RESUME

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2003 Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education - The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

1999-2001 Bachelor of Visual Arts Drawing – The University of Ballarat, Mt Helen, Victoria, Australia

1997 Victorian Certificate of Education – Maryborough Regional College, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia

EMPLOYMENT

2008 Office Manager/Art Instructor - Thrive Art School - Seattle

2008 Art Specialist - Snoqualmie Elementary - Snoqualmie

2008 Art Instructor (years 5-12) - Art for Kids School - Various Elementary School locations

2007 High School Art Instructor (9th –12th Grade) - Newport High School – Bellevue, WA

2005 Secondary School Arts Teacher (7th Grade – 12th Grade) – Swan Hill College – Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

2004 Secondary School Arts Teacher (7th Grade – 12th Grade) - Sunshine College – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE ARTS

2006 Fair Volunteer – Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair – Bellevue, Washington

2006 Art Docent – Lake Tapps Elementary - Lake Tapps, Washington

2006 Maintenance of Dieringer School District Art Auction web page – Lake T apps, Washington

2006 ‘Art Walk’ volunteer – Lake Tapps Elementary – Lake Tapps, Washington

2006 Art Auction classroom projects – Lake Tapps Elementary & Dieringer Heights – Lake Tapps, Washington

2005 Holiday Program – Craft Workshops – Swan Hill Rotary Club – Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

2005 Scenic Painter ‘Hello Dolly’ – Swan Hill Theatre Group – Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

2005 Lunch time activity programs (computer programs & crafts) – Swan Hill College – Victoria, Australia

2005 Arts Expo – Student Artwork Exhibition Coordinator – Swan Hill College, Victoria, Australia

2004 Coordinator of student exhibition at Sunshine Community Library – Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

2004 Coordinator of Mural painting involving student’s years 7-10 – Sunshine College – Victoria, Australia.

2004 Coordinator of student Fashion Parade – Sunshine Plaza – Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

2003 Teaching Rounds – Sunshine College – Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

2003 Teaching Rounds - Westborne Grammar – Hoppers Crossing, Victoria, Australia

2003 Teaching Rounds - Gilmore Girls College – Footscray, Victoria, Australia

2001 Scenic Painter ‘On The Town’ – Performing Arts Department - University of Ballarat – Mt Helen, Victoria, Australia

2001 Mural Designer and Painter – St Patrick’s Primary School – Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

2000 Set Designer and Constructor, ‘Banana Lounge Theatre’ – Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

2000 Set Designer and Painter ‘Toying with an Idea’ Exhibition – Ballarat Fine Art Gallery – Victoria, Australia

1995-1999 Sculpture and Painting tutor – Regional Primary School Students Workshops – Maryborough Regional College, Vic, Australia

1995-1999 Painting tutor – Student Workshops – Maryborough East Primary School, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia

1998 Artist in Residence Workshops – Murtoa Community Center – Mertoa, Victoria, Australia

1998 Coordinator and Tutor – Life Drawing Classes – Murtoa Community Center, Victoria, Australia 1998 Recurrent Guest Speaker –Year 11 and 12 students – National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

1995-1997 Assistant Curator, Artzview Exhibition – Central Goldfields Art Gallery – Maryborough, Victoria, Australia 

1996-1997 Set Designer and Painter – Rock Eisteddfod Challenge – Bendigo Schweppes Center – Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

1997 Photography Assistant (Work Experience)- Limelight Studios – South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2008 Adobe Photoshop - Continuing Education - Bellevue Community College

2007 Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Newport High School, Bellevue

2005 Beginning Teachers Seminar – Victoria University – Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

2005 Rhinoceros Computer Program Workshops – Swan Hill College – Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

2005 ‘Safe From Harm’ Workshop – Department of Education and Training – Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.

2004 Airbrushing Workshop – Sunshine College – Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

2004 Computer Aided Design Workshops in Photoshop, Director and Illustrator – Sunshine TAFE, Victoria, Australia

2004 Building Capacity Improvement, Sunshine College – Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

2004 AEU Seminar for Beginning Teachers – Victoria University, Sunshine Campus, Victoria, Australia

2004 SMYLE Convention - Middle Years Learning Enterprise - Sunshine College – Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

2002 Diploma of Illustration(1st year)- Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

1998 Bachelor of Fine Art, (1st year) Painting – Monash University – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

EXHIBITIONS

2003 Visual Arts Secondary Education Student Exhibition – University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

2001 Graduate Exhibition, University of Ballarat - Mt Helen, Victoria, Australia

2001 Slow Germination, Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2001 Drawing Studio Exhibition, University of Ballarat – Mt Helen, Victoria, Australia

2000 Drawing Studio exhibition, University of Ballarat - Mt Helen, Victoria, Australia

2000 Annual Rotary Art Exhibition - Charlton, Victoria, Australia

1999 Drawing Studio exhibition, University of Ballarat - Mt Helen, Victoria, Australia

1999 Stevens and Percel, University of Ballarat - Mt Helen, Victoria, Australia

1999 ‘4X4’, Le Atelier Gallery – Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

1998-1999 Top Cats from 1997, Statewide Resource Center, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

1998 Three TopArts Drawings from 1997, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

1998 Community Art Exhibition, Murtoa Community Town Hall, Murtoa, Victoria, Australia

1997 Artzview 97, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia

1997 Lauren Stevens – Solo Exhibition - Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia

1996 Artzview 96, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia

1995 Artzview 95, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia

AWARDS

2002 Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Industry Foundation Scholarship

1999 Ella Donald Fine Arts Scholarship

1998 Ella Donald Fine Arts Scholarship

1997 David Campbell Memorial Art Award

1997 Nina Carr Memorial Scholarship

1996 John and Maud Askew Scholarship

1996 Maryborough Regional College Studio Arts Award

1995 Maryborough Regional College Arts Award

1994 Maryborough Regional College Arts Award

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