PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LOWER SCHOOL ART TEACHER | MIRMAN SCHOOL

AUG. 2019 - PRESENT |Los Angeles, CA

  • Develop and teach the visual arts curriculum for grades K-4 in an independent school that serves the needs of a highly gifted population.

  • Collaborate with grade level teams and other specialists to plan and implement cross-curricular projects.

  • Manage all art supply purchasing and maintain the annual art supply budget.

  • Oversee campus kiln room: schedule usage, manage equipment and supplies, and develop ceramic curriculum for Lower and Upper School classes.

  • Create opportunities for service learning and social justice activism through the art program.

  • Curate annual student art show. A process that includes: working with students and teachers to develop thematic concepts, supervising student writers, and installing the artwork.


ART TEACHER | WARNER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SEPT. 2015 – JUNE 2019 |Los Angeles, CA

  • Developed and taught the visual arts curriculum for grades TK-5 in a school of 665 students with a diverse global community.

  • Observed, planned, taught, and assessed practice to inform and modify instruction for multi-cultural classes with many levels of ability.

  • Managed all art supply purchasing and maintained the annual art supply budget.


ART HISTORY INSTRUCTOR | UCLA EXTENSION

JAN. 2010 – AUG. 2019 | Los Angeles, CA

  • Worked with local cultural institutions to create one-day workshops based on temporary exhibitions and permanent collection artworks.

  • Taught the Survey of Western Art, a three-quarter series that uses lecture, discussion, and critical analysis to explore art created from the Stone Age to the present.


EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITIONS LIAISON | THE GETTY MUSEUM

DEC. 2007 – JAN. 2010 | Los Angeles, CA

  • Worked with curatorial departments to identify educational opportunities in exhibitions and permanent collection installations.

  • Developed content for art exhibitions including: labels, gallery design, educational programming, and all didactic components.

  • Curated educational spaces within temporary art exhibitions.


MUSUEM EDUCATOR | THE GETTY MUSEUM

MAY 2005 - DEC 2007 | Los Angeles, CA

  • Proposed, developed, and taught short-format classes focusing on subjects including cultural context and historical art making techniques.

  • Developed and presented in-gallery talks, discussions, and school and family programs.


RESEARCH ASSISTANT | MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

MAY 2003 - MAY 2005 | Los Angeles, CA

  • Coordinated the international traveling exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: Combines.

  • Worked with all museum departments on projects related to the exhibition

  • Curated the exhibition’s didactic space, Anatomy of a Combine


EDUCATION

MASTER OF ARTS IN HUMANITIES

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Art History, major

Italian, minor

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

CERTIFICATION

K-12 Single Subject Credential: Art

Certificate in Teaching and Learning:

International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program