Education
B.A., Fine Arts, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
Work Experience
Independent Art Teacher for Adults and Youth, Riverside, CA, January 2011 to March 2020. Working with schools and private clients. Co-creator of Puppet Palooza, a workshop which combines art making, creative writing. and performance.
Art Teacher, Carden Academy, Riverside, CA, September 2011 to April 2015. Design and teach curriculums for grades Pre-K to 6th.
Program Coordinator, Inlandia Institute, Riverside CA, January 2011 to June 2012. Planned and coordinated literary events for the Inland area.
Youth Education Curator, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, January 2006 to January 2011. Responsible for the creation, co-ordination, and teaching of art education programs for children and teens. Wrote the curriculums and lesson plans for Art Partners Field Trips and the museum’s outreach program, Art-to-Go. These lessons were presented in school throughout the area. Created the visual material necessary for the presentation of each lesson; posters of art work and vocabulary cards. Trained teachers so that they understood the material and could teach the lessons in an informed and meaningful way. Each lesson was adapted to specific grade levels and met the California State Curriculum Standards for the Visual Arts.
Art Instructor, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, July 1994 to January 2011. Taught and created lessons for adults and youth.
Art Instructor, Community Education, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA, July 1995 to December 2005. Children and seniors.
Art Instructor, Valley View Elementary School, Riverside, CA, October 1992 to June 1995. Created curriculums for grades 1 to 6.
Art Instructor, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, July 1977 to March 1981. Children and adults.
Teaching Experience
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Riverside, CA, October 2014 to June 2019. Art teacher grades K to 7th.
St. Francis de Sales Elementary School, Riverside, CA, September 2011 to March 2018. Art teacher grades K to 8th.
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, July 1994 to January 2011. Art Instructor for adults and children.
Open Campus, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA, Art Instructor for children and seniors, July 1995 to December 2005.
Valley View Elementary School, Riverside, CA, Art Instruction grades 1 to 6, October 1992 to June 1995.
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, Art Instructor, July 1977 to March 1981.
Artist in Residence
Lake Elsinore Unified School District, Lake Elsinore,CA, January through February 2009
Manuel L. Real Elementary School, Perris, CA, October 2002 through March 2003
Del Norte Elementary School, Ontario, CA, February 2001 through June 2001
Myra Lynn Elementary School, Riverside, CA,August 2000 through June 2001
Butterfield Elementary School, Lake Elsinore, CA, January 2000
Collette Elementary School, Riverside,CA, August 1999 through May 2000
Hermosa Elementary School, Alta Loma, CA, March 1999
Longfellow Elementary School, Riverside, CA, May 1998
Bryant Elementary School, Riverside,CA, May 1998
Butterfield Elementary School, Lake Elsinore, CA, November 1997 through June 1998
Longfellow Elementary School, Riverside, CA, May 1997
Cesar Chavez Community Center, Riverside, CA, May 1997
Bryant Elementary School, Riverside,CA, March 1997
Community Settlement Association, Riverside, CA, June 1996
Bryant Elementary School, Riverside,CA, April 1996
Bryant Elementary School, Riverside,CA, March 1994
Bryant Elementary School, Riverside,CA, March 1993
Mead Valley Elementary School, Perris, CA, September 1992
Redlands High School, Redlands, CA, December 1991
Frisbie Junior High School, Rialto, CA, November 1991
Cypress Elementary School, Fontana, CA, March 1991
Henderson Elementary School, Barstow, CA, April 1990
Workshops
California Art Educators Conference, Idyllwild, CA, November 2013
California Art Educators Conference, Riverside, CA, November 2012
Path of Life Shelter, Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, CA, February 2012
Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA, June 2009
Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA, October 2005
CA Art Education Association, State Conference, Riverside, CA, November 2004
Ontario Museum of History and Art,Ontario, CA, October 2004
Ontario Museum of History and Art,Ontario, CA, November 2001
Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA, September 2000
Casa Blanca Children’s Art Exchange, Riverside, CA, July 2000
University of California Extension, Riverside,CA, May 2000
Ontario Library, Ontario, CA, March 2000
Ontario Library South, Ontario, CA, March 2000
San Bernardino County Museum, San Bernardino, CA, February 2000
Delman Heights Community Center, San Bernardino, CA, November 1999
Smithsonian Teacher Workshop Day, Riverside, CA, September 1999
San Bernardino County Museum, San Bernardino, CA, February 1999
Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA, January 1999
Riverside County Library, Arlington Branch, Riverside, CA, August 1998
Riverside County Library, La Sierra Branch, Riverside, CA, August 1998
Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA, May 1998
Perris Library, Perris, CA, December 1995
Pamela Atkinson, Visual Artist 