Kate Williams is a leader and nonprofit professional working in Washtenaw County, MI. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education from Western Michigan University Kate began teaching art in Detroit. She instructed visual art for nine years, most recently at Mitchell Elementary in Ann Arbor,  an International Baccalaureate World School, where she designed curriculum focused on inquiry and culturally relevant teaching. Throughout her time teaching Kate focused her career around student-centered design, choice based arts education, and community involvement and social justice in education. She serves as co-chair of the Community Action Network Art & Design advisory board, where she co-founded and led design-based community arts programming for youth. 

 

Kate earned a Master of Arts in Arts Leadership and Cultural Management from Colorado State University, inspiring a career change from the classroom to the administrative world. Kate put her skills in community engagement and program management to work as an Instructional Coordinator for Washetnaw Community College, leading the design and opening of the WCC Art Gallery. She currently puts her skills in nonprofit leadership, event planning, marketing and communications to work as Director of Event Operations for United Way for Southeastern Michigan. 

 

When Kate is not working she enjoys being an active member of her community. She also is a ceramic artist and painter, and has taught community ceramics classes for Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, MI.  She has shown work and been a studio member of various ceramics studios throughout her artistic career including The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Frostic School of Art at Western Michigan University, Oakland Community College, Pewabic Pottery, and Yourist Pottery Studio in Ann Arbor, MI.