Susan Grade Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

As a teacher at Herron High School, a public charter school and part of Herron Classical Schools in Indianapolis, my focus was on providing a classical, liberal arts education and building a culture of respect and trust, supported learning, and engagement with our urban community. Courses Taught:Introduction to 3-D DesignSculptureAdvanced/AP 3-D DesignAP.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Courses Taught:"Teaching About the Arts"​. Spring 2014, 2012, 2011 (Class held off-site at Skiles Test Elementary School.)"The Artist Within: Studio Experiences for All Teachers"​. Spring 2013.
• Taught IUPUI elementary education majors ways to integrate art and culture into the general elementary education curriculum.
• Mentored and evaluated students during presentations, linking classroom lessons to application with K-6 grades.
• Facilitated one-on-one performance discussions with students and evaluate student learning through rubrics, grading scales, and ongoing assessments.
• Collaborated with School of Education team teachers to coordinate and effectively teach shared students.
• Utilized Oncourse for online communications, assignments, and grading, plus online sources and PowerPoint for presentations.

Herron School Of Art And Design

• Oversaw all Herron School of Art and Design art education classes, camps and workshops for non-degree students. Programs included Saturday School, Youth Art Camp and Honors Art & Design, an intensive portfolio building.
• Directed and coordinated Herron’s non-credit community learning programs, which provide quality visual art education experiences within a university environment to over 500 youth and adults each year.
• Developed mission; developed curriculum/outcomes based on Indiana’s Academic Standards in visual arts education.
• Recruited and advised students and parents/families regarding course selection and possible career paths related to art, design, and gallery/museum work.
• Supervised and coordinated all aspects of human resources within programs: hired, trained, mentored, reviewed, and evaluated.
• Developed external and community partnerships with Indianapolis area teachers, schools, nonprofits, and funders.

• Regular contributor covering the visual art beat for NUVO Newsweekly.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Worked with a team to uphold the Art Center’s mission to: “engage, enlighten and inspire our community by providing interactive art education, outreach to underserved audiences, support of artists and exposure to the.
• Organized and assisted in implementing over 55 contemporary art exhibitions a year.
• Supported artists and community members through coordinating educational workshops, artist referrals, and writing a quarterly newsletter with articles focused on the art profession that was distributed to over 500.
• Guided community tours of exhibitions and studios and conducted related hands-on activities, as needed.
• Organized off-site gallery exhibition at the Indiana Black Expo’s Summer Celebration Cultural Arts Pavilion. Artists Committee Co-Chair. Broad Ripple Art Fair. 2002-2007.
• Managed artist component of Art Center’s largest annual fundraiser and 2-day outdoor arts festival, which included successfully implementing yearly adjudication of over 700 artists and overseeing coordination of 225.

Greencastle, Indiana, United States

• Managed contemporary art gallery, which included overseeing all aspects of exhibition production, publicity, publications, personnel management and financial management.
• Responsible for educational partnerships and all gallery programs and supervised gallery assistants.
• Responsible for university art collection of 3,000 objects, which included processing acquisitions, overseeing care of the collection and its documentation, recordkeeping and budget management and maintaining donor and.
• Completed self-study of university art museums.Adjunct Associate Professor of Art. Department of Art.Courses Taught: "Beginning Drawing". Fall 1999. Faculty Sponsor for Winter Term Trip to Bolivia.
• Initiated, designed, and oversaw creation of outdoor mural at girls' orphanage through collaboration with DePauw students, health care staff, and girls at an orphanage.

Education/Teaching Of The Gifted And Talented

Graduate Student in the School of Education, Gifted and Talented Licensure Program

Mfa, Sculpture

Ba, English And Studio Art

Graduated Cum Laude