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DangerHart Studios is the imaginary location and actual physical space that produces the fine art work embodied by the efforts of Dan Gerhart. This creative paradigm on occasion coexists with public-art commissions in varieties of media including cast bronze, stainless steel, wood, and salt. Privately commissioned art works have also been known to occur.

*Interim Chair: Arts Education*Foundation: 3D Design• Basic Design *Introduction to Visual Arts (Art History)• Elementary Education *Introduction to Visual Arts(On-line format)• Figure Sculpture*Secondary Art Education• Foundation Sculpture

YouthCity Artways was the arts education program of Salt Lake City under Mayors Corrodini and Anderson with a mission of improving the quality of life for at-risk children through providing art classes and art-making workshops for youth and families and by promoting creative exploration of the arts with guidance and instruction from professional teaching artists. It was also home of the Kennedy Center IMAGINATION CELEBRATION™ at Salt Lake City.• Directed a public arts education program annually serving 5,500 youth in diverse community settings;• Interviewed, hired, and conducted annual performance evaluations of 35 professional teaching artists specializing in dance, music, opera, theater, and visual arts;• Supervised the Program Manager and Program Communications Coordinator;• Managed annual operating budget of $322,248 and leverage additional program dollars through grants and fundraising;• Coordinated professional development for staff arts teachers;• Cultivated and sustained partnerships with schools, businesses, civic organizations, local government, and international/national/local performing arts troops; • Promoted program activities through interviews with TV, radio, newspaper and public speaking engagements;• Created and lead public art projects;• Administered annual season of the Kennedy Center IMAGINATION CELEBRATION at Salt Lake City including fundraising, pre- and post-season reporting at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, preparation and distribution of marketing materials, negotiation of contracts with visiting artists and partner arts organizations, and conducting arts education workshops for K-12 teachers;• Developed strategic partnerships and cultivate donors to support the $20 million capital campaign for The Leonardo at Library Square; and • Served on the Educational Programming Committee and Architectural Design Committee of The Leonardo at Library Square (www.theleonardo.org).

• Planned and implemented curricula for Basic Design, Drawing, Painting, Advanced Drawing, Advanced Painting, Studio Art, Ceramics, Sculpture, Small Metals, and Humanities• Developed sequential curriculum for studio classes leading students through Elements & Principles of Design with a Discipline Based Arts Education curricula.• Supervised one new art instructor, collaborated with photo-journalism, band/orchestra, and theater set design.• Taught four 70-minute classes per day for 25 to 40 students per class with a fifth planning period, on a Trimester schedule• Managed art department budget expenditures for supplies and equipment• Maintained electric and gas kilns, pug mill, burn-out kilns, tool maintenance• Coordinated fund raisers for the Art Department• Reinstated charter for National Art Honors Society• Recommended students for local and national scholarships• Initiated, supervised, and coordinated a Mural-Making Art Club for students creating a 17 x 24 foot mural integrating over 30 masterworks of art, located on civic auditorium within the school • Recipient of ST. Vrain Valley Salute Award 1996 for excellence in teaching• Assistant Director of four plays• Assistant Boys Soccer Coach