EXPERIENCE
HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER
AUG 2022 - Current
AUG 2022 - Current
Westinghouse College Prep High School, Chicago
Create curriculum for Art 1 course from the ground up, focusing on contemporary artists & practices. Centering joy and identity exploration in the classroom. Teaching across 5 sections to 155 students, with a varying degree of supports needed.
UNION DELEGATE
FEB 2024 - Current
FEB 2024 - Current
Chicago Teachers Union
Represent 90+ school members, attend & facilitate monthly meetings, resolve workplace issues, recruit new union members.
CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR
OCT 2021 - OCT 2023
OCT 2021 - OCT 2023
Chicago Ceramic Center, Chicago, IL
Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Prepared and taught weekly demonstrations for introductory & intermediate ceramics courses at community art centers. Maintained general studio up-keep and preform weekly kiln firings.
ARTS TEACHER
JUL 2021 - AUG 2023
JUL 2021 - AUG 2023
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
Marwen, Chicago, IL
Marwen, Chicago, IL
Summer Program Middle School Teacher. Designing and teaching curriculum for week long courses in various disciplines, including printmaking, wheel throwing, and comics.
DESIGNER / FABRICATOR
JUL 2021 - AUG 2021
JUL 2021 - AUG 2021
Building Brown Workshop, Chicago, IL
Collaborating with a team with 3 others, we designed and built multi-functional, outdoor objects for summer long community engagements. The objects were playful & interactive, lending themselves to exploration and imagination.
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
JUL 2021 - AUG 2021
JUL 2021 - AUG 2021
Mobilize! Creative Blocks, Collective Dreams, Chicago
Created and lead multi-hour drop in sessions for community members in various locations throughout Chicago's South and West sides. Drop-in sessions focused on building objects, making art, play, and community engagement.
TEACHING ASSISTANT
JAN 2020 - MAY 2020
JAN 2020 - MAY 2020
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Assisted faculty and students in the classroom by providing technical and conceptual assistance, demonstrations, critical responses, and supervision to first year students in a multi-disciplinary studio art course.
EDUCATION
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Art Education, May 2022
University of Illinois at Chicago
Magna Cum Laude Honors
Magna Cum Laude Honors
Studied Fine Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018-2020
SCHOLARSHIPS
UIC School of Art & Art History Art Department Award
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
Marianne and Carl Larson Scholarship
Penland School of Craft, North Carolina
Penland School of Craft, North Carolina