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EDUCATION

Rhode Island School of Design, 2008-2009, Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Art + Design Education GPA: 3.9
Pont Aven School of Art, Pont Aven, France Wintersession 2005 Study Abroad Program GPA: 4.0
Rhode Island School of Design, 2000-2002, 2004-2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, major: Textiles GPA: 3.85
Hartford Art School-University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 1999-2000 Foundations of Art GPA: 3.8

TEACHING CERTIFICATION
New York Department of Education: Visual Arts (PK-12), 730742131

 

CURRENT TEACHING POSITION

Content Lead, Talent: Art + Design Educator, Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts July 2014-present, 9th-11th  grade

  • Portfolio Preparation

  • Theatre Production

  • Illustration                                  

  • Drawing and Printmaking I

  • Painting 1

  • CAD for Textiles

  • Costume + Set Design

  • Sculpture

  • Visual Art 1                                                                                                                      

  • Project Runway                                

  • Identity in Hiding                                                                                                              

  • Anatomy & Observation                                                                                                        

  • Plein Air Artists

  • Printmaking II

  • Art as Social Action

PRIOR TEACHING POSITIONS

Art + Design Educator, Success Academy Harlem 1 August 2010-June 2013, Crown Heights July 2013-2015 K-2nd grade

Art Educator, Rye Arts Center, Rye, New York, drawing, painting, mixed media, sewing, 3D printing, Aug 2010-Aug 2015, PK-12

Art Educator, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Design Education, Figure Fashion, August 2010, Pre-College

Art Educator, Cumberland Hill Elementary School, Cumberland Rhode Island, Fall 2009-2010, 1st-5th Art and Design Education Teacher, Inclusion School

Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts, Contracted Consultant, Art and Special Education consultant on Educational Plan. Art Consultant for Curriculum Writing Committee. 

Picturing America, Supplemental Curriculum for Rhode Island Teachers Contracted by Rhode Island Council of the Humanities to create supplemental curriculum for the Picturing America Initiative. Summer 2009
Rhode Island GSE Rewriting Committee, Special Needs advocate in process of rewriting Rhode Island’s Arts Grade Span Expectations, Winter-Spring 2009

 

PRESENTATIONS

National Art Education Association Convention, San Diego, 2014 Artful Management: How Parameters Foster Creativity and Productivity in the Elementary Art Studio

PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, RETAIL

  • The Toggle, Issue II: In Pursuit, 2015.

  • A’ la cart, DUMBO Brooklyn, Summer 2014

  • Streetdreams Magazine, 2014

  • Ludique Magazine, 2014

  • Brick NYC, New York, New York, group show, Fall 2012

  • Waste Not Want Not Artist Collaborative, Providence RI, Spring ‘2010-Spring 2013

  • The Hive Gallery, Pawtucket RI, February 2009, February 2010, July 2010, August 2010

  • Selected Artists show Peace Love Studio, Pawtucket RI, July 2010

  • Queen of Hearts, Providence RI, Fall 2008-July 2011