About Me.

Education & Certification
New York State Permanent Certification in Art, awarded September, 2003
  • MFA   The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, May 2000
  • MA     The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, May 1999
  • BFA   Alfred University, Alfred, NY, May 1996
  • Progetto Perugia, Perugia, Italy - study abroad program, in painting and drawing, Alfred University

Teaching Experience
  • Beaver Country Day School, Visual Arts Department ChairUpper School Art Teacher, Chestnut Hill, MA, September 2006 - present
  • The School for International Studies, Middle and High School Art Teacher, Brooklyn, NY, September 2003 - June 2006
  • Pratt Institute, Assistant Visiting Professor, Brooklyn, NY, August 2002 - May 2004
  • The 92nd Street Y School of the Arts, Art Instructor, New York, NY, June 2001 - August 2005
  • The Benjamin Franklin School, Elementary School Art Teacher, Brooklyn, NY, September 2001 - June 2005

Presentations
  • Their Work, Not Mine: Student Artists As Researchers In The High School Studio Classroom, National Art Education Association Conference 2012, New York, NY
  • Are Blogs The New Sketchbook? Using Blogs In The Studio Classroom, National Art Education Association Conference, 2011, Seattle, WA

Honors, Awards, and Special Projects
  • New American Paintings, Northeast Edition 2012
  • Supervised student teacher from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 2011
  • Reviewed the teaching portfolios of pre-service art teachers at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 2010 and 2011
  • Supervised student teachers from Pratt Institute and New York University, Brooklyn, NY,  2002-2006
  • The Cooper Union School of Art, Artist in Residence, New York, NY, Summer 2004
  • Worked with graduate student in the research for her MA thesis entitled Fostering Creative Thinking in the Art Room: A Case Study of a Fourth Grade Art Class in a New York City Public School, 2002
  • The Trust for Public Land, New York, NY: taught arts workshops at summer arts program at the Green Oasis Community Garden, 2002
  • The Power of Art Award from The Lab School of Washington DC (funded by The Rauschenberg Foundation), 2003
  • The Williamsburg-Greenpoint Neighborhood Preservation Association, Brooklyn, NY: collaborated with youth from the Greenpoint Beacon Center on a photography project entitled "Coming of Age In Brooklyn", 2001


Exhibitions
2011
  • Massachusetts Artists 2011: Contemporary Work by the Artists of Massachusetts, juror: Jen Mergel of The Museum of Fine Arts, Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA


2010
  • Boston Does Boston, Proof Gallery, Boston, MA
  • Newton Open Studios Fall Juried Show, Newton Cultural Center, Newton, MA, Juror: Dina Deitsch of The Decordova Museum
  • Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Art Gallery, New Canaan, CT, Juror: Katie Rashid of Jack Shainman Gallery


2009
  • Boston Paints, Endicott College, Beverly, MA
  • Boston Drawing Project: 10 Years On and Going Strong, Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston, MA


2008
  • Faculty Exhibit, Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, MA


2007
  • Flock, Material Gallery, Memphis, TN
  • First Thursdays in Jamaica Plain, Harvest Co-op, Jamaica Plain, MA
  • New Members Exhibit, Cambridge Artists Association, Cambridge, MA
  • Paint, Lynn Arts, Lynn, MA, Juror: Alexis Dunfee of Howard Yezerski Gallery


2004
  • Cooper Union Summer Residents Exhibit, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY


2002
  • Sweet Nothings, The Beehive, Brooklyn, NY
  • Emerging Artist 50, HERE Art, New York, NY
  • Funky Abstraction, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery at The Craft Students League, New York, NY


2001
  • Faculty Exhibition, The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
  • We Like Each Other, Armstrong Gallery, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA


2000
  • Wishful Thinking: An MFA Thesis Show, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, The Univerity of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  • Forest For The Trees, Reservoir Space, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  • Faculty Exhibition, The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
  • New Work From The University of Iowa, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Iowa Art Museum, Iowa City, IA
  • Here: A Show of Installations, Delat Axis at Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
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