Experience
Practicing Fine and Commercial Artist, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1990 – Present

  • Painting, drawing, sculpture, illustration, and design

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002 - Present
Coordinator of Education Technology Programs

  • Develop, coordinate, and instruct classes/workshops on utilizing the museum’s technology-based resources to key audiences (museum visitors, members, families, K-12 teachers, faculty at colleges of Education, and museum volunteers). Over 2,000 K-12 educators have participated in facilitated teaching and technology workshops in the past 4 years.
  • Assess overall technology training needs for the Education Division and coordinate training with Information Systems. Research, develop, and train staff to use new technology resources.
  • Project Director of three-year federal grant project to improve the web site ArtsConnectEd.
  • Coordinate a multi-level institution-wide internship program (with over 200 interns in the last five year), including recruitment, application screening, placements, class scheduling, evaluations and records management. Make several presentations per year on internships and museum careers to outside groups upon request.
  • Member of the museum-wide Technology Team responsible for the approval of strategic planning of large-scale technology projects
  • Participate in special education partnerships, such as Visual Thinking Strategies teacher training program for Minneapolis Public Schools.

College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota
2006

Adjunct Instructor – Art Education

  • Curriculum design and instruction of two combined undergraduate elementary education courses: Art Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers and Fostering Arts and Literacy in Young People.

 

Minneapolis Public Schools Community Education, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2002 – 2006

Drawing Instructor

Curriculum design and instruction for beginning observational drawing courses for adults

 

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1998 – 2002

Education Assistant and Intern Coordinator

  • Manage and coordinate Education Division projects that served approximately 300,000 visitors annually. Coordinate a multi-level internship program

 

Minneapolis Public Schools - Whittier Community School for the Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2001

After School Activities Program Instructor

  • Design and instruction of visual arts curriculum for 40 first and second grade students in an extended day program Supervised two undergraduate assistant instructors

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1995 – 1998

Administrative Assistant and Intern Coordinator

  • Provided administrative assistance to the Chair of the Education Division
  • Coordinated multi-level institution-wide internship program with an average of 25 volunteer interns each year

Trapp and Company – The Private Garden Collection, Kansas City, Missouri

1992 – 1994

Assistant Director, Creative, Sales, and Marketing

  • Research, development, design, sales and marketing of a wholesale line of scented giftware, and hand-painted furniture

Toni Brüchert and Barbara Rheingrover, Pietrasanta, Italy

1989

Sculptor’s Assistant

  • Assisted in all stages of works in bronze (Brüchert) and marble (Rheingrover)

 

Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation, Lawrenceville, Georgia

1988

Visual Arts Instructor

  • Summer day camp for students aged 5 through 12 Responsible for developing activities and teaching the fundamentals of drawing and painting

 

Education

The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota

Graduated 2001

Master of Arts in Education

  • Emphasis in Secondary Education
  • State teaching licensure in Visual Arts (K-12)
  • Action research topic: “The Effect of Facilitated Group Discussion on Student Writing Performance”

 

Kansas City Art Institute

Graduated 1992

Bachelor of Fine Arts

  • Extensive course work in drawing, painting, ceramics, and art history

 

Visual Understanding in Education, Provincetown, Massachusetts

2002

Visual Thinking Strategies Train the Trainer Program

 

  • Completed program, which focused on facilitated group discussions as a teaching and learning tool

Awards

Art Educators of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • 2007 Museum Educator of the Year

Lectures/Conference Presentations

  • Presenter, “IMLS Funding for Technology,” Museums and the Web, San Francisco, California, 2007
  • Presenter, “Training Tomorrow’s Teachers: Art Museum Pre-service Teacher Programs,” National Art Education Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2006
  • Presenter, “Art Education and Technology,” Art Educators of Minnesota, Golden Valley, Minnesota, 2006
  • Presenter, “Education Technology and Visual Literacy,” Art Educators of Minnesota, Golden Valley, Minnesota, 2004
  • Presenter, “A Microsoft Access solution for Digital Asset Management,” Minnesota Association of Museums, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2005
  • Presenter, “Planning for an Effective Museum Web Site,” Minnesota Association of Museums, Duluth, Minnesota, 2001
  • Lecturer, “Printmaking in Europe and America: 1600-1900,” docent training, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007 §
  • Lecturer, “Early European Printmaking: 1400-1600,” docent training, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006
  • Lecturer, “Child Development Theory and Museum Education,” docent training, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2005 §
  • Panelist, “Master’s Degree Preferred: A Symposium on Career Opportunities in the Arts,” University of St. Thomas, Department of Art History, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2006
  • Lecturer, “Résumé and Curriculum Vitae,” University of St. Thomas, Department of Art History, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2004

Exhibitions

Hopkins Art Center, Hopkins, Minnesota

2004

Salon 500

  • Up Against the Wall 1: Freedom of Choice, Oil on panel, 2004

 

The Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis, Minnesota

2000

The Foot in the Door Show

  • Trust, Oil on Panel, 1999

 

St. Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul, Minnesota

1997 – 2001

  • Open studio exhibition of recent work twice a year, spring and fall

 

Community Involvement

City of Minneapolis, Minnesota

November 2006 – Present

  • Election Judge
  • Serve as an election official for local and national elections

The Minnesota Association of Museums

July 2000 – Present

  • Communications Committee
  • Former member Steering Committee
  • responsible for planning state-wide professional development opportunities in regional workshops and annual conferences
  • Designed the architecture and graphics for the association’s first web site

The Association of Midwest Museums

January 2001 – November 2002

  • Member, Planning Committee for 2002 Annual Conference

 

St. Paul Art Collective

January 1998 – August 1999

  • Officer, Secretary, of volunteer Board of Directors

 

Computer Skills

High proficiency skills with multiple applications including:

  • Gallery System’s The Museum System
  • Microsoft’s Office Suite
  • MediaBin
  • Macromedia Studio 8
  • Adobe Photoshop CS2

 

Memberships

  • National Art Education Association
  • Minnesota Association of Museums
  • Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
  • American Association of Museums

 

Areas of Special Interest

  • Artist Materials -Techniques and Safety
  • Art History and Conservation
  • Interpretation Policy and Practice
  • Curriculum Design and Planning
  • Instructional Design
  • Intellectual Property Rights Management
  • Strategic Planning