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E X P E R I E N C E

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Visual Art Teacher

Korea International School, Jeju—Jeju Island, South Korea (July 2012 – Present)

  • 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)

  • Visual arts teacher for grades kindergarten through ninth grade

  • Planned creative curricula that offered continuity across grade levels

  • Developed new course curricula for two new eighth grade offerings: 'Printmaking' and 'Exploring Art'

  • Selected and guided students through the regional Scholastic Arts & Writing competition

  • Supervised dormitory of fourteen 5th-7th grade girls

  • Coached girls soccer and lacrosse

 

Residential Instructor; Art Teacher

Middlebridge School—Narragansett, Rhode Island (August 2016 – June 2017)

  • Supervise dormitory of six postgraduate students

  • Facilitate activities that strengthen social and independent life skills

  • Plan and teach daily art classes for elective program

 

Assistant Gallery Coordinator

Winter Associates, Auction House—Plainville, Connecticut (January 2016 – August 2016)

  • Photographed, edited and prepared auction catalogue for publication

  • 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)

  • Oversaw all art programs including art studio, photography and ceramic classrooms

  • 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)

  • Assistant teacher in two sections of Introduction to Drawing

  • Graded class and homework assignments on weekly basis

  • Facilitated weekly nighttime drawing sessions for homework help and additional instruction

 

Visual Arts Assistant

Davis Gallery—Geneva, New York (September 2012 – May 2015)

  • Assistant Curator for Continuum (March 2014), Raul Conti (Oct. 2014), Passing Through (Jan. 2015)

  • 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

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