Teaching Experience
ART SCHOOL
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Technical Assistant, Graphics, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts,
Deer Isle, ME
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UNIVERSITIES
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art Education, Hunter College, New York, NY
Assistant Professor of Art Education, Mississippi University For Women, Columbus, MS
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Adjunct Professor of Art Education, Kean University, Union, NJ
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Visiting Associate Professor of Art Education, The Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
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Adjunct Professor of Art Education, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
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University Supervisor of SUTEC, SUNY, New Paltz, NY
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Visiting Instructor, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA
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Art Instructor, INSTEP program, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
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COMMUNITY-BASED ART EDUCATION
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Art Supervisor, Summer Arts Camp, Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, MS
Art Teacher, Arts Integration and Environmental Workshops, Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Starkville, MS
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Art Teacher, 1st Saturday Arts For All, Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, MS
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​​Art Educator and Tour Guide, Art Galleries, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
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​​Art Teacher, Action Arts Summer Camp, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Art Teacher, After-School Art Program, Rhinelander Children's Center, Children's Aid Society, New York, NY
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Art Teacher, After-School Program, Lillian Wald Community Center, Educational Alliance, New York, NY
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Arts Specialist, Mask Workshop for Adolescents, The New York Public Library, Hamilton Fish Park Branch, sponsored by Connecting Libraries and Schools Program (CLASP)
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CURATOR OF STUDENTS GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS
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New Jersey State Teen Arts Festival, Middlesex College, Middlesex, NJ
Passaic Teen Arts Festival, Passaic County Community College, Haskell, NJ
Passaic County Youth Art Month Show, Louis Bay 2nd Library, Hawthorne, NJ
Elizabeth Public Library, Elizabeth, NJ
Deerfield School, Mountainside, NJ
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, Columbus, MS
Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, Educational Alliance, New York, NY
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ART EDUCATION AND AUTISM WORKSHOPS
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Mississippi University For Women, Columbus, MS
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
North Plainfield School District, North Plainfield, NJ
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
SUNY at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Sinergia, Inc., New York, NY
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
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Chaos, Silkscreen Print
Red Oak Leaves, Paper Cut
Cool and Crisp, Collage
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