Education, exhibits, etc
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education
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, MFA, 2009
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Certificate Program, 2002 - 2005
solo exhibitions
There is no Alternative, Holy Family University Gallery, Philadelphia, 2010
Exhibition, Northeastern PA Organizing Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 2008
group exhibitions
Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
The Fellowship of the Academy, Juried Student Exhibition,Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Gallery 128, Philadelphia, PA, 2008. Awarded Fellowship Prize.
MFA Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery 128, Philadelphia, 2008
MFA Candidate Show, Blink Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
Manybody, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, 2007
Operation RAW, Icebox, Philadelphia, 2005
Art of the State: Pennsylvania, Greater Harrisburg Arts Council, 2005
GeoClan Art Fix, Philadelphia, 2005
exhibitions curated
What are Human Rights?, Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, 2005
Untold Stories, Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, 2004
Break the Blackout, Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, 2003
teaching experience
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2008: Still Life; Led individual critiques, taught drawing and painting techniques in a class focusing on issues of composition.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Summer 2008: Materials and Techniques; prepared class materials, led group critiques, demonstrated stained glass media.
Extensive community-based teaching experience with the University of the Poor and Media Mobilizing Project.
professional affiliations
Coordinator, School of Arts and Culture, University of the Poor.
Founded a local and national group of artists who work with poor people’s organizations and the Poverty Initiative. Work has included carrying out a survey on Artists and Health Care (2006) and curating exhibitions.
Member, Media Mobilizing Project. Organize arts and culture aspect of a group that aims to create the media infrastructure for a movement to end poverty.
Advisory Board, Foundation Community Arts Initiative (The Rotunda)
Invited lectures, conference presentations
“Image Composition: Composing images that people can’t help but look at”, Media Mobilizing Project, 2009
“How art affects society and vice versa”, Holy Family University, 2006, 2008
“Results of ‘Artists and Health Care’ survey”, PPEHRC Leadership School, July 2006
“Battle of images: Arts and culture in political movements.” PPEHRC Leadership School, July 2005.
“Art and society”, Holy Family University, 2005