\Katina Papson\

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

 

• MASTER CLASSROOM TEACHER AND DIRECTOR WHO LOVES TEACHING
• FOCUS ON ART EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY COLLABORTIVE, COMMUNITY BASED, CONCEPTUAL, PERFORMANCE, DIGITAL AND LENS BASED MEDIA ARTS
• STRONG DEVELOPMENT OF ISSUES BASED CURRICULUM: FOCUSED ON IDENTITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, ACTIVISM
• SKILLED IN ADAPTING CURRICULUM TO VARYING INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP NEEDS
• TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED IN HELPING OTHER TEACHERS AS A MENTOR

 

Education

 

Masters of Fine Arts, Photo/Video/Media Arts

California College of the Arts (CCA) May 2007

 

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education

Graduated Cum Laude, G.P.A. 3.63, UMASS Amherst December 1999

 

TEACHING & DIRECTING

 

CCA - Undergraduate Teacher Assistant

Oakland, CA, Sept 2006-May 2007

4D Visual Dynamics introduces students to digital technologies, interactive and collaborative methodologies, and critical study of media culture.

Athena Project provides an opportunity for CCA students to mentor middle-school-aged youth in an after school program on the CCA campus. CCA students will work with youth on a community-based art project focusing on sites such as the Matilda Brown Home for Elderly Women near the Oakland campus.

 

World Savvy - Artist Mentor/Consultant - Arts and Media Program San Francisco, CA, Sept 2005 & 2006

Developed and taught curriculum addressing issues such as:

• Negotiating the self and action within peace and conflict in contemporary society
• The concept of “home” & immigrant identities in the United States

 

Amherst Pelham Regional High School - Art Teacher

Amherst, MA, Sept 2000 - June 2005

Foundations of Art, Photography I and Advanced Photo, Gr. 9-12

Curriculum Development: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Installation, Video, Photography and Multimedia high school arts programming with strong focus on Multicultural Arts Education

 

 

Deerfield Academy Summer Arts Camp - Executive Director

Deerfield MA Summer 2002 – June 2005

Camp Supervisor and Studio Instructor

·      Trained and mentored 20 college age artists/students as counselors/teacher throughout the summer

·      Organized and managed daily camp activities and final festival events

·      Arranged for at least 6 economically underprivileged youth to come to camp on scholarship each summer

·      Communicated closely with Deerfield Academy administration and staff

·      Communicated closely with parents

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

 

PLAySPACE Gallery, California College of the Arts – Curator

     San Francisco CA Fall 2006

-      “What’s The Story”, exhibit featuring artists and writers using narrative as a structure in their work

 

“GirlsEyeView” Instructor, a program of Youth Action Coalition

     Amherst MA January 2001 - June 2003

     Ware MA January 1999 - January 2001

-      All girls middle school photography leadership program

-      Student work exhibited twice a year in the community

 

“Through Your Eyes Only” Instructor

     Ware MA September 1999 - 2002

-      Coed photo/leadership program for youth

 

Leadership and Collaborations

 

* Neighborhood Public Radio, Participating Artist, San Francisco, CA Mar 06-pres.

* Performance with William Pope. L Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, March 2007

* World Savvy Arts Festival Performance Zeum, San Francisco, CA Oct 2006

* Art and Ecology Festival, San Francisco CA Performance “The Duel” Sept 2006

* Process, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA June 2006

* Go Collaborative, Varnish Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA February 2006

* Speak UP SF! , Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA December 2005

* Why We Teach, Teachers College Press, ed. Sonia Nieto Published Spring 2005

* Director of Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues

* Developed/Directed AWARE multimedia youth initiated activist art/performance group, Post 9.11.01

 

Upcoming Exhibits:

    

* MFA Exhibition May 10th, California College of the Arts, SF, California

* Paleogeographies: Suitcase Show, Chicago, Illinois

 

Awards/Nominations

 

• ALANA (African, Latino/a, Asian/ Pacific Islander, and Native American) Honor Society UMASS Amherst 1995-1999
• Robert Frost Chair for Teaching Excellence Award Nominee

Amherst High School, 2003-2004

• Amherst Area Educational Alliance Grant

Aware Performance Group, 2001-2004

 

TRAVEL/OTHER

                               

* Traveled extensively in Ecuador, Greece, Italy, Spain, & Mexico

* Fluent in native language of Spanish  

* Native of New York City

* Lover of Nature and Music

* Art Set Designer, High School Musicals 2001-2003

 

 

Teaching and Artist Portfolio Available Upon Request