Marilyn Barry

Marilyn has spent her professional career, spanning 37 years, motivating the creativity and artistic expression of young adolescents. This passion started at a summer camp in Cambridge, MA during the summer of 1972.  Marilyn has a Bachelor's degree from Syracuse University School of Art, and a M.Ed. degree from Notre Dame College.  She continues to educate herself by keeping up to date on art education practices and methodologies.  Marilyn currently teaches middle school art in the Amherst, New Hampshire school system, where she has been since 1972.  Well respected in her field, she serves on the advisory board for the New Hampshire Scholastic Art Awards, representing middle school art education.  Marilyn and her husband, Jay have raised three children, and they now reside in New Boston, New Hampshire. She enjoys the theater, music, painting and pursuing her own creative interests in a variety of media. Marilyn looks forward to assisting the campers at Maine Arts Camp to find their own personal voice expressed through the fine arts for her fifth year.