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Sandra Wolfson at the Opening of
her Exhibit titled ‘Unfold’
at the Burren College of Art on the West Coast of Ireland.
She completed a prestigious Artist In Residency in September 2022.
TEACHING ARTIST
An innovative artist, teacher and college instructor
with in-depth experience working for community colleges, cultural
art centers, museums, and fine art galleries. Expertise in teaching
screen printing, creative digital media, figure drawing, expressive
drawing, composition, perspective and painting. Skilled in working
with city and local government on public art projects. Recognized
for ability to teach age, skill and ethnically diverse student
population.
AWARDS
National Endowment of the Arts
Recipient, Los Angeles, CA
Northwest Examiner Community Visual Arts Award, Portland, OR
Teaching Assistantship (TA), Colorado State University
Ford Foundation Scholarship University of Georgia
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Artist in Resident at KALA, a preeminent
printmaking studio in Berekeley, Ca going on eight years. http://www.kala.org
• Solo Exhibit at Tiburon Town Hall, ‘Reconfigured’
Works of Art, March – April 2024
• Solo Exhibit at O’Hanlon Art Center of the work
created at the Burren College of Art in April, 2023.
• One of Six Artists In Resident working at The Burren
College of Art, County Clare, Ireland in the month of September
2022. The art making focus was to convey the beauty of the landscape.
• Committee member on Tiburon Public Art Panel, evaluating
artists Fletcher Benton, Elizabeth Turk and others through a
recently created evaluation process, leading the ‘vision’.
https://www.townoftiburon.org/352/Public-Art. Helped to bring
public artist Thomas Jackson to Tiburon.
• Curated and organized fine art printmaking exhibit at
a contemporary gallery SCAPE in Corona del Mar, California for
two years consecutively 2013 and 2014. Similarly curated and
organized an exhibit about music and art at the Tiburon Library
this past year 2023.
• Selected artist member of City of Mountain View public
art committee tasked with selecting, purchasing and making decisions
about public art for the city.
• Designed large-scale collaborative drawing project to
bring together a diverse intergenerational group; students strengthened
drawing skills and gained an appreciation for each other’s
perspective of what constitutes public art.
• Selected as one of two art educators for an NEA funded
program called “Art in Our City” based out of Barnsdall
Park, Los Angeles.
• Recruited LA artists such as Frank Gehry, Wendy Clark,
David Wild, Betye Sarr and Frank Romero to participate in citywide
educational programs. These endowed programs generated enormous
community interest.
• Oversaw program and acted as point person for children’s
art exchanges with the Lennigrad Avant Guard School of Art,
Russia; Japanese Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan; and The City
of Bordeaux, France Mural Project.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020-Current
College of Marin (COM), Corte Madera, CA
Continuing Education Art & Art History Instructor
Teaching classes virtually via Zoom called ‘Travel with
Me (Virtually) to Art Museums Around the World’. Visited
important museums like The Louvre, The Met, The Pompidou, Tate
Modern, SFMOMA, Tokyo MOMA, The Zeitz Museum, The Guggenheim
and many others. Currently teaching in studio drawing classes
on Perspective and Composition.
2016-2020
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA),
San Francisco, CA
Private Guide
Gave tours that encompassed the museums amazing contemporary
collections and exhibits including; The Fisher Collection; The
Matisse/Diebenkorn Exhibit; and The Munch Exhibit.
2010-2015
Orange Coast College (OCC), Costa Mesa,
CA
Fine Art Instructor
Design and implement comprehensive arts curriculum. Expertise
in Fine Art Screen Printing, Drawing and Composition, and Creative
Digital Media. Wrote a proposal for Screen Printing II that’s
been accepted for 2015/16. Currently writing a needs assessment
for the screen printing area.
• Guided students in participating in an exhibition curated
by Andrea Harris: “Speak for the Trees” for the Orange
Coast College Gallery, July of 2011 exhibiting a class wide
collaborative, large scale screen print.
2011-2015
Strathmore Fine Arts Paper
Speaker/Artist Representative
Speaking in over 20 college venues including CSU Fullerton,
Laguna College of Art and Design; CSU Northridge; San Diego
State and others. Contact, set up, speak and follow up with
college art instructors and their classrooms or auditoriums.
2005-2010
Monterey Peninsula College (MPC), Monterey,
CA
Fine Art Instructor
Design and implement comprehensive arts curriculum. Expertise
in Figure Drawing, Drawing and Composition, Expressive Drawing,
Painting and Creative Digital Media. Co-curate professional
art exhibitions and work with student Print Club. Arrange student
field trips.
• Received 2010 grant from Monterey Peninsula College Foundation
to attend the prestigious Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA.
• Selected artists and co-curated painting exhibit, The
Intimate Observer, which featured the work of Wayne Jiang, Christine
Hanlon and Sharon Wolpoff.
• Provided technical assistance on student recipe book:
Come for the Art – Stay for the Food, a fundraiser to benefit
the MPC Print Club.
• Participated in the MPC community day to raise awareness
of educational opportunities. Introduced students to basic printmaking
concepts, generating interest in the Print Club and printmaking
classes.
2003-2007
Santa Catalina Private All Girls High School,
Monterey, CA
Freshman Art Instructor
Introduced student to the elements and principles of design;
devised art projects. Developed curriculum, facilitated school-wide
art projects and installed student exhibits.
• Created an art project for incoming freshman at an all-girls
high school which was incorporated into opening day ceremonies.
School administrators were extremely pleased with the results.
• Designed a creative project which introduced students
to drawing concepts and the studio. Activity immediately involved
students in making art and building meaningful friendships.
1999-2001
Community School of Music and Art, Mountain
View, CA
Art Coordinator
Coordinated art camps and selected professional artists for
artist-in-residence program. Designed thematic curriculum, scheduled
workshops and created brochures. Worked with artists to create
community exhibits and collaborated with school principals and
administration to arrange special events.
1999-2001
City of Mountain View Art Committee, Mountain
View, Ca
Board Member
Worked with board members to purchase art for public spaces;
selected and designed public art exhibits. Collaborated with
architects to make aesthetic decisions about public areas and
historic preservation.
• Identified unique miniature art collection and curated
exhibition of 1500 objects for the Mountain View Performing
and Visual Arts Center. Exhibit attracted hundreds of community
members.
1999
Hartnell College, Salinas, CA
Painting Instructor
1997
Columbia College of Business, Portland, OR
Graphic Art Instructor
1997-1998
Art in the Pearl Festival
Founding Board Member and Arts Education Coordinator
Created an annual arts festival and program that integrated
the community and the Portland Art Museum. Organization won
new Non Profit of the Year award.
• Co-founded Art in the Pearl summer arts festival; created
community-focused art projects enlisting the support of the
Portland Art Museum. Festival - related programs have become
annual events and bring together community members of all ages.
1995-1997
Evan Moore Educational Publishers, Monterey,
CA
Production Coordinator of the Art Department
Designed educational materials; coordinated the publishing of
national handbooks.
1998-93
Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
Director of International Child Art Collection
Curated, maintained and framed exhibits. Developed and organized
educational programs and exhibitions for schools and community
centers. Taught and was artist-in-residence at over 100 Los
Angeles inner city schools and surrounding areas. Designed art
projects for the disabled and organized events for teens.
• Redesigned Los Angeles teacher training program. Created
accessible, hands-on program that incorporated International
Child Art Collection, teacher workshops and artist-in-residence
programs.
• Designed teacher training workshop that incorporated
simple and inexpensive projects for teachers and students. Included
historical information and thematic options that met curriculum
requirements. Teachers left with the tools to be successful
and were excited about making and teaching art.
1998-93
G. Ray Hawkins Photography Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
Head Preparator and Registrar
Duties included working with artists such as Annie Liebowitz,
and Jerry McMilan and handling artworks by Diane Arbus, Edward
Curtis, Man Ray, Edward Weston and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
EDUCATION
MFA, Painting, Colorado State University,
Fort Collin, CO 1986
BFA, Drawing and Painting, University of Georgia, Athens,
GA
EXHIBITION LIST
IN THE COLLECTIONS OF
Preston and Katie Roper, Larry and Corinne Marcus, Melanie and
Gary Forest, Elizabeth Garcius-Pontius, Melissa Pickford, Nick
Keros, Deanna and Greg Holland, Joyce Lundgren, Cathleen Young,
Tony and Carla Fantozzi-Palermo, Katie Carver, Rebecca Ramos,
Cal and Julie Brabant, Suzanne Coulson, Linda and Martin Cowen,
Cathy Engler, Ron and Mary Stewart, Laura Stickney, Laurel &
Bob Field Jacob
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Tiburon Library Art Exhibit, “94920”,
Tiburon, CA - 2023
O’Hanlon Art Center, Annual Members Exhibit, Mill Valley
– 2021, 2022
KALA Gallery, Annual Members Exhibit, Berkeley – 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
SFMOMA Staff Exhibit, San Francisco, CA – 2018
SCAPE Gallery, Printmaking Exhibit Curator, Corona Del Mar –
2013/14/15/16
Azusa College Gallery, The Hand Pulled Print, Los Angeles Print
Society - 2015
City Hall Juried Art Exhibition, juried by Jonathan Burke President
of LCAD, Laguna Beach, CA – 2014
Coastline Art Gallery, District Faculty Exhibition, Costa Mesa,
CA – 2014
Orange Coast College, Faculty Exhibit, Costa Mesa, CA –
2012
Coastline Community College, Faculty Exhibit, Costa Mesa, CA
– 2011
Monterey Peninsula College Gallery, Faculty Exhibit, Monterey,
CA - 2010
Felix Kulpa Gallery, Sustenance, MPC Fine Art Print Club, Santa
Cruz, CA – 2010
Felix Kulpa Gallery, Printmaking Exposed, MPC Fine Art Print
Club, Santa Cruz, CA – 2009
Pacific Grove Art Center, Pressing On, MPC Fine Art Print Club
Show, Pacific Grove, CA - 2009
Unitarian Universalist Church, Solo Show, Questioning Existence,
Monterey, CA – 2005
Frank Romero Studio Exhibition, Barnsdall Benefit, LA –
1999
Majlum & Nordfors, Smith, Gordon Architecture, Time in a
Landscape, Solo Show, Portland, OR – 1997
OMNI Gallery, Group Show, Portland, OR – 1996
Monterey Museum of Art, Miniatures, Monterey, CA – 1995,
2004, 2008
Loyola Law School, Site, The Verdict, - curated by Suzanne Munchnic,
LA Times Writer, LA, CA – 1993
Randall Scott Gallery, auction, Santa Monica, CA – 1992
Long Beach Arts Open Juried Exhibit, group show – curated
by Will Hipps, Long Beach, CA – 1992
Angels Gate Cultural Center, group exhibition – curated
by Peter Frank, San Pedro, CA – 1991
Echo Park Gallery, Four Women, Echo Park, CA – 1991
Le Café Restaurant, Solo show, Sherman Oaks, CA –
1990
Municipal Art Gallery, Group Exhibit, Barnsdall Park, LA, CA
– 1989
The Barnsdall Jr. Arts Center, Faculty and Staff, LA, CA –
1988
Power Plant Visual Arts Center, High Time, Fort Collins, CO
– 1985
Shelley Tadman Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – 1986-88
Lincoln Center, A Point of View, Invitation, Fort Collins, CO
– 1985
Colorado State University, Graduate Show, Fort Collins, CO –
1985
Clayton Jr. College, Solo Show, Morrow, GA – 1981
Lyndon House Exhibition, S. Eastern Competition, Athens, GA
– 1982
Piedmont Arts Festival, S. Eastern Competition, Atlanta, GA
– 1982
Topan Gallery, Solo Show, Athens, GA – 1981
Cortona Art Exhibition, Student Exhibit, Cortona, Italy –
1980
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Scape Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA
- Completed a large-scale commission for Chase Bank - 2012
PREVIOUS GALLERY REPRESENTATION
18th Street Gallery, Santa Monica,
CA
Joan Roeby Gallery, Denver, CO
Art Resources/C.G. Rein Gallery, Denver, CO
Abstein Gallery, Atlanta, GA
RÉSUMÉ ADDENDUM
PUBLICATIONS AND TV APPEARANCES
Fox Television Interview on the Art of Resettled Children in
LA, 1990
Art In America Annual Guide to Galleries, Museums and Artists,
1986/87 and 1987/88
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Kala Institute, Introduction to Collograph Printing, Oakland,
CA 1999, 2000
Monterey Peninsula College, Ceramics and Hand Building, Web
Design, Photo Printmaking, 2004-2008
National Arts Educators Convention, Boston 2005, Chicago, 2006,
New York 2007
Loyola Marymount, CA, The Los Angeles Crisis, The Art of Healing
Trauma, 1990, 1993
SELECTED CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
TAUGHT
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA, Printmaking,
2004
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA, Self-Portraits, Immigrant
Children’s Arts Program, 2001
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, Expressive Drawing, 1998
Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove,
CA, Micro/Macro, 1996
Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, Guest Lecturer, “Materials
Artists Choose” 1992
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA, The Sea and I – Art
Workshops, May 1994 – 1996
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles,
CA, All Day Art Day, 1992
A festival that responded to the L.A. riots
Los Angeles Unified School District, Region H, Los Angeles,
CA, Pattern and Rhythm, 1991
Kidspace Museum, Pasadena, CA, Portraits in Many Lands, 1991
Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA, Art in Our City, NEA Artist-in-Residence,
1990
Burren College of Art, Artist In
Residence Exhibit
Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Ireland September 2022
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