Dr. Diane's Adventures in Learning

Are you ready for an adventure in learning? Need some STEMspiration in your life? Each episode brings a new adventure as we talk with fascinating guests about connecting real world experiences, multicultural children's literature, and engaged STEM/STEAM learning -- with a little joy sprinkled in for good measure! Dr. Diane Jackson Schnoor travels the world in search of the coolest authors, illustrators, educators, adventurers, and STEM thought leaders to share their stories and inspire the WOW for early childhood and elementary educators, librarians, and families!

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Guest

Brenda Baker

Brenda Baker is an artist, mother, and museum curator, whose work intersects the fields of early childhood education, ecological restoration, sustainable design, cultural geography and site-specific sculpture. Brenda is Vice President of Exhibits, Facilities and Strategic Initiatives at Madison Children's Museum. Brenda has an MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison, a BA from DePauw University, and studied at both the Austro-American Institute in Vienna, Austria, and Karl Marx University of Economics in Budapest, Hungary. She is the recipient of numerous awards including an NEA grant in sculpture, an Arts Midwest fellowship, and a Fulbright travel fellowship. Brenda has been named a Noyce Fellow, a Badger Bioneer and Sustainability Visionary of the Year. Brenda’s artwork is inspired by both children and the natural world, and has been shown and held in collections throughout the world.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-baker-ba6b364/

Guest appearance on:

Creating A Sustainable Tomorrow Through Play: Brenda Baker and the Madison Children’s Museum