Wikipedia:Eric Gibbons

Eric Gibbons is an [Https://www.Firehousepublications.com author] and artist who lives and works in Raleigh NC.

Gibbons is certified in Art Education, Elementary Education, is Nationally Board Certified in Art Education and has taught in Japan and Egypt. His classroom lessons have been featured by Davis Publications. And several other books on art and education through Firehouse Publications of Bordentown, NJ. his best known series being the "If Picasso” series which is trademarked. Recognized and awarded by Art Educators of New Jersey (AENJ) in 2015 for excellence in art education. His art education blog, ArtEdGuru, is a resource for art teachers around the globe, and visited by an average of 15000 teachers weekly.

Firehouse Gallery
Gibbons was the founder and director of the Firehouse Gallery of Bordentown, which hosted exhibitions of artwork by both local and international artists from 1994-2019. In 2005, part of his gallery was converted into a studio and employed a small staff of volunteers and interns from area art colleges. In 1995, Gibbons founded and hosts an annual art camp program for area children that ran through 2018.

In 2010, Gibbons established Firehouse Publications which operated out of the Firehouse Gallery, but moved to Raleigh NC in 2019. It focuses on art education titles including The Art Student's Workbook, Elementary Art Workbook, Art Assessments, The Emotional Color Wheel, and his “If Picasso” trademarked series.

Work
His work has been featured in international exhibitions of art in Los Angeles, New York City and Phoenix Arizona, and was selected by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History for a public work in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work has been featured in ARTnews magazine as well as other international publications.

His work can be found and is archived in both public and private collections including such places as the Guggenheim Museum, the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeu de Paume of Paris, the Judy Garland Museum and others. His portrait commissions include corporate clients such as NWL Industries, the founder of Ask.com and confidential celebrity clients.

In 2004, Gibbons received a Geraldine R. Dodge Scholarship for studies in Figurative Fine Art. In 2005, Gibbons was a top 10 winner of the Staples Invention Quest Contest and his invention entry, the "Digi-Dot", is available nationwide. In 2008, his painting A New Hope was given to President Obama in Washington, DC.

In 2020 Gibbons achieved his National Board Certification in Art, Early Adolescence through Young Adult, with a focus on integrating art and literacy in course practice. Gibbons’ unique integrated approach to art education has been documented to improve student S.A.T. exams 155 points higher than their non art-involved peers. This has garnered the attention of some school districts that have invited Mr. Gibbons to provide Professional Development to staff in Texas and Colorado.

Gibbons moved from Bordentown NJ to Raleigh NC in 2018 to teach art at Vernon Malone College and Career Academy where he continues to teach, paint, publish, and blog on his YouTube channel.

Exhibitions

 * Featured Exhibition, St. Louis Alive Magazine, January 2008.
 * Participation in the 9-11 NYC Memorial Competition, 2002.