| Reed and Bel Aire
The Art program at Reed and Bel Aire schools is taught and run by Edy Raby who has been with the school district since 1986. She taught each of the grades at Bel Aire before becoming the art specialist at both Reed and Bel Aire Schools in 1999.
Edy believes that every child is already an artist when he or she arrives in the classroom. It is her job to help students explore their own ways of seeing the world and expressing themselves through visual mediums. It is great fun to watch each child’s skills, knowledge of art concepts, and personal confidence build as they move through the grades. Edy knows that early positive experiences in studio art and early exposure to great art of the world will leave children with an appreciation of art, whether created by themselves or by others.
Edy grew up in San Rafael, attended Terra Linda High School and graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a major in art and design. Following college, Edy worked in retail store management, window display design, museum exhibits design and for a time had her own business creating wearable art and art quilts. Edy returned to school and received her teaching credential from Sonoma State University in 1986. In her spare time she continues to draw, paint and work in metal.
For more information about the art program for grades K - 5 and to see some of the students’ creations, please visit
Edy Raby’s home page.
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