Artist Statement:

Braverman is passionate about painting and mixed media.  She has developed a unique art style titled, "Contourature" in which she further develops the concept of a blind contour drawing.   Blind contour drawings are created when the artist looks at the subject and not the paper while drawing.  Ideally the drawing is one continous line.  Contouratures is when the artist uses this method of drawing to create a stylized portrait of the subject.  Braverman's paintings showcase unique vibrant colors contrasted with hand stitched yarn outlines.  The combination of fine and fiber art create textured painting that shows the polished glamourous outside juxtaposed with the thick tangled yarn visible behind the canvas. The other style Braverman develops is more commercial and graphic.  She uses vintage international stamps to collage through crisp hand cut stencils representing subjects from pop culture.  Braverman takes a different approach to pop art with this style. Whether it's painting or collage, Braverman is interested in the layers of art and always adding an educational or informative element to her work.  

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Bio:
Jennifer Braverman is an artivist who combines education, visual art and activism to engage her audience in contemporary issues.  Braverman earned her Masters in Art Education from Boston University focusing her thesis on LGBTQ Bullycides.  This was in 2012, directly after the Tyler Clementi case changed policy implementing Harrassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) protections in New Jersey Schools.  Ms. Braverman’s art has been featured in solo and group exhibitions locally and nationally.  She is an author and illustrator for two educational coloring books and currently is teaching AP Studio Art, Digiital Mixed Media and many other art courses to grades 7-12 at Maple Shade High School. She has been an adjunct in the Women, Gender and Sexuality studies department at The College of New Jersey for the past five years teaching Gender and Pop Culture. Ms. Braverman was named the 2013 Burlington County Outstanding Woman of the Year in the Arts, 2014 Inaugural class of 40 under 40 for community leadership, 2016 Burlington County Teacher of the Year, 2017 Moorestown-Masonic Lodge Teacher of the Year and in 2017 trained at the Human Rights Campaign in Washington D. C. to facilitate Welcoming Schools workshops.  She is passionate about teaching and making the classroom a place for all students to thrive.