Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn NY 11238
2007—Present
GALLERY / STUDIO INSTRUCTOR, GALLERY / STUDIO PROGRAM
Teach classes that connect studio practice with instruction in the Museum's galleries. Design a syllabus with works from the museum's collection that allows students to develop their skills in viewing and creating art in a variety of mediums in the Museum. Supervise the intern assistant. Evaluate the students at the end of the semester and
prepare their work for the student exhibition in the Education Gallery.
2014
A.R.T. (ART, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING), ADULT PROGRAM
Led a three-day workshop for Museum docents in Museum Education Theory and Studio Practice. Students toured the Swoon Submerged Motherlands exhibit and learned how to connect inquiry led learning to social practice with the use of studio skills. Through the practice of in-studio mixed media art-making, students learned to connect verbal and experiential skills to better engage museum audiences.
Paducah Arts Alliance
Paducah, KY 42001
2017
WOMAN’S HEALTH RESIDENCY DRAWING WORKSHOP
Engaged residency administrators and artists in a model drawing workshop while consciousness raising about issues connected to woman’s health and advocacy.
American Folk Art Museum
45 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10022
2008—2009
CONTRACTUAL MUSEUM EDUCATOR:
FAMILY PROGRAMS AND CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
Designed and implemented programs for children and their adult friends. Programs reflected the Museum's unique identity as home to a collection of traditional folk art and contemporary self-taught art. Tours involved a forty five minute discussion in the galleries and a forty five minute related art workshop.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10128
2000—2007
TEACHING ARTIST, LEARNING THROUGH ART
Taught third through fifth grade classes in three different schools. Developed lesson plans that connected the classroom curriculum to the museum collection. Through inquiry, students utilized Guggenheim Museum exhibits to develop their own creativity. Collaborated with classroom teachers through professional development workshops.
Coordinated instruction strategies with lead teachers to incorporate curriculum with experiential art activities. Ordered and maintained supplies for residency while managing supply budget. Prepared children's artwork, writing, and all documentation for LTA's annual exhibition at the Guggenheim. Installed an in-school exhibit of final projects. Created, designed and executed on site family workshops in the Museum. Designed and led student tours at the Guggenheim Museum. Actively participated in monthly administrative professional development meetings.
Brooklyn Friends School
375 Pearl Street Brooklyn, NY 11201
2002—2005
ART TEACHER, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM
Designed a sculpture class based on ruins, architecture and natural sacred sites from
global cultures. Students create their own imaginative spaces from wood, found natural materials, and clay. Drawing and ecological awareness are investigated and integrated into the studio classes.
Studio in a School
594 Broadway, Suite 502, New York, NY 10012
1994- 2000
EARLY CHILDHOOD ARTIST
Implemented a process oriented curriculum of painting, collage, printmaking, wood
and clay sculpture, for use in general and special education classes. Conducted staff
development workshops and parent programs. Developed and maintained child
accessible arts centers, display areas, exhibits, and a portfolio component. Ordered and budgeted materials for all facets of the program.
Beth Eloheim Early Childhood Center
274 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238
1991- 1995
ART SPECIALIST/TEACHER
Assisted teachers in all classrooms with concentration on individual art instruction. As a specialist, I focused on children's capacity for iconic expression, which becomes an
internalized source of self-esteem. Instructed a separate class which emphasizes process and collaborative effort through mural making. Have taught art in all facets of the curriculum: summer session, the Afterschool program for children from public school, and for two years supervised an extended day classroom for self-motivated creative activity.
First Choice Personnel, Citiwide Personnel,
Brent Agency, and Parker Personnel
New York, NY
1988-1990
PERSONNEL CONSULTANT
Identified appropriate candidates for positions within the graphic design field and
advertising industry. Generated accounts with top agencies for art directors in print
advertising. Responsible for interviewing and placement of candidates in diversified
support positions, temporary, and permanent.
School of Visual Arts
209 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010
1986-1987
PLACEMENT COUNSELOR
Focused on fine arts advisement. Acted as a liaison between the Placement Office and the Graduate Department in Fine Arts. Generated jobs for fine artists at noted galleries, printmaking workshops, and as artist assistants. Dramatically increased the record for fine artist placement. Contacted galleries and organized a file on their slide policies. Coordinated curators and alumnae, resulting in student work installed in shows.
1985-1986
ACTING DIRECTOR of PLACEMENT OFFICE
Implemented directions for improved office efficiency. Supervised clerical staff.
Assisted Department Chairpersons in final term portfolio evaluations for all media
students. Developed a computerized mailing list of galleries and wrote a letter promoting fine art graduates.
1983-1985
PLACEMENT ASSISTANT
Handled client contacts with incoming job orders. Evaluated student’s needs and placed them in appropriate positions. Kept current files on available job openings.
EDUCATION:
1986-1988: School of Visual Arts, M.F.A.
1978-1980: School of Visual Arts, B.F.A.
1974-1978: Sarah Lawrence College, B.A.
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS:
Hilla Rebay Teaching Artist Award, 2004, Guggenheim Museum
Aljira Emerge 2001 Algira, A Center for Contemporary Art Newark, N. J.
ADDITIONAL STUDY:
2010: Lower East Side Printshop, Inc., Independent Printmaking
2009: Manhattan Graphics, Independent Printmaking
2008: Columbia University: Institute for Research in African American Studies
The Culture of Freedom, Professor Daniel Dawson
1998: Bob Blackburn, Independent Printmaking
1993,1996: Bank Street College
1988-1996: Broome Street Studio, Independent Printmaking
1991: New York City Central Labor Council, Certified Peer Counselor
1983: Art Student’s League, Printmaking
1979-1980: Pratt Institute, Printmaking
1974-1978: Sarah Lawrence College, B.A.
Painting with Richard Pousette-Dart;
Printmaking with Ansei Uchima
LECTURES, PANELS AND INTERVIEWS:
2012: Not Just Any Dream, Oral History Exhibit, Sarah Lawrence College,
Slonim House, Bronxville, NY
Photographs Visions Rendered with Gelato!, Gallery.NO, New York, NY
15 Minutes of Fact Interview with Reynolds—Feminist and Artist with
Jerry Ashton, Weearth Global Radio Network, New York, NY
2010: Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today with
Josh MacPhee, Bluestockings, New York, NY
2008: Close to the Edge: Exploring Artists Undivided, City Without Walls,
Newark, NJ
2007: TV Education, Canal 2, Espirito Santo, Brazil
2006: Connecting Artistic Practice with Oral History in the Classroom,
New York University, NY
2004: NAVA, NYC TV, Brooklyn, NY
2004: NAVA, NYC TV, Brooklyn, NY
2003: The Puki Communion at Umspannwerk, Radio Kultur (95.8) with Silke Merton,
Berlin, Germany
Teaching Art for Social Change in Middle School, New York University
2002: Visual Artists and Collaboration: Experiment, Compromise, and Change, el
MUSEO del barrio with the Guggenheim Museum
2001: Connecting Art with Curriculum in Early Childhood, New York University
2000: Picturing Desire and the Transformation of Power, Marymount Manhattan
College
1993: Picturing Desire and the Transformation of Power, University of Hawaii
at Manoa
Honolulu Academy of the Arts Leeward Community College
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2012:studio.ra in bow by reynolds: a puki pollination, StudioRa, Rome , Italy
2011:Antiquarian Adventures: Dreamers of a New Day, Museum MAN
@another vacant space, Berlin, Germany
2009:Puki Pacifista, Studio RA, Rome, Italy
2007:magina A Vagina, Galleria Virginia Tamanini, Vitória ES, Brazil
Sonoluminescence, Muqueca, Cambridge, MA
2005::The Puki Adventus, Museum MAN, Liverpool, UK
The Puki Promenade, Gallery 31, Freehold, NJ
1997:The Puki Salon, DAAD Studio 4, Berlin, Germany
1995:Paintings, Galerie Seghaier, Vienna, Austria
1993:Consecrated Hostess: Etchings and Paintings, Leeward Community College,
Foyer Art Gallery, Pearl City, Hawaii
1991:Cosmic Fever: Works on Paper 1980-1990, Art in Time, Honolulu, Hawaii
1984 :Original Sin and the Day After, Max Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Include: Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY; LAPE, University of London, London, UK; Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY; Leslie-Lohman Annex, New York, NY; Danny Simmons’ Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Cavin Morris Gallery, New York, NY; Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, NY; Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; City Without Walls, Newark, NJ; Yendor Productions, Newark, NJ; Yendor Productions, Newark, NJ; The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce , Richmond, VA; Folk Fest, Atlanta, GA; Stables Gallery at Orleans House, London, UK; The Foundry Gallery, London, UK; London Biennale 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020; Museum Man, Valparaiso, Chile; Vicente de Paula, Vitória ES, Brazil; Kyrenia Harbour, Cyprus, Turkey; Zeytin Dali Sokak, Girne, Cyprus; Pont des Arts, Paris;
To list a few.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
2021: New York Artists Equity Association, Inc.
2010: The New York City Museum Educator’s Roundtable
1992-2009: College Art Association
1986-1987: Eastern College Personnel Officer
1986-1987: The National Network for Artist's Placement
REVIEWS:
2010: Raffaella Losapio, art a part of cult(ure): remove background noise,
August 5, May 19
2009: Raffaella Losapio, art a part of cult(ure): remove background noise,
August 6
2008: Küpçüoglu, Hülya “Sinidra” SANAT ArtNewsp, p.19
2007: Wuo, Tatiana “Lirismo e Protesto nas Artes” A Gazeta, August 7, p. 8
2004: Peter, Garon “Erotica Section” NY ARTS, International Edition, Volume
9 Number1/2
2002: Baysa, Koan-Jeff "Watching the West" NY ARTS, Volume 7 Number 5
1994: Raven, Arlene "Is Bad Good or Bad?", The Village Voice, April 16
1993: Brislin, Chris "Art Sparks Controversy", Ka Mana 'O News,
Volume 10 Number 3
Rose, Joan "The Top Ten Art Shows in Hawaii for 1993",
The Honolulu Advertiser, December 28
Khewhok, Carol "Feed Your Mind", Honolulu Academy of the Arts
Calendar News, September
Curtis, Cathy "Psychedelic Experience Is A Long Strange Trip",
Los Angeles Times, March
Creech, Steve "Getting High On Art", North County News, April
Johnson, Deanna "Audience Finds Psychedelic Art Show 'Trippy",
Panther, April
Walsh, Daniella "What A Long Strange Trip It's Been", Panther, April
1988: Fine Arts in China, Issue # 33
1982: "Kaleidoskop Visueller Eindrücke", Freiberger Nachrichten Magazine,
Switzerland, December
PUBLICATIONS:
2009: Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today, Edited by Josh
MacPhee, P.M. Press, p. 75-77
2007: “Vitória em Art”, Sindicato Dos Artistas Plasticos, Professionals do
Espirito Santo
2003: La Biennale Di Venezia 2003, “Brain Academy Apartment”, 50 Esima
Esposzione Internazionale D’Arte with Gruppo Sinestetico, p. 621
1998: New Observations, "Fertility", Published by Diane R. Karp,
Edited by Erika Knerr
1996: The Puki Momster Handbook, Self-published Artist Book, Exhibited at
Printed Matter
1995: Time Capsule: A Concise Encyclopedia by Woman Artists, Published
by Paula Cooper & Creative Time, Edited by Robin Kahn
1993: Prejudice, Virtual Gallery, Published by Dooley Le Cappellaine
1991: Annual Report, American Foundation for AIDS Research
Gay & Lesbian Reading Series, Publicity for the Anti-Violence Project
1983: Printworld 1983
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