Summary


Devoted, compassionate, and nurturing teacher with over thirteen years of teaching experience; focused on organizing and leading quality lesson plans and activities that promote individual growth, active imaginations, and positive learning experiences; employs creative tactics to engage minds, promote educational and art exploration, and generate a spirit of collaboration; a natural leader who has excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for creativity.


Education


MFA, Master of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, 2003

University of Georgia, Honor Graduate-Cum Laude


BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, with special emphasis on Painting, 1999

Valdosta State University, Honor Graduate-Cum Laude


Experience


The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC, Full-time Faculty

Fall 2012 – Present

College Board Advanced Placement Lead

Website Lead - Visual Arts Department

First Responder

Scholastics Competition Coordinator

Job Duties:

  1. •Achieve all common lecture and studio-based instructional duties

  2. •Plan, prepare, and deliver instructional activities that create an environment where students are actively engaged in the learning experience

  3. •Provide a wide variety of experiences, emphasizing active, project-based learning

  4. •Identify and adapt teaching resources in order to meet the varying needs of students with different learning abilities, learning agilities, and special education needs

  5. •Offer plans for enhancement in which students are encouraged to be engaged in the learning process

  6. •Maintain accurate teaching records and monitor learning performance to provide feedback on progress

  7. •Research and utilize a variety of learning materials, resources and technology methods, such as internet-learning, presentations, team learning

  8. •Advise and monitor students in the use of new materials, art equipment, and basic hand tools

  9. •Create and manage a budget and financial plan and calculate expenditures for classroom and department

  10. •Write grant proposals to national and local agencies to support classroom, departmental, and professional development needs

  11. •Develop curriculum for multiple levels within an individual class and as a team member for the Visual Arts department

  12. •Participate in training programs and educational courses to keep up to date with new teaching methods, new developments, and teaching resources

  13. •Create career building assignments, such as portfolio share, website-building, resume-writing, and other professional practices for future working artists

  14. •Provide advice and recommendations to students to attend pre-college or summer programs and with college applications

  15. •Effectively communicate with parents and guardians over students' progress and liaise with other professionals, such as other teachers, career advisers, and guidance counselors to ensure student success

  16. •Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other teachers, administration, and parents

  17. •Participate in and organize extracurricular activities, such as field trips, art openings, and any other art events or fundraisers

  18. •Lead various committees and projects within the Visual Arts Department and FAC at large (see list)

  19. •Participate in multiple hiring committees and conduct interviews as needed for Visual Arts

  20. •Process student applications and host portfolio reviews each year as part of the FAC Student Application process

  21. •Coordinate students’ community involvement and outreach

  22. •Work closely with parents and community to maximize their involvement in school activities and to ensure the development of more resources for the school

  23. •Represent the FAC and GCSD at public and private events, promoting the school, the district, and arts education by building and maintaining relationships with community businesses, education partners, arts supporters, and the like


Eli Wilner & Company, New York City, NY, Gallery Associate

Fall 2007 - Summer 2012

Job Duties:

  1. •Professional art handling and conservation of antique and precious artwork and frames

  2. •Create digital archive of antique and reproduction frames for identification and conservation

  3. •Research and develop conservation practices and recreate historically-accurate finishes, such as mixing traditional paints and patination processes

  4. •Supervise volunteers, interns, and junior staff

  5. •Develop a genuine understanding of a client's brand, products, needs and objectives, as well as the motivations behind customers' buying decisions

  6. •Create initial design sketches and computer-generated visuals

  7. •Build models and prototypes of product proposals

  8. •Design promotional material for digital and print marketing

  9. •Work as part of a team with photographers, installers, auction houses, artists, museums, gallery directors, web developers and art specialists

  10. •Represented the company at various public and private art events, such as museum galas, gallery openings, and auctions

  11. •Project Management:

    1. ◦Oversee the entire process from art handling, research and development, frame design and proposal, frame construction or rebuild, and fitting and installation of artwork

    2. ◦Appraise potential frame purchases for authentication and value

    3. ◦Create content for an iOS application that added an antique frame from Eli Wilner’s collection to iPhotos


College Teaching (see duties for all colleges below)


Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, Visiting Assistant Faculty

Summer 2011


Denison University, Granville, OH,  One Year Visiting Assistant Faculty

Fall 2006 - Spring 2007

Fall 2005


Ohio State University, Columbus, OH,  Visiting Assistant Faculty

Winter & Spring 2006

Additional Duties:

Assistant to the Foundation Director: Ohio State University, Spring 2006

Class planning & development of Studio Art Foundation Courses, tutoring of Graduate Students in teaching and assisting undergraduate students with the Portfolio review at the main campus and branch campuses.


Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, One Year Full Time Visiting Assistant Faculty

Fall 2004 - Spring 2005

Additional Duties:

Scholarship Committee: Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2004-2005

Reviewing Student work for scholarships and the portfolio review.

ArtsPath Committee: Panelist for future ArtsPath/PCA Arts-in-Education Artists

ArtsPath is a state funded arts-in-education program in partnership with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts


Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Adjunct Faculty

Fall 2003 - Spring 2004


Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy, Teaching Assistant

Summer 2002


College Teaching Job Duties:

  1. •Common lecture and studio-based duties (see list)

  2. •Develop and implement new methods of teaching to reflect changes in research

  3. •Develop a budget, create a financial plan, and calculate classroom and studio expenditures

  4. •Supervise and Advise students' research activities, including final year undergraduate senior projects and Masters Dissertations

  5. •Undertake personal research projects and actively contribute to the institution's research profile

  6. •Write and prepare research for publication

  7. •Administrative tasks related to the department, such as processing student admissions, induction programs, and participate in committees and on boards

  8. •Contribute to professional conferences and seminars in the field of art

  9. •Establish collaborative links with other institutions, as well as with industrial, commercial, and public organizations


Self Employed Freelance Artist, Greenville, SC

  1. •Project planning and implementation

  2. •Maintain a working portfolio

  3. •Organization and administration tasks associated with running a studio

  4. •Apply for and participate in residencies, competitions, and art exhibitions

  5. •Liaise with contacts, gallery owners, curators, and other artists

  6. •Write project proposals for galleries, competitions, and/or artist residencies

  7. •Curate and manage individual and group exhibitions

  8. •Negotiate a sale or commission of work(s)

  9. •Create and manage a budget, financial plan, calculate expenditures

  10. •Write funding applications to private and public agencies

  11. •Maintain excellent tax records and self-employment documentation and tracking

  12. •Ensure self-promotion by publicizing events, attending openings, and building relationships with arts enthusiasts

  13. •Support other artists and assist as needed in promoting their work and events

  14. •Write press releases

  15. •Maintain personal website and promotional materials


Achievements

  1. •Honors Art Course - Denison University

    1. ◦Developed, proposed, and implemented an honors art course

  2. •Art Marathon - Denison University

    1. ◦Implemented an alternative education program to raise awareness of the arts and arts education

  3. •Tryon Upstairs Art Space 50X50 Fundraiser

    1. ◦students submitted work that was then sold to raise money for FAC

  4. •FAC Website

    1. ◦created template for FAC Google Sites transition for all instructors and main page

  5. •Raise Craze/Paint Roy Event

  6. •Anthropologie Mural Collaboration for FAC Students

  7. •First World Peace Art Exhibition, China International Culture and Artistic Center (CISAC) and the China National Academy of Painting with support from Friends of UN, China, and the UN Performing Arts Council, Linzhou, Henan Province, China

  8. •FAC Studio and Woodshop Safety Guidelines

    1. ◦Wrote a comprehensive safety guideline for the Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking Studio and Woodshop studio


Technical Abilities (Technical Expertise, Technical Skills)

  1. •Accomplished career demonstrating consistent success as an Educator at the graduate, undergraduate, and high school levels

  2. •Expert knowledge in installing, fitting, and framing artwork; maintaining a studio and gallery space

  3. •Educated and well-experienced in all Oils and Aqueous Media painting techniques

  4. •Superior experience with Macintosh and PC computers and design software including Microsoft Suite, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Google Suite

  5. •Well-informed in Traditional and Digital Photography

  6. •Involved in all aspects of traditional and alternative approaches to learning studio skills

  7. •Extensive experience and skill with all machinery in a wood-shop

  8. •Comprehensive background of art history, both contemporary and historical

  9. •Effective communicator with excellent planning, organizational, and negotiation strengths

  10. •Ability to lead, reach consensus, establish goals, and attain results  


Skills and Qualities

  1. •Deeply committed to optimizing student success

  2. •Outstanding knowledge of developmentally appropriate curriculum

  3. •Ability to multitask, organize, and prioritize duties

  4. •Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

  5. •Superior organizational and time management skills

  6. •Self-motivation: Initiative and high level of energy

  7. •Tolerant and flexible with different situations

  8. •Excellent oral and written communication skills in order to write reports and applications for funding, and to deliver lectures, workshops and presentations


Skills and Qualities (continued)

  1. •Verbal communication skills, decision making, critical thinking, organizing and planning

  2. •Networking skills in order to build relationships with others

  3. •Ability to manage time within competing demands

  4. •Excellent analytical skills

  5. •Exceptional IT and administrative skills.

  6. •Good listening skills

  7. •Capacity to learn quickly

  8. •Ability to inspire and enthuse students

  9. •Energy, resourcefulness, responsibility, and patience

  10. •Caring nature and an understanding of the needs and feelings of young adults

  11. •Ability to work independently, as well as being able to work in a team

  12. •Sense of humor and the ability to keep things in perspective

  13. •Ability to be creative


Organizations


College Arts Association 2003 - Present

Foundation in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) 2003 - 2007, 2017-present

Georgia Sculptor’s Society 2004 – 2005


Artist Residencies (Artist-in-Residence)


2014The Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residence, Johnson City, VT (Metropolitan Arts Council Grant, The Fine Arts Center Foundation Grant, and The Fine Arts Center Partners Grant)

2008Ox-Bow, Artist in Residence, Saugatuck, MI (Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant)

2005 White Mountain Academy, Artist in Residence, Northern Ontario, Canada


Grants/Fellowships (Awards/Honors, etc.)


2016ABC Teacher Mini Grant

2014Metropolitan Arts Council Artist Grant

2014The Fine Arts Center Foundation Grant

2014The Fine Arts Center Partners Grant

  1. 1.Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

2000-03 Teaching Assistantship, Lamar Dodd School of Art

1994-99 The Tammy Lee Fortner Scholarship

1999 Outstanding Art Senior Award


Visiting Artist Lectures & Workshops


2018Explore the Arts, teacher of a week long artist workshop, Greenville, SC

2017Explore the Arts, teacher of a week long artist workshop, Greenville, SC

2015Artist Talk: I Quit, You’re Fired, Lipscomb Gallery, SCGSAH campus, Greenville, SC

2005-06Artist Workshop: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Annual “Up All Night” Art Marathon, Denison University, Granville, OH

Artist Workshop: Confronting the Picture Plane, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA

Gallery Talk: Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA

2005Artist Talk: Denison University, Granville, OH



Selected Exhibitions

2019(upcoming exhibit) Pushing Pop, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC


201830th Anniversary Juried Art Exhibit, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC

Every Day is Earth Day, Earth Day Art Exhibition, 313 Butler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY


20177th Annual Armstrong State University National 2-D Competition and Exhibition, Savannah, GA

            5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art in the Library, Spartanburg County Public Library, Spartanburg, SC  

            Teacher as Artist, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC

The Greenville Zoo Foundation Guitar Auction, ZooTunes hosted by Greenville Zoo, Greenville, SC


2016Solo Show, The Etherredge Center, University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC (solo)

Solo Show, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Gallery, Greenville, SC (solo)

ArtFields, Lake City Creative Alliance and South Carolina Art Festival, Lake City, SC

            2016 Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition, Artisphere, Greenville, SC

            Out of the Park 2: Base Loaded Exhibit, Clemson Baseball Card show, Fluor Field, Greenville, SC and Lee Gallery,

           Clemson, SC (Awarded: High Honors)

Coincidence Machine Exhibition at Garner Arts Festival in New York, New York

100X100 Upstairs Artspace in Tryon, N.C


2015I Quit, You’re Fired, Lipscomb Gallery, SCGSAH campus, Greenville, SC (solo)

Thirty-Sixth Annual Juried South Carolina Artist’s Exhibition, Pickens County Museum of Art & History, Awarded Third Place

2015 Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition, Artisphere, Greenville, SC

Ties that Bind, Sheffield Wood Gallery, The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC

100X100 Upstairs Artspace in Tryon, N.C


2014I’m Your Man, ISE Cultural Foundation Gallery, SOHO, NY (Curated by Lauren Kalman & Millee Tibbs)

Ties that Bind, Sheffield Wood Gallery, The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC


2013Art Teacher Invitational Exhibition, Sheffield Wood Gallery, The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC


2012First World Peace Art Exhibition, China International Culture and Artistic Center (CISAC) and the China National

            Academy of Painting with support from Friends of UN, China, and the UN Performing Arts Council, Linzhou, Henan Province,    

            China (http://www.linzhou.gov.cn/government/news_info.jsp?id=18198)

Fine Arts Center Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Anderson University's Vandiver Gallery, Anderson, SC

Garner Resurrection, GAGA and the GARNER Art Center, Garnerville, NY (www.gagaartscenter.org)

Plastic, Salem Art Works, Salem, NY (www.salemartworks.com)

DRAWPROJECT, The Annett Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

From What I Remember/ From What I Forget:  An Exhibition About Memory and Personal Narrative, Principle Gallery, Washington, DC. 


2011WORKING IT! Performance Artists's FreeForm Festival, TNC Gallery, New York City, NY

Mixed Up, TNC Gallery, New York City, NY curated by Peter J. Ketchum

COOL! “Dog Days of Summer”, TNC Gallery, New York City, NY curated by Peter J. Ketchum

Mars is Waiting, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA (www.adagallery.com)

Mars Seeks Answers, Mulherin Pollard Projects, New York City, NY

Rettocamme, The February Project 2011, Set Design and Video, Triskelion Arts, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY


2010Scope Miami, ADA Gallery, Wynwood gallery Arts District, Miami, FL

Wannabe CEO, part of Art Prize, Women's City Club Exhibition Center, curated by Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI (http://www.artprize.org/)

4 X 6 ART, Perry County Council of the Arts, Landis House, Newport, PA (Awarded First Prize)

Trans-IT-ion, Tribute Gallery, Portland, OR

…no right to assume otherwise, Buzzer Thirty Gallery, Arts and writing organization in Queens, Long Island City, NY

GAGA ARTS Festival 2010, Gaga Arts Center, Garnerville, NY (www.gagaartscenter.org)

Stir Crazy, Aljira, Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ

Dreamtime overtones from a fantastic brown planet, Aljira, Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ

Rettocamme, The February Project 2010, Wearable art, Triskelion Arts, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

2010 APAP Conference Showcase (Association of Performing Arts Presenters), Dance New Amsterdam, NY, NY


2009America for Sale, SEA (Social-Environmental Aesthetics), Exit Art, New York, NY

Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair Fashion Show, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY

BROOKLYN ARTILLERY at Castle Braid, In Partnership with the Williamsburg Gallery Association & Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (two person)

Stir Crazy, 13th Annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge, The Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

FIGMENT, Rettocamme at Work, Performance, Governors Island, New York  (http://figmentnyc.org/2009/)

Recession Runway, NADA Emerging Artist party, Bumble & Bumble Showroom, New York City, NY

Rettocamme, The February Project, Triskelion Arts, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

Sketch it Out, APW Gallery, New York City, NY


2008Strangers, Privateer Gallery, Brooklyn, NY  (www.privateergallery.com)

National Drawing Show, Dillon Gallery, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA (www.ssac.org)

Darwin’s Bicentennial, (Art, Science & the Origin of Species), Hopkins Hall Gallery & Kuhn Gallery, Ohio State University (Main campus & Marion campus), Columbus, OH

RETTOCAMME Event, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York, NY

Kitsch et Catch, Miam (Musèe Inernational des Arts Modestes), Sète, France (www.miam.org)

Kitsch et Catch, Maison Folie de Wazemmes, Lille, France

Kitsch et Catch, Musée de l'objet - Collection d'art contemporain, Blois, France

Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, Fort Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI


2007Good on Paper, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Small Works Exhibition 2007, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH

Far from Home, RFD Gallery, Swainsboro, GA Juror: Greg Cradick

Liquitex Artist Materials, Excellence in Art Purchase Award, New Brunswick, NJ

96th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, The Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH

Poser, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, OH

Portrait, Concourse Gallery, Cultural Arts Division, Columbus, OH


2006Small Works Exhibition, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH

Thumb-Box Exhibition, Short-North Ohio Art League Gallery, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH

One Night Suite, Huntington Center, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH

The Many Roles of the Hidden Agenda, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH (two person show)

Human Resources, Spokane Falls Art Gallery, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA (solo)

Visiting Artists/New Faculty, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH


2005SHOWcolumbus, The Vault, Future Arts of Columbus, Columbus, OH Curator: Chad Tooker

7th Annual Painting, Drawing, and Print International Juried Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE

            (Award of Excellence) Curator: Larry Bradshaw

2005 Appalachian Corridors Juried Biennial Exhibition, Avampato Discovery Museum, Charleston, WV

Curator: Faith Ringgold

A Case For Art, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia, PA

A Case For Art, Highwire Gallery and Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia, PA

77th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg Main Gallery, Harrisburg, PA

5 X 5 Five Works by Five New Faculty, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA


2004Miami University Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, OH Curator: Lauri Firstenberg

The Man Show, Georgia State University Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA

doing something more important, Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens GA (solo)

Finding my way, VSU Fine Arts Main Gallery, Valdosta, GA (two person show)


2003CJX, Juried Exhibition, The Art Place, Marietta, GA

Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens GA


2002 Male Purviews, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens GA, Curator: Paul Galloway

Mostar, Plazzo de Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy

European Project Landscape, Municipality of Cortona, Sant’Agostino Conference Center, Cortona, Italy

Dimensions 2002, Monroe Art Guild, Monroe GA Curator: Larry Millard

Sensory Overload, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens GA Curator: Shannah Cahoe Montgomery

Digigraphical, Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Curator: Kathryn Refi

27th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA Curator: James Rondeau