Contact
12655 Vandelia Street
Frisco, Texas, 75035
Cell: 469-733-6734
Email: [email protected]
Education
MFA in Painting and Printmaking, Minor emphasis in Art History
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
BFA in Painting, Minor in Art History
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Post-Graduate Hours towards a PhD in Art Education
The University of North Texas, Denton Texas
Certifications/ Online Grading Platform Experience
Pearson.com (MyArtsLab) Learning Environments
Cengage.com Learning Environments
Faculty Web Access Online Grade book
Atlas Online Curriculum Mapping Software
BT100-104 (Blackboard/ Ecampus)
Adobe CS4/ 5/ 6 Beginning/ Advanced
Teaching Experience
Trinity Christian Academy
Tarrant County Community College District
Studio Art House
Private Art Instruction
The University Of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa
Hale High School
Community Enrichment in the Visual Arts
Research/ Academic/ Professional Interests
Grants
Graduate Assistantship
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Local Engagement: Service in the Visual Arts
International Engagement: General and Visual Art Service Activities
Selected Guest Workshops/ Talks
Selected Public Collections
Selected Private Collections
Institutional Service Opportunities
TVAA Student Art Competition, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2003-2013
Participating Artist, Art Auction Trinity Christian Academy 2009
Peer Evaluation Committee Trinity Christian Academy 2008
Volunteer researcher/ facilitator/ guest speaker 2008
Volunteer, Freshmen Faculty Mentor Program Trinity Christian Academy 2008
Volunteer Participating Faculty Mountainview College 2008
Volunteer researcher/ facilitator/ guest speaker 2007
Volunteer Visual Arts Department Graphic Designer Trinity Christian Academy 2006-2009
Volunteer and Donating Artist, Visual Arts Auctions, Trinity Christian Academy 2002-2004
Volunteer, Teen Advisor Program 2005
Volunteer Support/ Gallery Staff 2000
Student Mobilization Volunteer Student Leader 2000-2001
College Access Program 1996-1997
Mortar Board 1996-1997
Administrative/ Technical Assistant 1994-1997
References
Available upon request.
12655 Vandelia Street
Frisco, Texas, 75035
Cell: 469-733-6734
Email: [email protected]
Education
MFA in Painting and Printmaking, Minor emphasis in Art History
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
BFA in Painting, Minor in Art History
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Post-Graduate Hours towards a PhD in Art Education
The University of North Texas, Denton Texas
Certifications/ Online Grading Platform Experience
Pearson.com (MyArtsLab) Learning Environments
Cengage.com Learning Environments
Faculty Web Access Online Grade book
Atlas Online Curriculum Mapping Software
BT100-104 (Blackboard/ Ecampus)
Adobe CS4/ 5/ 6 Beginning/ Advanced
Teaching Experience
Trinity Christian Academy
- Addison, Texas, February 2002 – Present
- Full Time Art Instructor - Studio Art, Drawing I, Drawing II, Painting I, Painting II, Photography, Video Animation, Senior Thesis, Practicum and Exhibition, Documentary
- DCCCD (Dallas County Community College District), Dallas Texas, August 2006 – Present
- Adjunct Instructor – ARTS 1301-6412 Art Appreciation online, ARTS-1301-6250 Art Appreciation (Museum Studies), ARTS-1301-6501 Art Appreciation (Lecture), ARTS-1303-6501 Art Survey, ARTS 1304 Survey of Art History, ARTS-1311-6001 2D Design, ARTS 1316 Drawing I, ARTS 1317 Drawing II, ARTS 2316 Painting I, ARTS 2317 Painting II, and Arts 2316. Emphasis is on individual expression. (2 Lecture, 4 Lab.)
Tarrant County Community College District
- Ft. Worth, Texas, August 2005 – December 2005
- Adjunct Professor – Art Appreciation
Studio Art House
- McKinney, Texas, August 2009 – December 2009
- Art Instructor - An open media, private instruction involving multiple disciplines, primarily drawing and painting, beginning, advanced, contemporary to classical.
Private Art Instruction
- Dallas Texas, 2002 – Present
- Instructor - Classical Renaissance and Baroque to Contemporary Painting and Drawing Techniques, exploring conventional/ historical and contemporary methods
The University Of Tulsa
- Oklahoma, 1998 – 2001
- Graduate/ Teaching Assistant - Assisting professors Chuck Tomlins and Virgil Lampton. Slide/copy work, lecture and instruction, grading and critiquing, 2D Foundations/ Design, Sculpture.
The University of Tulsa
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, Spring Semester 1999.
- Guest Lecturer - Lecturing on African American Art, based upon scholarly research and concentration area while a graduate student, opportunity afforded by Art History Professor on my graduate panel.
Hale High School
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 1997 – May 1997
- Visiting Art Instructor – 2D Design/ Foundations
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 1996 – May 1997
- Visiting Photography Instructor
Community Enrichment in the Visual Arts
- Faculty/ Student Art Retreat, an event involving various group/ community art projects, shared between advanced students and art faculty, Rock Springs, Texas 2004-2013
- Participating artist, Oktoberfest, McKinney, Texas 2010
- Participating artist, McKinney Art Walk, McKinney, Texas 2009
- Volunteer Art Direction/ Participant in Mural Painting, School for Orphans, Volta Region, Ghana, Africa 2008
- Volunteer Art Direction/ Participant in Mural Paining, School for the Physically Machakos, Kenya 2007, 2010, 2012
- Volunteer Team Lead/ Mural Painting Lead for the Otto Hoffman Centre, Thika, Kenya 2012
Research/ Academic/ Professional Interests
- Contemporary practices/ theories in drawing and painting
- Visual culture, a history of the image and the evolving visual language of the information age
- Historical vs. Redefined artistic convention (in a multicultural visual culture)
Grants
- Research and Materials Grant 1998-1999
- University Grant, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa Oklahoma, September 1998 – May 2001
Graduate Assistantship
- The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 1998 – May 2001
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- “Spirit Birds”, South Dallas Cultural Center, 2013
- Wright Gallery, College Station, 2011
- Kiva Gallery, Dallas Texas 2010
- La Misha, McKinney, Texas 2007
- Chievres, Belgium, exhibit for United States Military and families on base 2006
- Tree Top Gallery, Dallas Texas 2006
- "Tall American Tales". Premium Goods, Houston, Texas 2005
- BOK Building Downtown Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2002
- Farmer's Branch Manske Library, Farmer's Branch Texas 1993
Selected Group Exhibitions
- Group Show, Cliff Gallery 2013
- Group Show, Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas Texas 2012
- Group Show, Cliff Gallery, Dallas Texas 2012
- “Faculty Show, Kiva Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2011
- “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: A Response by African-American Artists”, Cliff Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2011
- “Extra-Curricular”, Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2011
- Faculty Show, Kiva Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2010
- McKinney Art Walk, McKinney, Texas 2010
- Oktoberfest Art Walk, McKinney, Texas 2010
- “Tactile”. Brazos Gallery, Richardson, Texas 2010
- “Art for Orphans Art Auction” benefiting the children of the Springs of Hope Orphanage, Machakos, Kenya, Trinity Christian Academy, Addison, Texas 2009
- “Faculty Invitational Art Show”, Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, Texas 2009
- “Mi Casa Su Casa”. Kiva Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2008
- “Saturday Night Fever”. 500x Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2008
- “Faculty Show”, Treetop Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2007
- Arts and Crafts Exhibition Houston, Texas 2008
- Time Warner Cable (Office Building), Austin, Texas 2005
- San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas 2005
- "Faculty Show". Trinity Christian Academy, Addison, Texas 2004
- Royce Myers Art Ltd., Tulsa, Oklahoma 2002
- Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas 2001
- Annual Gussman Show, Alexander Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1998-2001
- Juried Show, St. Philip Neri Newman Center, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2000
- The I.A.O. Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1998
- Pyramid Atlantic Sixth Books Arts Fair, Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington DC. 1998
- Series IV: Traveling Print Show: Southwest Texas Institute of the Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas 1998
- Coronado Studios Gallery Collection. Austin, San Antonio, Texas. 1998
- Series 95-97 The University of Texas, Pan American in Edinburgh, Texas 1998
- Series 95-97: The Center for Hispanic Arts/ Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas 1998
- Senior Show, University of Tulsa, Tulsa Oklahoma 1997
- Montone, Italy 1997
- ACAC Gallery, University of Tulsa, Tulsa Oklahoma 1997
- Atrium Gallery, Dallas Texas 1992
Local Engagement: Service in the Visual Arts
- Worked as an instructor/ guide on trips to local area and national museums and galleries
- Directing/ photographing (cataloging) and assisting with the installation of various types of student exhibits/ gallery space management
International Engagement: General and Visual Art Service Activities
- Participating in humanitarian/ academic trips to Kenya and Ghana, Africa, preparing/ training students to serve and learn while have a different cultural experience, involving providing various types of humanitarian and educational aid, such as classroom instruction, local seminars, teaching and mural painting
Selected Guest Workshops/ Talks
- Texas A&M, Artist Talk, College Station, Texas
- Mesquite Community Arts Center: Artist Talk, Mesquite, Texas
- Richland College: Artist Talk, Richardson, Texas
- Mountainview College: Artist Talk, Dallas, Texas
- Trinity Christian Academy Fundraiser guest speaker, Student Tuition Aid Endowment, Addison, Texas
- CIVA Conference, Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts
- University of Tulsa: Special Lecture on African American Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Visiting artist Lloyd Menard of Frogman’s Press at the University of Tulsa Printmaking Workshop, assisted the artist with printing demonstrations, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Greenwood Cultural Center Special Programs Photography Course, providing instruction as a part of a creative community outreach initiative, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Selected Public Collections
- Texas A&M University, College Station Texas
- Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi Texas
- Coronado Studios and Gallery, Austin Texas
- The University of Tulsa, Tulsa Oklahoma
- SunTX Capital Partners, Dallas Texas
- Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin Texas
- Institute for Latino Studies-Notre Dame, The University of Notre Dame, Southbend Indiana
- St. Philip Neri Newman Center, Tulsa Oklahoma
Selected Private Collections
- Mayor Brian Loughmiller, McKinney, Texas
- Robert and Tara McGraw, Dallas, Texas
- Ryan and Nikki Parrish, Joplin, Missouri
- David and Jackie Bolen, Kashmir, India
- James Briggs, Houston, Texas
- Nate and Sarah McGooden, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- David and Rebecca Parrish, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Hunter Rogers, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Sam Coronado, Austin, Texas
- Ned Fleming III, Dallas, Texas
- Tom and Helen Connolly, Houston Texas
- Multiple Anonymous (by request) Military Personnel, USAF SHAPE Base, Chievres, Belgium
Institutional Service Opportunities
TVAA Student Art Competition, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2003-2013
- Helped prepare Trinity Christian Academy student work for, install and de-install at city-wide private and public school art competition hosted by The University of Texas at Dallas
Participating Artist, Art Auction Trinity Christian Academy 2009
- Alumni Art Exhibit benefitting children of the Springs of Hope Orphanage, Machakos, Kenya
- Created artworks for proceeds directly supporting the children of the orphanage
Peer Evaluation Committee Trinity Christian Academy 2008
- Worked as a part of a team, researched and developed a form of due process and professional evaluation as well as enrichment strategies
Volunteer researcher/ facilitator/ guest speaker 2008
- Volta, Ghana
- Responsible for researching, gathering and arranging scholarly academic/ instructional materials to be donated, along with laptop computers for a resources center for local pastors being developed by Trinity Christian Academy in the Volta Region
Volunteer, Freshmen Faculty Mentor Program Trinity Christian Academy 2008
- Responsible for advising/ mentoring one freshman male student for a year
Volunteer Participating Faculty Mountainview College 2008
- Student Sidewalk Chalk Drawing event, Mountainview College
- Lead students in participating with other students/ college community in a community establishing/ building event
Volunteer researcher/ facilitator/ guest speaker 2007
- Machakos, Kenya
- Service work and leadership in Machakos, Kenya, involving mural painting, helped painting/ constructing a new medical clinic and other community enrichment initiatives jointly with Scott Theological College and Trinity Christian Academy
- The gathering/ disseminating of various goods/ academic materials to the surrounding community
- Prepared/ gave lectures and seminars held at local schools and churches
Volunteer Visual Arts Department Graphic Designer Trinity Christian Academy 2006-2009
- Responsible for annually designing/ composing identities/ illustrations for Trinity Christian Academy Visual Arts Apparel, namely hats, sweatshirts and t-shirts (short and long sleeve), as well as organizing and collaborating with screen printing/ apparel companies for departmental fundraising initiatives, funds going towards various departmental objectives
Volunteer and Donating Artist, Visual Arts Auctions, Trinity Christian Academy 2002-2004
Volunteer, Teen Advisor Program 2005
- Responsible for four mentoring/ advising four male students for a year
Volunteer Support/ Gallery Staff 2000
- Set up/ Arranging work for the Scholastic Arts Competition, State Level (Oklahoma)
- National Art Education Association events, The University of Tulsa
Student Mobilization Volunteer Student Leader 2000-2001
- The University of Tulsa
- Served at local/ regional/ national events, short and long-term workshops (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado and Florida)
College Access Program 1996-1997
- The University of Tulsa
- A mentorship as a part of a presidential initiative to afford children of the Gilcrease area schools a full scholarship for study at the University of Tulsa, upon maintaining a GPA of 3.5 and above
- The University of Tulsa
- Public Relations Co-Chair, University student government
Mortar Board 1996-1997
- The University of Tulsa
- Public Affairs/ Marketing Co-Chair
Administrative/ Technical Assistant 1994-1997
- The University of Tulsa
- Worked for Steven Sumner, former Art Chair performing office related/ copy-stand/ slide-library work in addition to the preparing/ distributing of various materials to faculty, staff and students
References
Available upon request.