Refuge artist-in-residence honored
REFUGE/DDWS
The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge reported that Jacqui Roch, the current J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge Artist-in-Residence, recently received the Dr. Clem Pennington Lifetime Achievement Award from the Dade Art Educators. Created to recognize ongoing excellence in an individual in the field of or related to art education, the award honors individuals who have demonstrated long-standing state/national work on behalf of art education. The individual selected can be currently practicing in Miami-Dade County or retired. Roch teaches at the Fisher Island Day School in Miami.