Registrar/Administrative Assistant at Oakbridge Academy of Arts - Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, United States
• Enhanced photography program to keep current with industry standards \• Updated course descriptions in school catalog\• Developed the schedules tor the photography program's student body\• Managed photography instructors & delegated responsibilities\• Developed syllabi for photography program, art history and general education courses\• Maintained photography studio, digital photo lab and B&W darkroom\• Used examples in explaining abstract ideas and concepts\• Introduced students to fine art artists and photographers, as well as photographers working in the commercial, portrait & photojournalistic fields\• Explained various art techniques and a variety of photographic processes\• Gave assignments based on lesson objectives\• Engaged students with dialogue for constructive critiques\• Mentored and motivated art and photography students\• Maintained and displayed student art in school gallery\• Planned a variety of educational field trips\• Organized and collaborated on school art exhibits at various art galleries and venues around the region\• Maintained school's library of 1300 volumes (and counting)\• Visited various high schools and gave composition & design demonstrations\• Emphasized Picasso's quote: 'Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grow up...'