Education

1995 Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University Master of Fine Arts
 

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Painting and Drawing
 
  • Teaching Assistantship Award
 
1993 Massachusetts College of Art Teacher Certification
  Boston, Massachusetts Art Education
 
  • Graduate Assistantship Award
 
1987 Dartmouth College Bachelor of Arts, cum laude
  Hanover, New Hampshire Visual Arts
 
  • Certificate in Women's Studies
  • Marcus Heiman Award for Excellence in Visual Studies
  • Royal Society for the Arts, Silver Medal
  • Citation for Academic Excellenece for Senior Felloship Project
  • Senior Fellowship for Year of Independent Study in Lieu of Classes
  • Citation for Academic Excellence, Visual Studies, Advanced Drawing
 
   
Professional Experience

 

2007- Present University of Hartford Adjunct Faculty
  Hartford, Connecticut  
 

•Landmarks of Early Italy in Rome, Florence, Ravenna, Assisi and Siena
•Plan and implement various aspects of study abroad program
•Creativity: The Dynamics of Artistic Expression
•Support content in courses with Blackboard websites

 
     
2007-2008 Franklin Pierce University Visitng Faculty in Fine Arts
  Rindge, New Hampshire  
  •History and Techniques of Art Criticism
•Three-Dimensional Design
•Experiencing the Arts
•Foundations of Art
•Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art
•Drawing I
•History of Art
•Asian Art History
 
     
1998-Present Leland and Gray Art Teacher
  Townshend, Vermont  
  •Develop and implement art department curriculum
•Manage all aspects of art department
•Planning, management and supervision of art student trip to Italy
•Hiring and supervision of art department faculty
•Develop and instruct interdisciplinary courses with technology department
•Develop Internet-based Art History course and teach it at the Virtual High School
•Student advising, including portfolio development
 
     
1996-2000 Community College of Vermont Instructor
  Brattleboro and Bellows Falls, Vermont  
  • Drawing I (3 sections)
•Drawing II(2 sections)
•Painting I (2 sections)
•Art History: Renaissance to Present
•Ceramics
•Women and Art
•Administration of student art show
•Coordination of student public art installations
 
     
1995-1998 South Hadley Public Schools Art Teacher
  South Hadley, Massachusetts  
  •Interdisciplinary art curriculum specialist  
     
1994-1995 Rutgers University Teaching Assistant
  New Brunswick, New Jersey  
  •Instructor of Artmaking I & II  

Selected Publications, Presentations and Awards

 
     
2008 Featured Artist, Power Issue   Zingology.com
  Online , “Crusades,” “Axis of Evil,” “Sleep of the Just” Curated by Marjorie Kaye
2007 Featured Artist So To Speak
 

“Nancy Preferred to Be Called Interesting,” “You Present Your Arguments Well, Miss Drew,” “Consume Children," “Homage to Cassatt,” “Set the Dial at WASH”

Fairfax, Virginia
2007 Groupe de Recherches Anglo-Américaines de Tours "Jusctice in the 'Holy War' Series"
  Conference on Justice Conference Presentation
  Tours, France  
2007 Seattle University "Imagining the Lesbian Family"
  Re-Imagining the Family Conference Conference Presentation
  Seattle, Washington  
2006 Kent State Ashtabula "Painted Politics: The 'Holy War' Series"
  Between Jihad and McWorld, Voices of Social Justice Conference Presentation
  Ashtabula, Ohio  
2005 Women and Performance, Excess Issue "Science of Conception"
  Illustration for article by Erin Striff  
  “Infertile Me: The Public Performance of Fertility Treatments in Internet Weblogs”  
2003 Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant
  Montpelier, Vermont "Holy War" Series
2003 Seton Hall University Panel Presentation
  South Orange, New Jersey Women in the New Millenium
2000-1

Go Girls Conference

"The Empowerment of Art and Poetry"
  Randolph, Vermont Workshop Presentation
2000 Vermont Arts Council Opportunity Grant
  Montpelier, Vermont "Immaculate Insemination Series"
2000 Marie Walsh Sharpe Artist-Teacher Program Fellowship
  Colorado Springs, Colorado "Immaculate Insemination Series"
1998 Sojourner: A Women's Forum Depression Issue
  Boston, Massachusetts Selections from "Survivor" Series
1997 Vermont Arts Council Opportunity Grant
  Montpelier, Vermont "Farming Women"
1996 Evergreen Chronicles The Collaborations Issue
  Minneapolis, Minnesota "Flashback"/"Rehab"