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Brian Kirk received a B.A. in Fine Arts from George Washington University and a Master’s in Interdisciplinary Studies in Studio Art from Virginia Commonwealth University. He also studied art in at University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico.
Brian teaches secondary art with Loudoun County Public Schools and is the Fine Arts Department Chair at Stone Bridge High School. He provides teacher workshops in 3D Design and Sculpture, Multicultural and Interdisciplinary curricula for Loudoun County Public Schools. He recently received College Board certification to teach Advance Placement Studio Art. He has also worked as a Teacher/Naturalist in a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s Naturalist Center coordinating their inquiry based learning program for students.
A Fulbright Teacher Program fellow, Brian studied Japanese culture and art in Tokyo and Shizouka, Japan and as a University of Virginia Asian Studies Fellow, Chinese culture and architecture in Beijing, China. He has lived in Mexico, Germany and Belgium and traveled extensively in Europe.
Kirk is an adjunct instructor with Virginia Commonwealth University’s Off Campus Graduate Art Program, Northern Virginia Community College’s Art Department (Loudoun Campus) and George Mason University’s MAT Program in Art Education.
He also teaches sculpture with the Art League School where he developed the metal sculpture program.
An avid sculptor in stone, metal, clay and mixed media, he exhibits locally and recently completed a large contemporary metal sculpture for a courtyard in Alexandria. He is currently exploring cast glass and developing techniques in creating copper sculpture.
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