Art Education Experience

Master of Education, Higher Education Administration, GPA: 4.0, July 2013

                Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia

 

Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, May 2011

                Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia

                Thesis:  Entangled Relationships Illustrated through Parasitic Plants

               

Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Minor in Psychology, December 2006

                University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia

                Honors Graduate, Cum Laude

 

Study Abroad-France, June 2005. Concentration: Ceramics and Art History

Lecturer of Record, Graduate Teaching Assistantship, August 2010-May 2011                                     Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia                

              - Taught two courses per semester, Courses taught: Two-Dimensional Design, Drawing I,                                Drawing II

              - Developed course syllabi and lesson plans, evaluated student learning via Taskstream

              - Maintained grades via WINGS and maintained course materials through Georgia View

 

Visiting Ceramics Teacher, November 2007

Darlington High School, Rome, Georgia

 

Activities Coordinator, May 2006 and 2007

Showcase for the Arts, Rome, Georgia

    - Coordinated art activities for local students K-5

 

Ceramics Camp Teacher, June-August 2005        

Earthworks Pottery Summer Camp, Rome, Georgia

              - Taught ceramics, private lessons

Advisor II, March 2014 – Present

Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia

             

Academic Advisement Specialist, October 2012-March 2014                                                                        East Georgia State College, Statesboro, Georgia

              

Higher Education Experience

Student Achievements

5th Annual Juried FOUNDATIONS: Form and Content, Georgia Southern University

                                Haley Coker (Best in Show), Kara Kollars, Virginia Angles, Anthony Dowdy           

                

Solo Exhibitions

2011       Eagle Nation on Parade, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA2011                                                      “Entangled,” Contemporaries Gallery, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia  

                “Art at the Moon, a Painting Exhibit by Colleen Beyer,” Harvest Moon Café, Rome, Georgia

2008       “My Mother’s Garden,” Wright Art Gallery, Floyd Medical Center, Rome, Georgia

2006       “Stripped,” University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia                 

2015       “Wet Paint Party,” Greater Augusta Arts Council, Augusta, Georgia

2011       “Art is Healing,” Floyd Breast Center, Rome, Georgia

                Chiaha Arts Festival, Rome, Georgia

                “Sense of Place 2011,” Juried Show, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia                                 Valdosta National Juried Show, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia                      

2010        National Wet Paint Exhibition, Zhou B Gallery, Chicago

                6th Annual National Self-Portrait Online Exhibition, 33 Collective Gallery

                MFA Biennial, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia

2009        The Art Place College Juried Exhibit, Marietta, Georgia

                “Ossabaw,” Contemporary Gallery, Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art, Georgia Southern

                             University, Statesboro, Georgia

               1ST Annual Alumni Show, Bruce Bobick Gallery, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia

               Miscellany Magazine, Juried Arts Publication, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia

               “Dada and Surrealism,” Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

2008       MFA Biennial, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

2007       Emerging Artists Show, Rome Area Council for the Arts, Rome, GA

               Chiaha Arts Festival, Rome, GA

               “Bloom,” Rome Area Council of the Arts, Rome, GA

               Miscellany Magazine, Juried Arts Publication, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia

2006       University of West Georgia Big Night, Carrollton, GA

               The Art Place College Juried Exhibit, Marietta, GA

               University of West Georgia Student Show, Carrollton Cultural Arts Center, Carrollton, Georgia

2005       The Art Place College Juried Exhibit, Marietta, GA

Group Shows (selected)

2011       Eagle Nation on Parade, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

Commissions

2007                      Purchase Award, Merit Award, Chiaha Arts Festival

2005-2006            University West Georgia Foundation Scholarship

                              Art Foundation Departmental Scholarship

                              S.T.A.R.S. Scholarship, Bayeux Study Abroad Trip

                              Marianne Bobick Memorial Scholarship

                              Ingram Scholar 

                              Purchase Award, The Art Place College Juried Exhibit

2004-2005            Art Foundation Departmental Scholarship

                              Winsor & Newton Painting Award

                              Dee Canon Scholarship

                              Rousch Family Scholarship

2003-2004            Art Foundation Departmental Scholarship

                              Purchase Award, UWG Annual Student Show

Honors, Awards

Relay for Life, East Georgia State Bobcats Team, 2013

ArtsFest, 2009-2011

Empty Bowls, Participating Potter, 2007-2008

Chiaha Arts Festival, 2002-2008

Volunteer Work

Greater Augusta Arts Council, December 2014-Present

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), January 2013-Present

Professional Associations