Specific skills include: curriculum development and professional training of museum educators, pre - service teachers, and administrators.

EXPERIENCE

TEACHING ARTIST
Lincoln Center Institute For The Arts in Education, N.Y. N Y. 1992-Present

• Leading professional development workshops, nationally and internationally in aesthetic education for educators: university professors, classroom teachers, and institutional leaders. Including workshops at Queens University, Kingston, Canada, and The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea. 

• Co teaching aesthetic education workshops in higher education settings, throughout New York City: CUNY Institutions, Bank Street College, Stern College.

• Partnering with Pre K-12, New York City public school teachers, to design and teach aesthetic education workshops, including art making and museum visits.

TEACHING ARTIST
Center for Arts Education, N.Y., N.Y. 2011-Present

• Leading professional development workshops, for teachers  teachers, in New York City museums. 

• Partnering with Pre K-12, New York City public school teachers, to design and teach aesthetic education workshops, for regular education students and English Language Learners.

TEACHING ARTIST
Flushing Council on Culture and Art, Queens, N.Y. 2011

• Leading professional development workshops, for Middle School  teachers, in the classroom.

• Partnering with middle school teachers to write curriculum, incorporating the ELA curriculum, the visual arts, and the ELL

 (English language learners) curriculum.

CURRICULUM WRITER
Common Core, Washington D.C. 2010

• Selected works of art and designed activities for the Common Core Curriculum Mapping Project, grades K-12.

LECTURER
The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. N.Y. Access and Community Programs, 2004-2008

• Designed and lead visits in the collection, for adults and children with varying disabilities: autism, learning disabilities, blind and partially sighted, and the hearing impaired.

• Included extensive training in approaches to working with diverse audiences.

LECTURER
The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. N.Y. Ford Family Programs, 1995-2006

• Worked closely with Moma educators to design and lead visits to the collection with family groups.  Visits included discussion, art making, with an emphasis on whole family participation.

LECTURER
Symphony Space/The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. N.Y. Curriculum Arts Project, 1995-1997

• Lead workshops and museum visits, with 6th grade, New York City public school students.

• Workshops were integrated into the social studies curriculum.

ART INSTRUCTOR
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y. Raiders of The Fine Arts, 1993-1995

• Studio art program, including instruction in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing, for children aged 6 to 12.

• Workshops included visits to the collection to study related art forms and concepts.


CO-DIRECTOR/ART INSTRUCTOR
Art Start. N.Y. N.Y. East 3rd St. Homeless Family Shelter, and Catherine Street Homeless Family Shelter, 1991-1993

• Co founder and administrator of the Art Start program.

• Responsibilities included hiring and training artists and dancers, leading family workshops for 8-14 year olds in the shelter setting, publishing bi monthly newsletter with student participation.

ART INSTRUCTOR/PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTOR
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, N.Y. Interpretive Day School, 1991-1992

• Developed and lead workshops in the museums, for visiting school groups, K-12.

EDUCATION

ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART, Toronto, Canada, and N.Y. N.Y. 1982-1985

• AOCA Diploma. (BFA equivalent)

GEORGE SIMHONI, PHOTOGRAPHER, Toronto, Ontario, 1984

• Apprenticed with commercial photographer.

EMILY CARR COLLEGE OF ART, Vancouver, Canada, 1980-1982

• Interdisciplinary Arts Program.