Dennis Township School District art instructor Natalie Kieninger is the recipient of Artsonia’s 2024 Art Education Leadership Award. The award honors pioneers in the art education community who continuously inspire their peers and engage students. Kieninger’s peers and Artsonia, the world’s largest online student art museum with more than 100 million pieces of art, selected Kieninger, who is in her 27th year as an art instructor, among thousands of instructors as one of 15 national winners of this award. “Being recognized as a leader makes me feel the support of the art community. It also makes me feel inspired to create more engaging lessons to inspire my students,” Kieninger said.