Instructor, Designer and crafter

Professional History

SkyArt, Gary Comer Youth Center, JoAnn’s Fabric and Crafts store, Chicago Public Library, Women Made Gallery, Chicago Opera Theater and Southside Community Art Center. SkyArt – Chicago, IL

Teaching Artist, Present

Responsible for teaching art education to 1st students through their afterschool program. Pics: https://goo.gl/photos/rchs7H5jJDgmyCGUA

Responsible for creating lesson plans and suggesting workshop ideas.

Studio teacher, creating and developing art workshops for students’ 6th-9th grade. Woman Made Gallery – Chicago, IL

Teaching Artist, November 2014-November 2015

Helped implement and design lesson plans on art projects, museum tours, exploration and discussions.

Responsible for guided art tours and implementing art lessons associated with the galleries offerings.

Gary Comer Youth Center – Chicago, IL

Culinary Art Instructor, 2012-2015

Designed and created Healthy Nutrition Cooking classes for students’ enrichment during the school year.

Taught health and nutrition during summer camp, showing students how to make healthy smoothies.

Pics: https://goo.gl/photos/TzTJTy2YPWQSsAbz9

JoAnn’s Fabric and Craft Store – Chicago, IL

Independent Craft Instructor, 2013-2015

Responsible for teaching sewing and crafting classes as needed.

Responsible for set-up of room, lesson plans, attendance, and clean up.

Taught basic to intermediate sewing classes, basic watercolor techniques, hand sewing, and beginning crochet.

Southside Community Art Center – Chicago, IL

Independent Design Artist, 2010-2010

Worked with the center with their afterschool summer program; created and taught an Interior Design Curriculum that helped transform a room in the school.

Taught grades 5th-8th design principles and elements.

Used technology to help students learn color theory and create a color scheme for room.

Helped students paint, and add other elements to the room as a finished project. Pics:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Renierob46/ClassroomBeforeAndAfterPics?feat+directlink; Chicago Public Library – Chicago, IL

Independent Artist Workshop Creator

Developed and implemented various art workshops on DIY and Paper Arts to the libraries constituents and children.

Pics: https://goo.gl/photos/awHKWZLaVcMWBFUb8

Qualifications

Columbia College – Chicago, IL

Bachelors of Arts and Sciences – Writing/Teaching, 1990 National University – LaJolla, Ca

Masters of Science (MS) in Educational Technology, 2009 Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online – Pittsburgh, PA Diploma – Residential Planning (present student)

Professional Development

Volunteer docent for Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House in Chicago

Classes at the Center for Green Technology in Interior Design, & Garden Construction

Volunteer teaching artist for the Chicago Public Library Greater Grand Crossing

Batik Workshop – Urban Threads

Indigo Dyeing – Southside Community Art Center

Teaching Artist Training through Women Made Gallery

Paper Arts and Fabric Design – Bridgeport Community Art Center

Sewing classes – Vogue Fabric Store and JoAnn’s Fabric and Craft Store

Trading cards, Mixed Media art, printmaking, bookmaking – Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington

Painting and Drawing classes – Michael’s Arts and Crafts Store

Home staging Certification through Haverhill Home staging Institute Member of:

Teaching Artists Guild http://www.teachingartistsguild.org/ Americans for the Arts http://www.americansforthearts.org Textile Design Lab https://www.textiledesignlab.com Textile Society of America http://www.textilesocietyofamerica.org Surface Designers https://www.surfacedesign.org

National Art Education Assoc. https://virtual.arteducators.org/

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