LINDSAY ABRAMO lindsabramo@gmail.com | Website: www.lindsayabramo.com | Cell: 716-812-0451 158 Rivington Street, New York, NY 10002 My Philosophy
Art education is much more than teaching the aesthetic qualities and techniques for artmaking.
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Successful art education creates conditions where students can re-envision their lived experiences while creating artwork that encourages individual empowerment.
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As an art educator, I will work with students to create an environment that fosters individual achievement, embraces cultural difference, and encourages critical thinking.
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I want to use my skills as an artist to create a meaningful art curriculum that will empower students and enhance the existing school culture.
Teaching Expertise Student Centered Organization Collaboration Art Integration Differentiated Instruction Classroom Management Assessment
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Education and Certification School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Master of Arts in Teaching Certification in the State of New York Conditional Initial (K-12) Visual Arts Teaching Certificate Certification in the State of Illinois Type 10 Special (K-12) Visual Arts Teaching Certificate St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY Bachelor of Arts Major: Fine Arts/Art History Minors: Educational Studies/Gender and Sexuality Studies
May 2012 February 2013
July 2012 May 2009
Teaching & Relevant Experience Visual Arts Teacher July 2013 - Present HCZ Promise Academy 1 Upper Elementary School, Harlem, NY • Designs and implements art lesson plans for over 300 students in grades 3-5 • Manages annual art supply budgets and orders for Upper Elementary • Started the school’s first art club for select 5th grade artists • Responsible for facilitating and displaying student work within two art shows each school year Marketing Manager July 2009 - 2013 Buffalo Wire Works, Buffalo, NY • Responsible for the design of the company’s advertising and marketing • Oversee company’s electronic and print marketing efforts Apprentice Teaching Spring 2012 Lane Technical College Prep High School, Chicago, IL • Seven weeks of full time student teaching experience • Taught three sections of Photography I for students in grades 9-12 • Students learned procedures and processes of darkroom photography Irma C. Ruiz Elementary School, Chicago, IL • Seven weeks of full time student teaching experience • Designed and implemented art lesson plans for over 600 K-8 students • Collaborated with classroom teachers to design integrated art projects Presenter at the George Roeder Master’s Symposium Spring 2012 Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL • Presented graduate thesis research entitled “I Felt Exposed. But Yet, More Open”: Working with the Personal Through Photography and Visual Journaling Designed Curriculum for Art Institute of Chicago Educator Center Fall 2011 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL • Designed lesson plans for Art Institute of Chicago Educator Resource Center’s curriculum archive based on artwork found within the museum Presenter at Teachers for Social Justice Curriculum Fair Fall 2011 Teachers for Social Justice Organization, Chicago, IL • Presented lesson plan entitled “Visual Poetry: Creating Prints Inspired by John Baldessari’s Photomontages" Outdoor Mural Painting Project Summer 2011 Frederic Law Olmsted Legacy Mural Project, Buffalo, NY • Painted a 260ft mural, with a local artist, Augustina Droze • Facilitated painting projects with local high school students
LINDSAY ABRAMO
| lindsabramo@gmail.com | Cell: 716-812-0451
Professional Development ArtXchange Fall 2013 - 2014 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY • Forum for select K-12 art teachers around New York City to meet up, exchange and explore ideas about teaching practices, create artwork and work with contemporary artists. Morgan Book Project Summer 2013 - 2014 Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY • Selective program for public school teachers to develop a unit of study designed to engage students in writing, illustrating, and building a book. Completed books were entered into a juried competition.
Relevant Art Exhibitions
Inspiring and Illuminating the Classroom Summer 2014 Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY • Judges selected several books created by students who participated in the Morgan Book Project competition • One of my student’s books was selected to be publicly exhibited at the Morgan Library & Museum ArtXchange Spring 2014 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY • Collaborated with ArtXchange participants to create an art exhibition inspired by what was learned during our sessions • Student artwork was displayed within the central gallery at the Brooklyn Museum Skill Party Spring 2011 Cobalt Studio, Chicago, IL • Conceptualized, produced, and installed an art exhibition focused on collaboration, participation, and social engagement • Skill Party was the result of a series of workshops exploring the space between the artist, teacher, and student, and the interaction between these modes Found Text: Senior Year Experience Art Show Spring 2009 Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY • Conceptualized, produced, installed, and facilitated gallery opening for my senior year experience exhibition Twelve Years: The Finest of Fine Arts, 1996-2009 Spring 2009 Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY • Produced artwork for the juried exhibit highlighting works in a variety of media by St. Lawrence University students, faculty, and alumni
Thesis Research & Publications “I Felt Exposed. But Yet, More Open” Spring 2012 Graduate Thesis Publication, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL • Conducted action based research at a large selective enrollment public high school to investigate what occurs when students are invited to explore the personal through photography and visual journaling Discourses of Power and the Body Spring 2009 Undergraduate Thesis, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY • Thesis research deconstructed the use of embroidery, pornography, and female representation by creating a new feminist dialogue surrounding art, power, and the body within the feminist artwork of Ghada Amer
References available upon request.
Areas of Proficiency Drawing and Painting Printmaking Book Arts
Photography
Graphic Design Computer Skills
Photography Experience with digital, analogue and pinhole photography, computer based editing, and darkroom techniques
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Graphic design Print design, layout, typography, and computer based graphic design
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Printmaking Lithography, linocut, letterpress, and monoprinting
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Drawing and Painting Experience with a variety of mediums and techniques, realistic rendering, abstract design, and mixed media
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Book Arts Book binding techniques, altered books, and paper making
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Computer Skills Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, Adobe Photoshop, iMovie, and GarageBand