STACEY McKENNA  

EDUCATION

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Art & Art Education, Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York, New York (Expected ABD date: Spring 2010.)

Master of Arts in Teaching, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland Spring 1999–Spring 2000

Master of Fine Arts, Towson University, Towson, Maryland Spring 1991–Fall 1993

Bachelor of Arts, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland Virginia Magna cum laude, Fine Arts and Art History Fall 1985–Spring 1989

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

Instructor, Graduate Art Education, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2007–present. Teach full-time

course load in Graduate Art Education Philosophy and Pedagogy of Post-secondary Visual Arts Education (an MFA critical studies seminar), and (occasionally) Foundation studio courses.

Coordinator, Graduate Internship Program, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2007–present. Instructor, MICA-in-Tuscany Pre-college Program. Piloted, created curriculum for, and co-taught (with

Robert Salazar, Associate Chair of Painting, MICA) two sections of painting and drawing in Tuscany, Italy, June – July 2008. Guided field trips to cultural sites in Florence, Siena, various Tuscan hill towns, and regional sculpture gardens. The program was comprised of 42 high school students from around the U.S, many of whom were funded in part by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

Instructor, Graduate Art Education, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2004–2007. Taught College Teaching of Art, a seminar for MFA candidates.

Instructor, Foundation Department, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1997-2006. Taught courses in drawing and painting, summer sessions.

Chair, Visual Arts Department, River Hill High School, Columbia, Maryland, 1999-2007. Taught Art 1- Art 4, Advanced Placement Studio Art, Photography 1-3; managed the budget and schedule for the department (400 students, three full-time instructors, one part-time instructor).

Instructor, Department of Fine Arts, Goucher College, 1999-2003. Taught foundation courses in drawing and painting.

Instructor, Department of Fine Arts, Towson University 1994-1998. Taught foundation courses in drawing and two-dimensional design.

Instructor, Department of Fine Arts, Anne Arundel Community College 1995–1997. Taught foundation courses in painting, drawing, color, and two-dimensional design.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (* indicates solo show)

2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, New York. Juror: Irving Sandler. January 2008.

Faculty Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 2007, 2005, 1999, 1998, 1997

Art Teacher as Artist, Howard County Board of Education Gallery, Maryland, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2001 Art Connection, Maryland Institute College of Art, June 2004 Conversations: Influence and Collaboration in Contemporary Art, Evergreen House, October 2003–

January 2004 and The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, February to May 2004 MAEA Juried Exhibition, Howard County Board of Education Gallery, 2004 Faculty Exhibition, Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, 2003 Pairings, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, 2002 Lotta Art, School 33, Baltimore, Maryland, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 *Demoiselles, Pascal Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland, 2001 Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 2000 *New Work, The Ward Center for the Arts, St. Paul’s School, Baltimore, Maryland, 1999 *Pomona & Vertumnus, The Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1998 Maryland Landscapes: Paintings by Greg Otto and Stacey McKenna, Galerie Françoise et ses frères,

Baltimore, Maryland, 1998 *Stacey McKenna: Paintings, McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland, 1998 Structural Archetypes: Nature as Metaphor, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park,

1997 Faculty Exhibition, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, 1997 *Bivouacking, Howard County Community College, Columbia, Maryland, 1995 Transitions, Baltimore Life Gallery, Owings Mills, Maryland, 1995 Earth Shake, Baltimore International Culinary College Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 1995 *Bivouac, Carroll County Arts Center, Westminster, Maryland, 1995 Nature View, Pascal Art Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland, 1994

PUBLICATIONS 

Stacey McKenna. “Art is Possible,” Visual Arts Research, May 2006. Stacey McKenna (co-author with Gino Molfino and Barry Shauck). “Artful Collaborations,”

SchoolArts, March 2005. Stacey McKenna. “Changing the Mood: How to add personal meaning to an ordinary design problem,”

and “Assignment: Make Art, Make Friends.” Holistic Studies in Art Education, Maryland Institute College of Art, March 2005.

Stacey McKenna. “Changing the Mood: How to add personal meaning to an ordinary design problem.” SchoolArts, December 2003.

Stacey McKenna. “Assignment: Make Art, Make Friends.” SchoolArts, September 2003. Stacey McKenna. “One Approach to Interdisciplinary Lessons in the Visual Arts,” Artworks, the

newsletter of the Howard County Art Educator’s Association, December 2002. Stacey McKenna. “The Role of the Artist in Transforming Curriculum,” Howard County

Interdisciplinary Resource Guide, August 2002. Portfolio of Drawings by Stacey McKenna. International Quarterly: Memories and Gestures, Volume

III, Number 3, 1999.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

New Faculty Orientation, Maryland Institute College of Art, August 2008. Keynote speaker. Presented synthesis of research, theory, and practice entitled “What the Best [MICA] Teachers Do.”

Carroll County Public Schools Art Teacher Professional Development, August 2008. Presented talk and workshop for middle and high school art teachers entitled “Elegant Problems with Provocative Prompts.”

Maryland Art Education Association Annual Conference, October 2007. Invited to present Identity and Community in a High School Program.

National Art Education Association Annual Conference, New York, March 2007. Invited to present Identity and Community in a High School Program.

Center for Art Education, Maryland Institute College of Art, February 2007, April 2006, and April 2005. Invited to present creative strategies and innovative approaches to students in Strategies for Teaching Art, K-12, an undergraduate/graduate course.

Howard County Curriculum Committee, December 2006. Invited to present material (to the heads of all curricular areas for the county’s schools) demonstrating the relevance and application of visual arts to all curricular areas.

Maryland Art Education Association Annual Conference, October 2006. Invited to present Portfolio Development and Authentic Artwork.

Howard County Public Schools Visual Arts Program, Professional Development at the National Gallery of Art, September 2006. Invited to present lesson idea-generation strategies based on contemporary artwork in the museum collection.

Observational Drawing with Middle School Students, May 2006. Invited to present studio experiences to middle school art teachers in Howard County.

National Art Education Association Annual Conference, Chicago, March 2006. Invited to make two presentations: Portfolio Development and Authentic Artwork and Building and Promoting a Dynamic High School Program.

Maryland Art Education Association Annual Conference, October 2005. Invited to make two presentations: Evidence of Art & Life and Building and Promoting a Dynamic High School Program.

Howard County Public Schools Visual Arts Program, Teacher Professional Development at the Baltimore Museum of Art, March 2004. Invited to present Evidence of Art & Life, two original lessons inspired by Candy Jernigan’s book, Evidence.

Howard County Public Schools Visual Arts Program, Teacher Professional Development, November 2004. Invited to speak to high school teachers about collaborative departmental planning and advocacy.

Maryland Art Education Association Annual Conference, October 2002. Invited to present classroom research and lessons taught at various levels in the public high school setting that demonstrate a holistic approach to art education.

National Art Education Annual Conference, Miami, March 2002. Invited to present classroom research and lessons taught at various levels in the public high school setting that demonstrate a holistic approach to art education.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

Instructional Leader, Visual & Performing Arts, 2006–2007. Appointed as faculty representative to the school administrative team of River Hill High School.

Instructor, Howard County AP Studio Prep Course, Spring 2007. Created and piloted after school AP Studio preparation course for advanced high school art students from Howard County.

Elected Officer, Secondary Division Representative, Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education, National Art Education Association issues group, November 2006.

Mentoring Teacher, Howard County Public Schools, 2007–2003. Mentored student teachers from the Maryland Institute College of Art teacher preparation program every spring.

Mentoring Teacher, Howard Community College, Rouse Scholars Program, 2007. Invited Participant, National Digital Portfolio Project, November 2005–May 2006. Invited to initiate

action research for the development of a protocol for digital admissions portfolios for the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, in collaboration with Dr. Charles Dorn (University of Florida), the Dr. Karen Carroll (Maryland Institute College of Art).

National Portfolio Day Admissions Representative, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2000–Present. Review high school student portfolios and interview students at Portfolio Days on campus and in Philadelphia, Boston, Hartford, Washington DC, and New York City.

Invited Participant, Drawing the Landscape in Pastel with Wolf Kahn, March, 2002. Invited to participate in a drawing workshop and critique with painter, Wolf Kahn. Howard County Center for the Arts, Columbia, MD.

Participant, Handmade Paper with Pat Almanrode, June, 2001. Pyramid Atlantic, Rockville, MD. Studied papermaking processes with Dieu Donné paper artist, Pat Almanrode.

Invited Participant, A Holistic Approach to Art Education, 2001–2002. Site-based research group of art educators, organized by Dr. Karen Carroll and Dr. Peter London under the auspices of the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Invited Participant, Howard County Public Schools Visual Arts Program, Teacher Inservice, August 2002. Invited to participate in a visual story-telling workshop and critique with artist, Howardena Pindell. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.

Instructor, Closer to Life, Autumn 2002. Created a new portfolio preparation course for high school students offered through the Young People’s Studio Program of the Maryland Institute College of Art. Taught the course and conducted in-classroom research, testing out various integrated lessons intended to create portfolio-quality work.

New York Studio School, New York, New York. Drawing marathon with painter Graham Nickson, 2002

Invited Critic, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2000, 1999, 1998. Invited to critique mid-term and final works for the following courses: Personal Directions, Senior Independent, Junior Independent.

Curator, Hidden Realities, Secret Visions, at the Pascal Center for the Performing Arts, Arnold, Maryland, March, 1998. Invited to curate an exhibition of works by contemporary women artists from the Mid-Atlantic region. Funded by the Mid-Atlantic Conference of the National Women’s Studies Association.

Juror, Carroll County Art in the Park, Westminster, Maryland, 1995 Writer/Editor, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Department of Education and Outreach, 1989. Wrote

and edited publicity text for annual publication featuring educational exhibits and artist/educators-in-residence.

EXHIBITION REVIEWS

Mike Giuliano, “Pairings,” City Paper, January, 2002. John Dorsey, “Playing with Shape in Landscape,” The Baltimore Sun, January 29, 1998. John Dorsey, “Traditional work dominates Institute’s annual faculty show,” The Baltimore Sun,

October 22, 1997. Mike Giuliano, “Structural Archetypes: Nature as Metaphor,” The Baltimore Sun, September 29, 1997. Mike Giuliano, “Earth Shake and BICC,” City Paper, May 5, 1996. Marth E. Bristow, “Artistic Nature,” The Carroll County Times, March 3, 1995.

SELECTED HONORS

Departmental Fellowship, Department of Art & Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. 2007 – present.

Heritage Fellow, Department of Art & Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. 2008-2009.

Lucas Faculty Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Spring 2008 Excellence in Education Teacher Recognition, National Foundation for the Advancement in the

Arts, 2007 Nomination, The Arts National Advisory Committee (to represent the state of Maryland), 2007 Louise Berman Curriculum Award, 2006 Maryland Art Educators Association, Howard County High School Art Teacher of the Year, 2005 Who’s Who in America’s Teachers, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2000 HOPE Scholarship for Graduate Study in Education, State of Maryland, 1999 Women-in-the-Arts Curriculum Research Grant, The Women’s Institute, University of Maryland,

1997 Graduate Fellowship, Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies, Towson University, 1992 Teaching Fellowship, Towson University, 1991 Maryland Senatorial Scholar, Graduate Study Scholarship, 1991 Excellence in Studio Art, Scholarship Award, Randolph-Macon College, 1989 Excellence in Art History, Scholarship Award, Randolph-Macon College, 1989, 1988 Woman of the Year (community service award), Randolph-Macon College, 1989