Education and Engagement Intern. Utah Museum of Fine Arts. University of Utah. June 2015-Present.
As an intern for the Education and Engagement Department at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, I have worked in collaboration on several educational projects. These projects have included coordinating schedules and supervising a film segment for the Utah Education Network, highlighting the Backpack Family Program at the museum. I have also done a writing project, compiling information for the Docent and Volunteer Program’s online newsletter, “Art Insight”. The focus of my internship is compiling research and outreach as well as building a database of community contactsfor a project titled, “ACME Lab”; Art, Community, Museum, Engagement. This existing gallery will be transformed into an interactive space for community members, students and travelers to experience art, technology and education. This is an ongoing project that will continue to develop until the museum’s re-opening in early 2017. It will also include organizing a public forum of individuals called ACME Sessions, a gathering of professionals, students, and art appreciators who will work together to build what will become the ACME Lab.
Student Mentor, University of Utah Department of Art and Art History. Salt Lake City, Utah. June, 2011-2012
As an art teaching student at the University of Utah, I have participated in several community art projects including writing proposals, giving presentations, and mentoring refugee students and other youth for various projects around Salt Lake City. In the Spring of 2011 I co-taught a group of elementary refugee students for a 5-week community art project with an emphasis on photography. In addition, for a two-week intensive in June of 2012, I along with other art teaching students mentored junior-high and high school refugee students while painting a mural in South Salt Lake.
Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU)- Urban Institute for Teacher Education Mentor. Salt Lake City. 2012-2013
From September 2012 through April 2013 I was a student mentor in Salt Lake City School District and Granite School District’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program for the 2012-2013 academic school year. My internship included working with middle school and high school students for tutoring, college preparation and recruitment opportunities.
Book Arts Program Intern at the J Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. Salt Lake City. January-May 2013
As an intern for the Book Arts Program, I was part of a large production team that runs and operates a fine arts studio that offers various classes and workshops. My duties included organizing, preparing, and teacher-assisting with professional book arts workshops. In addition, I contributed to the production of the program, Treasure Chest of Rare Books which teaches students K-12 about the history of books.
Book Arts Program Monitor at the J Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. Salt Lake City. January 2014-May 2014, January 2015-May 2015, January 2016-Present.
As a monitor for the Book Art Program, I oversee the studio as students are working during open studio hours. I do a variety of tasks including keeping the studio organized and clean, assisting students with setting moveable metal type, printing on their multiple vandercook printing presses, as well as utilizing the time to work on personal printing projects.
Art Teaching Club Facilitator. University of Utah. Salt Lake City. September 2013-May 2014.
As co-president of the Art Teaching Club in the department of Art and Art History, I have planned and coordinated multiple activities involving art in the community. I was selected by an art education professor at the University of Utah to lead the student-driven organization and have worked with other students to actively enhance our experiences in teaching.
Teaching Artist. University of Utah. Department of Art and Art History. March-April 2015.
As a teaching artist for the class, Art in the Community, taught through the Department of Art and Art History, I supervised and mentored university students while painting a community mural at Spectrum Academy in North Salt Lake. It was a collaborative art project where I along with the students worked with the students from the school to create an innovative space in the main foyer of the building. The focus of the artwork was done by Spectrum students and executed by myself and the university students.
Education
University of Utah. College of Fine Arts, Department of Art and Art History-Art Education with an emphasis in painting and drawing.
Lorenzo de’Medici Italian International Institute. Florence, Italy. August 2014-December 2014.
Degree/year of graduation: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Art Education/ May 2015