Fine Arts Friday | Amy Carmichael

Fine Arts Friday | Amy Carmichael 

Mrs. Carmichael is a native of Florence & a 2012 graduate from West Florence High School. Throughout her years of school, she has always enjoyed how art can be used to express oneself & allows creative thinking. Her favorite art mediums are paint & chalk pastels. She has been teaching at Southside for 5 years & has taught a variety of classes such as Art 1, Fine Arts Academy Art courses, Digital Art, Costume Design, Intro to Art, & 2D art. She teaches an after school sewing club for students wanting to learn the art of sewing and textile art. In 2022, she received an award for Outstanding Young Professional at the Annual SCAEA Conference. Within the community, she has volunteered & costumed multiple Florence Little Theatre productions, such as, "Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express", "Something Rotten", "Plaza Suite", "The Sound of Music", & "The Play that Goes Wrong". For her own personal costuming work, she has won multiple costuming competitions around the east coast such as two first place awards, 2nd place, and an honorable mention for craftsmanship. She has also served as a costuming contest judge for comic conventions in the Charleston Area.

Education

Mrs. Carmichael received her Bachelor's degree in Arts Education from Francis Marion University in 2018 and completed her student teaching at Moore Intermediate School.

What Her Students Say About Art 

• Student 1: What I like about art is how fun it is and how nice the teacher is. We learn about the elements and principles of art. We are doing graffiti art and it is fun. We also learned about Banksy.
• Student 2: I love being in Mrs. Carmichael's art class because I love doing art projects. My best project was my graffiti art name!
• Student 3: I like Mrs. Carmichael's art class because it is fun. As you get deeper in your learning, you get better at your work. Mrs. Carmichael is really supportive & encourages you to do your best. Mrs. Carmichael is a great teacher who is not only good at her job, but is calm & collective. I really recommend her to others because they will get to learn new things.
• Student 4: I recommend Mrs. Carmichael's art class and here's why. Mrs. Carmichael is very supportive of your artwork. Another reason why I like Mrs. Carmichael's class is because she is very good at helping and explaining what to do. One more reason why anyone should take her class is because she is very nice.