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Education
Ed.D 2013 Edgewood College (Educational Leadership, Higher Education)
Dissertation Title: The impact of an art-based media literacy program on the leadership self-efficacy of adolescent age girls
MFA 2005 Cranbrook Academy of Art (Fibers Major, Painting Minor)
BFA 2002 Maryland Institute College of Art (Fibers, Major; Gender Studies, Minor)
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
2015 Kennedy Center Teaching Artist
2011 Grassroots Leadership College, Developing Leader Semester
Professional Experience
2018-Current University of Houston-Downtown, Adjunct Professor
ARTreach, Teaching Artist
2017-2019 Lone Star Community College, Adjunct Professor
2016-2017 Moms Demand Action Leader, Local Group Lead and State Co-Lead Managing local group leads for State of Texas. Created this position to share the State lead role, started with 6 local groups, now managing 16.
2015 Kennedy Center Teaching Artist, Crestwood Elementary School Developed specific program to meet needs of the classroom and ran workshops with students, worked hand-in-hand with teachers on self- assessment of program and student growth and retention.
2009-2015 Project Girl, Group Facilitator- Madison Area Coordinator & Trainer Ran groups at middle schools, community centers, and special events using the Project Girl curriculum. Lead workshops to train teachers, parents, and students on how to use the Project Girl curriculum and how to get groups started in their community. Had a leadership role in digital presence of Project Girl online.
2008-2013 Taught community classes through Madison School Community Recreation Developed classes to meet needs and interests of community. Taught to a wide range of abilities and populations, ages 3-92.
2010-2012 Graduate Assistant, Graduate and Professional Studies, Edgewood College Worked directly under the Dean managing special projects. Independent research to expand program, evaluate courses, and work with community partners. Helped to build communication within department and across campus through meetings, email, and information sharing systems.
Courses Taught (Collegiate Level)
Visual Culture
Principles of Design 3-D
Fiber Arts (designed course)
Intro Drawing
Principles of Design 2-D
New Media (Digital)
Art Education 2-D Studio
Interior Design & Fashion Studio in Pattern and Texture
Art History, Women Artists (designed course)
Art History (in classroom and on television to satellite campuses)
Art Appreciation
History of Modern Fashion
Beginning Jewelry Studio
Career Development
Screen Printing
Interior Design & Fashion Studio in Principals of Fashion Design
Service
Co-State Lead, Texas, Moms Demand Action
Local Group Lead Moms Demand Action Kingwood, TX
Kingwood Montesorri Leadership Team, Kingwood TX
Fabric of Our Lives. Madison, WI
Girls Act, Madison, WI
Project Girl, Madison, WI
Project Girl, Milwaukee, WI
Veterans Welcome Resource Center, Madison, WI
Veteran Students at Edgewood College
Returning Adult Accelerated Degree Committee, Edgewood College
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, WI
Visioneers Challenge, State of Wisconsin
Committee to redesign Freshman Curriculum, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Head, Expressions Through Creativity, 4/16 memorial event, Virginia Tech
Workshop, organizer, “Beaded Blessings” from VirginiaTech to Northern Illinois Univ.
Portfolio Review Team, Virginia Tech
Head, Committee-Explore Introduction of Portfolio Review of Potential Students, Radford Univ.
Alpha Phi Omega, Faculty Advisor, Radford University
Art Guild, Reestablished Chapter, Faculty Advisor, Radford University
Grants
Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Writer of grant
Humanities Exposed, University of Wisconsin Madison –Girls Act, Co-Writer of grant
Walmart Grant, Veteran Resource Center for Edgewood College, Co-Writer of grant
Community Art Shows and Events
2016 Art Car Parade, Moms Demand Action Car, Houston, TX 2nd place
2013 Dyeing for Community Quilts, Workshop
2012 Girls Act, Play, Overture Performing Arts Center, Madision, WI
Project Girl, Art Opening Edgewood College
2011 Project Girl, Art Opening & Zine Launch, Glitter Workshop
2010 Project Girl, Art Opening, Zine Launch, & Reading, A Room of One’s Own
Project Girl, Art Opening, Jefferson Middle School
Project Girl, Art Opening, Blessed Sacrament
Solo Art Shows
2016 anthology “Armchair Politics” Madison, WI
2009 Wisconsin Arts Board, “Emily Keown” Madison, WI
2008 The Gallery, Radford VA
2006 Hulbert Hall, Radford University, “Breast Cancer Awareness” Radford, VA
2004 Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA
2003 XYZ Gallery, “Collections of Survival”, Blacksburg, VA
2002 Maryland Institute College of Art, “Cozied”, Baltimore MD
1999 Bolo’s, “Homecoming”, Blacksburg, VA
Group Art Shows
2021 SECAC 2021 Members Exhibition, Lexington, KY, Juried Exhibition
Faculty Show, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX
2nd Biennial Fiber Arts National Juried Exhibition, Bower Center, Bedford, VA
Site Specific Works, Refrigerator Gallery, Brooklynn NY
2020 Threads Through Time, Baum Gallery at the University of Central Arkansas
Seeing Purple/Seeing Red, Online exhibition hosted by Ella Watson
Small Works Members Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL, Juried Exhibition
community quilting, Modern Quilt Guild, Austin, TX, Juried Exhibition
2019 Luck of the Draw 2, Madison, WI, Juried Exhibition
2018 Teacher/Maker, Houston, TX
2017 AMPLIFY + MULTIPLY, The Coburn Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO,
Invitational Exhibition
2016 Armchair Politics, anthology, Madison, WI
2015 Art Car Museum “re-in-car-nation”, Houston, TX
2010 Jacksonville Center, “All This I Am”, Floyd, VA
2008 State Street Gallery, “Little Things” Madison, WI
State Street Gallery, “Fiber Collective” Madison, WI
Women Made, “One Planet, One Experiment” Chicago, IL, Juried Exhibition
Torpedo Factory, “Led by Thread” Arlington, VA, Juried Exhibition
CitiBank, “Mixed Media”, Richmond, VA
XYZ Gallery, “Faculty Show”, Blacksburg, VA
Reading Museum, “Hot House”, Reading, PA
2007 Art Tour 10, Blacksburg, VA
Art Tour 10, Radford, VA
Art on the Lawn, Pearisburg, VA, Juried Exhibition
Art in the Alley, Blacksburg, VA, Juried Exhibition
Fox Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, “15x15x15”, Baltimore, MD
Cranbrook Art Museum, “Hot House”, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Juried Exhibition
Smoyer Gallery, “Bi-Annual”, Roanoke, VA, Juried Exhibition
The Gallery, “Group Show”, Radford, VA
2006 Radford University Museum, “Radford Art Show”, Radford, VA, Juried Exhibition
Exit Art Gallery, “Wild Girls”, New York, NY, Juried Exhibition
Lexington Art League, “Nude International 2006”, Lexington, KY, Juried Exhibition
2005 Nude Nite Gallery, “Breast Cancer Benefit”, Orlando, FL, Juried Exhibition
Cranbrook Museum, “Graduate Show”, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “Get It Off Your Chest”, Santa Ana, CA, Juried Exhibition
2004 Arrowmont Gallery, “Assistants Show”, Gatlinburg, TN
Forum Gallery, “34A”, Three Person Show, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2003 Forum Gallery, “Adaptations”, Department Show, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2002 Cape Center, “Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Show”, Anne Arundel, MD
Wexler Gallery, “Tasteless and Tawdry”, Philadelphia, PA
Fredericksburg Art Center, “Eye of the Beholder”, Fredericksburg, VA
Cork Factory, “Nil Admirari”, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art, Senior Thesis, Baltimore, MD
The Fabric Workshop, “Comfort Zone”, Philadelphia, PA
2001 H. Lewis Gallery, “Poster Show”, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art, Undergrad Juried Show, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art “Study Abroad Show”, Baltimore, MD
“Landscape Show”, Olimpos, Greece
Traveling Exhibition, “Beaded Blessings”
2000 Contemporary Museum, “Snapshots”, Baltimore, MD
Private Collection, Child Abuse Prevention Center of Southwestern VA, Christiansburg, VA
Maryland Institute College of Art, Fibers Show, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art, Undergrad Juried Show, Baltimore MD
1999 Weber College, “What is Drawing?”, 0gden, UT
Maryland Institute College of Art, Foundation Show, Baltimore, MD
Reviews
https://secacart.org/page/OlgadeAmaral
https://secacart.org/page/Pinatasthetic
Bibliography
Gregory Wittkopp. Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook. Catalogue
2007 Cranbrook Art Museum (Note: My work is featured on book cover flap.)
“Applause.” The Roanoke Times, 13 Sept. 2007: Current 12.
Lindsay Key. “Radford Artist Paints Her Dreams.” The Roanoke Times 14 June 2007.
“Around the State/A Weekly Digest of Virginia News.” The Richmond Times-
Dispatch 22 Oct. 2006: B4.
Risemberg, Rafael. “Women Gone Wild – The Next Generation of Provocative Female
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Lancaster, Jake. “Flavorpill: xy flavor.” Cultural Stimuli in NYC Issue 324 2006
http://nyc.flavorpill.net/mailer/issue324/index.html
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Julie Lasky. “Finding New Ways to Duck and Cover.” The New York Times 21 Feb.
2002: Currents: Fabrics 3.
“Aspiring Artists Show Their Stuff.” The Roanoke Times 26 June 1998: NRV 13.
Monique Balas. “Today a Passion, Tomorrow a Profession.” The Roanoke Times 13
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