BIOGRAPHY
Suzanne “Sam” Kasparek Mitchell was born and raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She attended Loyola University of New Orleans, where she received a BA in Communications in 1991. She also attended Converse College where she received her certification in Art Education in 1994. In 2000-02, she apprenticed in Painting Restoration at the New Orleans Conservation Guild.
“People often try to classify what type of artist you are. I do not fit that mold… I began with a major in advertising and graphic design with a minor in ceramics. I have explored many forms of 2-d and 3-d design, and have always incorporated drawing and painting throughout. I guess that is why teaching became so attractive to me… I get to do everything. Currently I am learning the in’s and out’s of digital photography and loving it.”
“As a fine art educator I get the best of both worlds… by sharing my love of art with students I selfishly get to create art all day long.”
As well as being a professional artist, and after teaching art in Spartanburg County for 6 years, Sam joined the Spartanburg Day School faculty in 2007 as the Lower School Art Instructor. She is an active member in the Spartanburg Artists Guild from which she received the Guild’s honor of Best in Show for her piece entitled The Fairgrounds in the 2006 Annual Juried Exhibition. She will represent the Guild in a two-person exhibit titled The Unstill Life in May of 2008 at the Chapman Cultural Center.
