He has consistently maintained an interest across various artistic media and has been a steady presence on the local arts scene.
HANOVER, PA, October 31, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Andrew Smith has been inducted into Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr. Smith is an artist and owner of Visual Realia LLC, a company he founded in 2000. Until his retirement in 2019, he held a concurrent position as the instrumental and general music teacher at Susquenita School District, a role he had held since 1987. As an educator, Mr. Smith enjoyed the opportunity to mentor young students as they evolved through middle school, motivating them to embrace the discipline that applied music requires and advance their individual skills in the performing arts.
With Visual Realia, Mr. Smith exercises a long-held passion for the visual arts. He has consistently maintained an interest across various artistic media and has been a steady presence on the local arts scene, collaborating with other artists to install exhibitions in non-traditional spaces to garner community interest. To facilitate these endeavors, Mr. Smith has dedicated time to gaining regional support for himself and other creatives.
Mr. Smith's academic achievements include the Pennsylvania Master's Equivalency and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Millersville University. He also commits energy to other positions, such as serving as an arts navigator for the Cultural Alliance of York County's creative entrepreneur accelerator program, a role he assumed in 2022. Moreover, Mr. Smith proudly served in various leadership positions within a local association of the Pennsylvania State Education Association from 1990 to 2019.
A desire to continually explore different artistic media, including clay monoprints and photography, drives Mr. Smith. He is eager to share his expertise as well, and he aims to persist in motivating other artists to extend their creative reach by taking more creative risks.
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