E. Dominic Black, MA Ed., is a professional artist and art teacher with a B.A. in Art and a master’s degree in Education. He is the VAPA Department Chair and the painting and drawing instructor at San Dimas High School, where he has taught basic, advanced and AP Studio art for over twenty-two years. Mr. Black was recently a member of the teacher advisory council for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the La Brea Tar Pits at the Page Museum where he created a book of original art curriculum for the museums. ​Dominic has also taught 2D design at the Career and Technical Education Center at the Pomona Fairplex, where he developed an advanced level painting program, Reed Fine Arts. Mr. Black also serves as an educational travel consultant for Worldstrides/Explorica, Inc. Dominic is also an art teacher and curriculum designer for the visual arts for The Berridge Programs. Mr. Black has led field trips with students through Europe and Asia every summer since 2011, and he is preparing for his next trip abroad with students to Greece this summer, 2025. In October 2022, Dominic and his wife were awarded the cruise of a lifetime, as part of the NCL Giving Joy to Teachers Program and the Kelly Clarkson Show. In 2024, Mr. Black was honored with the CAEA Ruth Jansen Distinguished Art Educator Award.