DeAnna Skedel is a Kansas City-based teaching artist and the Program Coordinator for Art at Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley. She blends fine art practice with higher education pedagogy, documenting her technical evolution from traditional metalwork toward organic botanical media. Her artistic output often centers on Eco-printing and collage, utilizing foraged materials from regional preserves like Compass Prairie. Skedel recently debuted the installation The Edge of Your Field at The Bunker Center for the Arts, a project featured by KCUR 89.3 that explores sustainable pigment extraction and human-land rituals. In addition to her gallery work, she hosts the Artist Community Potluck series at Vulpes Bastille, an initiative that transitions digital engagement into physical artist networking. Whether she is demonstrating silverpoint drawing or guiding MCCKC sculpture students through experimentation at Englewood Arts, Skedel provides professional transparency into the lifecycle of a working academic artist who prioritizes environmental health and classroom agency.