Melissa Rioux
Faculty Information
Department(s)
VPA
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Education
Degree(s)
B.F.A., Communications Design, Pratt Institute
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Employed Since
2020
Class Of
2001
Biography
I was born and raised in Blue Hill, Maine. I am the product of a community that values creativity and nurtures young people – and a George Stevens Academy Alum. I left for NYC when I was 18 to attend Pratt Institute and returned to the peninsula in 2015 to raise a family. At Pratt, I studied illustration as a Communications Design major with a minor in Art History, graduating in 2005. The next 10 years were spent working with middle and high school students in NYC for the not-for-profit Publicolor, as well as teaching jewelry at the 92nd St Y. In 2015, I moved home to start a family and taught classes for Adult Education in Ellsworth until 2020. In the summers, I love to swim and draw and paint with my two children, Maggie and Robin.