Bio
Jessica Meuninck-Ganger’s prints, artist’s books, and mixed media works have been exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally and her prints and books are included in several private collections as well as in portfolios owned by the Weisman Museum of Art and the Target Corporation. She’s received numerous residencies and fellowships, and has instructed various printmaking courses and workshops at the South Bend Regional Museum of Art, Charles Martin Youth Center, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
“Teaching is a privilege that offers me the unique opportunity to exercise my commitment to emerging artists and further explore and share my studio disciplines.” Jessica is the Printmaking Area Head and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She taught Fine Arts courses at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design; and both, Fine and Liberal Arts courses at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design.
She began her professional career teaching in the Elkhart Memorial High School art department where she received the Sallie Mae Outstanding Beginning Teacher award. While teaching in Indiana, she co-chaired the Scholastic Art Awards for the Indiana/Michigan region and taught summer courses through the Elkhart School Corporation’s Gifted and Talented Program. She received her MFA in Studio Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2004 and a BS degree in Visual Arts Education from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana in 1995.