Mac Goodwin

Today, starts a series of South Carolina artists who have had an influence on a number of artists in their roles as educators, mentors, and leaders. Currently, Mac is the executive director of Goodwin's Arts Consulting and serves as a consultant with Educational Testing Service, Inc. From 1985 to 2000, he served as the education consultant for the visual and performing arts with the South Carolina Department of Education. During his tenure there, he coordinated the state's Advanced Placement Program, as well as chairing the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts visual arts summer honors program. Mac began his teaching career as an elementary school teacher and subsequently taught at every level, from kindergarten through higher education. 

His involvement in arts education is very extensive, include serving as president of the NAEA, director of the National Supervision and Administration Division, task force member of the Art Education Standards Development and chair of the Consortium of National Professional Arts Associations. He was vice chair of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Art Standards Committee and served on the development committees for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Arts Assessment Framework Consensus and the NAEP Visual and Performing Arts Assessment Task Development Team and Arts Assessment Standards.

In South Carolina, he has served as chair of the South Carolina African American Monument Citizen Advisory Committee, chair of the South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education and vice chair of the South Carolina Arts Alliance.  The Columbia Museum of Art honors individuals who foster progress in visual arts education with an award bearing his name. 

To view his work and learn more about this incredible artist and teacher, visit http://www.claflin.edu/Profile/DigitalFlipBook/Goodwin/index.html.

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