Meghan Samson is the Fine Arts teacher at Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of New Hampshire with a dual concentration in Sculpture and Ceramics. She has been teaching art, as well as making and showing her work avidly, since graduating from the University. In recent years, she has studied sculpture as a work study resident at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, as well as a studio assistantship at Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts in Asheville, North Carolina. Meghan believes that making and creating is one of the most important aspects of being human. She feels that supporting and encouraging her students to take part in the creative experience helps them to use their imaginations and begin to feel a connection with their art and their existence. Making art is a way for students to begin to recognize their personal expression and is one of the first communication tools a child will explore. Looking at art is a way for students to feel a connection to other cultures and gain inspiration from other artists’ techniques and styles. Art is a special gift they can use through adulthood and become unique and creative individuals in their communities.