teaching

Selected contracts and collaborations

• Columbia College Chicago, Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP), kite-making residency including workshops for CCAP staff, for partner schools (primary grades), and for the College's Manifest Urban Arts Festival (drop-in audiences of college students and faculty, along with visiting school groups and families)

• The Art Institute of Chicago, the Artist's Studio, Kraft Education Center, kite-making, mask-making, and puppet-making demonstrations and workshops, drop-in family audiences, multiple 3-hour artist visits​

• Evanston Arts Council Cultural Fund grant, Latin American mask-making residency, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School, grade 8, Spanish language class, 45 students, four 1 1/2-hour sessions, in Illinois

• Art Resources in Teaching, "Latin American Mask Making" residencies, integrating social sciences per Illinois state goals and Chicago academic standards, grades 3-8, six 1 1/2-hour sessions. Also, "Latin American Kite Making" workshops, two 1 1/2-hour sessions

• Chicago Arts Assistance Program grant, multi-faceted kite-related programming with the Chicago Park District including hands-on workshops, community-based exhibitions, and culminating kite-making and flying events for drop-in family audiences (awarded three consecutive years)

• Marwen (Marwen Studio and partner locations): "Fly A Kite" program, grades 7-12, six 3-hour sessions; kite-making at Garfield Park Conservatory, grades 7-12, four 2-hour sessions; "Banners" at North Lawndale College Preparatory High School, grades 7-12, six two-hour sessions; "Real World Design" at Erie Neighborhood House Technology Center, grades 7-12, eight two-hour sessions, all in Chicago, IL

Organizations I've worked with

Museums and Galleries

• The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

• Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL

• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

• Kohl Children’s Museum, Glenview, IL

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

• Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL

• John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL

• Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown, IL

• Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

• Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago, IL

• Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Museum of Puerto Rican History and Culture, Chicago, IL

• Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL

Schools and Universities

• University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

• Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

• Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

• University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

• Oakton Community College, Skokie, IL

• Whittier Elementary School, Oak Park, IL

• Chute Middle School, Evanston, IL

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School, Evanston, IL

• Glen Crest Middle School, Glen Ellyn, IL

• J.W. Eater Junior High School, Rantoul, IL

• West Aurora High School, Aurora, IL

• Truman State University, Kirksville, MO

• Carl Sandburg Elementary School, Madison, WI

• Midvale Elementary School, Madison, WI

Culture and Education Organizations

• Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

• Lincoln Park Cultural Center and the Chicago Park District, Chicago, IL

• Chicago Public Library, Association House of Chicago, Chicago, IL

• Christopher House, Chicago, IL

• Hinsdale Center for the Arts, IL

• YMCA, Chicago, IL

• Chicago Cultural Center and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL

• Marwen (Chicago, IL), Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement, Chicago, IL

• Park District of Oak Park (IL), Art Resources in Teaching, Chicago, IL

• The Dance COLEctive (Chicago, IL), Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, Chicago, IL

• Eyes Open, Inc., Chicago, IL

• Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

• Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, IL

• Amara Yoga & Arts, Urbana, IL

• ​Living Yoga Center, Urbana, IL

• Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL​​

• Madison Public Library, Madison, WI