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EDUCATION:: BFA in Communication Design Texas State University-San Marcos August 1986 MFA in Communication Design Texas State University-San Marcos May 2012 Thesis: The Exploration of the Printed Postcard
Teaching Statement::
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Teaching design is one of my favorite challenges. As graphic designers, we have to learn to unsee what we think we see and retrain ourselves to see what is really there, or has the possibility of being there. My teaching style is a laid-back “Let’s roll up our sleeves and play with this project.” Design should be a creative process for solutions to a problems or projects. I expect this process to be fun that is backed up with hardwork. The strongest design students are the ones that might not be the best designers at the beginning of the race, but they are the ones who work hard, get frustrated with their self-imposed limitations, start the project over and push their way to finish triumphantly. Each semester, I look forward to getting to know my students. The tone of my classroom is more of a work laboratory where we try new possibilities and concepts until we have that “A-ha!” moment. In my teaching, I have found no higher reward than to hear one of my students say “Oh, now I see.”
UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE:: June 2012 - June 2013
Lecturer / Faculty Texas State University-San Marcos School of Art & Design :: Communication Design
August 2009 - May 2012
Graduate Teaching Assistant / Faculty Texas State University-San Marcos School of Art & Design :: Communication Design
August 2008 - July 2009
Graduate Instructional Assistant Texas State University-San Marcos School of Art & Design :: Communication Design
Spring 2013
ArtC 2303 Typography 1 (2 sections) ArtC 2304 Conceptual Strategies (1 section)
Fall 2012
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (1 section) ArtC 1302 Digital Imaging (1 section) ArtC 4316 Book Design (1 section)
Summer II, 2012
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (1 section)
Spring 2012
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (2 sections)
Fall 2011
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (1 section) ArtC 2304 Conceptual Strategies (1 section)
Summer II, 2011
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (1 section)
Summer I, 2011
ArtC 2304 Conceptual Strategies (1 section)
Spring 2011
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (2 sections)
Fall 2010
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (2 sections)
Summer II, 2010
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (1 section)
Summer 1, 2010
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (1 section)
Spring 2010
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (2 sections)
Fall 2009
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (2 sections)
Summer II, 2009
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (1 section)
Summer I, 2009
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (1 section)
Spring 2009 Fall 2008
ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (1 secction/GIA) ArtC 2304 Conceptual Strategies (1 section/GIA) ArtC 1301 Introduction to Communication Design (1 section/GIA) ArtC 2304 Conceptual Strategies (1 section/GIA)
ARTC1301 Introduction to Communication Texas State University Project:: Positive/Negative
ARTC1301 Introduction to Communication Texas State University Project:: In Just One Word
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ARTC1301 Introduction to Communication Texas State University Project:: Pictogram
“Oh, now I see.”
ARTC1301 Introduction to Communication Texas State University Project:: Type Illustration
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“Oh, now I see.” ARTC1301 Introduction to Communication Texas State University Project:: Opposition-Mass Produced/Unique
ARTC1301 Introduction to Communication Design Texas State University Project:: Semester Process Book
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“Oh, now I see.”
ARTC2304 Conceptual Strategies Texas State University Client:: safe4all.com Good 50x70 winner 2012
ARTC 2304 Conceptual Strategies Texas State University Client::Q-tips
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“Oh, now I see.”
ARTC 2304 Conceptual Strategies Texas State University Client::good50x70.com
ARTC 2304 Conceptual Strategies Texas State University Client:: wwf.org Local ADDY Gold winner. Local ADDY Best in Show winner. Tenth District Bronze winner
ARTC 2304 Conceptual Strategies Texas State University Client::ted.com
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“Oh, now I see.”
ARTC 2304 Conceptual Strategies Texas State University Client:: Funky Chunk Local ADDY Gold winner
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ARTC 2304 Conceptual Strategies Texas State University Client:: tabasco.com
ARTC 2304 Conceptual Strategies Texas State University Client:: posterfortomorrow.org
FREELANCE DESIGN LICENSING::
COMPETITIONS+AWARDS+EXHIBITIONS::
Stationery collections :: Crane & Co Die cut collections :: Accu-Cut Scrapbooking/sticker collections :: NRN Designs Gift products :: C.R. Gibson Rubber Stamp collections :: Inkadinkado
MFA Juried Exhibition 2010 Texas State University-San Marcos Juror’s Award Loteriahaiku
MAGAZINES:: Country Home Elle Victoria Country Living Bridal Guide Rubberstampmadness Stamper’s Sampler Country Living’s Holidays Card Making & Papercraft (UK)
Good50x70 Exhibition 2009 La Triennale Gallery - Milan, Italy
BOOKS:: Angel Crafts Christmas from the Heart Stamping Tricks for Scrapbookers Paper House Graceful Envelope Turn Your Passions Into Profits
Alumni Exhibition 1986 Texas State University-San Marcos Juror’s Award
Faculty Exhibition 2010 Texas State University-San Marcos
MFA Exhibition 2009 Texas State University-San Marcos 1004100 Exhibition 2009 Texas State University-San Marcos Graceful Envelope Exhibition 1997 National Postal Museum - Washington, DC
STUDENT AWARDS:: 2012 :: Megan Rylander Good 50x70 finalist for Words Hurt, Too poster ARTC 2304 2012 :: Luis Torres Two-time ADDY Gold winner. Local ADDY Best in Show winner. Tenth District Bronze winner wwf.org whaling poster ARTC 2304 2012 :: Luis Torres Local ADDY Gold winner for Funky Chunk packaging ARTC 2304 2010 :: Nate Saenz Art Directors Club Houston for Bjork type illustration/ ARTC 1301
“Oh, now I see.”
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Research Statement::
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My future work and research is to create a print and continue to elevate the importance and art of
munication via the printed postcard. Twitter as the modern-day mode of motionality of the tangible postcard p its importance and the end users
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