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EDUCATION
2011        School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Master of Fine Arts: Sculpture
2007        Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA, Bachelor of Arts: Multi Disciplinary Studies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2010        Studio Assistant, Michael Rakowitz, Chicago IL, Summer 2010
2006        Wall drawing crew member, Sol Lewitt, Jesse Good, crew chief “Sol Lewitt recent Work”,                         Lyman Allen Museum, New London, CT
TEACHING
2011        Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
                Figurative Sculpture: Metal, Instructor Faheem Majeed.
                Assist instructor in creating a safe, creative learning environment for student exploration in                     ferris metals. Oxy acetylene, MIG and TIG welding

2010        Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
                Knowledge Lab, Instructor Frances Whitehead. Assistant to the instructor of a                                            investigative sculpture course designed to ask questions on knowledge and ways of knowing. I                 worked directly with students on presentation and dissemination projects and activities.                             Oversaw supply orders coordinate visiting lectures. Facilitate activities taking place in the                         garden.
                Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago , IL
                Art of Crossing the Street, Instructor Drea Howenstein and Faheem Majeed. Assistant to the                     instructors, with in a class designed to encourage students to go beyond the wall of the school                 and actively engage with community of Chicago at large. I oversaw the development of a                         student blog based on class activities. Organized field trips and transportation
                Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute Chicago, IL
                Basic Metal Smithing, Light Metals, Instructor Amy Butts   
                Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute Chicago, IL
                Special Projects, Light Metals, Instructor Ron Lancaster,

2009        Visiting Artist, Amistad Center for Art and Culture, Wadsworth  Atheneum, Hartford, CT                             "Lincoln” presented hand on workshops. Attended by 1,200 community members

2004-05    Sculpture/ Drawing Instructor, Center for Creative Youth, Wesleyan University,                                         Middletown, CT, Instructed young people fourteen to eighteen in an intensive artist                                     residency program in the fundamentals of sculpture and design.

2002        Artist in Residence, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
                Designer of hands on arts activities inspired by Yale University Art Gallery's world                                     renowned collection. Working with teachers, docents and Yale student volunteers to                                 implement activities for visiting schools, Talented and Gifted programs and Urban and                             Suburban projects. 

1997-05   Master Teaching Artist,Teaching Artist Rooster, Connecticut Commission on the Arts,                                 Hartford, CT, Conducted school residencies in Arts Magnet, Public and Private schools                             throughout the state of Connecticut

1999        Artist in Residence, New Haven Police Academy Class VII, New Haven, CT
                Designed term project for police students in training. Worked with 7 students, in-group                             training for community policing. Sensitize police candidates to issues of  race, religion,                             and sexual orientation  discussed and used as themes for term projects. My group                                     focused on race issues and diversity within the police department and the community at                         large. Research included a visit to Harlem, East Harlem, and Soho, NY. Final project                                 constructed a site specific installation at the new Police Academy Site, 100 Sherman Parkway,                 and New Haven.

1997-99     Artist in Residence, Heritage Cultural Project, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT                                      Urban/suburban project with Westside Middle School, Waterbury and Memorial Middle                            School, Middlebury. Working with academic teachers from both schools the project
                   included History, English, and Art teachers. Students were required to interview a family                            member, and researches further the historical period. Creating writing, visual art, and or                             performance around the family member's story

1990-03     Arts Instructor, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT.
                   Instructed arts classes in both two and three dimensional format in numerous media                                with children K-12 and adults

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2005-08     Artistic Director, Institute for Community Research (ICR), Hartford, CT
                  Organization and implementation of public programming and ICR dissemination efforts.                           Program development and exhibitions. Organized international conference workshops                               and exhibition featuring artists and researchers with a focus on community based arts,                               activism and dissemination. Concurrently developed visual arts curriculum for Xperience                           Hartford, a drug prevention and communications program for at risk youth.                                               www.incommunityresearch.org 

2005         Interim Director, Urban Artists Initiative, Institute for Community Research, Hartford,                                 CT Promoted to the position of director, responsible for the day-to-day operation of a                                 statewide, National Endowment of the Arts funded program (see below). Fiscal                                          management for a multi million dollar budget, selection of artists and organizations for                             professional development opportunities. Planning and organization of a
                multidisciplinary artist showcases.

1998-05     Program Coordinator, Urban Artist Initiative, Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT.                 A program of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism in partnership with the I                        Institute for Community Research. Designed with the goal of increasing cultural equity, by                         helping to develop skills of professionalism in culturally and ethnically diverse artist. My duties                 include: Development and coordination of  program activities of ten Connecticut cities and site                 coordinators. Identify resources and  opportunities for artists. Provide support to director and                     co director in the administration of this statewide program. Sites included "Central Region"                         Hartford, Waterbury, New Britain and Bristol and the "Southwest Region" New Haven,                             Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford and South East Region New London and Norwich. Along                     with additional duties as Artistic Director, I designed, arranged and implemented 50, exhibition                  opportunities for over 97, visual artists in galleries, educational venues and public spaces                         through out the state of Connecticut.

1998        Program Director, Students Training in Art to Unify Style (STATUS), Creative Arts                                     Workshop (CAW), New Haven, CT, Designed curriculum for selected High School students 14                 to 18 years old, to develop entrepreneurial skill and to design and create handmade crafts                         items. Worked with CAW director and gallery staff along with visiting artists and gallery owners                 to educate young people in the business of production art making

1996        Program Coordinator, Special Needs Program (SNP), Neighborhood Music School,New                         Haven, CT, SNP is designed to stimulate and enhance the lives of mentally and physically                         handicapped children and adults, by means of the arts. Developed weekly program and                             activities which included visual art, movement /dance and music.

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
    Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
    Capital Community College, Hartford, CT
    Wadsworth Antheneum, Hartford, CT
    Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Rhode Island
    Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York
    Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
    Franklin Pierce College, Ridge, New Hampshire
    Quinnipiac College, Hamden CT

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2006         Artist Fellowship Recipient, Awarded in Painting, Connecticut Commission on Culture and                       Tourism
2003         Selected, Artists in the Market Place Program, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
2002         Artist Fellowship Recipient, Awarded in Sculpture, Connecticut Commission on the Arts
2001         Distinguished Advocate for the Arts, Selected, Connecticut Commission on the Arts,
1999         Pump House Gallery, Bushnell Park, City of Hartford, Hartford CT Awarded Exhibition for the                  year 2000 exhibit series
                Selected, Vermont Studio Center, Institute for a Civil Society Fellow, guest critics Susanna                         Coffey and Italo Scanga
1997        Selected Delegate, Sister City Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa Selected to represent New                         Haven Arts Community on the first fact finding mission of our newest sister city.
1995-06   Master Teaching Artist, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Selected as a featured artist on                 statewide rooster
1995        Honoree, Arts Award, Putting it all Together, the Greater New Haven Arts Council, New                             Haven, CT
1994        Grant Recipient, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Inner City Cultural Development                             Program        
                Selected Logo Designer, Caribbean Festival, New Haven CT,

ART FAIRS
2011        MDW Art Fair, What It Is Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010        artXposium, West Chicago, IL
                Version Fest 2010, Chicago, IL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004           Works on Paper, Senate Democratic Leadership Offices, State Capitol, Hartford, CT
2003           Colleen L. Coleman Recent Work, New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College,                            Manchester, CT
2002           House Works, Burnished Chariot, New London, CT
2001           Yard Show, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
1999           ONE WOMAN SHOW, Richard and Hinda Rosenthal, Stamford Center for the Arts,                                    Stamford, CT Gallery, Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford, CT
1998           HAIREDITY, Butterworth Gallery, Hartford College for Women, Hartford CT
 
EXHIBITIONS
2011        Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of                             Chicago, Chicago, IL
                HEROIC! Please, PERFORMANCE EXHIBITION/EVENT, Chicago, IL
                WEDDINGS/PROMS/CORPORATE EVENTS/BEAUTY PAGEANTS/BAR                                                 MITZVAHS/QUINCEANERAS/, GRADUATE SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, ZHOU B ART                             CENTRE, Chicago, IL

2010        Excuses, The Base Space Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
                Uncommon Territories, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
                Recession, South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, IL

2009        Learning Modern, Sullivan Gallery, SAIC, Chicago, IL

2008        Tracing Identity, Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Hartford, CT

2006        Artists Choose Artists, Black Rock Art Center, Bridgeport, CT

2005        Being Good: Women’s Moral Value in the New Millennium, Alva Gallery, New London, CT
                Voyages of Time and Place, The William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut,                                 Storrs, CT
                Witnessing: Visions of Three African American Artists, Springfield
                Community Technical College, Springfield, MA

2004       Center for Creative Youth: Faculty Exhibition, Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University,                                 Middletown, CT
                Shifting Affinities, Yale University, New Haven, CT curated by Paul Clabby,
                Living Spaces at the Crossroads, an exhibition in conjunction with the Institute for                                     Community Research’s national conference, Crossroads:  Hartford, CT
                Artspace, Teen Docents curate the Flat file, Artspace, New Haven, CT
                Constructing Identity Race, Gender, Sexuality, UCONN/Stamford Art Gallery curator                                 Benjamin Ortiz and Cynthia Roznoy, Stamford, CT

2003        Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship Artist Exhibition 6, Connecticut                                         Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT
                23rd Artist in the Market Place (AIM) Program Exhibition, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

2002           Hairitage, Amistad Foundation Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
2001           Words of Vision/ Vision of Words, a visual art exhibition inspired by the poems of                                        Marilyn Nelson, Poet Laureate of Connecticut, Connecticut Commission on the Arts                               Gallery, Hartford, CT
                   Narration, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT curator Robert Taplin
                   International Women’s Month, The People’s Center, New Haven, CT
                   Positive Power, The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
                    Anymore, Real Artways, Hartford, CT curator David Borowski, Hartford, CT

2000            Africa Over-, Under-, and Crosscurrents, The Thoreau Art Gallery Pierce College
                    Rindge, NH curators Lorette Gasgard and James Montford
                    Positive Power- Women Artists of Connecticut, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield,
                    CT   
                    AMISTAD Historical Perspectives/ Contemporary Interpretations, a collaboration with the                         New Haven Historical Society and contemporary artists Colleen Coleman, Ed Hamilton, and                     Howardena Pindell, the Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
                    Paper Works, CT Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT Juror Harry Philbrick, director of the                         Aldrich Museum

Panels and Forums
2003        Visiting Artists Lecture Series, RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), Providence, RI
2002        Visiting Artists, Public Art: New Haven Open Studio, Artspace, and New Haven, CT
2001        Visiting Artists, The Artist's Studio, Gallery Talks, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT
2000-01   Visiting Artists, Positive Power- Women Artists of Connecticut, Four Forum Series The                             Aldrich Museum, Yale Art Gallery, The Stamford Museum and Nature Center, and The                             Discovery Museum, Artistic Direction Susan Benton
2000       Visiting Artists, African Over-, Under-, And Crosscurrents, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge,                        New Hampshire

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2011    School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago 2011 MFA Sculpture Grads - Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/17/school-of-the-art-    institu_n_877864.html
    Pedro Vélez on three Chicago MFA exhibitions - artnet Magazine http://    www.artnet.com/    magazineus/arteducation/velez/chicago-mfa-    shows-5-31-11_detail.asp?picnum=1

2003        For a Few Days, New Haven Artists Give Up the Hermit’s Life, New York Times, Sunday                         October 12, 2003, Benjamin Genocchio
              Burnished Chariot,Art New England, February/March, Patricia Rosoff

2002        The Third Wave, Art New England, L.P. Streitfield
                Up and Coming, New York Arts International, L.P. Streitfield

2001        Installation Creates a World on the Other Side of a Glass Divide, New Haven Register,                             Sunday September 2, Judy Birke
                Yard Show Ushers I Millennial Feminine Spirit, The Advocate & Greenwhich Times,                                 Stamford, Sunday September 2, L.P. Streitfield