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Ms. Pettigrew has been teaching art in Florida public schools for over twenty four years.  She has been teaching at Kimball Wiles Elementary School in Gainesville, Florida for over sixteen years.

Ms. Pettigrew has been a strong voice in the Gainesville art community involved in workshops for teachers, students, and other artists while showing her work in the Gainesville area, Charlotte, North Carolina, and New York City, New York. 

She has co produced two festivals, chaired on the board of the International Creativity Center, and was a co writer of the Harn Museum of Art’s ExplorAsia manual for teachers. 

Ms. Pettigrew finds working with children refreshing.  “I love to see the look on their face when it clicks and they understand an abstract concept.”