1991 - 1995
BFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
• Major in jewelry/metals/cad-cam. Traditional benchwork and CAD-CAM studied.
Skills:
Benchwork skills include:
• Fabrication, forging (hot and cold, ferrous and non- ferrous), casting,
anodizing, enameling,
production processes, plastics, inlay and various decorative applications, chasing,
metalsmithing,
lapidary and machine tool processes.
Computer realted skills include:
• CAD-CAM: Xcad, Autocad r13, AutoDesk Mechanical Desktop, SurfCam. This
software is used to
build, surface, render and toolpath three-dimensional objects.
• Web Editing/Authoring: Web Media Publisher Pro, Netscape Gold v3.01
• Word Processing: MicroSoft Word, MocroSoft Works, MicroSoft Publisher
• Audio recording/editing: Cool, Sound Blaster Wave Studio
• Other applications: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere LE, Power Point, Hijak
Pro, Lview Pro.
Experience:
Spring 1997
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
• Instructor, Tool Making. Students learn to make and modify their own
specialized tools.
Other responsibilities include Monitoring the computer lab assisting students in CAD, word
processing
and the internet/world wide web.
Fall 1996
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
• Instructor, Senior Plastics and Metal. Other related responsibilities
include monitoring of computer lab.
Fall 1995 - Spring 1996
Graduate Technical Assistant, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
• Responsibilities include management and maintenance of studio tool room and
supervision of twelve
student tool room monitors.
Spring 1996
Assistant to instructor, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
• Assisted Junior Metalsmithing instructor by providing technical assistance
to students during the studio
portion of the course. Fall 1994 - Enrolled in Senior Seminar Spring 1995
• This competitive position enabled a select group of seniors participation in
Graduate Seminar in Metals. Undergraduate credit is earned for course work. Additional
studio responsibilities entailed, such as monitoring and assisting students and general
studio Maintenance.
Assistant to instructor, Weekend Art Workshop, Tyler School of Art,
Temple University
• Tasks included assisting instructor with class preparation, helping students
during class and demonstrations.
Professional Organizations:
American Craft Council, member.
Society of North American Goldsmiths, student member.
Professional Activities:
June 1996
Society of North American Goldsmiths, annual conference.
• Attended annual conference in Washington D.C.
Academic Activities:
Oct. 1996
Conversations '96, hosted at SUNY New Paltz College of Art.
• Participant and panel discussion mediator. This conference addressed issues
of "image" as it pertained to
metalsmithing.
Spring 1996
Student Advisory Council, Society of North American present Goldsmiths
• Member of a select group of 25 students nationwide to collectively advise
SNAG in student related affairs
and discuss student concerns.
Fall 1994 - Spring 1995
Craft Association of Tyler Students, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
• Vice President and student member. C.A.T.S. is an independent, non-profit
organization founded and
maintained by Tyler students to promote the crafts at Tyler School of Art.
Fall 1993 - Spring 1994
Craft Association of Tyler Students, Tyler School of Art.
• Secretary/Treasurer and student member.
Academic Awards:
• BFA - Graduated with honors, magna cum laude, May 1995.
• Dean's List six consecutive semesters, September 1992 - May 1995.
• Awarded Dean's Merit Scholarship Spring 1995.
• Member of the National Golden Key Honor Society.
Exhibitions:
October 1996, Conversations '96 at State College of New York, SUNY New
Paltz
1996, Tyler School of Art Jewelry/Metals/Cad-Cam Area Student Gallery
• http://blue.temple.edu/~crafts/jmcc/local/gallery/gal_student.html
Fall 1995, Craft Department Graduate Exhibition, Elkins Gallery, Tyler
School of Art, Temple University
March 1995, B.F.A. Exhibition, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art,
Temple University
April 1993, Works Gallery, South Street, Philadelphia, PA.
