Teaching Experience:
2024 - present Visual Art Instructor, Near North Montessori School. Responsibilities include designing and facilitating visual arts classes for children ages 5-14.
2024 - present Lecturer, Continuing Studies Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Responsibilities include designing curriculum and teaching fundamental painting and drawing techniques to high school and middle school students, providing feedback, and leading group critiques.
2023-2024 Lecturer, Painting and Drawing Department, SAIC. Responsibilities include developing curriculum, instructing classes, teaching students how to approach life drawing with different material and technical processes, providing individual feedback to undergraduate students, guiding students through final project development, and leading group critiques.
2023-2024 Visual Art Instructor, Discover Music Discover Life. Art teacher for pre-K through 8th grade students at a non-public Title I school: Responsibilities include creating engaging visual arts curriculum, teaching students about different artists and materials, teaching students of different ages, managing a classroom, ordering and preparing supplies within a budget.
2023-2024 Teaching Artist, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education. Responsibilities include working with a Chicago Public Schools Teacher to develop and implement arts integration curriculum for her bilingual classroom of third grade students, teaching students about different artists and materials.
2023 Art Instructor for Multi-Arts Summer Camp, Continuing Studies Department, SAIC. Responsibilities include planning curriculum for elementary age students, leading project-based lessons using different art materials, facilitating museum visits and teaching students about artists from different time periods and cultures, and ordering supplies within a budget.
2022 - 23 Visiting Artist Coordinator, Painting and Drawing Department, SAIC. Responsibilities include communicating with potential Visiting Artists for the 2022-23 academic year, coordinating lectures and studio visits, advertising visits, and assisting the artist throughout their visit.
2022 Ryan Learning Center Summer Intern, The Art Institute of Chicago. Developed and facilitated tours of the museum for K-12 audiences, led bilingual Spanish and English tours with partner intern, led art-making workshops, created and led public Highlights tours for adults and families.
2022 Teaching Assistant for Painting and Drawing Department, SAIC. Assisted the instructor with facilitating class lessons for undergraduate students, teaching students fundamental drawing and painting techniques, providing individualized feedback to students each class, and leading group critiques.
2021-22 Teaching Assistant for Drawing and Painting Courses, Early College Program, SAIC.
2021 Education and Community Engagement Intern, The Phillips Collection. Researched current exhibitions and works on view to develop and implement Arts and Wellness meditation programs, Creative Aging programs, family and youth workshops, school partnership programs.
2020 – 2021 Instructor, Arlington Arts Center. Developed visual arts curriculum for children, teenagers, and adults, taught in-person and virtual art classes, summer camps and private lessons, prepared and ordered supplies within a budget.
2018 - 2019 Instructor, Center for Arts and Crafts, Penn State. Taught oil painting fundamentals to Penn State students, faculty, and staff, developed an engaging curriculum, prepared and ordered supplies, provided individualized feedback and suggestions to students.
2019 Gallery Interpretation and Public Programs Intern, Palmer Museum of Art. Worked with the Museum Educator to research current exhibitions, design family art workshops, order supplies within a budget, assist program participants during events, develop graphics and written information for a printed family-friendly guide to the museum.