Lowenfeld Award
Dr. Beverly Levett Gerber
2011 Lowenfeld Award Recipient
Dr. Beverly Gerber, is the recipient of the 2011 Lowenfeld Award and gave the Lowenfeld Lecture which can be accessed on the NAEA website. The Lowenfeld Award is given to extraordinary educators, who have made significant contributions to our field. Beverly has spent her career bringing the work of art educators to the world of special education and bringing her expertise and leadership to education organizations, particularly NAEA. She started as an art educator, become the mother of a child with special needs, became a special educator, then went on to become a scholar, professor, author, activist, connecting the worlds of art and special education. Her receiving the Lowenfeld Award honors her, and the work she has done for NAEA in the last twenty years. She has been a driving force for the creation of a Special Needs group, website, major publications, and is the ambassador between NAEA, CEC, and other organizations that serve children with special needs. Never before in our history has NAEA been more aware of the mission we have to serve ALL children. Beverly's voice and her efforts are heard across the globe. The 2011 Lowenfeld Award validates the fact that Art Education has become deeper and richer because of the inclusion of all children in the NAEA mission, work, and scholarship.
The image that SNAE uses as a logo originally comes from a clay figure that Beverly's son Larry made when he was a child.