Dr. Zerric Clinton

Acrylic on canvas

30" x 24"

Zerric Clinton is an artist educator who resides in Metro Atlanta. He has taught art education at the secondary level for over 20 years. Dr. Clinton is the author of The Power of Popular Culture in Education: History, Music and Visual Imagery.
Zerric's career as an artist educator has put him in a space to understand the way
popular culture influences adolescents. His work in this area started over 10 years ago with his dissertation entitled "What African American Male Adolescents Say About Music Videos with Implications for Art Education".

Zerric Clinton has served as President of the Georgia Art Education Association and is a member of the National Art Education Association's School for Arts Leaders network.
He is the recipient of several awards including the 2015 Georgia Art Education
Association's Secondary Art Educator of the Year.

Over the years Zerric has presented at state and national art education conferences focusing on topics associated with diversity, visual culture and popular culture. Zerric's art classes participated in The Breaking BAD Collaborative Project launched by the Museum of Tolerance New York to foster dialogue among members of widely dissimilar communities. In this project Orthodox day school students in Livingston, New York and public school students in Cairo, Georgia, swapped perspectives on prejudice and diversity.

Dr. Zerric Clinton is a lifelong artist educator that enjoys teaching art and creating abstract works of art based on social issues, personal experiences, and inspiration from various forms of music. As a featured Healing Humanity of Steffen Thomas Art Museum artist, some of Zerric's work focuses on the way art can heal. Recent shows that Zerrichas participated in are: Hold the Line 2, Arts Xchange Gallery, East Point, GA. A Decade of Creativity: Celebrating 10 Years of Art, Emma Darnell Aviation Museum, Atlanta, GA., 5 th LaGrange Regional Art Exhibition, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange,GA., Two Sides of Color, Shape and Form, Emma Darnell Aviation Museum, Atlanta,
GA.

Zerric Clinton received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree inEducational Leadership from Valdosta State University. He has a Ph.D. in Art Education from Florida State University.