College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3129
Email: mweaver@apu.edu
Office Location: East Campus, Art Center, Room 2
Office Hours: By appointment

Melanie Weaver, MFA, has worked as a professional artist for over 15 years. Her scholarship includes installations that address social issues. Her love of teaching is communicated through classes that focus on community as well as the course topic. Many of her classes include a service learning component, where students teach art to foster teens who are living in group homes.

MFA, Sculpture - University of North Texas, 1998
B.S., Studio Arts - Biola University, 1993

Exhibitions
Heart to Heart, Novato Art Center, Novato, CA, 2004

Election, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA, 2004

Healing Art, Bluebird Art Gallery, Whittier, CA, 2004

Rise Above, Azusa Pacific University Art Gallery, Azusa, CA, 2003

Toy Narratives, Concordia University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA, 2003

Presentations
Art and Healing, Christians in the Visual Arts, Azusa, CA, 2005

Healing Art, Bluebird Art Gallery, Whittier, CA, 2004

Teaching Art, Christian Home Educators Association, Santa Cruz, CA, 2004

Rise Above, Santa Ana College Art Forum, Santa Ana, CA, 2003

Toy Narratives, Concordia University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA, 2003

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Reviews
Contemporary Art About Faith, Wayne Roosa, New York, NY, 2005
Healing Art, Whittier Daily News, Whittier, CA, 2004

Artistic expression as a healing process, art as ministry, art as international expression

Sculptural Objects and Functional Art (ART 311)
Women in Art (ART 359)
Multicultural Art (ART 403)
Sculptural Objects and Functional Art Processes (ART 411)
Special Topics in Art (ART 495)
Humans and the Arts (HDEV 403)