Ny Times Designer

Kristin L. Holmes Linder

914-***-****) *********@*****.*** khlstudio.com

EDUCATION Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Master of Arts in Arts Education/Trauma 2021

Please clink link to access: Kristin Linder's Master’s Thesis Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

Bachelor of Arts in Women’s Studies/Healthcare

CERTIFICATIONS New York State Special Certification in Art Education, Grades K-12, Pending (expected 2022 due to long turn-around at NYS DOE)

National Arts Education Association Conference, Virtual, March 3-7, 2021 Trauma Informed Creative Arts Therapy Certificate (T-I CAT), SUNY Albany, Virtual, January – March 2021 (36-hour Course)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Biondi Elementary, Middle & High Schools, Yonkers, NY March 2020 – Present NYS 853 Special Needs Title 1 School

Artist/Educator, K-12

• Transformed Art Programs in both schools through researching best practices, introduced Teaching Artist Behavior student-centered pedagogy, using a wide variety of high quality 2-D and 3-D materials, including a ceramics program with all grade levels.

• Re-designed Art Programs: installed leading-edge pedagogy, introduced contemporary artists and their work, art history, varied materials, and new equipment.

• Continued implementation of a responsive, healing-centered, trauma-informed choice- based art program; using an emergent curriculum involving multiple modalities and materials for artistic and SEL learning; allowing agency for exploration of new ideas, materials, problem solving and meaning-making.

Doing Art Together, Inc., New York, NY January 2016-July 2016 Program Director/Coordinator, Educator

• Artist/Educator at St. Luke’s Hospital, DOE ReStart Program (combination Rehab/Education program)

• Achieved a 100% success rate with grant proposals, completed applications, and secured

$175,000 in funding from Grants, DOE and BOE.

• Designed curriculum, collaborated with Classroom Teachers, incorporated ReStart educational curriculum into hands-on Arts Program.

• Aided restoration of strained relations with NYC DOE Title 1 Public Schools and Alternative Education facilities.

• Coordinated complex logistics (planning, supplies, scheduling, staffing, invoicing) supporting citywide arts outreach programs.

• Coordinated programs and Cultural Activities with NYC Department of Education and NYC Board of Education staff and principals.

Kristin L. Holmes Linder

914-***-****) *********@*****.*** khlstudio.com

Hearts for Heroes (H4H), Inc., Bedford, NY June 2014-December 2016 Program Director/Collaborative Arts Specialist

• Designed and implemented Collaborative Arts Outreach Program for Veterans suffering from PTSD. Sourced venues and supervised all Equine, Canine and Arts H4H programs.

• Wrote successful grant proposals resulting in awards totaling $25,000 and solicited monetary, discount and trade-out support from corporations, professional associations, businesses, and foundations.

• Managed and coordinated nationwide travel and lodging for participating veterans. ARTIST in RESIDENCE PROGRAMS Ossining High School, Ossining, NY March 2013

• Facilitated design and creation of three wall-murals filling Music Practice Suite

• Supervised execution: teaching 125 high school students/day over ten school days.

• Collaborated with Art and Music Teachers on subject matter, research, and design. JCCA Pleasantville Cottage School, Pleasantville, NY. 2012-2014

• Conceived, designed, and supervised collaborative Mural Programs with students, Clinical Staff and Director of Therapeutic Arts Program.

• Designed and created slide shows and Final Exhibition/Celebrations.

• Created & implemented program for women from Gateways Program (sex trafficking rescue).

Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx NY 2012-2013

• Successfully conceptualized and facilitated design and execution of a full-room Collaborative Mural Project with Aids-Impacted adolescent clinic patients in collaboration with Director of Research, Clinical Supervisors, and Clinical Staff.

• Designed, executed, and published a Photo Book and slide show, with photos done by participating students.

• Hospital Administration attended End-of-Program Exhibition including slide show for Department personnel, caretakers, and friends of participants. SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SHOW HOUSE PROJECTS in PUBLIC MEDIA

• Ronald McDonald House of Long Island, Project Design and Execution: Featured Space, New York Cottages and Gardens, Holiday Issue 2014

• Ritz Carlton Residences, NY Times Real Estate Section, 2012

• Mural Project, Pediatric ER, White Plains Hospital, White Plains, NY: Westchester media, 2011

• Kipp’s Bay Boys & Girls Designer Show House, NY, NYC Featured Space, 2010

• Stately Homes by the Sea Designer Show House, Rumson, NJ: Featured in Design NJ, Autumn, 2009

• Vanguard Designer Show House, Albany, NY: Featured Space Albany, NY newspapers, 2007

• Scarsdale Designer Show House - Autumn Issue, ASID publication, 2005

• Scarsdale Designer Show House, Scarsdale, NY, Showhouse Pub., Spring, 2005

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