Valerie
McCarney
- Artist
"Shirley
and Navajo Portraits"
Valerie McCarney
Artist
"Shirley and Navajo Portraits"
Valerie McCarney is an Expressive Art Educator, visual
artist and muralist. A visual artist of twenty five
years, McCarney has studied both here and abroad.
McCarney is an art educator and expressive arts
instructor for children and adults in a variety of
settings.
With support from many community institutions,
McCarney has designed and led over 40 mural projects
engaging at-risk youth. She has led mural projects in
schools as well as murals in many private homes.
McCarney designs and paints fine art guitars for a
high-end guitar company. Recently she began offering a
service to pregnant women, "Creating a memory of your
babies first Home", a plastercaste of the woman's
belly.
McCarney has exhibited her artwork locally and
internationally and is included in a number of private
and corporate collections. A certified hypnotherapist,
dream and energy worker, and a hospice volunteer,
McCarney maintains a sincere interest in using the
arts to heal.
