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Greetings Friends! My name is Ms. Cortes and I am ecstatic to teach elementary Art within Huntsville City Schools! I am privileged to share art history and techniques to the young creatives of the future. I am a Hispanic Artist based in Huntsville, AL, and I glean inspiration from my divided, cultural upbringing. By integrating techniques of memory encapsulation, my artistic practice became a catalog for the impactful phases of my life.

In my art: flowering lace accents recall my Abuelito’s history as a Craftsman Immigrant who came to the U.S  to work as a Lace Weaver. I have a strong passion for animals (as I have four fur babies), and I am a Vegan! I used to run Collegiate Track & Field at UAH... specializing in the 800 meter dash. My favorite contemporary painter is Ryan Hewett, and I take  a lot of inspiration from this quote:

"In Art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the Heart can imagine. " ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting & Drawing, University of Alabama in Huntsville
In Progress: Master of Fine Arts Degree In Integrative Design, Athens State University/The Center for the Arts

ALSDE Emergency Certification
Praxis Art Content Knowledge License

Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Fine Arts

I help coordinate the Athens State Lowe Mill Art Studio 310. I have worked on Set Design projects during my Time in Technical Theatre. I have made book Illustrations and mural designs. I have done an Installation Artwork for Panoply, & I am an "ASU Bonner Leader", who volunteers their time at the Greater Huntsville Humane Society on the Weekends.