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Education

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL, United States
2007
Master of Fine Arts, Studio, Fiber and Material Studies

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL, United States
2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art History, Theory, and Criticism

Experience

Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education

Chicago, United States
Oct 2011 - Present
Design Seminar 

I have been paired with a Language Arts Special Needs Teacher at the Ray Graham School to develop and implement over the course of a year an arts integrated curriculum with a group of 15 or so moderately to severely disabled students aged 16-22.

 

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

Chicago, IL, United States
Jul 2011 - Present
Docent Teaching Artist 

Workshop dates and topics to come.

Marwen

Chicago, IL, United States
Mar 2011 - Present
Teaching Artist 

Current Winter Course:

Couture Creatures (grades 6-8)

 

Previous Courses:

Giant Plush Art: Fashion and Fiber Foundations (grades 6-8)

Fashion Felting (grades 9-12)

Hyde Park Art Center

Chicago, IL, United States
Jan 2009 - Present
Teaching Artist 

Current Winter Classes at the Center:

Anyone Can Sew(Adult)

Devices of Wonder (Youth)

Felting (Youth)


Previously Listed Classes:

The "C" Word: A Contemporary Approach to Crafts

Dolls: Kachinas to Designer Vinyl

Ahoy Matey! The Arts of the Sailor (Youth Class)

Teen Intro to Fashion and Fibers

Intro to Fibers and Textiles

Dyeing for Textiles and Materials

Fashion Felts

Surface Studies I, II

Folk vs. Modern (Youth Class)

Quilter's Color Wheel

Anyone Can Sew

Knotted Textiles

 

In addition to regular courses I have been involved in programs between the center and the University of Chicago Lab After School program, Hyde Park Learning Resources, and The Chicago Public schools.  I also regularly participate in special event workshops like Fun For All, Mischief Weekend, private group workshops and Creativity Camp.

Nick Cave, Artist, Professor

Chicago, IL, United States
Sep 2008 - Jul 2010
Studio Assistant 

Awards and Honors

2011      Chicago Artists' Coalition Bolt Residency

2009      Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship: Visual Arts

2005      Work chosen to represent Fiber department in The School of the Art Institute's Undergrad view book

2001-7  School of the Art Institute Merit Grants

 

Selected Exhibitions and Events

2012

Yet to be titled Solo Show, BOLT Project Space, Chicago Artists' Coalition, Chicago, IL

TBA, Octagon Gallery, Chicago, IL

TBA, Lawn* Gallery, Chicago, IL

Stage Installation for the Toetags, The Elbo Room, Chicago, IL

Beer Budget Supernova, Parlor Room Project Space, Ann Arbor, MI

 

2011

Artifact, BOLT Project Space, Chicago Artists' Coalition, Chicago, IL

Party with an Artist, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL

Art Fair 2011, Marwen, Chicago, IL

PREVIEW, BOLT Project Space,  Chicago Artists' Coalition, Chicago, IL

What’s Your Art?, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Spring Show, Chromophobia Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

2010

Art Loop Open, Allegro Hotel, Chicago, IL

Art Here Art Now, Chicago Artist's Month Featured Project, 53rd and Harper, Chicago, IL

Live Forever, Concertina Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

2008

Interpreted Color, Robert Wayner Gallery, Chicago, IL

smART Show, Flat Iron Arts Building, Chicago, IL

Black Flag Black Tie, Couture Uniform Pageant, Q Studios, Chicago, IL

 

2007             

The Notebook Project, Art House, Atlanta, GA

School of the Art Institute MFA Thesis Exhibition, Chicago, IL

$960,000+, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

 

 2006               

GO!POSTAL, Flaxman Library, Chicago, IL

Version>06 Parallel Cities, Iron Studios, Chicago, IL

#510: If the Shoe Fits, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

2005             

Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, Peter Miller Gallery, New York, NY

8th Annual Chicago Art Open, 847 W. Jackson, Chicago, IL

The Hollingsworth Natural History Collection, Gallery X, Chicago, IL

Undergraduate Exhibition, G2, Chicago, IL                    

Skills

Creative Skills

(Rockstar)
10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)
Skillometer_5

Drawing and Painting.

Hand and Machine Sewing.

Surface Design: Embroidery, Beading, and Fabric Dye Processes.

Knotting Techniques: Knitting, Crochet and Macramé

Paper Arts: Hand Paper Making, Bookbinding, and Artist Book Production

Various Loom Weaving and Yarn Craft Techniques

Printmaking: Relief, Etching, Lithography, and Screen Printing

Sculpture techniques: Molding, Casting, Light Construction, Carving, and Basic Carpentry

Computer Skills

(Rockstar)
10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)
Skillometer_5

Windows and OS Platforms, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Outlook, Adobe Photoshop, Flash, and Thompson Endnote.