Holly Gillette Email & Phone Number

As Director, I oversee all of LACMA’s school, teacher, and education community-based (STC) programs which operate at numerous sites across LA County and beyond. I supervise a team of eight full-time staff and 20 part time teaching artists and educators. I provide leadership in best practices in museum education, overseeing both in-person and digital program development, implementation and evaluation, and revising and updating School, Teacher and Community programs to maintain LACMA’s role as a national leader in its engagement of schools and communities. I facilitate Object based learning trainings and teach in the galleries as much as I can.

Managed LACMA's mobile programs: Ancient World Mobile and Maya Mobile, two fully contained, interactive art education spaces that travel to schools throughout Los Angeles County. LACMA’s Mobile Programs offer sixth and seventh-grade students an opportunity to learn about ancient civilizations through discussion, art making, and the examination of original works of art. Collaborate on the development and implementation of object-based, interactive lessons for a diverse group of elementary and middle school students as part of LACMA’s Mobile Programs. Responsible for overseeing the mobile program team including two full time staff members and several part-time mobile teachers, a $600K budget, as well as all logistics of the program.

2012—2018 School and Community Partnerships: LACMA On-Site; Gallery Teaching I developed and maintained strategic long-term partnerships with elementary and middle schools, public libraries, community centers, parks and city officials across LA County. I managed, hired, trained, observed, and mentored a team of Teaching Artists for the LACMA On-Site program. I maintained all budgets for the programs. Developed and facilitated arts integration professional development at partner schools. Facilitated adult dialogues "The Art of Looking" regularly in LACMA's galleries and often have short art talks on Facebook Live. 2012—2014 Teacher Professional Development Programs: Evenings for Educators, Teachers Academy, Art+Film Teacher Institutes I collaborated to write, edit, and produce printed and online PK–12 curricula. I coordinated, managed, and evaluated ten Evenings for Educators events on the LACMA Campus (4 events per year). Coordinated and managed 3-day long teacher programs including Teacher’s Academy (2012) and Art+Film Teacher’s Institute (2013-2014). Managed budget/finances for all teacher programs.

Pasadena, Ca

As a contract Teaching Artist I taught the following classes for children ages 8-12 and their caregivers:Young Artists’ WorkshopVisual Storytelling Saturday, January 19, 2019 12:30-2:30pmCreate and tell your own story through art. Explore Once Upon a Tapestry: Woven Tales of Helen and Dido with artist and educator Holly Gillette, and discover how artists use elements such as composition, character and color to tell stories. Look closely at several tapestries and preparatory sketches in the exhibition that depict stories of two heroines from classical mythology. Then write your own heroic story and bring it to life through the creation of gouache and chalk drawings.Young Artists’ WorkshopLight and Color: Abstract Painting TechniquesSaturday, January 27, 2018 12:30-2:30pmExperiment with abstract painting techniques with artist and educator Holly Gillette. Studentsfirst explore Norton Simon’s galleries and discover how artists use color to express themselves.Focusing on Sam Francis’ Basel Mural I, Basel Mural III Fragment 1, and Fragment 2 along withhis painting techniques, students create their own acrylic paintings inspired by the leadingpainter of light and color.

Greater Los Angeles Area

From July through November 2017, I acted as a research assistant collecting data for a dissertation presented to the Faculty of the School of Education, Loyola Marymount University titled "Art Museums and Latino English Learners: Teaching Artists in the K-12 Classroom," authored by Veronica Alvarez. Certified by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) under requirements set by Loyola Marymount University as a research assistant. Completed Ethics training for Social and Behavioral Research in July of 2017. Certification is valid for five years, expiring on July 4, 2022.

Sacramento, Ca

As an Educator, I taught on the Crocker's mobile truck, the Art Ark serving PreK-8th grade. I also taught in schools with the Artist to Go program, and facilitated Summer and Winter Art Camps.As the Program Assistant to Early Childhood Programs I developed and facilitated their weekly preschool program Wee Wednesday, their infant and toddler studio program Baby Loves Art, taught several studio classes for PreK and their families, and managed maintenance of their 0-5 interactive space Tot Land.

Sacramento, California

Family and Community Programs

Masters Of Science In Education (Msed), Leadership In Museum Education

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Art History And Studio Art

Emphasis in Painting and Drawing General Art History

Continuing Studies, Time, Teaching Institute In Museum Education

The Teaching Institute in Museum Education 2015 (TIME) is a one-week summer seminar held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.