Art Teacher, PS 4,
CSD 6, Board of Education of the City of New York, 1995 - 2002; taught art to
students Grades K - 5; Project ARTS Coordinator, 1999-2000; Study
Sabbatical, 2000-2001; CSD Six Digital Magazine Project Team Member,
2002
Freelance Illustrator,
Belvoir Publications, Greenwich, CT, 1999 - 2000; pen and ink illustrations of dogs for the monthly publication "Your Dog"
Art Teacher, PS / IS
252, CSD 6, Board of Education of the City of New York, 1989 - 1995; taught
art to students Grades 3 - 6; School Arts Representative on CSD 6 Arts in
Education Committee
Adjunct Instructor
of Art, Bergen Community College, Division of Humanities, Paramus, NJ,
1990 - 1991; taught Art Appreciation and Basic Drawing courses to undergraduate
students
Art Teacher, PS 192,
CSD 6, Board of Education of the City of New York, 1985 - 1989; taught art to
students Grades K - 5
Visiting Artist, San
Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus, Calexico, CA, April 1985; presented
slide lectures and art workshops
Teaching Assistant,
Brooklyn College, CUNY, Art Department, Brooklyn, NY, Spring 1985; taught Life
Drawing / Anatomy for Artists course to undergraduate students
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
- Extensive skills in traditional
studio art techniques and knowledge of art history
- Competent computer
art skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Dreamweaver,
and HTML
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
- Permanent New York State Teacher
Certification in Art
- Permanent New York City License
for Teacher of Fine Arts
EDUCATION
- Computer Graphics Training,
The Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, 1999 - 2001
- Master of Fine Arts,
Studied Drawing and Painting with artists Lennart Anderson, Fred Badalamenti,
Lee Bontecou, Lois Dodd, Sam Gelber, Paul Gianfagna, Joseph Groell, and Philip
Pearlstein, Brooklyn, CUNY, 1985
- Studio Art Training,
Etching and Monotype Printmaking with artist David Finkbeiner, The Pratt Graphics
Center, 1981 - 1982
- Studio Art Training,
Drawing, Artistic Anatomy, Painting, and Sculpture with artists Robert Beverly
Hale, Frank Mason, Daniel Greene, and Jonathan Shahn, The Art Students League
of New York, 1978 - 1980 and 2001
- Bachelor of Arts,
Major in Art, Studied Drawing and Painting with artists Earl Hofmann and Tom
Rowe, St. Mary's College of Maryland, 1977
AWARDS AND GRANTS
- Study/Travel Grant, "Experiencing
Vietnam and Cambodia", Educator Program, The American Forum for Global Education,
study, travel and curriculum writing program in New York, Vietnam and Cambodia,
2004
- Grant, "The Art and Science
of Photography", Parents As Arts Partners Program, The Center For Arts Education,
2004
- Study/Travel Grant, "The
China Project - China: The Outer Limits", Educator Program, The American Forum
for Global Education, study, travel and curriculum writing program in New
York, China, Tibet, Xinjiang, Korea and Mongolia, 2003
- Grant, "The Family Autobiography
Project", Parents As Arts Partners Program, The Center For Arts Education,
2003
- Sotheby's Prize, 8th Annual
Exhibit of Art by Public School Teachers and Students, and one of my students
received first prize for Manhattan Elementary Schools, 1998
- Grant, "Viewing Art History
Across Time and the Curriculum", Incorporating Arts into Core Curriculum,
UFT / NYC Teacher Centers Consortium, 1996
- Honoree, Teacher Recognition
Day, representing the teachers of Community School District Six, The Board
of Education of NYC, Con Edison and NY Newsday, 1995
- Hewitt Award, Painting,
Audubon Artists Annual Exhibition, 1993
- Juror's Prize, Painting,
20th Annual Sheffield Art League Exhibition, 1990
- Honorable Mention, Painting,
The Landscape Exhibit at the Creative Arts Workshop, 1988
- Grant, Student Mural Project,
Community School District Six, 1988
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- 2001: 9 Years of Figure Drawing
by More than 100 Artists, Spring Studio, NYC
- 1998: 8th Annual Exhibit of
Art by Public School Teachers and Students, Friends of the Public Schools,
Sotheby's, Inc., NYC
- 1995: National Juried Show,
Bowery Gallery, NYC
- 1994: The Self-Portrait Show,
Art Initiatives, New York Law School, NYC; First Annual MFA Alumni Exhibition,
La Guardia Gallery, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
- 1993: Annual Exhibition,
Audubon Artists, National Arts Club, NYC; The Creative Mosaic, Friends
of the Public Schools, Sotheby's, Inc., NYC
- 1992: Collectors Show,
The Century Club, NYC; Grand National Exhibition, American Artists
Professional League, Salmagundi Club, NYC
- 1990: National Competition
'90, First Street Gallery, NYC; 1st Annual Exhibit of Art by Public
School Teachers and Students, Friends of the Public Schools, Sotheby's,
Inc., NYC; Masters and Apprentices III, Office of the Chancellor, The
Board of Education of NYC, Brooklyn, NY
- 1989: Still Life Now, The
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT; Nature: Fact and Fantasy, Rockland
Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
- 1988: Art of the Northeast
USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT; The Landscape,
The Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
- 1987: Contemporary Portraits
from the Northeast, The Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT; Summer
Group Exhibition, Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1986: Biennial, Everson
Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute
of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; International Juried Show '86, New
Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ; Annual Exhibition, Bergen
Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
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