JUDE BLAKELOCK
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Visual Art Teacher
Korea International School, Jeju—Jeju Island, South Korea (July 2012 – Present)
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Visual arts teacher for Upper Elementary school students (grades 2-5)
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Visual Art Teacher
Rectory School—Pomfret, Connecticut (June 2017 – June 2022)
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Visual arts teacher for grades kindergarten through ninth grade
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Planned creative curricula that offered continuity across grade levels
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Developed new course curricula for two new eighth grade offerings: 'Printmaking' and 'Exploring Art'
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Selected and guided students through the regional Scholastic Arts & Writing competition
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Supervised dormitory of fourteen 5th-7th grade girls
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Coached girls soccer and lacrosse
Residential Instructor; Art Teacher
Middlebridge School—Narragansett, Rhode Island (August 2016 – June 2017)
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Supervise dormitory of six postgraduate students
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Facilitate activities that strengthen social and independent life skills
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Plan and teach daily art classes for elective program
Assistant Gallery Coordinator
Winter Associates, Auction House—Plainville, Connecticut (January 2016 – August 2016)
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Photographed, edited and prepared auction catalogue for publication
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Curated gallery for monthly auctions, assisted with office duties, auction preview and auction execution
American Paintings Department Intern
Christie’s—New York, New York (September – December 2015)
Art Director for Summer Programming
The Chewonki Foundation—Wiscasset, Maine (June – August 2015)
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Oversaw all art programs including art studio, photography and ceramic classrooms
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Designed and taught creative art curricula that was appropriate to each age group (students’ aged 8-15)
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Drawing, Professor Phillia Yi
Hobart and William Smith Colleges—Geneva, New York (Spring 2015)
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Assistant teacher in two sections of Introduction to Drawing
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Graded class and homework assignments on weekly basis
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Facilitated weekly nighttime drawing sessions for homework help and additional instruction
Visual Arts Assistant
Davis Gallery—Geneva, New York (September 2012 – May 2015)
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Assistant Curator for Continuum (March 2014), Raul Conti (Oct. 2014), Passing Through (Jan. 2015)
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Catalogued and digitized the Houghton House library and HWS art collection
E D U C A T I O N
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Hobart and William Smith Colleges—Geneva, New York (August 2011 – May 2015)
BA: Studio Art, Art History (double major) and Asian Studies (minor); GPA: 3.68, cum laude
Arthur Dove Art Award 2015; HWS Art Scholar 2011- 2015
Vietnam National University—Hanoi, Vietnam (Fall 2013)
Miss Porter’s School—Farmington, Connecticut (September 2007 – June 2011)
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2010 - present
2010 - present