reflections of Arizona
February 2016: West Valley Arts Council, Floral and Botanicals
March 2015, January 2015, May 2014: New City Studio
December 2013 – January 2014: Black Bird Bazaar and Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts
August 2013 – September 2013: TUHSD District Office – Teacher Exhibit, “Inspired”
December 2012 – May 2013: “Green Revolution”, Tempe Center for the Arts
August 2012 – September 2012: TUHSD District Office Teacher Exhibition
2011 – 2012: “Organics”, Connections Café, Tempe Public Library
2011: Third Fridays, Downtown Phoenix
2011: Vanity on Mill
2010: Edna Vihel Center “Tempe Teaches” (August 20-December 1)
2010: Shemer “Alive” (March 10-April 28)