Lauren Stevens - Teacher and Fine Artist
RESUME |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
1997 Victorian Certificate of Education – Maryborough Regional College, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
1998 Bachelor of Fine Art, 1st year Painting – Monash University – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1999-2001 Bachelor of Visual Arts Drawing – The University of Ballarat- Mt Helen, Victoria, Australia
2002 Diploma of Illustration -Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2003 Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education - The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
EMPLOYMENT
2002-4 Docks at Williamstown Restaurant - Server/Waitress/Shift Manager -Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2004 Secondary School Arts Teacher (7th – 12th Grade) - Sunshine College – Melbourne, Vic, Australia
2005 Secondary School Arts Teacher (7th – 12th Grade) – Swan Hill College – Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
2006 Pizzeria Guido - Server/Waitress - Bellevue
VOLENTEER 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 Tapps, 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 t - 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, Victoria, 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
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
EXHIBITIONS
2003 Visual Arts Secondary Education Student Exhibition – University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
2001 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 3 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