Lauren A. Jacobs
LaurenAnneJacobs@gmail.com
http://LaurenJacobs.com

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a tenure-track art professorship and continue generating and exhibiting new artwork


EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts Degree, Cranbrook Academy of Art, May 2007, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Fiber Concentration, Merit Scholarship Recipient 2006

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Maryland Institute College of Art, July 2004, Baltimore, MD
Double Major in Sculpture and Fiber
Billy Hadaway Scholarship, Awarded Spring 2003, G.P.A. 3.67, Cum Laude

Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
Study Abroad Program: Medieval Studies in 2003 and Art History in 2004


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Mortal Plush: I Am Not Your Toy, (Catalog) ArtWhino Gallery, National Harbor, MD, July 2009

Art Crosses the Sea, (Catalog) Yuhan College Gallery, Seoul, Korea, Fall 2008

International Fiber Collaborative, Syracuse, NY Spring and Summer 2008

Treading Lightly: One Foot at a Time, Waterfall Arts Center, Belfast, Maine, March 2008

Out of Cranbrook and into the World Scarab Club Gallery, Detroit, MI, January 2008

Hothouse: Expanding the field of fiber at Cranbrook, Online Exhibition, Summer 2007

2007 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI April 2007

Enviro-MEANT, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, February 2007

With What We Can Carry, Annex Art Center, Toronto, November 2006

On your Remark, Gallery 8542, Grand Rapids, MI June 2006

Reclaiming Our Storytelling Traditions, (Solo Exhibit) Senior Thesis Show, MICA, May 2004

Installation in the Meyerhoff House, (Solo Exhibit) MICA, December 2002

PUBLICATIONS

Mortal Plush: I am not your Toy, Pending
Catalog of Exhibition of same name

Art Crosses the Sea, Fall 2008
Catalog of Exhibition of same name

Gradually Green Issue One, Spring 2007
Ecologically themed comic book, distributed at art opening

Seed to Reap, Fall 2002
20 page book of sketches and poetry, distributed at poetry performance

from lauren jacobs, Spring 2003
40 page book of artwork and poetry, distributed at poetry performance

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, Marymount University, Fall 2008-Present
Clothing Construction (On building with fabric, hand and machine sewing techniques)

Adjunct Professor, Northern Virginia Community College, Fall 2008-Present
Drawing I-IV (On exercises to sharpen perception and strengthen drawing skills)
Design I (Fundamentals of Visual Thinking, on Context, Function and Aesthetics, Taught as a Studio)
Design II (Color Theory, Taught as a Studio Class)
Portfolio Preparation (Professional Development for Artists)

Art Instructor, Mid Atlantic Primitive Skills Meet, June 2008
Taught an intensive class to a mixed age group in a camping wilderness setting. We discussed the role of archetypes in ancient and modern society and made ritual masks that we wore in an Aztec PowWow Dance.

Art Teacher, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Winter 2008-Spring 2008
Clay Without a Kiln (On self hardening mixes taught to adults of various experience levels)
Fiber Sculpture (On different methods of conceptualizing and building with fabric)

Art Instructor, Lake Superior Traditional Ways Gathering, August 2006 + August 2007
Taught an intensive class to a mixed age group in a camping wilderness setting. We discussed the role of archetypes in ancient and modern society and made ritual masks that we wore in an Aztec PowWow Dance.

Art Teacher's Assistant, Fairfax county schools, September 2004-Winter 2005
Observed assorted classes in the Fairfax County Public School System, ranging from elementary to high school, as part of George Mason University’s Masters in Art Teaching Program

Art Instructor, freelance, September 2004-Summer 2005
Gave children ranging between the ages of 7 and 13 individual art instruction

Art Teacher/ Mentor, Community Arts Partnership, January 2002-December 2002
Assisted Teaching Art in the PALS program in inner city Baltimore, an after school program tailored for children in high-risk neighborhoods. The class was mixed with children between the ages of seven and twelve years old, and ran a varying length depending on the pick-up schedule of the individual child.


OTHER SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE

Head of Boarding Program, Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, June-August 2008
Ran boarding program for art students between 13 and 18, executed and managed budget, planned activities and managed resident assistant team.

Visitor Services Supervisor, Cranbrook Museum of Modern Art, October 2007-June 2008
Opened and closed museum, handled data entry and cashboxes, supervised museum assistants, offered assistance to museum visitors

Museum Assistant, Cranbrook Museum of Modern Art, May 2006-October 2007
Discussed the art work on view with museum visitors, art critics and patrons, gave formal tours, guarded and helped maintain work on view. Also worked with the preparator's team installing and deinstalling exhibitions.


WILDERNESS SKILLS and GREEN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

GLOSSA (Global Sustainability Alliance), Member and Web Site Designer

Gradually Green, Founder, Fall 2006- Present
Gradually Green is an ecological organization I founded with the mission statement to use art happenings to inspire communities to make small, day-to-day changes towards living greener. More information can be found at Http://GraduallyGreen.com

Mid Atlantic Primitive Skills Meet, Instructor Summer 2008, Student Summer 2005, 2006 & 2007
One week camp offering 21 courses in wilderness survival/ alternative anthropology
Taught an intensive class to a mixed age group in a camping wilderness setting. We discussed the role of archetypes in ancient and modern society and made ritual masks that we wore in an Aztec PowWow Dance.

Lake Superior Traditional Ways Gathering, Instructor, Summer 2006 + Summer 2007
One week camp offering 21 courses in wilderness survival/ alternative anthropology
Taught an intensive class to a mixed age group in a camping wilderness setting. We discussed the role of archetypes in ancient and modern society and made ritual masks that we wore in an Aztec PowWow Dance.

David Winston Herb Workshop (4 courses in Cherokee and Chinese Herbal Medicine)
Student and Volunteer at the Oxford Michigan Straw bale Studio, Spring 2007

Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center, Jim McDonald, herbcraft.org
Medicinal Plants and Permaculture classes, Fall 2005-Spring 2007

Earth Connection School of Wilderness Survival and Ancient Skills
Edible plants classes, Spring 2005-Spring 2006 earth-connection.com


ART TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS FOR TEACHING

2-D: Drawing, Pencil and Charcoal, Painting: Gauche and Acrylic, Collage, Silk Screening.

Sculpture: Wire, Chicken Wire, Plaster, Clay, Plaster Gauze, Rice Paste, Self-Hardening Mixes, Paper Mache, Mixed Media, Earth Art, Installation.

Fiber: Weaving, Dyeing (chemical and natural), Sewing, Twining, Cordage, Felting, Draping, Tailoring, Pattern Making, Soft Sculpture Construction, Embroidery, Beadwork, Costume Design, Hat and Headdress Making, Book Making, Silk Screening.

Computer: Photoshop, Web Builder, Dreamweaver, Cyberduck, InDesign, PowerPoint, iPhoto

INTERESTS

Art (Practice, Theory, Criticism, Teaching), Community Building through Art, Camping And Wilderness Studies, (Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants, Tracking, Water in the Wilderness, Primitive Shelter Building, Primitive Pottery, other Ancient Art Making), Urban Permaculture, Earthship Architecture, Mythology of Trees and Plants, Writing Poetry, Anthropology of Body Art (Ritual Costume, Manipulation, Modification, and Adornment)

References Available Upon Request