PJK Teacher / Writer / Artist
Patrick Keough has been designing and teaching internet courses since the Spring of 1997 and has taught art, photography and graphic design for the Community College System since 1979.
He’s been instrumental in furthering the distance learning initiatives at Carteret Community College and for the Virtual Campus of the North Carolina Community College System. Keough has been teaching Art Appreciation for Carteret Community College, Pitt CC, Lenoir Community College, Wayne Community College and Southwestern Community College over the past 10 years, in addition to conducting professional development workshops on all phases of internet course development and methodology for the Community College System of North Carolina.
He’s conducted photography workshops for the Society for Photographic Education regional conferences at East Carolina University, Hampton Va., and Savannah School of Art and Design. He’s also conducted distance learning training during the Distance Learning Alliance conferences in July of 1999 – 2008 in, addition to presenting at the NISOD Excellence in Teaching Conference in Dallas Texas, April 2000 and 2001 and the NC Community College Conferences from 1997 – 2007.
He was the Distance Learning Coordinator at Carteret Community College until July 2000, in addition to being a full-time faculty member in the Photography Program and Fine Arts Curriculum Coordinator. He assisted (trained faculty) at CCC in growing its internet course offerings from 1 in 1998 to 13 in 1999 and over 50 for Spring 2000. The college now offers over 135 online courses both totally online and partial “hybrid” internet. Keough is now the Director of Distance Learning at CCC.
His latest innovation is developing methodology for teaching studio and computer art and photography courses online. It’s been said that online teaching is more conducive for theory based courses – Keough has de-constructing this myth by teaching a variety of studio courses (computer art, commercial photography, digital imaging, photojournalism and graphic design) with web components and having students exchange images, graphic layouts and even video and podcasts on the Blackboard.
Keough’s exhibited his work in local, regional and national photographic and art exhibitions and has won awards for digitally manipulated photographic collages in the Council for the Arts “Photo Expo ‘94, 1st – 3rd places for work in “Art From the Heart” and Photo Expo ‘95 & ‘96. His portfolio “Family Pictures was exhibited in the Southeast Regional Juried Photographic Exhibition in Clearwater, Florida and the Upstairs Gallery Photography Biennial in Tryon, North Carolina. He was awarded a North Carolina Emerging Artist Grant to publish a catalog of his work and was one of three recipients of the Kodak Photo-Educators Scholarship to attend the Santa Fe Photographic Workshop in June of ‘96.
He was the recipient of the Carteret Community College Meritorious Service Award for 1996 and the “Excellence in Teaching” Award for 1998-99. Keough was the Chairman of the Society for Photographic Education Southeast Region from 1996 – 1999. He won 1st place for his digital photograph Eyeries Village at the 2002 Carteret Arts Council Art From the Heart Juried Exhibit and has exhibited his Ireland photographs at the Secret Garden Gallery on Ocracoke, NC, in 2003 and at the Anam Cara Artists Retreat and Gallery in Southwest Ireland in Fall, 2003. He also exhibited a “one man show” of his Ireland work at the Jacksonville Arts Council’s Gallery June and July of 2005. Keough published his first book Einstein Place and other Stories in 2006 and has been self publishing a series of Blurb books on his family, travels and journals since 2007. In June 2010 he did a joint photographic exhibition with his daughter Andei Keough on their Ireland Photographs and in August of 2010 he conducted a Photography / Artists Workshop at Anam Cara.
My passions are faith, family, photography, writing, teaching, biking, traveling, excellent beer, great red wine AND Blogging.
Distance Learning at CCC
My Personal Career Journey
Ireland Journal and Photographs 2002
Ireland Travel Portfolio 2005
Some stories from my last non-fiction memoir – PDF Download
WOW! I can tell you are a great photographer, But also you have a PASSION for Teaching, too!
P. S. AND I REALLY LIKE THAT “TRADEMARK”
HIGH-KEY PHOTO at the beginning of this post!
Patrick: I am a good friend of Virginia Smith, your fellow educator at CCCC. I live out near her in South River. But I grew up in Smithtown, lived on Clearbrook Drive, up the street from Chuckie Hughes. In fact, my brother, Alan Bjork, thinks he remembers you from Mt. Pleasant Elem. School. I graduated from Smithtown Central in 1967. Sometime when I’m down there ( I also live in Winston-Salem) we should get together. I am sure you probably served me a “Blue Whale” at the Gold Coast. Ah – those were the days.
Hello Patrick,
Enjoyed your blog and love the new WP theme. I stopped by and talked to Kathy one day but you had already left the campus. Thanks for letting me use your little sailboat to unwind between classes. Aside from your friendship and energetic teaching style, that was one of my fondest memories.
Kenny Barrow
CEO
Sagitta Studios
New Bern, NC
Good to hear from you Kenny! Yes..this is a great blog theme. That was many years ago when I had that little sailboat. What exactly is Sagitta Studios? I am sorry I missed you when you came by to visit the college.
Hey Patrick,
I was trying to look up you and Kathy and found your awesome blog. You and Kathy should get on facebook so more of your former students can find you guys. I am planning on moving back to NC and will come visit.
Patrick… wow.. I am impressed, thrilled for you and would love to say hello.
I found your name, quite by accident, as an instructor at WCC in Goldsboro. I have move back to NC as of July 2009. I am living in Goldsboro, YIKES. Will go into that later. Travelling back to Ireland myself in either May or August.
Hope to hear from you.
Sunny
Ps… truly enjoying reading your blog.
It’s so good to hear from you Sunny. I am glad you stumbled on my blog. I hope things are going well for you. Yes…we need to touch base. Goldsboro? I love me some Wilbur’s BBQ
Enjoyed reading your stories. I hope all is well with you and you family.
Would like to catch a beer and share a story or two. I have good memories of the old days and growing up in Smthtown with your group. Stay well!
By the way I think you served me my first bar beer with Eddie at the Gold Coast. I do remember the bell.
Wow Kevin!! What a blast from the past. I am honored that I served you your first beer and @ the Gold Coast at that. What an icon that place was – what a time we had back in Smithtown in the 60′s and 70′s. I blinked at they were gone – so gone! I so miss Eddie Kevin. I was the dumb kid at Catholic High School and so looked up to him. Where do you live and what are you doing in this mad, crazy world we now live in? We must stay in touch.
Patrick
You probably do not remember me…Ed Long…class of ’70.
Good to see you are doing well. Really like your site!
Hello Ed! Class of 70. Yikes! That was a really long time ago. I lost my HS yearbook so I am having trouble visualizing what you look like, but I do remember your name. How are you and what have you been up to since leaving HF. I went to the 30th Reunion. Hard to believe 0ver 10 years have gone by since then. Touch base!