LILLIAN LEWIS: Abbreviated CV
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Abbreviated CV
EDUCATION
Doctorate of Art Education, Graduate Minor in Art History, 2015
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Digital photography, social media, art museums, and learning. Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Advisor: B. Stephen Carpenter II, Ph.D.
Master of Arts in Art Education, Graduate Certificate in Museum Education, 2008
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Advisor: Rina Kundu, Ph.D
Bachelor of Science in Art Education, 1999
Howard Payne University, Brownwood, Texas
LICENSES HELD
Graduate Academic Certificate in Art Museum Education (2008)
Texas State Board of Education Lifetime Teaching Certificate, Art Education PK-12 (1999)
HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING
Assistant Professor, August 2015 - Present
Departments of Teacher Education & Leadership Studies and Visual and Dramatic Arts
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
Adjunct Assistant Professor, January 2015 - March 2015
Online Master of Arts in Art Education Program
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Graduate Instructor, August 2013 – August 2015
Art Education Program
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Graduate Research Assistant, January 2008 – May 2008
North Texas Institute For Educators On The Visual Arts
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 2007 – May 2008
Art Education Program
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
K-12 TEACHING
Art Teacher, 6th – 8th grades, August 2008 – May 2009
Lake Alfred Addair Middle School, Lake Alfred, FL
Art Teacher, 6th – 8th grades, August 2003 – May 2006
Crownover Middle School, Corinth, TX
Long-Term Substitute Teacher, PK-12 grades, January 2001 – December 2001
Denton Independent School District, Denton, TX
MUSEUM & COMMUNITY TEACHING
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery Director, August 2012 – May 2013
School of Visual Arts
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Curator of Education, October 2010 – July 2011
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Museum Educator, July 2009 – October 2010
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Education Department Intern, May 2007- August 2007
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Education Department Volunteer, October 2006 – May 2007
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
Community Arts Volunteer, November 2006 – April 2007
Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Lead Educator & Program Developer, February 2008 – May 2008
Alliance for Children and Families of Denton County, Denton, TX
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Lewis, L. Stienecker, D. (2017). Local and global: Reflecting on art advocacy and Priddy fellowship. Trends: The Journal of the Texas Art Education Association, 33-35.
Lucero, J., Nichols, A., Stienecker, D., Nisbett, J., Lewis, L., Hyatt, J.,…Rolling Jr., J.H. (2016). Metalogue and autoconstrucción: Two models for collaborative publishing by busy practitioners. Art Education, (69)5, 32-39.
Motter, J., Jung, Y., Lewis, L., Bloom, A., Lin, Y. (2012). Post silence: Visible markers of collective remembrance, awareness, and action towards systemic change. Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies, (12)4, 346-351.
Lewis, L. & Wilson-McKay, S. (2008). Seeking Policies for Cultural Democracy: Examining the past, present, and future of U.S. nonprofit arts. Studies in Art Education, 49(4), 294-310.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
Lewis, L. (2007, August). A facelift for defacement: Graffiti as new media. In R. Carlsen, K. McFerrin, J. Price, R. Weber, D. A. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, San Antonio, Texas (pp. 2687-2691). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
Lewis, L. (2005). Running down the road: A story of corporate sponsorship of the arts. School Arts, 105(4), 40-41.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
National/International Presentations
Presenter: “City-in-Revival: Supporting Awesome Art Projects in Youngstown, Ohio,” Awesome Foundation International Summit, (with RJ Thompson), Washington, DC, October 2017
Presenter: “A Critical Conversation on Social Justice in Museum Culture,” Tenth International Conference on The Inclusive Museum, (with Jaimeson Daley), Manchester, UK, September 2017
Presenter: “Communities of Curiosity: Museum Photography and Social Media,” National Art Education Association Annual Conference, New York, NY, March 2017
Presenter: “Mapping Social Theory Across Art Education’s Past and Future Territories of Practice,” National Art Education Association Annual Conference, New York, NY, (with Alice Penissi and Cala Coats), March 2017
Presenter: “Exploring Watershed Transformations,” paper at the National Art Education Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, (with Sarah Thompson and Hayon Park), March 2016
Presenter: Researching In, Through, and About Pre-Service Teacher Education. Panel presentation “The Curriculum and the Individual: An Exploration of Future Teachers’ Experiences and Encounters with Arts Integrated Curricula.” The Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2015
Invited Presenter: “Snapshots of Informal Learning Communities,” paper for Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education at the National Art Education Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2015
Panel Chair and Presenter: Permeable territories: Art, affect, and becoming through a Deleuzian-Guattarian lens. Panel presentation “Lines of flight in encounter photography: deterritorializing exhibition through Twitter.” The Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2014
Panelist: Ms. Education and (M)otherhood: Interrogating Historical and Contemporary Constructions. Panel presentation “Higher Disparities: Contrasts in Female and Male Self-Reported Views of Academic Parenthood.” Yhe Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2014
Performance: “Experimenting with the Immeasurable: Nomadic Art Education,” paper at the National Art Education Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, (with Cala Coats), March 2014
Panelist: [Inside Out=Outside In] Subverting Oppression through Visual Humor. Panel presentation “Outside Social Expectations: the Inside Joke Project and Subverting Oppression,” the Ninth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2013
Presenter: “Critical Community Art Project: Post Silence Activism,” paper at the National Art Education Association Annual Conference, Fort Worth, TX, (with Jennifer Motter, Yuha Jung, Amy Bloom, Yenju Lin), March 2013
ART WORKSHOPS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Professional Development Workshop: Summer of Growth – Best Practice Art Techniques Workshop, June 2017
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
Planned and facilitated a collaborative workshop with Dr. Bill Young for twenty-eight (28) K-12 art teachers from Trumbull, Mahoning, and Columbiana counties. Recruited YSU Visual Art faculty to provide demonstrations and hands-on experiences for K-12 teachers in a daylong professional development workshop hosted by YSU within the Department of Art.
Professional Development Workshop: Slow Art, Thick Description, and Reflection, January 2017
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Youngstown, OH
Developed and taught a daylong professional development workshop for twenty-one (21) St. Elizabeth’s Hospital medical residents and medical resident supervisors. Participants learned about thick description in relationship to works of art, engaged in slow art practices with original works of art, and practiced reflective journaling techniques.
Professional Development Workshop: Ursuline High School, August 2016
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
Developed and taught a daylong professional development workshop at YSU for art educators focused on concept-driven curriculum development. Participants learned about Backward Design, concept-oriented teacher resources including PBS Art21 series, and toured The Butler Institute of American Art, followed by a curriculum brainstorming session inspired by the Butler’s contemporary works.
Palmer Museum of Art Youth Workshop – WILD Animations!, June 2015
Penn State Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
Participants aged 10 – 14 years toured the "Flora and Fauna" exhibition, sketched in the gallery, and wrote short fictional stories about a plant or animal represented in the exhibition. Participants then created a series of drawings and recordings to tell the story using stop-motion animation software resulting in videos shared with friends and family.
Palmer Museum of Art Teen Workshop – Metamorphic Me: Self-Portraits Inspired by Leon Kelly, June 2013
Penn State Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
Participants aged 14-18 explored the stylistic diversity of Leon Kelly’s works and discussed ideas about metamorphosis and change in the exhibition Suspended Contemplation: Drawings and Watercolors by Leon Kelly. Participants developed self-portraits utilizing contemporary materials to create drawings that were deconstructed and reassembled fusing Leon Kelly’s unique style with the tools and techniques used by contemporary illustrators and street artists.
Palmer Museum of Art Adult Workshop – Mapping My Pennsylvania, August 2013
Penn State Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
Inspired by the panoramic and bird’s-eye views of Pennsylvania towns and cities in the exhibition From Your Town to Ours: Pennsylvania Prints from the O’Connor-Yeager Collection Revisited, participants used photographs, memory, and observation to create a monoprint map of a personally significant location in Pennsylvania.
ARTWORK / EXHIBITIONS
Juried Group Exhibitions
Stop, Collaborate, and Listen, Penn State University Juried Student Exhibition, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA, February 2014
Non-Juried Group Exhibitions
Curiosity Killed the Cat, Penn State Borland Gallery, University Park, PA, April 2014
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
Curator: Sympathetic Vessels, Penn State University, Borland Building, University Park, PA, September - December 2013
SELECTED RECENT GRANT ACTIVITY
Single Author
YSU University Research Council “A Critical Conversation on Social Justice in Museum Culture”, 2017
Funding provided to present research that resulted in the development of a framework for institutional analysis used to identify areas for growth with regard to social justice issues within museum staffing, collecting, and exhibition practices.
Co-Author
Puffin West Foundation, 2016
Funding provided to develop “City of You Social Cause Posters”, Matching funding provided by College of Creative Arts and Communication, Department of Art, and City of Youngstown. Professors RJ Thompson and Michelle Nelson are co-investigators for grant funded activity and the subsequent scholarship.
Institute of Museum and Library Services, NLG FY10 National Leadership Grant, 2010
Funding for three years to support the Center for Creative Energy: Integrating Museums & Schools through the Tangibility of Resources.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Harlan E. and Suzanne Dudley Hoffa Dissertation Award in Art Education, Honorable Mention, The Pennsylvania State University, 2016
University Graduate Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2011–2012
Nancy Berry Museum Education Scholarship, University of North Texas, 2007–2008
Department of Art Education/Art History Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, University of North Texas, 2007–2008
Priddy Fellowship in Arts Leadership, University of North Texas, 2006–2007
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
International Society for Education through Art (InSEA)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Ohio Art Education Association (OAEA)
