Experience Summary
Objective:
Position as a Museum Guide/Educator or Art teacher
Education:
School of Visual Arts, B.F.A. New York, New York, 1993
Experience:
Museum Educator
Junior Museum, Troy, NY
• Taught Native American History Programs for children ages 2-18
• Organized cooperative learning activities.
• Ran and organized children's camps, such as "Edible Art Camp", "Music Around Us camp", and"Space and the Cosmos Camp".
• Ran the planetarium systems and taught education programs about outer space.
• Ran animal encounter programs with the museum's animal collection, in the museum and off site at schools and libraries.
• Educational guide through the museum's various exhibits.
Art Teacher
Young Champions, Clay Elementary, San Diego, CA
(Currently employed)
• Teaching art and illustration
Medusa Road Studio, Greenville, NY
• Education Director for all art classes
• Taught a variety of art programs including, "The art of Fairies", cartooning, and drawing and painting classes for children ages 5-18
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
• Taught Egyptian Art programs for children ages 5-15
• Taught a variety of art programs including, "Wearable Art","Recycled Art", and drawing and painting classes for children ages 5-18
• Wrote and taught dynamic lesson plans
The Center For Creative Education, Kingston, NY
• Taught cartooning, drawing and painting for elementary school age children in after school art programs
• Wrote and taught dynamic lesson plans
Relevant Interests
Freelance Illustrator, and set and prop designer
References
Paula Johnson, sets director , Looking Glass Theater, San Diego
(619) 280-9313
Elsie Sleeter, production manager, Looking Glass Theater, San Diego
(619) 575-3191
cell: (619)436-7018
Carolyn Watson Dubisch
http://EscapingNewYorktoaGreenerLife.blogspot.com/
http://www.TheHorribles.TheWebComic.com
http://www.ThePeopleThatMeltinTheRain.TheWebComic.com
Teaching Style
Personal, creative, and fun- emphasis on creativity, personal expression through structured projects.
Other Comments
"(Carolyn's) ... performance in the classroom and with paperwork has been outstanding, and I truly couldn’t ask for a better instructor."
Nathan Brewer
Young Champions Director