2006-9RISD, AS220 Community Printshop, and Rhode Island College
2000-6Video editing, printmaking, and art education, at Laney College, UC Berkeley
2004MFA Film, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2001Post-Baccalaureate in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1997BA Women Studies, Smith College, Northampton, MA
SCREENING OF ANIMATION COLLABORATION
New England Animators Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston 2011
Providence Children's Film Festival Metcalf Auditorium, RISD Museum, Providence 2011
Bang on a Can Allstars Merkin Hall, The Kaufman Center, NY, NY 2010
Art for Healthcare Reform http://artforhealthcarereform.googlepages.com/ 2009
Screening My Thoughts AS220, Providence, RI 2009
The Light Alps Little Falls, Pawtuxet Village, Cranston, RI 2008
Calculated Result: Mathematical Art The Arts Center, Corvalis, OR 2011
In Place Everywhere AS220, Providence, RI 2009
Martini and Massage Night Copley Plaza, Boston, MA 2006
Resistance, Rebellion Death 1451b Stevenson, San Francisco, CA 2004
Breathless 60 Folsom, San Francisco, CA 2003
Take Out Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003
Annual Student Art Show June Steingart Gallery, Oakland, CA 2003
GROUP FILM SCREENINGS
Providence Children's Film Festival Metcalf Auditorium, RISD Museum, Providence 2011
Derapage 10, sélection officielle Centre de Design de l'UQAM, Quebec, Canada 2010
Free, As Always New Nothing Cinema, San Francisco, CA 2004
Motion Graphics ATA, San Francisco, CA 2003
PUBLICATIONS
The Art of Self Acceptance, curated by Tamara Laporte, Lulu.com March, 2010
PRESS
Alan Kozinn, “Work by the People and for the People” The New York Times February 25, 2010
Greg Cook, “Channel Surfing,” The Providence Phoenix November 17, 2009
Meredith Tromble, “West Coast,” Stretcher.org June 27, 2003 http://www.stretcher.org/archives/b-wc_a/2003_06_01_wc_archive.html
Works collected in Japan, Florida, Boston, and Providence, including a commissioned series at Om Kids Yoga Studio in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Elizabeth Killian Roberts Prize for Drawing 1997
Painting/Drawing: Landscape, figure, anatomy, using oil, acrylic, watercolor, and drawing media.
Computer: Final Cut Pro, Premiere, MonkeyJam Animation, VirtualDub Sound Editor, Illustrator, Freehand, Photoshop, ImageReady, Flash, HTML, GIFBuilder, PowerPoint.
Film/Video: 16 mm, 8 mm, hand processing, film animation stand, digital animation, digital still and motion cameras, various projection methods.
Printmaking: Intaglio, relief, lithography, screenprint, monotype, letterpress, solvent free printing, photopolymer plate.
Language: Fluent in French, Japanese.
ART TEACHING
Portrait Painting Instructor DotArt, Dorchester, MA2007-9
Co-taught 2009 six week class, “Painting the Town Green.” Worked in conjunction with three other teachers.
Led 2007 Shakespeare themed portrait painting class for inner city high school students.
.Designed syllabus with program director, collaborated with a Shakespeare coach.
.Coordinated in-class interactions with volunteers from eight different countries.
.Coordinated assistant teachers.
.Kept track of outside work required by the various programs that sent the students
.Led the installation and opening of the gallery exhibit of final student work.
Cartooning, Painting, Drawing Instructor Private Students 2007-2008
Taught one on one classes in beginning design, figure drawing, and painting.
PowerPoint Instructor Dorcas Place Adult Learning Center, Providence 2007
Taught the basics of PowerPoint to a class made up of GED and ESL students.
Photoshop Instructor Northampton Button Man 1996
Taught Photoshop to the owner of a button making business.
ENGLISH TEACHING
ESOL Instructor The Genesis Center, Providence, RI 2007- 2009
.Designed and taught syllabus for two large multilevel classes of English language learners.
.Participate in weekly staff meetings.
.Organized peer tutors.
.Participate in bi-semester standardized testing.
.Contribute monthly status reports.
.Attend conferences, workshops, and teacher swaps.
ESL Instructor Institute for Labor Studies, Bryant University, MA 2007
Gave English language instruction to on-site Colombian workers.
Test Prep Instructor Ivy West, San Mateo, CA 2004
Scheduled individual series of class to prepare high school students for the verbal sections of the SAT.
Instructional Assistant Laney College, Oakland, CA 2001-2003
Designed and taught semester long courses for adults with learning disabilities.
.Structured individual lesson plans to accommodate various learning styles.
.Communicated clear guidelines and expectations throughout the semester.
.Provided final grades, progress reports, and feedback in a timely fashion.
.Created individualized education plans, and revised student contracts as necessary.
.Lead meetings with counselors, the director, and the student regarding student progress.
Tutored learning disabled students in college courses: English, Art History, Math, and Statistics.
Test Prep Instructor Princeton Review 2001
Taught Math and English for the GMAT – business school standardized entrance exam.
GMAT Test Prep Instructor The Princeton Review, Berkeley, CA 2000
Commissioned Painting and Drawing Private Parties 2006-2011
Produced portraits and painted reproductions for individual clients.
Illustration – Freelance Release Print Magazine 2004
Cover and spot illustrations for the Bay Area film magazine.
Illustration - Freelance And the Moon Came With Us 2002-2003
Colorful relief print illustrations for a children’s book.
Print Design - Freelance Tricycle Exchange 2000
Created advertising design for the Tricycle Buddhist Review magazine.
Web Design - Freelance LCI SmartPen, Helerlee 2000
Translation of text and images, English to Japanese.
Web Illustrator, Maintenance itsQuick 2000 - 2001
Designed illustrations and icons for various sites.
Communications Intern Massachusetts Water Resources Authority 1997
Designed and produced educational children's site on water and parasites. Wrote press releases, created MWRA blasting diagrams, web maintenance.
Print Design - Freelance Boston Irish Famine Memorial Society 1997
Print for the Minister of Culture of Ireland at the unveiling of a new Famine memorial.
Illustrator and Translator IACE Travel 1993
Illustrated and translated, English to Japanese, articles for the IACE Travel publication.