An artist all her life, Mary Lou Stropoli has been an Art Educator since 2000, teaching all levels of education, from elementary, high school, college and adult education. She currently teaches full-time at Brother Rice High school in Bloomfield Hills. Mary Lou is primarily a painter, known locally for the mural on the Sunflour Bakehaus. She participates annually in Art on the Grand for the last 5 years and serves on the Farmington DDA Public art Committee. An advocate for fostering creativity in all, she is a founding partner in Skep Space, a non-profit artist incubator in Downtown Farmington. Mary Lou earned her BFA from The University of Michigan, K-12 Teaching Certificate from Bloomfield College (NJ) and is currently earning her MA in Arts Education from Easter Illinois University.