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Samantha Marroquin - Curriculum Vitae
SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
- Bringing over 8 years of experience teaching art skills and art history
- Committed to helping students develop problem-solving skills, perceptual awareness, personal artistic vision, and deepen their relationship with art
- Through knowledge of art history
- Implement a welcoming and supportive environment for all students, of diverse multicultural, socioeconomic, and academic backgrounds
- Ability to work collaboratively and support students in creative learning environments
EDUCATION
Master of Arts Degree, Interdisciplinary Studies in Visual Art & Graphic
Communication, GPA: 3.73
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Cambridge/RSA Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)
ESL (English as a second language) Instruction
Kwantlen University, Surrey, BC, Canada
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Interdisciplinary Visual Art, GPA: 3.62
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Associate of Arts in Fine Art, GPA: 3.75
Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Art Look Learn, Art Instructor, Online
July 2022 - Present
- Teach and demonstrate art skills and techniques in online videos
- Communicate supporting instructions for completing art lessons
- Individual critical support and development for artists of all levels and abilities
- Help students develop perceptual awareness and aesthetic understanding
- Create a welcoming community for students of all backgrounds and abilities
Art & Art History Classes, Private Instruction, Online
September 2020 - June 2021
- Instruct art and art history lessons, in small group classes, grades K-12
- Facilitate discussions about artists and art history
- Teach art skills and techniques utilizing materials students have at home
- Prepare and execute lesson plans
- Effectively communicate with students of different ages, skills and backgrounds
Art Discovery Instructor, Hearthwood Elementary School, Vancouver, WA
September 2011 - June 2017
- Instruct art teachers and volunteers in art and art education
- Teach art and art history lessons, grades K-5
- Prepare and execute lesson plans
- Coordinate with teachers, administrators, PTA, and volunteers
- Inventory and order art materials and supplies
- Work with a budget and plan for a year of lessons
WORKSHOPS & MORE
- Portland State University, Buying into Identity - collage workshop on identity and consumer culture, Portland, OR, February 21, 2025
- Real Artist Demonstration (RAD) Community Workshop - Techniques in watercolor painting, City of Vancouver Movie Night, Bagley Park, July 2024
- TreeSong Nature Awareness Center, Washougal, WA - Botanical Sketching and Watercolor Online Workshops August - September 2020
- Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA - Guided and enabled sculpture students in an interactive installation with instructor Robert McKirdie, February - March 2020
- Artists of The George, Jury Committee, Stevenson Library, WA - October 2019
- Stevenson Library, WA - Watercolor Painting & Assemblage Workshop, October 2019
- TreeSong Nature Awareness Center, Washougal, WA - Run Wild Event, Art and Nature Consciousness Workshop, June 2019
- TreeSong Nature Awareness Center, Washougal, WA - Artist in Residence, May 2019
- Clark College Continuing Education, Vancouver, WA - Wanderlust Painting Workshop, March 2019
WORK HISTORY
Freelance Graphic Designer
February 2005 - December 2008
- Design a variety of printed and electronic materials including logos, brochures, websites, product packaging, and advertisements and graphics
- Coordinate projects with clients and printers
- Successfully used Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and other design software
Graphics Assistant, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA
June 2004 - February 2005
- Design a variety of printed materials including posters, banners, brochures, & fliers
- Work with input from supervisor, clients and coordinate projects with printers
- Successfully used Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark, FreeHand and other design software
SELECTED EXHIBITS
Not To Be Sold Loose, Portland State University, Littman and White Galleries,
Portland, OR, curated by Simeen Anjum, with Ketzia Schoneberg, Khytul Abyad,
and Lou Blumberg, January 27 - April 4, 2025
Precipice, Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR with Tyler Brumfield, Kit Carlton, and Ken Hochfeld, curated by Karl LeClair and Emmi Stonier, August - September, 2024
Viral Integration, University of California, Irvine, Health Sciences Building, Irvine, CA, curated by elin O’Hara slavick, December 21 - December 31, 2024
Sam Marroquin: Dwell, East Oregonian Gallery, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR, organized by Roberta Lavadour and Journey Hahn,
May 4 - May 27, 2023
The earth is blue like an orange. Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, with Sally Apfelbaum and Susan M. Gibbons, November 10 – December 15, 2021
The Uttered and the Unspoken, exhibit and interactive installation as sculpture students respond to Marroquin’s artwork, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA, curated by Tom O’Day, February 18 - March 18, 2020
Migration Stories, juried multimedia group show in conjunction with World Refugee Day, Multnomah Arts Center Gallery, Portland, OR, curated by Nicole Rawlins,
June 1 - July 2, 2018
Giant Birds, Lovely Layers, City Hall, conference rooms, Vancouver, WA, curated by Erin Dengerink, with Jo Hockinhull, April 1- May 31, 2016
Particles on the Wall, Maxey Museum, Main Exhibition Hall, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, a multi-disciplinary exhibit that explores elements of the nuclear age and the worldwide implications of the Hanford WA nuclear site, April 2 - May 9, 2015
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- University of California Irvine, School of Public Health / College of Health Sciences Art Collection, Irvine, California
- Central Spokane Public Library, Spokane Portable Works Collection, Spokane, Washington
- Tacoma Community College, State Art Collection, Tacoma, Washington
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