Betty Edwards
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1999
Dr. Betty Edwards is a world-renowned educator in the field of art. She is the author of the best selling non-fiction books Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and Drawing on the Artist Within. Her work has reached well over 3,000,000 people, worldwide. Both books have been translated into over twelve languages and are used as textbooks in schools and colleges nationally and internationally. She has presented over five hundred workshops, seminars and lectures for public schools, art associations, university students, technical and scientific staffs and corporate groups. She has presented seminars in creative problem solving to corporations such as The Walt Disney Company, Digital Equipment Corporation, Apple Computer Company, IBM, Polaroid, AT&T Bell Labs, American Advertising Associations, Saatchi & Saatchi, GE, American Dental Association, and the American Institute of Architecture. Dr. Edwards is Professor Emeritus, California State University, Long Beach. She has retired from her position as the Director of the Center for the Educational Applications of Brain Hemisphere Research at CSULB. In 1997 Betty Edwards organized her own company. Through her books, workshops and seminars Betty Edwards continues to make a huge impact upon the fields of Art Education and Creative Problem-Solving.
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 1999, "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain"
- SIGGRAPH 2000, "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain"