Who is Ms. Bolte?
Fran started as an Advertising Design student at San Diego State College and completed her BA in 1970. She completed her MA in 1973 in Art Education from Purdue University. She has been a secondary art teacher for35 years. She has taught art in middle and high schools in Indiana, Georgia, and Texas.
Fran has done post-graduate work, served on the curriculum revision committees for secondary art, was regional director for the Visual Art Scholastic Event from 1993-1996, and serves as a member of the State of Texas Fine Arts Teaching Cadre. Last year she was elected as the TAEA (Texas Art Education Association) Administrator/Supervisor Chair to serve 2008-2009.
Last summer Fran served as an AP Reader (judge) for the AP Art History Exam. It was very exciting to be selected and an honor to serve with other Art History teachers both from high school and the college/university level.
Fran Bolte assists the Executive Fine Arts Director in the areas of Elementary and Secondary Art, Theatre, Dance, and Drill Team. This part of her responsibility began in 2001.
Hobbies and interests Fran finds fun include reading, painting, needle crafts, drawing, travel by car, and cooking. She has been married since 1970 to Marty Bolte who is a metal sculptor. She lists her greatest accomplishments as being the proud mother of two daughters, Kristin and Erika
. They are both accomplished and beautiful, attributes they have had all their lives. Kristin is a business leader with Martin Fletcher Medical Recruiters and Erika is a teacher of Language Arts. She has moved to Chicago and is working for a Montessori school! We are welcomed our first grandchild, a boy, on June 17th!
Marty and Fran
Erika and Kristin
Ronin David Wolf
and Bill and Kristin with Baby Ronin
Art has always been a love of mine, from the time I can remember holding a crayon. I worked very hard at my art, mostly drawing and painting. If I could say one thing to parents and students alike, it would be that art is not easy nor is it a hobby. Art takes brain power. No one thinks harder than an artist about what they see, their ideas, and how they wish those ideas to be perceived. Studying Art History gives one the knowledge that art is a primary contribution to society. The exceptional criterion that 'art is valid,' is what I teach my students as well as an appreciation for what they may not have understood about context, meaning, and technique before.