Resume:

PEDAGOGY IN PRACTICE

Columbus Wood Shop, School of the Art Institute of Chicago: July 2016-Currently

Assistant Manager

Consult graduate and undergraduate projects, Lead shop authorizations and skill demonstrations

Administer shop purchases, maintain shop tools and equipment, manage twenty student workers

Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS), Denver, CO: November 2013-June 2014

Creativity Teacher and Intervention Specialist

Actualized a student-produced television talk shows investigating the representation of women in the media

Support Math and English teachers to deliver targeted interventions to students struggling in the content.

Trevista at Horace Mann, Denver, CO: November 2013-June 2014

Enrichment Art Teacher

Designed and implemented Up-Cycle Art Program where student grow in levels broken down into 5 components:

Materials, Work of Art, Creative Skills, Team Work, and Communication.

Teach for America, ReNew Cultural Arts Academy, New Orleans, LA June 2010-June 2012

Founding Lead Early Childhood Education Teacher

Led students to significant gains through development of 3rd grade English and Math curriculum

Cultivated a positive culture of academic achievement with students and families

EDUCATION

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL: Completed July 2016

Masters in Fine Arts, Sculpture

Graduate Curatorial Assistant: Sullivan Galleries: research assistant to director Mary Jane Jacobs, coordinated the course “Experimentation” with guest curator Jessica Gogan, and the exhibition “Hélio Labs”

2014-15 GFRY Studio, year long collaboration with artist Theaster Gates culminating in a simulated proposal for the transformation of a 1930s power station into a monastic space for artistic practice and community engagement

Teaching Assistant: Knowledge Lab-facilitated the design-build of a tea pavilion using sustainable art practices

Brown University, Providence, R:I May 2010

Bachelors in Arts, Honors Visual Art Concentration

ART AS ENGAGEMENT

RedLine Arts, Denver, CO: September-December 2013

Epic Artist

Designed and Co-Taught a Social Justice Art Project for 4th/5th graders at Gilpin Elementary to be shown at RedLine’s Art Gallery for family, the Five-Points neighborhood, and Denver’s art community.

The 7Cs Collective, Denver, CO: April-October 2013

Founder and Artist

Founded community art group to showcase Denver Artists and engage the Sante Fe Art District community

Established presence in community through outreach, graphic arts, and social medial marketing

SKILLS: Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Graphic design, Woodworking, Welding

INTERESTS: Being Outside with Humans and Objects that Enhance Movement

CV:

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 More than a feeling, Comfort Station, Chicago, IL

2016 MFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, IL

2015 Back of House, Collaboration with Theaster Gates, Dorchester Projects, Chicago, IL

2014 Bring Back the Arts, Museo De Las Americas, Denver CO

2013 Epic Arts, RedLine, Denver CO

2012 Big Class Gallery Show, HomeSpace, New Orleans, LA

2010 Time to Share, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence RI (Solo)

2010 Student Exhibition, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence RI

AWARDS

2010 Sculpture Prize, Brown University

2007 Hugh Townley Travel Award