EDUCATION

 

2023 - present    Fine Arts, Psychology, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA

 

2009                    BFA Studio Art, cum laude with Gray Key Departmental Honors, Chapman University, Orange, CA

 

2009                    BA Art History, cum laude with Gray Key Departmental Honors, Chapman University, Orange, CA

 

2006                    AA Liberal Arts, summa cum laude, Santiago Canyon College, Orange, CA

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

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2009                    Untitled, Bachelors of Fine Art Senior Thesis. Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA

 

2007                    Exposed, Bachelors of Fine Art Junior Thesis. Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA   

 

AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS

 

2006 - 2009        Fine Art Talent Scholarship, Chapman University. Orange, CA

 

2006 - 2009        Academic Scholarship, Chapman University, Orange, CA

 

INTERNSHIPS

 

2008                    Gallery Assistant EVFA Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

2007                   “Exposing the autumn junior show: GD and Studio,” Commpost, 2008, vol. II. Chapman University Art Department:

                           chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/art/_files/

                           graphic-design/commpost/commpost-4.pdf

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

2008                  “Erica Steiner: Can Art Still Be Beautiful?” CitizenLA Arts & Culture Magazine. July, 2008.

 

PROFESSIONAL THERAPEUTIC ARTS FACILITATION

 

2009 - 2017       Therapeutic Arts Counselor, Kaleidoscope House Art

                          Agencies served:

                          Chapters Capistrano, San Clemente, CA

                          SureHaven/Solid Landings Behavior Health, Costa Mesa, CA

                          GIRLS, INC., Irvine, CA

                          Campus Assault Resources & Education (CARE), University of California, Irvine 

                          Rebecca’s House Treatment Center, Inc., Lake Forest, CA 

 

2010 - 2016       Therapeutic Arts Counselor, Morningside Recovery

 

2010-2015         Expressive Arts Facilitator, Art & Creativity for Healing, Inc. 

                          Agencies Served: 

                          Orange County Family Resource Centers, Orange County, CA

                          San Onofre Elementary School, Camp Pendleton, CA

                          Wounded Warrior Battalion, Camp Pendleton, CA

                          Human Options Battered Women’s Shelter, Orange County, CA

                          Olive Crest Homes for Abused Children, Tustin, CA

                          Teen Shelter, Huntington Beach, CA

                          CSP - Victim’s Advocate, Orange County, CA

 

2009 - 2014      Therapeutic Arts Counselor, New Method Wellness

 

 

ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION

 

2026                 Penland School of Craft, Handmade Paper as Experimental Textile with Hannah O’Hare Bennett

 

2026                 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Oil and Water: Collagraph, Stencils, and Monoprint with Sue Oehme

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS

 

The Huntington Library, Art Museums and Gardens

National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts

American Art Therapy Association