Terri Markle was born Teresa Celine Huckabone in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1951. She moved with her family to Sanford, Florida when she was eight years old.  Although her mother, father, and six sisters have since moved from Sanford, Terri continues to reside there with her immediate family, her two cats.

She attended Seminole County Public Schools and All Souls Parochial School in Sanford, and graduated from Seminole High School in 1969 where she had been a member of the Chorus, the French Club, and the National Honor Society.

Miss Huckabone (Terri) attended Seminole Community College in the early 1970’s and graduated Magma Cum Laud in June 1974 with an Associate of Arts in Education.

Ms. Markle worked for nineteen years as a legal secretary before going back to school to study Art.  While she worked as a secretary she drew a lot of pictures, painted a few Icons for her Church, and designed and sewed her own clothes to answer the call of the muse within.  It was not enough, however, so in the late 1980’s she attended Stetson University in Deland, Florida, and in 1989 graduated Magma Cum Laud with a Bachelor’s Degree, majoring in Art and minoring in Education.

She has been teaching Art in Seminole County, Florida, for the past 17 years, and is active in the Seminole County Art Education Association, the Florida Art Education Association, (she is the past Chairperson of the Elementary Division of the FAEA) and the National Art Education Association.  She also teaches a Cartooning and Drawing Class and a Science Fiction and Fantasy Drawing Class at Maitland Art Center. She has taught workshops for the the Seminole County Art Education Association, and at the annual conventions of the Florida Art Education Association and the National Art Education Association.  She is currently working with fellow artist, Greg Pettengill in developing several projects. 

Besides teaching art, she still makes art to quiet the muse within...or to keep her (the muse) from screaming too loudly.

Some of the awards and honors she has received are:

• Showed six prints in Print Palooza, June 3 to June 28, 2006, Casselberry Art House, Casselberry, Florida.
• Won Honorable Mention for "Shadowdancers" etching and aqua tint in Maitland Art Center's Small Works juried show in 2005
• Won  First Prize in Printmaking at Seminole Community College's Juried Student Art Show in August, 2005, for mono type print titled "Asian Woman with Fan"
• Has exhibited  art in Members Juried Show for Florida Art Education Association in 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2006.
• Has exhibited art in Member's Show for the Seminole County Art Education Association every year available since joining the organization in 1990.
  
• Won Third Prize for clay sculpture "Matthew/Mathilda" in Sanford, Seminole County Art Associations Membership Show in 1990, Best of Show in Watercolor Category in SSCAA Membership Show in 1995,  Best of Show in Mixed Media Category in SSCAA in 1996
  

Terri continues to attend classes at Seminole Community College, Maitland Art Center, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, and various other venues.  She is a life-long learner, and is always enthusiastic about trying something new to her.  She also participates in Seminole Community College’s Masterworks Chorus and enjoys ballroom dancing and belly dancing.  She has traveled to China, Hong Kong, Austria, and England and hopes to travel more in the future.

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