Kate Baird – Resume

Education 


University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Master of Fine Arts. June 2005. 
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. Post-Baccalaureate Program. August 2001-Decamber 2002. 
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies. High Honors. June 1998. 
Burren College of Art, County Clare, Ireland. Spring 1996

Exhibitions 


Here and There, International Center of New York, New York, NY. Fall 2006. 
Traces and Bearings, with Julia Oldham, Studio 405, Springfield, MO. August 2005. 
Research and Development, MFA Thesis, Little Black Pearl Art Center, Chicago, IL. June 2005. 
Habitat, with Julia Oldham, MFA Thesis, Midway Studios, Chicago, IL. June 2005. 
11 Pack, 4Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. October 2004.

Experience 


Teaching Artist, Learning Through Art Program, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY. Designs and teaches a 10-week curriculum-based art project for 2nd graders in collaboration with classroom teachers. Spring 2007. www.learningthroughart.org 

Artist Assistant, Learning Through Art Program, Guggenheim Museum. New York, NY. Works with a Teaching Artist to plan and teach year-long, curriculum-based art projects for 3rd-4th graders in Queens. School year 2006-7. 

Artist, Broadsided Press, www.broadsidedpress.org, Fall 2005-present. Creates images for poems that are published as printable broadsides on the Web. 

Teaching Assistant, Introductory 3-D. University of Chicago, Winter Quarter 2005. 

Teaching Assistant, Advanced Painting. Brandeis University, Fall Semester 2002. 

Teaching Assistant, Introductory Drawing. Brandeis University, Spring 2001. 

Substitute Teacher, Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, MO. School year 2000-2001, Spring 2003. Created and adapted lesson plans in a variety of classroom situations, K-12. Accepted assignments ranging from one day to several weeks. Frequently worked in Special Education classrooms. 

Mural Assistant and Art Instructor, Springfield Program for Public Art, Springfield, MO. Summers 2000, 2001, 2002. Worked on the planning and execution of three outdoor murals. Designed and taught a class for student painters. 

Resident, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. November-December 2000. 

Studio Assistant, Estate of Frieda Fehrenbacher, Philadelphia, PA. Created system of identification for and inventory of approximately two hundred fifty paintings, drawings, and prints by the late painter and professor. Spring 2000. 

Art Instructor, Department of Recreation, Philadelphia, PA. Conducted classes in visual and theater arts for elementary students at South Philadelphia centers. School year 1998-1999.