Treasure Smith

Lead Teacher, Fifth Grade

B.S. Southwest Baptist University – Arts Education

MFA –  The Art Institute of Chicago

I am originally from Oklahoma and grew up in the Midwest.   I managed a Dairy Queen to work my way thorough college.  I still have flashbacks of fast food preparation.  After graduation, I taught Art in a rural county school which sat upon the Ozark Plateau.  There’s an ancient fossil record there, and I often tramped up shallow stream beds looking for Trilobites and arrowheads.  I also painted many sugary and ethereal landscapes.  Later, I moved to Chicago to attend the Art Institute.  I became a cashier at Edmar’s grocery store and worked my way through school again.  Chicago was fast paced.  I made conceptual art, had some shows, taught, and got heavily involved in community work.  After 15 years in Chicago, my life took another shift.  Now I am surrounded by mountains, trees, and, and streams.  One of the most exciting turns of events since moving is becoming a member of the Evergreen community.  When I’m not teaching, I could be working on my old farm house, gardening, hiking, looking at rocks, or researching my family tree.

Email: treasure.smith@evergreenccs.org