Current Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, - June 2015 Union Institute & University- Cincinnati OH Concentration: Humanities and Culture Emphasis: Visual Culture/Media Literacy/Diversity Dissertation: Engaging Diversity through the Grotesque Body: The Sociopolitical Efficacy of the Grotesque Body in Contemporary African and Western Visual Fine Art and Popular Media
M.F.A. - August 2003
Central Michigan University - Mt. Pleasant MI Concentration: Sculpture/ Installation Contemporary Theory/History intensive
B.F.A. - May 1999
Central Michigan University - Mt. Pleasant MI Concentration: 3D/Metalsmithing/Sculpture Minor: Art History
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Mott Community College
FT Studio Art Faculty, Sculpture/Foundations Fall 2016-Current
University of Michigan – Flint
Lecturer II, Visual Arts/Studio/Art Therapy/Online: Fall 2003- June 2016
Women & Gender Studies Affiliated Faculty: 2013-16
Delta College
FT Faculty, Art History/Studio/Online: Winter 2013 Adjunct, Art History/Art Ed/3D/Online/Studio: Winter 2004- August 2016
Saginaw Valley State University
Adjunct Faculty: Art Appreciation/Art Writing & Communication: Winter 2015- Winter 2016
Mid-Michigan Community College Adjunct Faculty, 3D Design: Winter 2005
Central Michigan University - Art Department Graduate Assistant (instructor of record): Fall 2000 - Spring 2002 and Spring 2003
Gallery/Curator Assistant: Fall 2002-Summer 2003 Sculpture Teaching Assistant: Fall 2002 - Spring 2002
COURSES TAUGHT (courses & descriptions at the end of the vitae)
DISCIPLINES
Fine Arts/Studio Arts, Art History, Art Foundations, Contemporary Art Theory/History, Media /Visual Studies, DEIJA, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Visual Communications, Curating, Creativity Studies, Critical Thinking, Women/Gender
TEACHING TECHNOLOGY
Adobe Connect - Facetime - Skype - Oovoo – Blackboard Collaborate – Remind - Social Media - VoiceThread - Microsoft Office – PowerPoint - Prezi - Youtube - Camtasia - Snagit - Respondus - Microsoft Movie Maker
CMS/LMS
Blackboard - Desire2Learn - Canvas - CampusWeb – Educator
PUBLICATIONS
Journal: Fiber Reimagined II! Fiber Art Now - Summer 2024.
Journal: Fiber Art Now. Excellence in Fibers IX Juried Exhibition. Vol 13/Issue 1. Winter 2024
Book: Cover art & Chapter 1. Artists Treading Water: Defining the Flint Water Crisis Through Art. Ed. Gale Glover. – August 2017
Book: “I am Living…” and “Finding my place in this world.” Facing College. Ed. Debra Gibes. – May 2017
Journal: “Engaging Grotesque Figurations in the College Classroom.” American Society for Aesthetics Newsletter, Issue 35.2. -- Summer 2015
Journal: “Nomadic Borderlands: Fullness, A Dream of the Ideal, & The Divine.” Penumbra:An Interdisciplinary Journal of Critical and Creative Inquiry. -- Spring 2015
Book: “With No Responsibility” (Stephen Colbert as Spectacle), Chapter 9, Lost in Media The Ethics of Everyday Life, ed. Tony Kashani and Benjamin Frymer, Peter Lang GmbH, -- April 2013.
Exhibition Catalog: “Weaving a Persona” altered Book, New Fibers 2006, Fiber Arts Network of Michigan,-- May 2006.
Exhibition Catalog: “Impermanence” essay, Impermanence exhibition catalog, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University – Spring 2000.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Excellence in Fibers IX Juried Exhibition. Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, Washington - March 2025
Creativity in the Time of Covid-19: Art as a Tool for Combating Inequity and Injustice, LookOut Gallery, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI – October 2024
Creativity in the Time of Covid-19: Art as a Tool for Combating Inequity and Injustice, SCENE Metrospace, Lansing, MI – October 2024
Fiber Reimagined II! Gravers Lane Gallery. Philadelphia PA - August 2024.
2024 Michigan Fine Arts Competition. Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. Birmingham, MI - June 2024.
Excellence in Fibers IX Juried Exhibition. Fiber Art Now. Vol 13/Issue 1 - Winter 2024
Creativity in the Time of Covid-19: Art as a Tool for Combating Inequity and Injustice, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO – September 2023
Birds of a Feather, Juried Exhibition, Riverbank Arts, Northbanks Center, University of
Michigan- Flint - March 2022
Of Revolutions, Revelations, Resolutions (and of those left forgotten in between), Solo
Exhibition, Delta College Gallery, University Center, MI – January 2022
Hostile Terrain 94 Opening, Status, University of Michigan Flint, Flint, MI - November 2021
Parallel Views, Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art, Lansing, MI – November 2021
Reuniting, MUSE Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI – October 2021
All State Juried Exhibition, Studio 23, Bay City, MI – October 2020
Art in the Time of COVID, NOSSMi/MTA 2020 Conference Artistic Expressions, Virtual – October 2020
Suffer the little children, Solo Exhibition, Art Reach, Mt Pleasant, MI – July 2020
Women’s Centennial Exhibition, Art Reach, Mt Pleasant, MI – May 2020
The 19th Amendment at 100: Women’s Voices Then and Now, Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery, Detroit, MI – January 2020
CitenSHIP, Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, MI – August 2019
Mott Art Faculty Exhibition, Greater Flint Arts Council, Flint, MI -- August 2019
Flint City Artists, MUSE Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI --June 2019
Flint: More than just Water, an Exhibition, Dudserstadt Fine Art Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI -- April 2019
Motherhood, Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI – June 2018
ARTpath, Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center, Lansing, MI – June 2018
Postcard Salon, Muskegon Art Museum, Muskegon, MI -- February 2018
Artwalk Central, Art Reach, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt Pleasant, MI – August 2017
Lifeblood: Acceptable Contamination Standards, Solo Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Mott Community College, Flint MI – November 2016
2016 Open Competition, Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan – Dearborn, Dearborn, MI –June 2016
Artists Treading Water: Flint Water Crisis Exhibition, University Gallery, University of Michigan – Flint, Flint, MI – June 2016
Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Marshall Fredrick's Sculpture Museum, Saginaw, MI –June 2016
Artery Allies: Matthew Osmon Invitational, Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI– September 2015
Donor Mural, West Midland Family Center, Shepherd, MI – June 2015
Delta College Faculty Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI – May 2011
Mothers Womanmade Gallery, Chicago IL, -- November 2010
Regional Biennial Sculpture Exhibition (juried), Award, Marshall Fredrick’s Sculpture Museum, SVSU, University Center, MI -- July 2010
47th Annual Greater Mich. Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI – September 2008
Second Skin, Solo Exhibition, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI – January 2008
Nomadic Borderlands, Solo Exhibition, Delta College Galleria, University Center, MI – January 2008
All They Survey, Buckham Gallery, Flint MI, January 2008
This is My Story, Creative Spirit Center, Midland MI, January 2008
Liminal, Red Ink, Flint, MI – August 2007
46th Annual Greater Mich. Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI – September 2006
From Our Perspective Women's Art Show, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI – September 2006
FIBERPLAY (Invitational), Creative Spirit Center, Midland, MI – June 2006
New Fibers 2006, FAN, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI– May 2006
Traveling to: Art Gallery of Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI – August 2006
University of Michigan – Dearborn, Dearborn, MI – October 2006
Celebrating Her Story, Women’s Educational Center, University of Michigan – Flint, MI – March 2006
45th Greater Mich. Art Exhibition, Merit Award, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI – October 2005
Her Body: My body, University Center Art Gallery, University of Michigan-Flint, MI – March 2005
12 Women, Delta College Art Gallery, University Center, MI – March 2005
Devils and Dolls, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL – January 2005
Touching: life, Solo Exhibition, Studio 23, Bay City, MI – January 2005
PRESENTATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Featured Artist Talk - Creativity in the Time of Covid-19: Art as a Tool for Combating Inequity and Injustice, LookOut Gallery, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI –October 2024
Lightning Talk: “Neurodiversity 101” LAND Conference, Online, February 2024
Emcee - LAND Conference Student Film Festival, Liberal Arts Network for Development - February 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Facilitator - Community of Practice, Beyond Mere Compliance to Inclusion, Mott Community College -January-May 2022
Emcee - Women in Education Art Exhibit Program. Mott Foundation Fundraiser- June 2021
Presentation: “Creating an Inclusive Classroom” NOSSMi, Webinar – October 2020
Presentation: “Inclusive Language in the Remote Learning Environment” AMATYC, Webinar – June 2020
Lightning Talk: “Artists ACTing UP!” LAND Conference, Online, February 2020
Panel Moderator: "Teaching Liberal Arts Courses During the Pandemic" LAND Conference, Online, February 2020
Presentation: “Inclusive Language in the Remote Learning Environment” Mott Community College Center for Teaching & Learning, Webinar – May & November 2020
Presentation: "Pride Cupcakes", Lily Conference, Traverse City, MI -- October 2019
Lightning Talk: "The Water Within", LAND Conference, Ann Arbor, MI -- February 2019
Workshop Presenter/Co-Organizer: Creating a Gender Affirming Campus, Mott Community College, Flint MI
Lightning Talk: “Facing College: Engaging International and Immigrant Students through a Collaborative Interdisciplinary Storytelling Project”, LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Muskegon MI. – February 2018
Artist Talk: “The Aesthetic Lens: Engaging Sociopolitical Injustice Through Art.” 2nd Annual Smallidge Family Speaker Series. Buckham Gallery. Flint, MI – May 2017
Presentation: “Facing College: Engaging International and Immigrant Students through a Collaborative Interdisciplinary Storytelling Project.” Midwest Institute for International & Intercultural Education 24th Annual Conference. The Ohio State-AGI, OH – April 2017
Lightning Talk: “Seek & Find: Connections”, LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Muskegon MI. – February 2017
Workshop Presenter/Co-Organizer: “Business of being an Artist”, Workshop for students, LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Muskegon MI. – February
2017
Featured Speaker: Artists Treading Water: Flint Water Crisis Exhibition, University Gallery, University of Michigan – Flint, Flint, MI – June 2016
Course Module Presentation: “Contemporary Artists as Stewardship Emissaries: Exploring the Aesthetic Interweaving of Cultural Norms and Local/ Global Stewardship”, Midwest Institute for International & Intercultural Education 23rd Annual Conference, Schoolcraft College, MI.– April 2016
Lightning Talk: “Act! Do Something”, LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Grand Rapids MI. – February 2016
Presentation: “Creating an Inclusive Classroom” NOSSMi, Webinar – October 2020
Presentation: “Inclusive Language in the Remote Learning Environment” AMATYC,
Webinar – June 2020
Presentation: “Inclusive Language in the Remote Learning Environment” MCC CTL,
Webinar – May & November 2020
Presentation: "Pride Cupcakes", Lily Conference, Traverse City, MI -- October 2019
Workshop: "Postcards from the Peripheries", Border Symposium, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI -- September 2019
Lightning Talk: "The Water Within", LAND Conference, Ann Arbor, MI -- February 2019
Workshop Presenter/Co-Organizer: Creating a Gender Affirming Campus, Mott
Community College, Flint MI
Lightning Talk: “Facing College: Engaging International and Immigrant Students through a
Collaborative Interdisciplinary Storytelling Project”, LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Muskegon MI. – February 2018
Presentation: “Facing College: Engaging International and Immigrant Students through a
Collaborative Interdisciplinary Storytelling Project.” Midwest Institute for International & Intercultural Education 24th Annual Conference. The Ohio State-AGI, OH – April 2017
Artist Talk: “The Aesthetic Lens: Engaging Sociopolitical Injustice Through Art.” 2nd Annual
Smallidge Family Speaker Series. Buckham Gallery. Flint, MI – May 2017
Lightning Talk: “Seek & Find: Connections”, LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Muskegon MI. – February 2017
Workshop Presenter/Co-Organizer: “Business of being an Artist”, Workshop for students, LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Muskegon MI. – February 2017
Featured Speaker: Artists Treading Water: Flint Water Crisis Exhibition, University Gallery, University of Michigan – Flint, Flint, MI – June 2016
Course Module Presentation: “Contemporary Artists as Stewardship Emissaries: Exploring the Aesthetic Interweaving of Cultural Norms and Local/ Global Stewardship”, Midwest Institute for International & Intercultural Education 23rd Annual Conference, Schoolcraft College, MI.– April 2016
Lightning Talk: “Act! Do Something”, LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Grand Rapids MI. – February 2016
Scholar in Residence: “Grotesque Bodies as Demands for Social Justice: Art of Late Apartheid and Post- Apartheid South Africa”, Featured Social Justice Speaker: Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Mid-Semester Residency, Union Institute & University – September 2015
Paper/Presentation: “Wangechi Mutu: The Grotesque Female Body, Despised and Desired” Abject Assemblages: Grotesque Women, Rednecks, and the Undead (Panel), National Women's Studies Association Conference, Milwaukee, WI. – November 2015
Presentation: “Ask me why I’m RAD” (Reading Across Disciplines) : Our Assumptions of Student’s Cultural Knowledge”’ Midwest Institute for International & Intercultural Education 22nd Annual Conference, Ivy Tech Community College – April 2015
Presentation: “Exploring ‘My Place(s) in this World’ through making art”, Midwest Institute of International & Intercultural Education 21st Annual Conference, Columbus State Community College – April 2014
Paper/Presentation: “Watching a Revolution: Visual Media as Social Media Narrative”, Feminist Interfaces?: Digital Spaces and Social Change (Panel), National Women's Studies Association 2013 Conference, Cincinnati, OH. – November 2013
Breakout Session Facilitator: “Will that be on the Test?” Adjunct Academy, Delta College – August 2013
Facilitator: Faculty training for LMS: Adjunct Academy, Delta College. – January 2013
Paper/Presentation: “9/11 Aesthetic Response: The Role of the Arts and Humanities after National Trauma”, The Twelfth Residency Conference “Suffering”, Union Institute & University – January 4, 2012
Facilitator: New Student Orientation and Intro Technology Sessions. Delta College – May-September 2012
Facilitator: Faculty training for LMS. Adjunct Academy, Delta College. – August 2012
Paper/Presentation: “Watching a Revolution: The Power of Visual Media in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution”, The Eleventh Residency Conference “Interdisciplinarity Engaging Ambiguity”, Union Institute & University – July 6, 2011
Paper/Presentation: “On how to be a ‘Real Man’: Sexual Identity, Power, and the Media”, Humanities and Power (Panel) The Eleventh Residency Conference “Interdisciplinarity Engaging Ambiguity”, Union Institute & University – July 6, 2011
Paper/Presentation: “Hair: biology/ language/ identity/culture/place (The local-made-global in the art of Wenda Gu)” The 10th Residency Conference “Identity”, Union Institute & University – January 8,2011
Paper/Presentation: “Creativity as a Diverse Complex System”, The Ninth Semiannual Residency Conference “Engaging Stories”, Union Institute & University – July 8, 2010
Presentation: “Happiness in Australian Aboriginal Art and Ritual”, The Ninth Semiannual Residency Conference “Engaging Stories”, Union Institute & University – July 8, 2010
Workshop Presentation: “Digital Appetizer”, Michigan Writing Project, Education Conference, Saginaw Valley State University, April 2010.
Paper/Presentation: “Caring for Adolescent Girls of the World: Education as an Effective Tool to Combat Social Injustice”, The Eighth Semiannual Residency Conference “Power: Personal, Private, Public”, Union Institute & University – January 7, 2010
COMMITTEES & SERVICE
FATE (Foundations in Art Theory & Education) DIEA Committee – 2024-2026
LAND (Liberal Arts Network Development) Steering Committee, Mott CC Rep,
Coordinator of the Student Fine Art, Graphic Design, & Film Competitions - September 2019-Current
Mott DEI Council -Teaching & Learning. Mott Community College - 2022-2024
Mott Commitment Thought Team. Mott Community College - 2024
International Curriculum Sub-committee, International Institute Advisory Board, Mott Community College - September 2019-Current
Art & Design Club Adviser, Mott Community College - 2016-Current
Take Back the Night March & Speak-Out Planning Committee, Co-Sponsored Event:
University of Michigan-Flint, Mott Community College, YWCA, Flint Community Groups - January-April 2022
Faculty Recruiting Workgroup, Mott Community College -January 2022
LGBTQAI+ Affinity Group, Mott Community College -September 2021
Council on Diversity Equity Inclusion, Mott Community College - October 2020 - 2022
Art & Design Department Co-Coordinator, Mott Community College - January-May 2020
Inclusive Spaces Task Force, Mott Community College, - September 2019- August 2020
Learning Management System Committee, Mott Community College - 2019-2020
MiTransfer Pathways. Mott Community College Fine Arts Representative. 2019
LAND Steering Committee, Mott Community College Representative – November 2016-2019
International Institute Advisory Board, Mott Community College –September 2016-2019
Reviewer, Penumbra: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Critical and Creative Inquiry – July 2013-July 2015
Global Awareness Program Committee, Delta College – January 2016 - August 2016
Safe Space Representative, Delta College – November 2013 – 2016
Faculty Inquiry Group: Reading Across the Curriculum (RAD) (Gen. Ed. Assessment
Audit), Delta College – January 2013- August 2016
Emergent Technologies Team, Delta College – May 2009- May 2011
Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence Advisory Board, Delta College - January 2005-May
2005, April 2006- May 2010, & Fall 2011-May 2012
Student Art Exhibition Committee, University of Michigan – Flint – September 2004 - May 2005
College of Communications and Fine Arts Curriculum Committee, Central Michigan University – 2002-03
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Grading Conference. Virtual. - June 2024
How to decolonize your artistic practice with care and solidarity, Online Course by Kathy- Ann Tan. Berlin Art Institute. – June 2024
AAC&U Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success. Philadelphia, PA – March 2024
LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Virtual. – February 2024
Grading Conference. Virtual. - June 2023
FATE Conference, Foundations of Art Theory and Education. Denver, Co – April 2023
LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Virtual. – February 2023
DEI Micro-Credential, Mott Community College - May 2022
Transformative Portraiture: Visualizing Pain, Death, and the Afterlife, Virgil Wong, Morbid Anatomy -
January 2022
The Academy of the Wooden Puppet, Bernd Ogrodnik, The Puppet Loft at National Theater of Iceland -
September 2021-August 2022
Grading Conference. Virtual. - June 2022
LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Virtual. – February 2022
100 Drawings: Creating Under Pressure, Fred Liang, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, Virtual –
August 2021
Cold Glassworking, Flint Institute of Art, Flint Michigan - July 2021
Introduction to Puppet Making Mastery, Bernd Ogrodnik, The Puppet Loft at National Theater of Iceland
July 2021
CraftWays 2021: Tending to Craft, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC, Virtual - July 2021
REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit, Arizona State University, Virtual – June 2021
Virtual Exchange Training Program, UniCollaboration - May 2021
FATE Conference, Foundations of Art Theory and Education, Virtual – April 2021
Art School Pedagogy 2.0. Teachers College, Columbia University and Maryland Institute College of Art –
March 2021
LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Virtual. – February 2021
NOSSMi Conference, National Organization for Student Success, MI – October 2020
New Media Caucus Border Control Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – October 2019
LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Ann Arbor MI. – February 2020
FATE Conference, Foundations of Art Theory and Education, Columbus OH -- April 2019
LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Ann Arbor MI. – February 2019
Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop: Sea Level Rise: An Installation Workshop on Climate Change
by Lauren Ewing, Provincetown, MA - July 2018
LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Muskegon MI. – February 2018
Midwest Institute for International & Intercultural Education Conference, The Ohio State - AGI, Wooster,
OH – April 2016
LAND Conference, Liberal Arts Network for Development, Muskegon MI. – February 2017 Mott Curriculum Design Workshop, Mott Community College, Flint MI – November 2016
Lily Conference, Traverse City MI. - October 2016
Midwest Institute for International & Intercultural Education Conference, Schoolcraft College, MI– April
2016
National Women's Studies Association Conference, Milwaukee, WI. – November 2015
Global Stewardship, Norms, and Values Conference/Workshop, Midwest Institute for International/ Intercultural Education, Curriculum Development Workshop – August 2015
Midwest Institute for International & Intercultural Education 22nd Annual Conference, Ivy Tech
Community College – April 2015
ETOM Technology Conference, St. Clair County Community College – November 2014
Team Based Learning, FCTE- PD Seminar, Delta College – September 2014
Equality Leadership Colloquium: Issues in Higher Education, Center for the Study of
Equality and Human Rights, Eastern Michigan University – April 2014
Midwest Institute for International & Intercultural Education 21st Annual Conference, Columbus State
Community College – April 2014
National Women's Studies Association 2013 Conference, Cincinnati, OH. – November 2013
Gen Ed Mini-Conference - Promise & Paradox: Conversations about Thinking, Global Awareness & Citizenship in Digital Age, Mott Community College–November 2013
Safe Space Training, Delta College – October 2013
Human Rights and Cultural Diversity Conference/Workshop, Midwest Institute for International/ Intercultural Education, Curriculum Development Workshop – August 2013
OEL Course Redesign Project Workshop, University of Michigan – Flint, Fall 2012
ETOM Technology Conference, Web 2.0 Technologies, Northwood University –November 2012
Theory and Methods of Reading Across Disciplines, Faculty Development EDU Course,
Delta College – Spring 2012
The Five Pillars of Islam, an Introduction to the Essential Teachings of Islam and a Cultural Exploration, Creative 360, Enrichment Humanities Class – Spring 2012
Online Teaching Course: CTL 202, Managing Your Campus Web Course, Union Institute &
University – February 2012
Online Teaching Course, CTL 102c, PD Certificate, Union Institute & University –December 2011
Advanced Internet Teaching Techniques for Teachers, Delta College -- May 2009
ETOM Technology Conference, Web 2.0 technologies, Lawrence Technology University –September 2008
Boro Flame-worked glass (Glass Sculpture), Delphi Glass -- February 2008
Techniques for Critical thinking in students (seminar), Delta College -- January 2008 Classroom Management (seminar), Delta College -- January 2008
Kiln Formed Glass, Delphi Glass – November 2007
Interdisciplinary Teaching, Faculty Development Course, University of Michigan–Flint –August 2007
Internet Teaching Techniques for Teachers, Delta College -- May 2006
Intensive Course Development, Faculty Development Course, University of Michigan–Flint– August 2005
Faculty Introduction to Online Teaching, Faculty Dev. Course, University of Michigan–Flint –August 2000
Faculty Intensive Course Development, University of Michigan–Flint – August 2005
Faculty Introduction to Online Teaching, University of Michigan–Flint–August 2000
HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS, & COLLECTIONS
Michigan State University: Installation/Sculpture: Pandemic: Weight-Bearer (BUT MYRIGHTS!) & Almost Immune (2022). Purchased 2024 Michigan State University: Installation: Pandemic: Vestiges of the Unconfirmed (2023) –Purchased 2024 Michigan State University: Community Project - Pandemic: What is the Weight of a Name...(2024) - Purchased 2024 Asia Rising Workshop Module Development Grant, “Yohaku No Bi: Beauty of the Void”
Japan/Southeast Asia module for 2 Dimensional Design, Midwest Institute for
International & Intercultural Education - June 2021
OER Adaption & Adoption Grant, Art Appreciation, Mott Community College – May 2018
Innovation Grant: Pride Cupcakes, Mott Community College, Flint, MI – May 2018
Award of Teaching Excellence, National Society of Leadership and Success, Mott Community College Chapter, Flint, MI – December 2017
Honorary Member (Student nominated), Golden Key Honors Society, University of
Michigan-Flint, Fall 2012
Sculpture Award, “Regional Biennial Sculpture Exhibition (juried)”, Marshall Fredrick’s
Sculpture Museum,SVSU, University Center, MI July 2010
Innovation Incubator Grant, “Learning through Engagement of New Media and Multiple
Literacies” collaborative teaching project. Delta College – Winter 2010
HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS, & COLLECTIONS
Green Arts Project Grant, Not my problem: The environment and other rubbish exhibition
catalog, Student BFA Exhibition – Dec. 2007
Merit Award, 45th Annual Greater Mich. Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland,
MI – Oct. 2005
Merit Award, 44th Annual Greater Mich. Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland,
MI – Sept. 2004
Best of 3D, 2004 All Area Exhibition, Studio 23, Bay City, MI – July 2004
Best of Show, 2003 All Area Exhibition, Studio 23, Bay City, MI - July 2003
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (alphabetical)
Art and Understanding: Course Theme: Socially Engaged Art. An introductory exploration of art history and the visual arts with an emphasis placed on the interaction between the practice of the visual arts and attempts to understand the human condition in past and present cultures around the world. Selected contemporary and historical issues in the visual arts will be examined through analysis, writing, and oral communication. Recommended for students wishing to fulfill the arts communication intensive requirement of the General Education program. Prerequisite: ENGL 111.
Art Appreciation: This introductory course for the beginner in art focuses on a study of a variety of visual arts through media, style, genre, historical period, and culture. The course provides a broad understanding and appreciation of artistic expressions from a wide variety of perspectives. Not an elective for art, design or BFA majors.
Artist Bookmaking: Methods of preparing images and text to be expressed as a bound book. Artists’ books, journals, electronic book works.
Art Education: Introduction to art for prospective teachers. Develops the ability to stimulate the creative interests of children in art. Acquaints the student with a variety of methods and materials adjusted to various grade levels.
Art Experience (non-majors): Designed for students not majoring in Art to provide an enriching experience to two- and three-dimensional media: to include drawing, painting, graphic media, clay and other sculptural media. It is designed primarily for the general degree student who wishes to have some art experience. There will also be an emphasis on art appreciation.
Art History: Prehistory to Early Renaissance: This course examines the history of art from earliest prehistoric eras through the early Renaissance period in Europe, the Mid-East, and Northern Africa, and focuses on painting, sculpture, and architecture. Students will gain an understanding of the art practices, art media, and art social roles across time and cultures, through the use of lectures, videos, images, discussion, presentations, reading, and gallery/museum visits. Students will develop an understanding of the creation of art as linked to the cultural and historical context.
Art History: High Renaissance to Contemporary: This course examines this history of art from the Renaissance period through the 20th century in Europe and North America, focusing on painting, sculpture, and architecture. Students will gain an understanding of how the art practices, art media, and art social roles evolved in Europe and North America over the last 500 years, through the use of lectures, videos, images, discussion, presentations, reading, and gallery/museum visits. Students will develop an understanding of the creation of art as linked to the cultural and historical context.
Art of the Fiber and Textile: Introduction to the medium of fiber in a variety of forms, such as weaving, needlework, installation and natural raw materials; aspects of material culture generated by techniques for working in fiber art. Does not address costume design or other fashion-related art forms.
Contemporary Art History (online &F2F): Examines Contemporary Art using contemporary theoretical methods. Engages in readings, discussions, and written analysis of globally recognized artists, artworks, and stylistic trends.
Design 2-D: Introduction to underlying concepts for making and analyzing two-dimensional art. Use of design elements and principles with basic color theory to achieve specific goals for visual communication.
Design 2-D with Virtual Exchange Project: 6 week Collaboration with Screenprinting course at University of Sonoro, Mexico.
Design 3-D: Visual fundamentals of three-dimensional design. Basic experience in expression of personal ideas in form, using a variety of techniques and methods.
Design 3-D with Virtual Exchange Project: 4 week Collaboration with Applied Sciences course at Durban University of Technology, South Africa.
Directed Readings in Media Culture (online): Independent study with advanced students on Media and Visual Culture.
Drawing I: Freehand drawing using basic drawing materials. Exploration of the figure, still life, other traditional and non-traditional sources for visual imagery. Emphasis on the visual concept and its relationship to techniques and materials.
Exploring Diversity: Explores themes, issues, perspectives and experiences related to diversity. Provides an opportunity to reflect and practice an interdisciplinary approach to the study of diversity in a global world. Credit may be earned in only one of the following: SSI 288W, SSI 289W, EDU 388W, EDU 389W, IHU 280W, or IHU 281W. (45-0)
Figural Sculpture: Life sculpture course concentrating on technical and artistic problems involved in sculpting the human figure in a variety of materials and employing a variety of sculptural processes.
Figure Drawing: Traditional life drawing course concentrating on technical and artistic problems involved in drawing the human figure. Exploration of a variety of media and compositional concerns with emphasis on the finished drawing as an esthetic statement.
International Studies in Interdisciplinary Humanities: Provides an interdisciplinary study-travel experience focused on examining two or more aspects of the Humanities in a region outside the United States. Involves reading, writing, and travel.
Intro to Art Therapy (Civic Engagement course; online, hybrid & F2F): An introduction to the fields of art therapy, Art as Therapy, and Expressive Arts Therapies. Course considers the history and science of the practice, contemporary protocols, and basic techniques as they relate to other fields such as public health, mental health, education, and social work. The course is designed as an introduction to and exploration of the basic theories, practices, and populations prevalent in the fields of Art Therapy, Art as Therapy, and Expressive Arts Therapies.
Intro to Studio Arts: Introductory course involving students in several areas of studio art including (but not limited to) drawing, two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design using a variety of drawing, painting, and sculpting materials. Designed for non-art majors who want a hands-on studio experience; does not replace the foundation courses required for those majoring in art.
Intro to Visual Arts (online &F2F): Examination of the essential characteristics of the visual arts, intended to develop in the student a discriminating appreciation of these arts. Lectures, tapes, slides, reading, and gallery tours.
Mixed Media: Intermediate course exploring a variety of techniques and media, including collage and assemblage. Focus on ready-made objects as well as newly formed objects and their assembly to create innovative art in a sculptural direction.
New Fiber Arts: Intermediate course exploring a variety of techniques in fibers including weaving, felting, assemblage, stitching, dying and installation processes.
Sculpture: Investigation of a variety of media and technical processes, including carving, modeling, fabricating and casting. Emphasis on development of personal imagery and awareness of contemporary influences.
Senior Seminar (BFA): Necessary and practical information related to artists entering the art world. Technical items such as matting, framing, photographing and displaying art; writing contracts; and dealing with commissions. Senior BFA exhibition included as part of the course grade.
Studio Practices: This is a first-year experience course for Studio Arts Majors. It is an introduction to working in a shared studio setting, art and studio practices of professional artists, exploration of different careers in the visual arts, and exploring art resources in the surrounding communities. The course focuses on what it means to be a visual artist and related resources through discussion, studio tours, artist talks, museum lectures, and active learning introducing students to a diverse range of ideas, processes, and contexts shaping the experience and practice of visual art today.
Visual Communications Theory & Process (online): Introduction to contemporary graphic design. Theory, professional practices, creative workflow, career paths, digital graphics hardware and software usage, copyright, ethics. Cross-listed as Com 160.
Required of all first-year art majors. Surveys Western art from Prehistoric times to the Renaissance. Deals with major artworks, artists and cultures of the Prehistoric, Ancient, Classical and Medieval cultures. Emphasizes the architecture and sculpture of these periods.
World Art Survey (online): Surveys world cultures and their art forms through time.
Focus is on the historic and contemporary cultural arts of Africa, of North and South
America.
Woodshop Orientation: The Woodshop Orientation introduces students to general woodworking safety practices and basic woodworking materials and techniques. It is an introduction to the materials, processes, and procedures that are utilized in subsequent studio courses. Students will learn to safely use hand tools, power tools and woodworking machinery, as well as basic woodworking terminology. This is not a proficiency course but rather is a basic introduction to the woodshop safety and processes relative to art/graphics class projects that utilize the woodshop facilities in the Visual Art & Design Center.