Education
Bachelors of Arts in Studio Art (42cr) and Political Science
CUNY Hunter College, New York, New York.
Concentration in Painting
Hunter Painting Fellowship Recipient 2020.
Broadway Dance Center Training Program 2017
Broadway Dance Center, New York, NY
Concentrating in Contemporary and Jazz Dance.
Group Exhibitions
Bonita Museum - Contemporary Art: Folklore, Fakelore, Personal Myths & Narratives
Bonita, California
Lore Degenstein Gallery - 14th Annual National Figurative Art Exhibition
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
The Canvas by Querencia Studios Painting & Sculpture Show
CUNY Hunter College, NY, NY
Online Group Exhibitions
MAGIX 2023
exhibizone.com
Fusion Art - 6th Annual Women’s Art Competition
Onfusionartps.com
Teaching Experience
Teaching Artist
ArtworxLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Design and execute lesson plans engaging students in themes around current exhibitions from local cultural partners.
Knowledgeable social emotional learning & trauma informed education practices.
Serve the under-resourced continuation high school students of Los Angeles, and aid in the completion of arts credits to use towards graduation.
Collaborate with workshop coordinators, on budgeting, buying supplies, organization, & lesson planning.
Aid students in the creation and completion of projects to be exhibited at our end of the semester public presentation at our local cultural partners, i.e. MOCA, the Autry Museum, and the Fowler Museum.
Figure Drawing Instructor
The Artful Bachelorette, Los Angeles, CA.
Instruct absolute beginner adult students on basic level figure drawing techniques regarding form, value, proportions, and contour in a one-time class setting.
Explain drawing exercises such as a blind contour, drawing with “rules”, and using their non-dominant hand to gain flexibility with figure drawing.
Inspire students to embrace mistakes and their own personal drawing style.
Substitute Dance Teacher
Stage Door School of Dance, East Patchogue, NY.
Instruct children and young adults of all ages basic to advanced levels of contemporary, jazz, tap, and ballet technique.
Create a flexible class curriculum that builds off the permanent teacher’s lesson plans and class goals.
Interpret permanent teacher’s choreography, clean up choreography, and give notes to the class.
Choreograph technical combinations to aid in class retention of choreography and build technique.
January 2018 - July 2020
January 2017 - May 2017
November 4th, 2023 - December 2nd, 2023
October 28th, 2023 - December 3rd, 2023
Spring 2019
November 15th, 2023 - January 15th, 2023
September 20th, 2023 - December 15th, 2023
January 2022 - January 2024
July 2021 - Present
2016 to 2018