Curriculum Viate/resume

Curriculum viate/resume

Katherine Spinella MFA Art & Design Program 380 Jeffery Court Romeo, MI 48065 Phone: 989.621.3067 [email protected] www.Katherinespinella.com

Education: 2008 BFA Art, Printmaking Museum Studies Minor Central Michigan University (cum laude) 2005 Drawing in Florence, Study Abroad, Central Michigan University, Florence, Italy

Grants/Awards: 2009 2009 2008 2008 2007 2007 2006

Arts-in-Education Fellowship Award, Women’s Studio Workshop Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center Best in Show, CMU Juried Student Annual Exhibition Exhibition Award, CMU Juried Student Annual Exhibition Recognition in Printmaking, CMU Juried Student Annual Exhibition Evelyn Fry Scholarship Recipient, CMU Art Department Steven Barstow Award Recipient, CMU Art Department

Solo Exhibitions: 2010 Raw, Inn Season Café, Royal Oak, MI

Selected Exhibitions: 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007

Faculty and Staff Exhibition, 2007 Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI BFA Juried Exhibition, The Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI ReWorks, Hastings College, Hastings, NE 6X6, Kaya Coffee and Tea, Mt. Pleasant, MI Art in the State Legislature, Anderson House of Representatives Business Building, Lansing, MI Collective: cellular biology-social systems-interaction-forms of communication, Park Library, Mt. Pleasant, MI TRI, Three person selected exhibition, Space Studios, Midland, MI 6th International Paper Triennial, Juried by the artistic commission of the 6th International Triennial of Paper, Musee de Charmey, Charmey, Switzerland CMU Juried Student Annual Exhibition, Juried by Armin Mersmann; 2007 Juried by Renee Zettle- Sterling; 2006 Juried by Amy Gilman, University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI BFA/BA National Juried Exhibition, Juried by Kalup Linzy, Tampa, FL Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Juried by Brian Rutenberg, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI 27th Annual Statewide Print Competition, Juried by Carmon Colangelo, Clack Art Center, Alma College, Alma, MI Art Must Dash, Cardboard performance & U-Haul Exhibition, Student Art League, Mt. Pleasant, MI CMU Scholarship Recipients Student Exhibition, Selected by Art Dept. faculty committee; 2006 Selected by Art Dept. Faculty Committee, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI CMU Extended Studies Printmaking Exhibition, Advanced Printmaking Students, Park library, Mt. Pleasant, MI CMU Residents Life Exhibition, Troutman Hall, Mt. Pleasant, MI

Collections: Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

Publication and Review: Newspaper article. Rhonda Dedyne “Student's Art on Display.” Special Section: Time Out. Morning Sun. Mar. 08 Exhibition catalogue. Charmey Artistic Commission. “6e Triennale Internationale Du Papier.” Oct. 08 Literary journal. Student Media Board of Directors. Cover art: Neurosis Of’. Inside art: (Our) Reticulating Nexus. Central Review. Oct. 08

Skills: Printmaking:

Intaglio, Intaglio-Type (non-etch photo polymer printmaking) Stone Lithography, Photo Plate Lithography, Silkscreen, Relief Printing, Direct Transfers, Monotype Papermaking: Sheet Forming, Hollander Beater Operation, Preparing Natural Fibers, Pigmenting, Armatures, Sculptural Forming Bookmaking: Traditional and Experimental Binding, Stitching Photography: Cyanotype, Photoshop, Studio Lighting, Darkroom Development, 4X5 Film, View Camera Sculpture: MIG Welder, Plasma Cutter

Employment: 2009- Present Home-Schooling, Art Teacher Responsibilities: Teaching high school level art classes in drawing, 2-D/3-D foundations and printmaking 2009-Present

Professional Educational Services Group (Macomb & Oakland County Public Schools), Substitute Teacher, MI Responsibilities: Working with grades K-12, teaching and implementing lesson plans, classroom management

2008-2009

Central Michigan University (Printmaking), Studio Assistant, Mt. Pleasant, MI Responsibilities: Shop cleaning and organizing, demo preparation, assisting students

2005-2008

CMU University Art Gallery, Gallery Assistant & Student Volunteer Coordinator, Mt. Pleasant, MI Responsibilities: Fine art handling (various two-dimensional and three-dimensional works), exhibition design, condition reports and communications

2007-Summer Interlochen Center for the Arts, Studio Assistant, Interlochen, MI 2009-Summer Responsibilities: Studio maintenance and classroom assistance for printmaking, papermaking and drawing, creating and implementing three-day lesson plan; working with grades K-12; attending pedagogy classes on Project Zero

Internship/Volunteer: 2009- Present Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Installation and Education Assistant, Detroit, MI Responsibilities: Assisting with weekend art activity workshops, fine art handling 2008-Summer Max's Place for Social and Emotional Growth, Assistant Arts Counselor, Mt. Pleasant MI Responsibilities: Assisting in the visual arts classroom for children with Autism Spectrum disorders 2008

Art Reach, Day with the Artist Volunteer April 18, 2008, Ganiard Elementary, Volunteer, Mt. Pleasant, MI Responsibilities: Assisting and instructing in relief printing with Print Club members

2008

Sandy Skogland Workshop CMU, installation project volunteer, Mt. Pleasant, MI Responsibilities: Assisting in bottle threading and group dynamics

2007-Summer Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Intern, Detroit, MI Responsibilities: Distributing program pamphlets, opening and closing of the exhibit ‘Stuff’, visitor services, art handling, research & database entry for ‘Words Fail Me’ 2006

CMU Natural and Cultural History Museum, Exhibition Coordinator, Mt. Pleasant, MI Responsibilities: Exhibition design, Curatorial experience, CMU's 1st Annual Culture Crawl- Gallery Interpreter of Exhibitions

Professional Development: 2007-Present Southern Graphic Council, Student Member.SGC Conference 2007 Kansas City, MO.2008 Richmond, VA. 2009 Chicago, IL. 2007-2008 Student Art League, Member 2005-2008 Print Club, Member.2006-2008 President 2007-2008(spring) Friends of Dard Hunter, Student Member.FDH Papermaking Conference 2007 Washington, D 2004-2005 National Art Education Association (NAEA), Student Member