Cheri Eileen Ehrlich, Ed.D., is an educator, artist, and scholar in art and museum education with 25 years of combined experience teaching in higher education, museums, community centers, and K–12 schools. She is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at SUNY New Paltz and serves as the Director of the Saturday Arts Lab (SAL) program, a community-engaged program offering inclusive arts learning for children and teens.
Throughout her career, Ehrlich has worked with learners of all abilities and ages, including learners from diverse cultural, ethnic, racial, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds. In 2022, she co-authored the book Teaching and Assessing Social Justice Art Education: Power, Politics, and Possibilities. Her research on feminist art and adolescent engagement in art museums is published in the peer-reviewed journal Visual Arts Research. She has also contributed chapters to Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today; Feminism and Museums: Intervention, Disruption and Change; and the National Art Education Association (NAEA) Women’s Caucus publication Lobby Activisms: Feminism(s) + Art Education.
Ehrlich has presented nationally at conferences including the NAEA, College Art Association (CAA), and American Alliance of Museums (AAM). She currently serves as President of the NAEA Interest Group, the Coalition for Feminisms in Art Education, formerly the Women’s Caucus.
Throughout her career, Ehrlich has worked with learners of all abilities and ages, including learners from diverse cultural, ethnic, racial, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds. In 2022, she co-authored the book Teaching and Assessing Social Justice Art Education: Power, Politics, and Possibilities. Her research on feminist art and adolescent engagement in art museums is published in the peer-reviewed journal Visual Arts Research. She has also contributed chapters to Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today; Feminism and Museums: Intervention, Disruption and Change; and the National Art Education Association (NAEA) Women’s Caucus publication Lobby Activisms: Feminism(s) + Art Education.
Ehrlich has presented nationally at conferences including the NAEA, College Art Association (CAA), and American Alliance of Museums (AAM). She currently serves as President of the NAEA Interest Group, the Coalition for Feminisms in Art Education, formerly the Women’s Caucus.