| EMPLOYMENT |
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1996 - Present: ST. CATHARINE COLLEGE, ST. CATHARINE, KY Professor and Art Department Chair - Curriculum planning, maintaining budget, Art Instructor to
350 College level students. Teaching load of 15-21 hours per semester in Drawing, Painting, Art
History, Design and Art Education. |
| 1994-1996: Art Instructor, Grades 7-9
MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS MEMPHIS, TN Curriculum planning and Art Teacher to 500 students at Cypress Junior High, an inner-city, all Black school. Director, Saturday School Program MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART MEMPHIS, TN Administrative Director of the 85-year-old youth program at the college of art. Planning curriculum, selecting classes, hiring instructors, designing brochure, advertising, maintaining budget and purchasing supplies. Supervisor of over 20 faculty members and 10 work-study students. Responsible for registration of 300+ students each session, as well as advising and meeting with parents. Selected portfolios and interviewed student candidates in order to grant scholarships to gifted and talented students. |
| 1992-1993: Instructor, Basic Drawing and Teaching Assistant MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART MEMPHIS, TN, Planning curriculum and instruction for 20 students in Foundation courses of Drawing and Painting. |
| 1990-1993: Art Instructor, Grades K-8
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JACKSON JACKSON, TN.
Planning curriculum and art instruction for 500 students at USJ, a prestigious private school.
Develloped an after-school and summer program for gifted and talented students, and taught Art
within this program. Gallery Manager/Procurer of Art Work for Sale at ELKANNAH'S GALLERY JACKSON, TN Managed the most progressive art gallery in the Jackson area with connections in New York and Chicago. Duties included counseling patrons and commissioning artwork. |
| 1981-1986: Gallery Manager and Curator
WHITEHALL GALLERY BARDSTOWN, KY Managed a full-service gallery in the heart of historic Bardstown, which included shows and exhibitions of contemporary works, prints, framing and a gift shop. Duties included hiring and training of employees, purchasing, advertising, community services, and cooperation with the tourist industry. |
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS |
| El Jimador, Bardstown, KY 2007, 230 ft. Mural Mexican Culture, 2007 Historic St. Thomas Church, Bardstown, KY, 3 large Scripture Signages, 2006 Horse Mania Project, Lexington, Ky 2000 Life size Horse Louisville International Airport, 2001 10 ft Horse Paintings El Camino Real Mexican Restaurant, Bardstown, KY, Murals, 2008 El Tapatio Restaurant, Elizabethtown, KY, Murals, 2009 Gallopalooza Horse Project, "Fuel's Gold", Sponsored by Thornton's, Louisville, KY Jeffersontown Illumination Project, Concrete Lamplights, J'town, KY |
EXHIBITIONS |
| Delilah's. Chicago, III. 2008Elvis Paintings The Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, TN Elvis Paintings Fine Light Marketing Firm, Louisville KY 2000-2001 Artworks Collection, Charleston, S.C. 2001 Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY 1999 Garden Sculptures in Limestone Comer Museum, Silacauga, AL 1994 The Parthenon, Nashville, TN Nail Figure Jewish Community Center, Memphis, TN 1994 African Figures Union University, Jackson, TN, 1992 Paintings and Sculpture from France City Hall, Jackson, TN, 1992 Carnegie Center for the Arts, Jackson, TN, 1991 Casa Grisanti, Louisville, KY, 1989 Impressions of Impressionists The Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO, 1980 |