As assistant to the School Exhibitions Coordinator, my duties include preparation for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Annual Student Exhibition, layout and installation of art exhibitions, preparation of pedestals and signage for exhibitions, cleaning and maintenance of casts, transportation, wrapping, and storing of art, assistance with permanent installation of artwork, and organizational tasks related to exhibition change-over and paperwork.

With this experience, I was able to teach for a semester to high school students who were offered free courses provided by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In this painting course, we taught about palette layout, painting in monochrome and with a restricted palette, full-color still life observation, and self-portraiture study. The courses culminated in a group exhibition at the end of the year at PAFA.

In this workshop called Atmospheres & Ambiguities, I lectured about the philosophy of the Sublime, color mixing and chromatic grays, and edge relationships to help student create an atmospheric landscape painting in class.

As a private art instructor, I designed lesson plans that established an understanding of the foundational elements of art, encouraged exploration of materials and media, engaged creativity and imagination with fun and playful projects, and worked develop an understanding of the tools and techniques applied in art-making in students. Student situations included a single child with weekly lessons to large groups of home-school children of diverse ages.

As a Teaching Intern, I prepared lesson plans for an Art History survey course, designed assignments and exercises to supplement course material, prepared PowerPoint presentations for the instructor, aided in course evaluation and critique, and led some lectures and discussions.

As instructor for Senior’s Art, I prepared lessons that encouraged an understanding of the formal elements of art, lectured about various artists and artistic movements, provided technique demonstrations, and provided individual feedback for the students as well as organizing exhibitions and a field trip to see art at museums and galleries and visit and art supply store each semester.

As Assistant Curator of Exhibits, my tasks included designing layouts and placement for artifacts and art pieces in University Museum gallery spaces, hanging works on walls and placing works on pedestals within galleries, lighting gallery spaces and artwork, painting gallery walls and pedestals, hanging vinyl show titles and identification cards, and dry-mounting show information, as well as packing and unpacking works from lending institutions.

As a gallery attendant at the University Museum, my responsibilities include opening and closing the galleries daily, tidying and replacing bulbs in the exhibitions, keeping attendance of visitors, tending to exhibition receptions, making sales in the gift shop, and monitoring gallery activity.

As a group teacher, I worked with my co-teachers to create adaptable projects that could be embraced by very young students. We designed projects that were fun while still building critical thinking and motor skills based on the theme of Games and Treasure.

As the student employee for the Southeastern Illinois College Art Department, my responsibilities included hanging and lighting exhibitions in the gallery, preparing slide shows for the instructor, mounting a permanent Distinguished Alumni photograph display, grant research for a Mac computer lab, making orders for art materials and supplies, and work related to fundraising for the art department.

Painting major

Art History minor

summa cum laude

General Studio major

Honor's Certificate

summa cum laude