Susan Gilbert
Born in Massachusetts.
Lives In Boxford, Massachusetts.
Works at Reading Memorial High School, in Reading, Massachusetts.
I have been teaching art at Reading Memorial High school for 17 years. I teach foundations classes to grades 9 and 10, as well as Sculpture, Illustration, and Advanced Placement art with a concentration in Three Dimensional Design and/or Drawing and Painting.
I attended Massachusetts College of Art and majored in Ceramics and Art Education. I graduated in 1989. I have a professional license; and am certified to teach art to grades 5-12. I received my Masters degree in Education in 2006, as a graduate of Cambridge College.
I love teaching and making art. I work using lots of media including clay, wire, and wood, as well as drawing and Painting. I enjoy creating objects, like one of a kind sculptural books. Every year I take classes to stay current in my profession and to bring new skills to my coursework. For the past two years I have been taking encaustic painting classes as well as a great workshop in landscape painting.
About
Susan M. Gilbert
suemgilbert1@gmail.com suegilbertatblogspot.com, Mrs. Gilbert's art
classes at RMHS, https://suemgilbert1.wixsite.com/mysite
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Profile
Massachusetts Licensure: Visual Art, 1989. (Professional Status)
Dynamic educator and artist committed to providing an art education that is accessible to students of divers
backgrounds and skills. Possesses significant experience teaching high school students and adults in both
classroom and non-traditional settings.
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Education
Cambridge College Cambridge, MA
Masters of Education 2005
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA
B.F.A. Ceramics and Art Education 1989
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Select Experience
Reading Memorial High School, Reading, MA
Visual Art teacher, Grades 9-12. 2001-present
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• Teach Advanced Placement Art with a focus on both drawing and painting and three dimensional design.
• Mentor A.P. Students in independent projects in preparation for the A.P. exam
• Teach Introductory Art with a focus on drawing from observation, contour drawing; exploring different mark-making
techniques, media, painting and color theory.
• Design curriculum and instruct sculpture course where students learn various sculptural techniques, providing
them with a strong foundation in Three Dimensional Design.
• Design curriculum and Teach Illustration where students learn about various approaches to drawing including
observation, effective use of light and shade, line quality, composition, as well as various spatial systems( linear
perspective, illusion of 3-d forms, exploring different points of view).
• Serve as faculty advisor to the student run art club after school
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Tewksbury Public Schools, Tewksbury, MA
Visual Art teacher, Grades 1-6 9/99-6/01
• Taught art at the North Street and Dewing schools
• Instructed art to grades 1-6.
• Students developed a wide range of skills as they worked in a variety of media including pencil, watercolor,
tempera paint, mixed media and, and clay.
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Lowell Public Schools
Visual Art teacher, Grades K-6
Charles A. Morey School, and the Demonstration School. Lowell, MA
Taught art to students from grades K-4. 11/98-6/99
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Kendall Center for the Arts Belmont, MA
9/95-9/98
• Set up and maintained studio including ordering of supplies, purchase of several wheels, loaded and fired kilns,
performed general general studio maintenance on a daily basis.
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• Developed and taught ceramics and sculpture to student from ages Pre-K the adult level. Curriculum included
wheel work, hand building techniques, tile making and various surface and decorative techniques.
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Munroe Center for the Arts Lexington, MA
Ceramics Instructor 9/95-9/97
Developed Ceramics Curriculum and taught wheel throwing and hand- building courses to both children and adults,
ranging from Pre-K-adult level.
Set up and Maintained the studio, fired kilns, etc.
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Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School, Waltham, MA
Ceramics Instructor 9/93-6/95
Taught ceramics to High school students with diverse backgrounds.
Led faculty workshops including hand building, wheel throwing and surface techniques.
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Phillips Academy Summer Session Program Andover, MA
Instructor, Intensive Studio Art, Ceramics and 3D- Design 6/92-8/92
Shore Country Day School Beverly, MA
Instructor, wheel throwing, to grades 4-9 9/90-6/93
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Shore Country Day School Beverly, MA
Instructor, wheel throwing, to grades 4-9 9/90-6/93
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