Experience

Online Course Developer

University of New Mexico Valencia Campus

(Educational Institution; Media Production industry)

2009 - Present (1 year )

Online Course Developer – Courses include: Intro to Film (Survey), Beyond Hollywood (Survey), History of Photography, History of Graphic Design, Digital Photography, Intro to Game Development, History of Video Art, and Web 2.0 - Online Tools for Student Success. LMS used - Blackboard, WebCT, and Moodle

Professor

University of New Mexico Valencia

(Educational Institution; Design industry)

2008 - Present (2 years )

Lecturer III: Professor, Digital Media Arts,
courses include: Photo I, Visualizing Ideas in Photography, Digital Imaging Techniques, Web Design Methodology, Intro to Electronic Art, Graphics and Animation, Video Production, History of Graphic Design, History of Photography, Beyond Hollywood, Publication Design & Visual Communication, Digital Foundations, Video Art, Intro to Film, Game Development, and Game Art & Animation. Also, faculty advising, committee work: Online Development Committee (member), Cultural Enrichment Committee (member), Faculty Professional Development Committee (chair), and program building: Restructure the Digital Media Arts Degree and curriculum and build the Game Art & Animation Program and curriculum. Member of Governor Bill Richardson’s New Mexico Higher Education Film & Digital Arts Task Force for articulation of programs and courses in post-secondary schools across the state.

Owner

ToastLab

(Design industry)

2000 - Present (10 years )

Owner, Graphic/Web Design, Video Production/Editing, Photography

Elementary Art Teacher

Escuela del Sol Montessori

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

2006 - 2008 (2 years )

elementary Art Teacher

Adjunct Faculty

University of New Mexico

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

2005 - 2008 (3 years )

College of Education, Art Education Program - Adjunct Faculty, Instructor of Studio Art in the Schools: Collage, graduate and undergraduate course designed to teach collage and multi-media art techniques and history, serve on graduate thesis/dissertation committees, since 2006 | Instructor of Studio Art in the Schools: Computer Arts, graduate and undergraduate course designed to teach the basics of graphic arts and new media techniques and history on Mac systems, serve on graduate thesis/dissertation committees, since 2005

Instructor

Flatbed Press

(Arts and Crafts industry)

2006 - 2006 (less than a year)

Instructor, "Collage Craze: Monoprint, Drypoint, and the
art of Chine Colle," and "Collagraph," ongoing adult workshops

Visual Arts Instructor

Interlochen Center for the Arts

(Educational Institution; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

2005 - 2005 (less than a year)

Visual Arts Instructor, Summer Session, High School/Middle School/Elementary School: Drawing/Painting, Weaving/Fibers, Printmaking

Coordinator, Printing Services

University of New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

2004 - 2005 (1 year )

Coordinator, School of Architecture and
Planning Printing Services and Digital Lab: restructure entire operation of output resource center for graduate and undergraduate students, faculty and staff. Manage lab: budget materials, costs, and fees, maintain computers (Mac and PC), printers (including large format), scanners, monitor inventory, provide technical assistance to students, faculty, and staff in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Apple Software, Final Cut Pro

Summer Session teacher

Albuquerque Academy

(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

2004 - 2004 (less than a year)

Teacher, Summer Session, Middle/Elementary School: Book Arts, Sculpture, Art History, Printmaking

Guest Lecturer

University of New Mexico

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

2003 - 2003 (less than a year)

Guest Lecturer of “Collaborative Printmaking through Community Service,” taught the art of creating prints collaboratively with community outreach program participants such as underprivileged youth, homeless people of all ages, and the mentally challenged. An undergraduate and graduate level course

Instructor

University of New Mexico

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

2003 - 2003 (less than a year)

Graduate Instructor of Lithography: Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced. An undergraduate and graduate level course

Instructor's Assistant

University of New Mexico

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

2003 - 2003 (less than a year)

Instructor’s Assistant/Collaborative printer of Collagraph prints with primary school students from Escuela del Sol Montessori

Assistant Technician

University of New Mexico, Graduate Fine Arts Digital Lab

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

2002 - 2002 (less than a year)

Assistant Technician at the Graduate Fine Art Department’s Digital Lab: manage lab: maintain computers, printers (including large format), scanners, monitor inventory, manage student records and account information, oversee and maintain check-out equipment: digital still and video cameras, mini-disc recorders, projectors

Master Printer

Pyramid Atlantic

(Arts and Crafts industry)

2000 - 2001 (1 year )

Master Printer, Printshop Manager

Visiting Master Printer

Anderson Ranch Arts Center

(Non-Profit; Fine Art industry)

2000 - 2000 (less than a year)

Visiting Master Printer: collaborative
printer of series of monotypes and monoprints with artist Clarence Morgan

Assistant Printer

Paper Press

(Arts and Crafts industry)

2000 - 2000 (less than a year)

Printer of photogravures and Assistant Printer of photogravures and paper lithographs with artist and printmaker Linda Schwarz

Senior Collaborative Printer

Tamarind Institute of Lithography

(Arts and Crafts industry)

1999 - 2000 (1 year )

Senior Collaborative Printer, worked with: Squeak Carnwath, Robert Kelly, Ava Gerber, Eve Aschheim, Carolyn Brady, Willie Birch, Stuart Arends, Wes Mills, Jonathan Seliger, Lance Letscher, Liliana

Master Printer

Noblet Serigraphy

(Arts and Crafts industry)

1998 - 1998 (less than a year)

Master Printer of Richard Serra etching, Printer of
silkscreens for: Roy Lichtenstein, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, Georgia Marsh,…

Teaching Assistant

Internazionale Scuola di Graphica

(Arts and Crafts industry)

1997 - 1997 (less than a year)

Teaching Assistant to Clare Romano and John Ross (authors of The Complete Printmaker, 1972, 1990) in intaglio and collagraph in Venice, Italy

Intern

Center for Book Arts

(Arts and Crafts industry)

1997 - 1997 (less than a year)

New York. NY – Intern: assisted in classes on bookbinding,
letterpress, and monoprint, clerical

Teaching Assistant

Pratt Institute

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

1995 - 1997 (2 years )

Teaching Assistant – graduate level photo-etching,
beginning through advanced intaglio, silkscreen, and lithography classes

Assistant Technician

Pratt Institute Printshop

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

1995 - 1997 (2 years )

Assistant Technician: printed for department in etching, silkscreen, woodcut /organization, inventory, ordering for department / assisted students in all printmaking media / kodalith maker

Master Printer

North End Access Project

(Arts and Crafts industry)

1996 - 1996 (less than a year)

New York, NY – Master Printer in serigraphy project: glass
tiles for the renovation of Grand Central Station

Teacher | After-School Program

Children's Museum of Houston

(Non-Profit; Museums and Institutions industry)

1995 - 1995 (less than a year)

Teacher in After-School Program: found object sculpture, collage, printmaking

Printer

Americana Screenprinting

(Arts and Crafts industry)

1994 - 1994 (less than a year)

Printer on manual/mechanical screenpresses

Printer

Americana Screenprinting

(Arts and Crafts industry)

1994 - 1994 (less than a year)

Printer on manual/mechanical screenpresses

Pre-Press Coordinator

Houston Records

(Music industry)

1993 - 1993 (less than a year)

Pre-Press Coordinator: exposure and development of lith
film and photo-plates for four-color offset printing: album covers, tape covers, cd covers, posters

Education

Art Institute of Colorado

Certificate Maya 2008 Fundamentals

2009 - 2009

Sloan Consortium

Certificate Online Teaching

2009 - 2009

Art Institute of Colorado

Certificate Final Cut Pro 6 Level 1

2008 - 2008

The University of New Mexico

MFA Electronic Arts | Printmaking

2002 - 2004

Tamarind Institute

TMP Lithography

1998 - 2000

Pratt Institute

BFA Studio Art, Printmaking

1995 - 1998