Megan Driving Hawk
Megan Driving Hawk is an Artist, Mother and Educator practicing habits of the heart to facilitate connection, healing, and learning. Creatively she researches collective healing, generational trauma, memory, and time. Academically she researches culturally responsive teaching in art and Indigenous education. She earned a BFA in Fine Art Photography from Arizona State University, an MEd in Secondary Education with a teacher certification in Art K-12 from ASU, and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Hartford. She is SEI and CTE endorsed. She is an artist of Eye Lounge in Phoenix, Arizona, Spilt Milk in Edinburg, Scotland and a council member of the Arizona Art Education Association. Her artwork has been reviewed, collected, and exhibited numerous times throughout present-day U.S. and internationally. She has been invited as guest lecturer, workshop facilitator, and panelist for various events. In 2020 she received honorable mention in the Women Photographing Women category of the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards.
Driving Hawk currently lives on O’odham, Yavapai, Akimel O’odham (Upper Pima) and Hohokam lands in present day Phoenix, Arizona where she teaches high school traditional photography including dual enrollment and AP-2D classes. This is her 4th year as the campus Indigenous Student Advisor and 3rd year on the Equity team however, she has worked on creating diverse and inclusive art ed. curriculum since 2014. This is her 8th year of teaching. In 2020 she was a recipient of the Chandler Education Association Member-to-Member grant.
