Ambassador
“I feel that I grow as an educator when I have the opportunity to learn from my peers and have a real dialogue with others that have the same goals and interests in their art classrooms. I am especially interested in finding new ways to guide my students in introducing their projects and artwork to their community.”
Renna Moore-Edwards is the Visual Art Department chair, 2D studio, and AP Art and Design teacher for 4th–12th grade students at Ida B. Wells APAC (Academic and Performing Arts Complex), where she is a National Board-Certified Teacher and has been teaching for 21 years. Moore-Edwards founded her school's chapter of NAHS and NJAHS in 2019, receiving the NAEA Outstanding NJAHS Sponsor Award in 2025, and started a pilot chapter of NEAHS.
Outside of school, she is the MS Art Education Association's Past-President/Conference Coordinator, part of the NAEA School for Art Leaders (SAL) cohort, a 2023–2024 ARTEFFECT Ambassador, works with the USA International Ballet Competition, and is in community leadership with the Junior League of Jackson as well as serving as 2nd VP in Delta Kappa Gamma–Pi chapter.
Mrs. Moore-Edwards’s commitment to the arts has earned numerous accolades, including the 2018 Mississippi Outstanding Educator, 2019 Parents for Public Schools Outstanding Educator, 2020 Arts Institute of MS Outstanding Educator, 2021 MAEA Secondary Art Educator, and the 2024 Thad Cochran Mississippi Distinguished Art Educator.
