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My background is in developing and teaching art, visual culture, and multimedia curriculum and programs for schools and museums in the United States and abroad. I have taught in youth homes, detention centers, prisons, and various youth and community organizations.

Aside from teaching art theory and principles, I use art and digital mediums to teach and explore different learning and subject areas such as literacy, environmental issues, and life-skills.

art educator

exploring art and visual cultureUniversity of Arizona

exploring art and visual cultureUniversity of Arizona

I taught a semester-long course for undergraduate students

ages 17-26. The course objects ranged from understanding art/visual culture in relationship to society to becoming familiar the process of making art.

The students worked individually or in groups, discussing, writing, and creating in a variety of mediums (blockprinting, photography, digital blogging, drawing, journal writing, etc).

Examples of their work follows:

block printingtheme: social change

vision and voice: photobloggingtheme: why does art matter?

art, literacy, & life skills diou liou, taiwan

design away & little voices zeum, san francisco’s children museum

photovoice sisterhoods: visitation valley and sunnydale boys&girls club

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Sisterhoods is a violence prevention group for girls ages 8-12 in two rival, gang neighborhoods.

I developed and facilitated a 12-week photography, art and multimedia education program.

The goal of Sisterhoods was to build healthy relationships between girls from Sunnydale and Visitation Valley, reduce violent behavior in these communities, and empower girls to articulate and advocate for the needs of their communities through photography and art education.

In February 20, 2010 the project was showcased in My San Francisco: A Neighborhood Mashup, which featuring a broad spectrum of media produced by young artists affiliated with six local community-based organizations.

center of creative photographycube-it-up!

Cube-it-up! is a fun gallery, museum or classroom activity as well as an interactive teaching and learning tool for participants of all ages. Its aim is to allow participants to explore the fundamental principles and elements of photography through observation, drawing, sculpture, and design.

A detailed activity outline, lesson plan and Teaching Aid also accompany the interactive learning tool!

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