Curriculum Vitae
Work Experience
2009-2022 Educator & Consultant
Habla: The Center for Language & Culture, Merida, Mexico
2012-2018 Director of Education
Marwen
2002-2012 Director of Arts Integration Mentorship Project (AIM)
Columbia College Chicago
2010-2012 Facilitator/Educator
Teaching Artist Development TAD Studio, Columbia College
2008-2014 Adjunct Faculty, Education Department
Columbia College Chicago
1998-2012 Director of Professional Development
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education CAPE
Education
MFA in Painting, University of Illinois at Chicago
BA, Arts Major, Spanish Minor, cum laude, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Public Projects & Commissions
2022 Rio de Bienvenida
E(art)H Chicago-Delilah Salgado & Freshwater Lab. In-progress.
2022 Decatur Classical School benches
Margaret Koreman, Mirtes Zwierzynski & students
2021 Right to the Shoreline
Chicago Public Art Group installation with Sonja Henderson
2020 Make Together
Pilsen Arts & Community House (HPAC) with Ricardo X Serment
2020 You are the Year that has Gone By
Photo installation with Senn High School students
2020 Art-IN-Place Installation
CLK Multifamily Management, Bryn Mawr Ave. Chicago
2012 Belmont Ave viaduct, Mosaics & Bricolage
with Tracy VanDuinen & Todd Osborne, CPAG
2010 Indian Land Dancing, Foster Ave. viaduct
with TracyVanDuinen & Todd Osborne, CPAG
2009 Growing, Bryn Mawr Ave. viaduct
with Tracy VanDuinen & Todd Osborne, CPAG
2008 Tree of Life, Commission
Stroger County Hospital, with Mirtes Zwierzynski
2002 Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
with Juan Angel Chavez
2002 Oakton Community College
Theatre Building Commission
2001 Journeys & Refuge
Waters Elementary School
1998 Gateway Park, Exterior Mosaic Bench Sculptures
with CPAG team
1996 Chicago Children's Museum
4 Mosaic Mural Installations
1995 North Shore Congregation Israel, Mosaic Murals
with Miriam Socoloff
1994 850 W. Eastwood Building Lobby
Commission for Landon Architects 1994
1989 Chic Chac, Rudy Lozano Library
City of Chicago Percent for Art Award w/Hector Duarte
Exhibitions & Commissions
2022 Migration/Murmuration/Memory
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis
2019 Dear Earth
WomanMade Gallery, Chicago
2018 Art of the Pollinators
Installation, DuPage County Forest Preserve
2017 Migration, Cut Paper & Tvyek
Commission for Prudential Building Mezzanine Lobby
2016 The Space Between
Peoples’ Church installation, Uptown Art Center
2014 Poetic Dialogue Project
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2013 Front & Center
Center Program Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center
2006 Imprints
Solo Exhibit Vespine Gallery, Chicago
Public Art Work included in:
2001 A Guide to Chicago Murals
by Mary Lackritz Gray, University of Chicago Press
2000 Urban Art Chicago
by Olivia Gude and Jeff Huebner, Ivan. R Dee, Chicago
Books & Publications
2012 Teaching Artist Journal
Editorial Board Member, Columbia College Chicago
2008 AIMprint: New Relationships in the Arts and Learning
Co-editor with Amanda Lichtenstein, Columbia College Chicago
2001 Renaissance in the Classroom: Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning
Co-Editor with Gail Burnaford & Arnold Aprill, Routledge
Conferences/Presentations (partial list)
2018-2022 Habla Teacher Institute at National Museum of Mexican Art
Chicago, Illinois
2018 Habla: the Center for Language and Culture
Teacher Institute Merida, Mexico
2017 SmART Teacher Institute
New Orleans, Louisiana
2016 NEAL Teacher Institute
Springfield, Massachusetts
2016 National Guild of Community Arts Education
Site Visit & Presentation
2011 US Dept. of Education Arts in Education National Meeting
Washington DC
2011 Arts Education Partnerships (AEP)
New York, New York
2009 Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life
Seattle, Washington
2009 University of Maryland, Conference on Arts Integration
Baltimore, Maryland
2009 Museum of Contemporary Art, Arts Educators Symposium
Chicago, Illinois
2009 Americans for the Arts National Conference
Seattle, Washington
2009 Arts Integration Institute
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Professional Recognition & Awards
2019 New Edition Artist Program and Exhibit
Hyde Park Art Center
2018 Quality Framework Advisory Board
Ingenuity Inc., Chicago
2013 Selected Artist
Center Program at Hyde Park Art Center
2011 National Endowment for the Arts
Education Leadership Institute, ELI Illinois Team
2017, 2011, 2009 & 2001 Visual Artist Residency Awards
Ragdale Foundation
2006 Artist Roster
Illinois Arts Council
2008 All Staff Art and Media Award
Columbia College Chicago
2001 Artist Residency Award
OxBow School of the Art Institute
2001 Teaching Artist Recognition Award
Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
1998 Chicago Artists International Program (CAIP) Award
(to visit mosaic studios in Venice, Ravenna & Spilimbergo, Italy)
1991 Young Lawyer's Public Art Award
Chicago Bar Association
1989 City of Chicago, Percent for Art Award
Rudy Lozano Library, with Hector Duarte