Profile:
Creative thinker and passionate in all paths chosen. Works efficiently, organized, and highly motivated. Positive and collaborates well with others. Strong in leadership capabilities and a dedicated individual.
Experience:
Art Educator, Shaler School District; Glenshaw, PA ~ 2003-present
Taught grades kindergarten through seventh, K-6 Art Department Chair, 2007- 2018. Active leadership role within school, community and art department.
Developer of recent curriculum incorporating common core and PA standards, knowledge of budgeting and supply orders, preparation of art shows.
EPIC Artist, Redline; Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy, Denver CO ~ 2018
Resident artist, working with Rachel Moen and her first grade students. The semester long residency embraces social issue’s with contemporary art in a final art collaboration displayed in the EPIC Arts art show.
Photographer, Cervone Photography; Pittsburgh, PA ~ 2004-present
Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop/ Adobe Bridge CS6, editor and preparation of images for clients. Nikon 800 and Hasselblad with various accessories.
Co-founder, Siren Studios; Pittsburgh, PA ~ 2011-2016
Siren Studios worked as an artist run association devoted to promoting work of local artists by providing a studio, gallery exhibitions, and events that inspire individual and community growth.
Instructor, Pennsylvania Governors School for the Arts; Erie, PA ~ 2008
Photography Instructor of eleventh and twelve graders’ grantees in an 8 week program specializing in the arts. Lectured about the history of photography and facilitated skills in both contemporary and traditional photography
Education:
Pittsburgh Filmakers; Pittsburgh, PA ~Advanced Digital Photography, 2008
Carlow College; Pittsburgh, PA ~ Pennsylvania State Art Education Certification, 2002-2003
Alfred University School of Art and Design; Alfred, NY ~ Bachelor of Fine Arts
Concentration: Painting and Photography, 1996-2000
Affiliations: National Arts Education Association (NAEA), Pennsylvania Arts Education Association (PAEA), National Education Association (NEA), Liaison: Arts Education Collaborative (AEC)
Publications:
Post-Gazette “Creative Teachers receive Classroom Grants”, January 4, 2016
Shaler Journal “Art Teachers award earns grant to keep class creative”, January 17, 2016
Shaler Journal “Elementary students attack performance art program”, May 18, 2014
Blazing the Titan Trail, March 28, 2013
Voice PSEA, Oct.-Nov. 2011
IN Shaler Area, Fall 2011
Pittsburgh Magazine, Neighborhood edition 2011
Southside Magazine, Winter 2006
Tribune Review, August 2005
Pittsburgh City Paper, February 2003
Photo On Campus, January 2001
American Society of Media Photographers Expose’ Object Show 2000
Grants and Commissions:
Muralist, “Hops”, Hop Farm, Pgh. PA 15201
Awarded Muralist, “Morph Archduke”: 8 x12 ft, Boulder Library renovation, Boulder, CO 2019
Burchfield Teacher Grant, Artist in residence, Pgh. PA 2017
Unboxed Teacher, Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Pgh. PA 2015 Recipient: Champion of Change Educator, Pgh. PA 2015
Artist/Educator Residency and Professional Development, with Attack Theatre in Kinesthetic Learning in the 21st Century Classroom, Pgh. PA 2016, 2015, 2013
Artist/Educator Residency, Fourth Grade Garden Project funded by the Mattress Factory Museum and National Endowment for the Arts. Collaborating artists Pati Beachley, Stephanie Flom, and Tom Sarver, Pgh. PA 2005-2007
Awarded Muralist, Sprout Fund Mural Project, worked with community members and Sprout fund to create a three-story mural based on the original design: “A Piece of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”, Pgh. PA Summer of 2005