Laura McFaden

Laura McFaden is a national award winning artist with over 30 years of professional experience in art instruction. She has taught 100’s of students both AP and IB art and in the process has worked with many to submit successful portfolios to the top art colleges in the country. She has also served as a Scholastic Art and Writing judge and has worked with her students to win Gold and Silver Key awards in many categories.

Laura loves coaching students to create strong art work for their portfolios to submit to highly selective colleges and helps many of our students develop their portfolios. She begins by providing thoughtful design challenges for students to complete in their Junior year (and before) so that they have a full body of portfolio-ready work for their college applications. This not only produces a cohesive and mature portfolio, it also greatly reduces the stress of preparing your portfolio and allows you to focus on the other important components of your applications.

Laura received her BA from Rollins Colleges and her MAT from RISD where she graduated first in her class. We are so excited to have Laura join us as a resource for our visual arts students. Follow her on Instagram (@art_with_mrs._mcfaden) where she posts both her work and her students’ work (with permission) to see her amazing talents and results.

Laura is a member of the RISD Alumni Association, Rollins Alumni Association, the National Art Education Association (NAEA), and the American Craft Council.