educational program
founding chair, visual arts department
New Mexico School for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2010-2016 (program continues today)
 
I served as the founding chair of the Visual Arts Department at New Mexico’s first, statewide, residential high school for the arts. My work included writing a curriculum/course of study for a four-year, pre-professional, high school visual arts education, in additional to daily teaching in painting, drawing, and 2D design. I developed the admissions criteria and oversaw the admissions process. I hired visual arts faculty, managed budgets, produced exhibitions, participated in development initiatives, and established partnerships for the fledgling school. In effect, I served as the voice and face of Visual Arts at NMSA for the first six years.
 
By the time I left in 2016, the school had won multiple, prestigious awards and was profiled nationally by Edutopia. NMSA continues to flourish today with a growing number of alumni who have gone on to distinguish themselves in the arts and in their communities.