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Bloom Art Teacher Reward for Her 'Historic' Efforts: Names in the News

Deborah Filbin added a special kind of history lesson to her curriculum, and now she's getting a major pat on the back for it.

Deborah Filbin, who has taught at for 13 years, was awarded the 2011 Minx M. Auerbach Award for Excellence in Teaching. Filbin is receiving the award after teaching her students about art history through Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party," a large, triangular work of art completed in 1979. Filbin spoke about the curriculum at the Brooklyn Museum in New York last week.


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