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

STATEMENT

I am a surrealist artist, creating representations of the relationship between body, emotion and wilderness.

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 Recipient 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


SHOWINGS AND EXHIBITIONS

Baby Canvasses III, The Soundry Annex, Vienna, VA, December 2011

Art in Action, (Catalog) Longview Art Gallery, Washington, DC, December 2011

Faculty Show, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, VA, November 2011

AGM Art Opening, Portland Waldorf School, Milwaukie, OR, October 2011

Art Carnage, The Soundry, Vienna, VA, September 2011

Art Carnage, The Soundry, Vienna, VA, June 2011

Art Carnage, The Soundry, Vienna, VA, May 2011

Embodiment, The Soundry, Vienna, VA, Spring and Summer 2011

Artomatic Takes Flight, Reagan National Airport, Washington, DC, Spring/ Summer 2011

Faculty Show, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, VA, October 2010

Baby Canvasses II: The Brats are Back! The Soundry, Vienna, VA, June 2010

Book Power! (Catalog) 23Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, June 2010

Faculty Show, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, VA, December 2009

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

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

Faculty Show, Northern Virginia Community College Loudoun, Sterling, VA, August 2008

Kaboom! Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Summer 2008

Faculty/Student Show, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester Hills, MI, June 2008

International Fiber Collaborative, Syracuse, NY, Spring and Summer 2008

Treading Lightly, Waterfall Arts Center, Belfast, ME, Spring and Summer 2008

Unshelved: An Altered Book Project, BB Arts Center, Birmingham MI, February 2008

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

Postcards from the Edge Charity Benefit, James Cohan Gallery, Chelsea NYC, Fall 2007

Hothouse: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, Online Exhibition, Summer 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

Cranbrook Art Auction, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, May 2006

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

Ooo, Aahh, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD May 2003

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

NVCC Annual, (Honorable Mention Painting) Verizon Art Gallery, Annandale, VA, May 1999

NVCC Annual, (1st Place Drawing) Verizon Art Gallery, Annandale, VA, May 1998

PUBLICATIONS

Book Power! Exhibition Catalog, Pending

Mortal Plush: I Am Not Your Toy, Exhibition Catalog, Pending

Art Crosses the Sea, Exhibition Catalog, Fall 2008

Gradually Green Issue One, Narrative Graphic Zine, Spring 2007

From Lauren Jacobs Artwork and Poetry Zine, Spring 2003

Seed to Reap Sketches and Poetry Zine, Fall 2002

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
Sculpture I-II (Concerning materiality, context, media experimentation and basic construction)
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)
Special Topics in: Environmental Art (An ecological approach to art materials and concepts)

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

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 2005-7+2010-11
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.

GLOSSA (Global Sustainability Alliance), Member and Web Site Designer 2010

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, Ink and Charcoal, Painting: Gauche and Acrylic, Collage, Silk Screening.

Sculpture: Wire, Chicken Wire, Plaster, Clay, Plaster Gauze, Casting and Mold Making, Rice Paste, Self-Hardening Mixes, Paper Mache, Book Art, Carving, 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 and Metaphor, Writing Poetry, Anthropology of Body Art (Ritual Costume, Manipulation, Modification, and Adornment)

References Available Upon Request