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OBJECTIVES

  • Positively impact the lives of youth

  • Share my talents as a teacher, collaborator and connector

  • Participate in community arts programming that encourages Community Interaction with the Arts

     

EDUCATION

  • MFA (Printmaking), Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, August 2004 – May 2006

  • BFA, Double Major (Printmaking and Photography plus minor in Art History), Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, August 2000 – May 2004

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AWARDS

  • Ohio Art Education Association Northwest Region Distinguished Citizen Award, Art Supply Depo, Toledo, Ohio, May 2013

  • Marilyn Singleton/Medici Circle Leadership Graduate Award, 2006, 2005

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YOUTH & COMMUNITY RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Paraprofessional, Oster-Oakview Middle School, New Lenox, Illinois, August 2019 - present

  • Paraprofessional, ESY program, Cherry Hill School, New Lenox, Illinois, June-July 2019

  • Paraprofessional: Inclusion Teaching Assistant, Willow Creek Elementary, Woodridge, Illinois, August 2018 – May 2019

  • Art Club Teacher, Willow Creek Elementary, Woodridge, Illinois, September 2018 – April 2019

  • Teaching Artist, Screen Print Workshop, Handmade Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, December 2017, February 2018, March 2018, May 2018, March 2019

  • Teaching Artist, Screen Print Workshop, Art Supply Depo, Toledo, Ohio, January 2019, July 2019, December 2019, January 2020

  • Artist and Youth Services Coordinator, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, May 2017 – August 2018

  • Juror, NOWOH Exhibition, Fine Arts Center Galleries, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, July 2018

  • Programs Coordinator, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, July 2006 – May 2017

  • Teaching Artist and Guest Presenter, District 214 Arts Unlimited Visual Arts Day, Arlington Heights, Illinois, October 2017

  • Guest Presenter, Professional Practices Course, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio, October 2015, October 2016, October 2017

  • Teaching Artist and Guest Presenter, Wheeling High School, Wheeling, Illinois, April 2017

  • Teaching Artist, Screen Print Workshop, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, November 2016 – January 2017

  • Panelist, Cultural Diversity and the Visual Arts Panel, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, March 2015

  • Teaching Artist, Roots of Diversity Exhibition, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio, March 2015

  • Adjunct Instructor, Fundamentals of Drawing Course, Owens Community College, Toledo Ohio, Fall 2009 – Spring 2014

  • Juror, Juried Student Exhibition, Lea Gallery, University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio, March 2013.

  • Artist Instructor, Paste Paper Workshop, Art Supply Depo, Toledo, Ohio, June 2012

  • Adjunct Instructor, Perceptual Drawing Course, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, Fall 2011 – Spring 2012

  • Teaching Artist, Screen Print Workshop for Jr. High Youth of the YWCA Carrera Program, Toledo, Ohio, July 2010, January 2011, January 2012

  • Adjunct Instructor, 2-D Foundations Course, Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio, Spring 2007 – Fall 2009, Fall 2011

  • Demonstrator, Bookmaking Workshop, University of Toledo Art Department, Toledo, Ohio, October 2010

  • Adjunct Instructor, Aspects to Printmaking Course, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, Spring 2009

  • Adjunct Instructor, 2-D Foundations Course, The University of Toledo, Fall 2008

  • Demonstrator, Bookmaking Workshop, Ohio Art Educators Association Conference, Toledo, Ohio, October 2007

  • Adjunct Instructor, 2-D Foundations Course, Bowling Green State University, Fall 2006 – Spring 2007

  • Student Book Repair Technician in the Virginius H. Chase Special Collections Center of the Cullom-Davis Library, Bradley University, September – May 2004, September – May 2003, March – May 2002

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COMMUNITY / UNIVERSITY SERVICE

  • Volunteer Screen Print Artist as part of Makers Day, New Lenox Public Library, New Lenox Illinois, September 2019

  • Volunteer Screen Print Artist, Willow Creek Elementary, Woodridge, Illinois, December 2018 and February 2019

  • Volunteer Screen Print Artist, Goddard School, Mokena, Illinois, December 2019

  • Various Parish Ministries, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Toledo, Ohio, December 2008 – August 2018

  • Volunteer Screen Print Demonstrator for young men of Lucas County Youth Treatment Center, Art Supply Depo, Toledo, Ohio, March 2015

  • Board Member, The Westmoreland Association, Toledo, Ohio, January 2012 – August 2014

  • Volunteer Guest Speaker for middle school students, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio, May 2014

  • Member of Owens Fine Arts Program Advisory Committee and Walter E. Terhune Gallery Advisory Committee, Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio, August 2009 – May 2014

  • Delegate for Toledo Federation of Art Societies, Toledo, Ohio, May 2007 – May 2014.

  • Board Member of the Medici Circle, Bowling Green State University, September 2006 – November 2013

  • Volunteer Guest Speaker, University of Toledo Department of Art, Toledo, Ohio, February 2013

  • Co-Coordinator of 2013 Edith Franklin Calendar, Toledo, Ohio, November 2012

  • Volunteer Silkscreen Demonstrator, Cancer Connection of Northwest Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, October 2012

  • Volunteer Silkscreen Demonstrator, The Arts Commission Art and Autism Fundraiser, Toledo, Ohio, August 2012

  • Volunteer Silkscreen Demonstrator, The Arts Commission Mix Perspective Fundraiser, Toledo, Ohio, March 2012

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