Edna Dapo is the Department Head of Painting and Drawing at the Phoenix Center for the Arts. Dapo started working here in 2007, and in this time has taught over 6,500 students of different ages and abilities. Many of these students keep returning year after year, and are a part of the community of artists under Dapo’s wing.
Edna Dapo has been painting and drawing for three decades, has exhibited her work in many public shows, and has received numerous awards. Dapo’s work has been selected for New American Paintings 70, and was on the cover of American Art Collector (CA, V4 B2). In 2022 Dapo was invited to Scotland to teach a portrait workshop in an artist retreat in the 16th Century Brodie castle. In 2023 Dapo was invited to speak at the GPEC Ambassador event as one of the panelists to discuss Arts and Culture in the Greater Phoenix, which has been made into a podcast. The same year, Dapo won the Phoenix Home and Garden Magazine Reader’s Choice Award for Artist/Artisan, published in February/March issue of 2023.
Dapo has earned an MFA in Painting from SCAD, BFA in Painting from ASU, and a diploma from Art School Luka Sorkocevic in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Dapo also teaches art classes at Mesa and Scottsdale Community College.
You can follow Edna Dapo’s work through Instagram/Facebook: @EdnaDapoArtist or online at www.ednadapo.com.