Danielle (Kotopoulis) Robertson is an artist and art educator specializing in ceramics and metalwork. She holds a BA and MA in Fine Arts Education from Montclair State and Kean University. Danielle teaches full-time at Ramsey High School and has developed and led art programs at summer camps and art institutions, including the Montclair and Hunterdon Art Museums. She currently teaches adult pottery classes at Rock Clay while continuing to exhibit and sell her work.

 

EDUCATION

Kean University

MA Fine Arts Education - Studio/Ceramics

 

Montclair State University

BA Fine Arts Education - Concentration: Ceramics & Jewelry/Metalwork

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Art Teacher

Ramsey High School, Ramsey, NJ

September 2014 - present

 

Ceramics Instructor

Rock Clay, Glen Rock, NJ

April 2024 - present

 

Program Director/ Program Team/ Arts Director/ Art Counselor

Gate Hill Day Camp, Stony Point, NY

April 2014-August 2017

 

Ceramics Instructor

Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ

April 2014-2018

 

Art Teacher

Eric S. Smith Middle School, Ramsey, NJ

September 2010-June 2014

 

Art Counselor

Camp Ramaquois, Pomona, NY

April 2011-August 2013

 

Freelance Prototype Painter

McFarlane Toys, Bloomingdale, NJ

March 2011-June 2012

 

Art Instructor

Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ

July 2008-August 2010

 

Art Teacher

Clinton Public School, Clinton, NJ

May 2008 -June 2010

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Wish List

Speakeasy Art Gallery - Boonton, NJ

2016

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Dog Days of Summer

Main Street - Boonton, NJ

2015 & 2016

 

The Fire Within

Index Art Center - Newark, NJ 

2014

 

International Art Festival

Highline Loft Gallery - New York, NY 

2014

 

Informed By Fire: The Art of Raku & Ceramics

City Without Walls - Newark, NJ 

2014

 

Kean University Student Exhibition

James Howe Gallery - Union, NJ 

2012

 

AWARDS / HONORS / CONTESTS

Semi-Finalist - Uncommon Goods Wanderlust Art Contest - 2014

Finalist - International Art Festival - 2014