Teaching Resume

2019-Professional Demonstration: Northside Art Association, Saint Louis, Missouri
Topic: Alternative techniques in Markmaking

2018-Present, Private Art Class, Saint Louis, Missouri
Mentoring artistically gifted 7 year old.
2018-2019 Focus: Art History: Artist techniques.

2017-2018, Saint Louis, Missouri
Art Class: Ages 3-6
Studio art class for ages 3-6. Focus on art instruction, art techniques and studio safety.

2011-2013
Visiting Art History Lecturer: Joy in Learning Educational Co-op, Champaign, Illinois
Educational presentations to 8-13 year old students on:
Animal Symbolism in Medieval Art
The Life of Leonardo DaVinci
Islamic Art and Geometric Design

2000-2013
Home School Instructor, Champaign, Illinois
Home schooled daughter from Kindergarten through High School.
Researched and wrote curriculum for 12 grade levels and taught daily.

Daughter scored top 10% on ACT and was accepted to all colleges she applied to; she graduated Cum Laude from the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois with a double Major in English and Creative Writing with a grade point average of 3.85.

She earned her Master's in Information and Library Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana with a 3.98 grade point average.

2010-2011: University of Illinois’s Krannert Museum, Urbana, Illinois
Museum Docent: Specializing in tours for Kindergarten-2nd grade. Lead multiple tours of K-2 students focusing on painting and sculpture.

Summer 2011: University of Illinois’s Krannert Museum, Urbana, Illinois.
Docent Special Project Development: Developed docent activities for various paintings and art works included in museum docent tours. Project was directed at Kindergarten-2nd grade students; included activities and materials for hands-on experience.

2009-2011 Art Expressions Studio Art Classes: Champaign, Illinois
Studio Art Instruction: Elementary age students.
Classes held in artist's studio included clay animation, printmaking, quilt making and basic design. Curated 4 art exhibits of student work.

2011 & 2012: University of Illinois, School of Art + Design Annual High School Juried Art Exhibit, Urbana, Illinois.
Coordinator of area Home School students' art work for The School of Art + Design Annual High School Juried Art Exhibit at Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois.

Education:

2018: Art & Ideas, Museum of Modern Art- Online Course

2018: In-the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting, Museum of Modern Art- Online Course

2010: University of Illinois-Krannert Art Museum: Docent Training Program,

1985: Graduate studies in Fiber Art at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois

1984: Bachelor of Art, graduated Magna Cum Laude in Art and Design from Brescia College (University) in Owensboro, Kentucky