Resume

EDUCATION:     

CUNY Lehman, Bronx, NY

In progress, Master of Fine Arts in Painting

State University of New York at New Paltz

Bachelor of Science, May 2011

Major: Visual Arts Education,

Concentration: Drawing and Painting

Minor: Religious Studies

GPA 3.73

CERTIFICATION:           

New York State Initial Certification in Visual Arts Education (K-12) Issued

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:           

Art Teacher                                    June 2012-Pr

Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack NY    

• Drawing and Painting, anime and manga (cartooning) 5-12 year olds

 Substitute Teacher                       June 2011- Present

North Rockland Central School District

• ·       Filled in for teachers in the North Rockland Central School District across all grade levels K-12.

Art Teacher                                   Spring 2012

Arts Alliance of Haverstraw, Haverstraw, NY

• ·       Taught Independent Studio class for high school level students preparing portfolios for college.
• ·       Taught Anime and Manga class for elementary and middle school age students in this Japanese style of cartooning and illustration.
• ·       Planned and budgeted materials for each project.

Wearable Art/Puppetry Instructor        June 2011-August 2011

Rockland Center for the Arts Day Camp, West Nyack, NY

• ·       Taught Wearable Art and Puppetry classes.
• ·       Designed and implemented lesson plans under various themes ranging from environment to varying cultures. 
• Planned and budgeted for materials for each project.

ART SKILLS:           

Drawing: chalk and oil pastel, pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, colored pencil

Painting: oil, tempera and acrylic, watercolor, gauche

Printmaking: collograph, dry point, monotype, linocut, intaglio etching, wood block, stamping

Ceramics: throwing on the wheel, coiling, hand-building, mold making, slip casting, slab construction, wedging

Other: stone wrapping, soldering, plasma cutting, welding, wood working (including band saw, miter saw, jig saw, hand carving) bookbinding, graphic design, wire sculpture, iPhoto, iMovie, Adobe Photoshop

EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS AND HONORS:                 

Graduated with Honors Magna Cum Laude

Art Education Juried Art Show, Spring 2010, Honorable Mention

Hopper House Member’s Exhibition, January 2010

“Animalia” Solo Exhibition at the Arts Alliance of Haverstraw, June 2012

“5th Annual Mini-Works Show Idiom”, Waterstreet Market Unison Gallery, October 2012

“Between Worlds” Print published in Lehman College’s Art and Literature Magazine: Spring 2013 Issue

 COMPUTER SKILLS:

Proficiency in Macintosh and Microsoft Windows, Office, AdobePhotoshop, iMovie, iPhoto, Smartboard