Alicia Gray

“Engagement and participation in high-quality arts education is a fundamental right for all students. The art room can provide a space for students to reflect and explore areas of interest, learn about their own identities, give back to their communities, and develop a sense of pride and empowerment.” Alicia Gray has been an art educator since 2010 and joined the Montserrat faculty in 2022. She is currently the Director of the Arts Education concentration. Alicia has taught in a wide variety of classroom settings, including high school, middle school, and community arts programs. The majority of her teaching career has been spent teaching art on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Having been a teacher in a trauma-sensitive school and a Research Fellow for the Lesley Institute for Trauma Sensitivity, Alicia uses curriculum and practice to develop trauma-sensitive art education programs in public schools. Alicia holds a Ph.D. in Education from Lesley University. Her research focuses on the intersections of art education curriculum, artistic process, student-driven practices, and trauma sensitivity. Much of her work utilizes arts-based research to centralize art making within the research process. As an artist, Alicia engages in mixed media methods, bookmaking, and collage.
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