Janet Rubinson
Janet Rubinson earned her BFA in painting from Florida Atlantic University and her MFA in Studio Arts from MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art). She also studied fine art at Carnegie-Mellon University (pre-college), Penn State University, and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. She taught AP (advanced placement) drawing, art history, and 2D design as a secondary level art teacher with Broward County Public Schools for 17 years. She is now an adjunct professor, teaching figure drawing, at Palm Beach State College. Her artistic interests include the intersection of artistic practice with meditation, storytelling, healing and community, having studied and explored the potential for mindfulness in the arts, and in education, in a variety of contexts. She has traveled to India many times and draws inspiration for her artistic and her teaching practice from her experiences on those journeys, seeing the inner and outer journey as one. Her current project is writing and illustrating a book inspired by Advaita Vedanta for children and their parents.
