Art2Dream
How Great Thou Creativity! There’s an artist in everyone.
In Art2Dream Space, we use pencil to think, pen to speak, and paint brush to sing.
Welcome to Art2Dream Space! We believe art belongs to everyone as an invaluable unifying gift of all humanities. We wholeheartedly support the vision that the arts are the highest form of ultimate human expression. Art is also about instilling a work ethic that embraces a range of life skills and self-belief whoever we are and whatever cultural background, family history, language tradition we hold close. We all have our own kind of stories to weave, create, and we are born with the power to make our dream come true as long as we keep believing in ourselves. Art2Dream space is where your love of art and commitment to creative growth rendezvous.
Experience your creative path toward your future; be it P-12 teaching, coaching, youth mentoring, community service work, and for your own uplifting personal fulfillment! Art2Dream space is a creative place for excellent mentoring, rich studio experience for real life connection and community, as well as incredible inter-cultural and transformative learning opportunities. Now you have found us, please stay close to be our exciting Art2Dream team. Congratulations!
We use art to lift spirits, connect with others (using our creativity to speak in ways that people understand regardless of the language differences), and even to help recollect memory (i.e. Alzheimer’s disease). How will you use your creativity today?
Collaboration project between Art2Dream and Tunde’s Creations.
Song: Traditional Irish Blessings, sung by Jessie Allison (WKU Art Education Pre-Service Teacher, class of 2022)
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“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcomes while trying to succeed. “”
Booker T. Washington
How Great Thou Creativity: Art2Dream Project Coordinator
Dr. Miwon Choe, Ph. D
Dr. Choe is a recent proud retiree from having served as the professor of art education, Department of Art & Design at Western Kentucky University for 24 years until June 2025. Prior to the WKU appointment, Dr. Choe taught in Washington, Indiana at Lena Dunn and Veale Elementary Schools for a decade that had shaped the value of visual arts in P-12 education. Dr. Choe attributes her success and accomplishments to three teachers at Indiana University, Bloomington where she completed her Ph. D. in Curriculum & Instruction with the emphasis on Art Education and minor in Counseling Psychology; Dr. Guy Hubbard, Dr. Gilbert Clark, and Dr. Enid Zimmerman.
Throughout her WKU career, Dr. Choe coordinated the Super Saturday Art Programs in collaboration with the WKU Center for Gifted Studies for two decades, as well as the Art2Dream Art in Education program that emphasized cross-sector community collaborations in addition to facilitating various P-12 service-learning opportunities. Dr. Choe and her Art2Dream TEAM is one of the four Kentucky 4-H Volunteer Hall of Fame Awardees in 2024 for her contributions and the positive impact upon the lives of Kentucky 4-H members.
In 2011, Dr. Choe initiated the Student Exchange program between WKU Art Education Program and Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea, her native homeland. She has also spent significant amount time in Cuba over the past two decades since 2004 for multiple continuous cross-cultural community art exchange projects including CreArte: Ilustrar un Sueño (Illustrate a Dream), Experimental Art School, and Cuban Teachers Association (APC) that resulted in the culminating art exhibits in 2019-2020, Cuba Amor: Los Rostros y Los Cuentos del Camino (The Island of My Love: The Stories and Faces of Cuba) at Western Kentucky University and Kennesaw State University. Current multi-year collaborative project includes Sisters on the Bridge: Islamic Art of Creative Empathy, Meaning, and Human Understanding with Dr. Mona Hussein from Egypt and Dr. Bird from Kennesaw State University, GA.
Art2Dream Blog Site Designer
Lauren Kersey
Ms. Lauren Kersey is a WKU Class of 2024, BA Visual Studies with double concentrations, Art education and Studio at Western Kentucky University. With her strong studio abilities and professional commitment, Lauren successfully completed an International Student Teaching in Sweden for the Spring 2024. Additionally, Lauren has dedicated a significant amount of time to augmenting her Graphic Design and Digital Skills while serving as www.wkuarteducation blog site project manager throughout her study as an art education pre-service teacher. Ms. Lauren Kersey teaches at Bullitt East High School in KY. Welcome to our blog site and more info about Lauren may be found using the links below:
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