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Christine R. Archer was born in New Britain, CT in 1950 and attended Southern Connecticut State College, Central Connecticut State College, Wesleyan University, and the University of Hartford. She holds degrees in Art Education, Inter-field Studies in Art and Movement and an Advanced Graduate degree in Business and Leadership/Evaluation. Ms. Archer was one of the first art teachers in the country to gain National Board of Professional Teaching Standards for Adolescent and Adult Education Certification. Ms. Archer taught in the Berlin, Connecticut public schools for 35 years, and was Connecticut teacher in residence with the state Department of Education in 1995 and was State Art Education Administrator of the Year in 1997. Upon retiring in 2008 she started writing, as well as starting a jewelry design business under the name “Kris Weaver Designs”. Ms. Archer has taught art to elementary through adult age students and provided workshop presentations at the State and National levels. “Ditching the Sketchbook” was an workshop effort to make “art stuff” accessible to non-arts-oriented individuals and to demonstrate how many facets of life and experience can be seen through the lens of the creative process. Ms. Archer lives in Middletown, CT with her husband Kenneth, an internationally noted progressive keyboardist and composer.