Cheri Eileen Ehrlich, Ed.D., is an educator and scholar in art and museum education with 20 years combined experience teaching in museums, community centers, K-12 schools, and colleges and universities. Throughout her career, Ehrlich has worked with learners of all abilities and ages and including learners from diverse ethnic, racial and socio-economic backgrounds. Ehrlich's research on feminist art and adolescent engagement in art museums is published in the peer-reviewed art education journal, Visual Art Research. Her chapters appear in the book Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today and the upcoming books NAEA Women’s Caucus Lobby Activism and Feminism and Museums: Intervention, Disruption and Change. Ehrlich has presented at national conferences, including the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and American Alliance of Museums (AAM).
Ehrlich's career has been rich and wide-ranging. Currently, Ehrlich is an Assistant Professor and the Art Education Program Coordinator at Southern Connecticut State University. Prior to this position, she taught undergraduate students at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Concurrently with teaching in higher education, Ehrlich is a part-time museum guide at Dia: Beacon in Beacon, New York. Previously, she held various positions in education departments at the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), and Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University. Ehrlich is also a member of two curriculum teams that work with K-12 art educators from across the nation to teach about women artists, feminism, and social justice. She is presently collaborating on the living curricula Social Justice Art Education with Linda Stein's Art. From 2007-2015, Ehrlich served as a museum educator and instructor for Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party Institute curriculum team. Ehrlich has guest lectured on art, art education, and museum education for various schools and organizations including Pratt Institute, Adelphi University, and The Embroiderer's Guild Of America (New Jersey Chapter). She has presented at numerous conferences nationally, including National Art Education Association (NAEA), American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and College Art Association (CAA). Earlier in her career, Ehrlich taught studio art in high schools in New York City and Andover, Massachusetts. In 2016, Ehrlich completed her doctoral work in art and art education at Teachers College Columbia University, where she also received her Ed.M. Additionally, Ehrlich holds a B.F.A. in Painting and a B.A. in Women's Studies from UMass Amherst, and an M.A.T. in Art Education from Tufts School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Ehrlich created this website and her artwork appears on the headings of each page.
Ehrlich's career has been rich and wide-ranging. Currently, Ehrlich is an Assistant Professor and the Art Education Program Coordinator at Southern Connecticut State University. Prior to this position, she taught undergraduate students at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Concurrently with teaching in higher education, Ehrlich is a part-time museum guide at Dia: Beacon in Beacon, New York. Previously, she held various positions in education departments at the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), and Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University. Ehrlich is also a member of two curriculum teams that work with K-12 art educators from across the nation to teach about women artists, feminism, and social justice. She is presently collaborating on the living curricula Social Justice Art Education with Linda Stein's Art. From 2007-2015, Ehrlich served as a museum educator and instructor for Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party Institute curriculum team. Ehrlich has guest lectured on art, art education, and museum education for various schools and organizations including Pratt Institute, Adelphi University, and The Embroiderer's Guild Of America (New Jersey Chapter). She has presented at numerous conferences nationally, including National Art Education Association (NAEA), American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and College Art Association (CAA). Earlier in her career, Ehrlich taught studio art in high schools in New York City and Andover, Massachusetts. In 2016, Ehrlich completed her doctoral work in art and art education at Teachers College Columbia University, where she also received her Ed.M. Additionally, Ehrlich holds a B.F.A. in Painting and a B.A. in Women's Studies from UMass Amherst, and an M.A.T. in Art Education from Tufts School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Ehrlich created this website and her artwork appears on the headings of each page.