I’ve worked in educational programming with people of all ages for 15 years.  I have experience creating & facilitating arts programming for schools, community centers, teaching residencies, virtual classes, and classes in nature, across age groups.

Relevant Experience 

Art Specialist & Teaching Artist in Residence

Bayview Foundation, Inc.

Conceptualized, planned, and facilitated a variety of arts and creativity projects aimed at increasing engagement, creative thinking, collaboration, and technical abilities in the arts. Community members explored the creative process through individual and community projects across mediums, with an emphasis on creative process and technique.

Art Enrichment Instructor

Rochester Public Schools

Designed curriculum aligned with national core art standards & culturally responsive teaching and lead art enrichment courses in elementary schools across the district as well as designing and hosting an open creative studio for families monthly.

Visual Arts Program Coordinator and Instructor

Millennium Middle School 

Designed curriculum aligned with national core art standards in addition to new research on the science of creativity, fostering authentic expression, self and world exploration, and community impact through the arts. Classes I designed and taught included Drawing Fundamentals, Artistic Process, Art and Society, Digital Collage, and Color Theory.

Master of Science, Community Education & Engagement -  UW Milwaukee

Studio Arts Classes: drawing, painting, sculpture, & ceramics - Laney College & Berkeley Community College

Art Instructor Training - Oakland Museum of Children’s Art

Art Instructor Professional Development - Art of Education University 

Initiatic Art Practitioner Certification - Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy

Middle School Responsive Classroom Training - Responsive Classroom

Restorative Justice Circle Facilitator Training  - YWCA Madison

Drawing Lab

Explore drawing fundamentals through a series of projects and technique specific lessons including character creation, story telling, landscape drawing, and map making. 

Ages 5 years-adult, In person or Online

Painter’s Workshop

Practice abstract and realistic painting in both acrylic and watercolor through various projects that emphasize exploration as well as specific techniques.

Ages 4 years to adult, In person or Online

Exploring the Elements of Art Across Mediums

Explore the art elements line, color, shape, form & texture, learn about inspirational artists and practice with art mediums including collage, clay, watercolor, and oil pastels.

Ages 6-12 years, in person

Possibilities in Printmaking

Learn how to make prints and patterns out of all kinds of creative materials and on mediums including paper, fabric, and canvas.

Ages 5 years to adult, In person

Watercolor & Mixed Media Art

Explore abstract watercolor technique and build on foundational watercolor paintings with ink, pastel, and collage as single works or in art journal format.

Age 11 to adult, In person or Online

Art & Craft Studio

Try out weaving, creating with clay, and portraiture in an open studio format with technique lessons at the beginning of class and guidance available as needed.

Ages 5 years to adult, In person