coeNEWS: Professor emerita Claire Clements receives DAR award

Clements (R), receives the Women in the Arts Recognition Award from the Elijah Clarke Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution from Susan C. Power (BFA ?74, MAEd ?75, EdD ?82), of Bishop, a UGA alumna and professor emerita of art education at Marshall University.

Claire Clements, associate professor emerita, of the University of Georgia College of Education, recently received the Women in the Arts Recognition Award from the Elijah Clarke Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Clements, of Athens, was recognized for her work in bringing the joy of creativity to individuals from infancy through old age in schools and communities. A faculty member at UGA for nearly 20 years, Clements coordinated creative arts experiences and outreach training for the Institute on Human Development and Disability.? She retired in 1997.

She won several federal and state grants during her career, including one titled, the Art/Fitness Quality of Life Program; Art, Dance, Drama, Physical Fitness, and Creativity for Seniors with and without Developmental Disabilities. She developed and directed the $250,000 project funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which employed 15 graduate students and served 200 senior citizens in Northeast Georgia senior citizen centers. The project led to her publishing a manual on how to conduct arts activities for seniors.

?When I was Director of the Athens Area Community Council on Aging, in the 1990s, I saw first-hand how the arts enriched the lives of our senior citizens. So I was pleased when Claire brought her U.S. Health and Human Services Quality of Life Program into our Senior Center,? said Kathryn Fowler, Director of the Georgia Department of Aging. ?She and I and key people like David Levine and Dev Weeks, of the community, planned how to execute and carry out the $250,000 training, research and service grant which she had received.

Her grant brought crafts, dancing, drama, wreath-making, weaving, painting, quilting, physical fitness and creativity to our members. The joy that these arts activities brought to the seniors was heart-warming.?

In retirement, Clements organizes and participates in the Plein Aire Painters group which meets monthly, at various local scenic locations to create art. Clements, who earned her Ed.D from Pennsylvania State University, has resided in Athens since 1969.

Clements was presented the award by Susan C. Power (BFA ?74, MAEd ?75, EdD ?82),? of Bishop, a professor emerita of art education at Marshall University, who was a student of Clements at? UGA, at a May 17 DAR meeting at the Central Presbyterian Church in Athens.

Source: http://www.coe.uga.edu/news/2012/07/31/professor-emerita-claire-clements-receives-dar-award/

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