Lisa Beckman

Lisa earned a BFA Studio Art from ODU in ’86, and an MAT Visual Studies/Urban Education from NSU in ’92; her post-grad work has been at SCAD, VCU, and ODU. 

She is a retired 34 year Norfolk Public Schools Art Teacher and former NAEA Middle School Art Teacher of the Year, Tidewater Region. 

She is a facilitator for art teacher professional development and a teacher of community studio classes, most recently at the Chrysler Museum of Art, and she was an Adjunct Instructor at ODU as University Supervisor of Art Education Interns, Spring ’24. 

Lisa is a working and commissioned artist in b/w wet darkroom and digital photography, draw/paint, wood furniture and sculpture, & metals/jewelry. 

She apprenticed as a stained glass glazier in ’75, and still does ongoing work and commissions. 

She is also interested in gardening, kayaking, yoga, hiking, cycling, & camping; and she plays the ukulele.