MaryJo Rosania-Harvie

MaryJo Rosania-Harvie is a professor of art and art education at Moravian University. She has been an art educator and artist for over 20 years and is certified in K-12 Art Education and Educational Administration in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as PK-4 elementary ed in PA.

She has a Doctorate in Transformational Teaching and Learning from Kutztown University and a Master’s in Fine Arts from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

MaryJo has supervised arts departments, developed curriculum, and has been an Assistant Principal and Principal. She has worked with and supported many talented and dedicated teachers and students throughout her career and believes that creative arts education is the key to building healthier communities, collaborative critical thinkers, and healers who can engage in creative problem-solving and express themselves through their work. Over the years, she added a 200-hour and a Children’s yoga certification to her background and uses this work to strengthen her education philosophy.

Her artwork is interdisciplinary and includes drawing, embroidery, video, photography, costume design, graphic design, interactive installation, performance, and theatre. MaryJo loves to teach her students about a variety of artists & techniques to help them hone their own voice; in fact, one of her favorite things to do is to brainstorm with people who are full of great ideas!

In 2021 she founded The Art of… to share her love of creativity and collaboration with a wider audience.

MaryJo lives in Bethlehem, PA, with her two wonderful black cats and her family. In her free time, MaryJo can be found sewing, painting, drawing, cooking, paddle boarding, writing, taking and editing photos, and spending time outside planting flowers.