Denise has been teaching art at classes and camps for four years at Glen Echo. Long involved with design and art education, she now focuses on children’s art at the Crystal Pool Studio and a teen drawing and painting class through the Yellow Barn. Adult, and Adult/children’s classes include collage, drawing and painting in deconstruct books, and block printmaking. In addition, Denise works part-time at Little Echoes and Playgroup in the Park.
Before moving to the DC area, Denise taught 11 years as a senior high school art teacher in Plano, Texas. Classes included beginning & intermediate art, art appreciation, AP Art History, and AP 3D Design. While there she also served as a reader for the ETS in Art History. While a teacher, Denise earned a MA in Humanities, Visual Studies at the University of Texas, Dallas.
Prior to this time, Denise earned a MLA at the University of Pennsylvania and worked for 15 years as a Landscape Architect in Philadelphia; Columbus, Ohio; and Plano, Texas.
In her own work, Denise has been painting for several years both representational and abstractly. She has been involved with shows through the Art League at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, with the League of Reston Artists, and at local venues in Loudoun County, VA.
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Current and Upcoming Classes
WINTER CLASSES
Virtual Drawing and Painting – Face and Form $120
Denise Dittmar
Th, 6:00 PM-8:30 PM
1/26/2023-2/16/2023
Onsite Emerging Young Artists (Ages 13-16) $210
Denise Dittmar
Su, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/22/2023-3/19/2023
SPRING
Offsite Canal Plein Air Workshop- Teens & Adults $55.00
Denise Dittmar
Su, 2:00 PM-5:30 PM
3/26/2023-3/26/2023
Onsite Emerging Young Artists – Teens $150.00
Denise Dittmar
Su, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
4/16/2023-5/14/2023
Offsite Great Falls Tavern Plein Air Workshop – Teens & Adults $55.00
Denise Dittmar
Su, 2:00 PM-5:30 PM
5/21/2023-5/21/2023