EDUCATION C.V.
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teaching
- 2009
- Instructor. Sketchbook Drawing & Intermediate Sketchbook Mixed Media. Art Studio, UC Berkeley. An interdisciplinary course spanning drawing, painting, mixed media and typography. Includes lecture presentations of contemporary and historical graphic designers, illustrators and visual artists. Projects include observational drawing exercises, visual organization, storyboarding narratives and active discussion.
- Substitute Instructor for Eric Hongisto's foundation-level art class. University of San Francisco.
- 2006
- Instructor. 100 Families Project. Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Oakland, CA.
- Workshop leader. “Visual Art and Organizing.” Immigrant & Refugee Rights Training Institute, Oakland, CA.
- 2005
- Workshop leader. “Intro to Community-Based Arts.” Immigrant & Refugee Rights Training Institute, Oakland, CA.
- 2004
- Workshop leader. “Training Community-Based Arts.” National Performance Network Annual Meeting, Los Angeles.
- 2003
- Instructor. Illustration. Youth Outlook Magazine / Pacific News Service, San Francisco. Projects included narrative drawings presented in an exhibition at ZEUM.
- Instructor. Community Mural Painting. Asian Health Services & Asian Youth Service Committee. Oakland, CA.
- Online Artist Mentor. TeachingArts.org. California Arts Council.
- 2001
- Instructor. Community Mural Painting. Mandela Arts, Oakland, CA.
- Instructor. Community Mural Painting. Underground Railroad, Oakland, CA. With support as grantee as lead artist from Third Wave Foundation.
- 2000
- Instructor. Community Mural Painting. CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities and Youth Force. Bronx, NY. With support as lead artist from the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Links program.
- Instructor. Community Mural Painting. Fellowship for Reconcilliation. Bronx, NY.
- Workshop leader. Writing/drawing. Quietly Re-born project. Richmond, CA. With support from the California Council for the Humanities.
- 1999
- Workshop leader. “Banner Painting.” National Organizer’s Alliance Gathering, Asheville, NC.
- Instructor. Relief Printmaking. Roosevelt Village Center. Oakland, CA.
- 1998–2000 Teacher’s Assistant to Juana Alicia Montoya. East Bay Institute for Urban Arts, Oakland, CA.
- 1998–1999 Art Education Assistant. Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
lectures & panels
- 2011
- Guest Artist. The Artist in the World taught by Christian L. Frock. California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA.
- 2010
- Studio Visits. Students in CCA's MA in Curatorial Practice and BFA/interdisciplinary critique.
- 2009
- Guest Artist. 2-D taught by Sydney Cohen. CCA, Oakland, CA.
- Guest Artist. Youth Advisory Board. Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
- Breathe Residency Studio Visits. Students included Leeds University MA program, Manchester University Curatorial and Museum Studies MA program, Manchester Metropolitan University MA program. Chinese Art Centre, Manchester, UK.
- Guest Artist. Plaited Fog Collective. Preston, Lancaster, UK.
- 2008
- Artist Talk. Studio art class taught by Jenifer K Wofford. University of San Francisco.
- Artist Talk with Jenifer K Wofford. Frey Norris Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
- Artist Talk. Sculpture. Helen Lee. CCA, Oakland, CA.
- Guest Critic. First-year Graduate Reviews. CCA, San Francisco, CA.
- 2007
- Guest Critic. First-year Graduate Reviews. CCA, San Francisco, CA.
- Artist Talk. Graduate seminar. Mario Ybarra Jr. / Karla Diaz. CCA, San Francisco, CA.
- 2006
- Guest Artist & Critic. Junior Tutorial. CCA, Oakland, CA.
- 2004
- Presenter & Panelist. “Art in Action.” Bioneers Conference, San Rafael, CA.
- 2002
- Artist Talk. “Empowerment through Expression: Chinese American Women in the Arts.” Chinese Historical Society of America, San Francisco.
- Artist Talk. Locus Community Arts, San Francisco.
- Speaker: “Stories from the Front: Popular Education Developing Leadership and Building Communities.” Second Southern Institute for Popular Education, Atlanta, GA.
- Panelist: “CRAFT Methodology.” National Community Builders Network National Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
community work & service
- 1999-2005
- Community Muralist. Lead 17 murals around the country, with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts' Creative Links Fund, the Third Wave Foundation and the National Network of Grantmakers. Partnered with local organizations like the Art and Soul Festival, Asian Health Services, East Side Arts Alliance, Mandela Arts Center, and Underground Railroad as well as CAAAV: Against Anti-Asian Violence & Youth Force (Bronx, NY), Fellowship of Reconciliation (Nyack, NY) and Project South (Atlanta, GA).
- 1999-2000
- Youth Mentor. Robert F. Kennedy Americorps Fellowship. San Francisco.