BABY DOLL LADIES - Key Persons
Mrs. Dollie Eaglin-Rivas received her BFA Degree at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette and earned an MA Degree at the University of Houston/Clear Lake City. She has traveled throughout the United States and Europe as a teacher, performer, model, and choreographer. Eaglin-Rivas received the Univ. of New Orleans MLK, Jr. Award for outstanding Community Service in 2004. She was honored as Lafayette Branch NAUW's (National Association of University Women) Woman of Excellence 2011, and received a Cultural Arts Award by the State of Louisiana in 2013. Dollie Eaglin-Rivas is presently an Arts Educator and Talented in Arts Theatre Instructor at Audubon Charter School. She was chosen by her peers as Audubon Charter Schools' Teacher of the Year in 1998 and 2007. Mrs. Eaglin is also (director of The Big Easy Classical Arts award winning production, Ashe Cultural Arts Centers, The Origin of Life on Earth). In addition, she has presented arts integrated/Comprehensive Arts Education workshops for teachers at Ashe Cultural Arts Center, Institute of Cultural Education, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Acadia Parish Schools, and New Orleans Ballet Association's classroom teachers and dance professionals. The New Orleans Arts Council, Louisiana Division of the Arts, and the Brown Foundation has contributed funding to numerous projects that Eaglin has directed and produced at Audubon Charter School.