Dorothy Amore Pilla is the Director of Art Education for Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  A visual artist and art educator, Dorothy received a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master of Arts with concentrations in art education and museum education from Tufts University.   For her intensive study and practice in visual art at the Museum School Dorothy earned their four year diploma and a fifth year certificate in printmaking. Her career in teaching art began at the elementary level, later focused on teaching art for middle school students, and now continues in higher education with pre-service students in Pre-K-12 art education.  Her most current art education interests include post-modern approaches to teaching and learning in art, developing art education programs in partnership with museum settings, using technology for research and practice in Pre-K-12 art education, and the developement of interdisciplinary curricula. Currently Dorothy's artwork is focused on painted and digital image making and the exploration of visual concepts through mutiple imagery.  Her attachment to coastal and marine environments is reflected in her current work.

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