Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin
Masters of Art in Art History (Italian Renaissance emphasis)
University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee
Bachelors of Fine Art (Sculpture emphasis)
Bachelors of Art in French
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CURRENT:
Rienzi, Center for European Decorative Arts
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Education Manager
Blinn College — Bryan, Texas
Department of Art
Assistant Chair
Courses Taught:
- Art Appreciation
- Art History I: Ancient to Medieval;
- Art History II: Renaissance to Modern;
- Art Studio: 2D Design Foundations;
- Art Studio: 3D Design Foundations.
- Art Studio: Metals I (Introduction to Jewelry)
PAST:
Texas State University — San Marcos, TX
Department of Art and Design
Lecturer
Courses Taught:
- Renaissance Art,
- Latin American Art (Colonial to Contemporary)
- Pre-Columbian Art (Mesoamerican and South American)
Southwestern University — Georgetown, TX
Sarofim School of Fine Arts
Adjunct Faculty
Course Taught: Italian Renaissance Art
University of the Incarnate Word — San Antonio, TX
Department of Art and Art History
Adjunct Faculty
Course Taught: Art History II: Renaissance to Modern
University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee
Center for International Education — Overseas Programs and Partnerships
Student Study Abroad Advisor
CONFERENCES AND PUBLIC LECTURES :
Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2007
Renaissance? Perceptions of Continuity and Discontinuity in Europe, c.1300 - c.1550
Presented Research Paper: A Clash of Cultures? Images of Hercules and David in Florentine Statuary
Guest Speaker, Texas State University, Campus Christian Community, 2007
Lecture: Art in the wake of the Spanish Conquest
Conference, South Central Renaissance Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2007
Presented Research Paper: Dürer's Mark on Venice: Crosscurrents, Nationalism and Identity in the Feast of the Rose Garlands.
Guest Speaker, Texas State University, Medieval Renaissance Society, 2007
Lecture: Albrecht Durer's influence in Venice
Conference, South Central Renaissance Conference, Austin, TX, 2004
Presented Research Paper based on my Thesis: ¨De' Rossi's Fountain of the Twelve Labors of Hercules: A
Project for the Largest Portrait of Cosimo I.¨
Blanton Museum of Art, 2003
Docent Program Guest Speaker, University of Texas
Presented introduction to the Italian Renaissance as well as a guided tour of the Blanton Museum's Italian Renaissance collection.
ART EXHIBITS AND PUBLICATIONS :
Curated Blinn Colllege Faculty/Student exhibit, Art Step, Bryan TX November 2008
Curated Dylan_ChandlerKyle, Wax works, House Painting Studio, April 2008
Co-Authored ¨Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519¨ in Great Lives in European History 500-1600.
All Saints' Episcopal School of Fort Worth, Curriculum Project Foundation, published 2007.
Curated joint Blinn College and A&M Vizlab and Faculty and Student Show, Art Step, House Painting Studio, November, 2007
Co-Authored and Edited ¨Fine Art Express¨ Blinn College, Spring 2006.
Master's Thesis: ¨De' Rossi's Fountain of the Twelve Labors of Hercules: A Project for the Largest Portrait of Cosimo I.¨ May, 2005.
FOCUSED TRAININGS:
Maya Hieroglyphic Writing Workshop, Texas State University. April, 2007
Studied Maya hieroglyphic writing systems in a fifteen-hour workshop session conducted by Maya specialists Peter Keeler and Barbara MacLeod.
Bottega del Buon Fresco, Florence June, 2003
Studied fresco painting under the supervision of Master Luigi Falai, Florence; completed four frescoes in the tradition of the Italian Renaissance on intonaco with sinopia under-drawing. Learned and applied fresco transfer and restoration techniques.
Parola Language School, Florence June, 2003
Completed a one-month intensive Italian language class in Florence
SERVICE:
Texas A&M Stark Galleries – Jewelry Metals workshop, Fall 2008
Blinn College – Curriculum Committee Fall, 2008 - Current
Blinn College - Learning Management Systems Committee member, Fall, 2007
Juror — VASE Texas Regional HS Art Competition, Bryan, TX February, 2006
Brazos Reads: Sandra Cisneros ¨House on Mango Street¨ February, 2006
MEMBERSHIPS:
CAA
Society for Renaissance Art History
Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
Pi Delta Phi, French National Honor Society
AWARDS:
Dr. Jeffrey Smith, Kay Fortson Chair in European Art, tuition scholarship, 2002 and 2003.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - George Goundie sculpture scholarship, September '00.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE :
STUDY ABROAD:
Independent Research — Florence, Italy June '03
Study Abroad in Italy — Florence, Rome and Venice June '00
Independent Study — France and England July '00
Study Abroad in Peru — Pre-Columbian Art of Peru January '01
RESIDENCE:
Paris, France 1990 — 1994
Hanover, Germany 1988 — 1990
Stuttgart, Germany 1986 — 1988
COUNTRIES VISITED :
Australia, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, Mexico, Peru, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey.
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