EDUCATION

Endicott College Beverly, MA     

     Bachelor of Fine Arts - Concentration in Creative Arts Therapy   May 2014

     Activities: Endicott Chapter of Love Letters, Creative Arts Therapy Club      

       Honors: Recurring Dean’ s List recipient, selected to assist Artist Sophia Ainslie in creating a mural in the Visual and Performing Arts Center on campus. 

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Silver Lake Regional High School  Kingston, MA 

     May 2010     

     Activities: Key Club, Marching Band (Section Lead), Pep Band, Academic Decathlon     

      Honors: Abigail Adams Scholarship recipient, Recurring Honor Roll recipient​

 

 

​INTERNSHIPS & EXPERIENCE​

Northshore Academy -  Lower School   Peabody, MA

     September - December 2013     Art Therapy Intern

      Assisted and led various activities and groups with the elementary-aged learners at Northshore Academy. Primary responsibilities included: assisting with and then leading a social skills group, working with other art therapy masters level interns leading an art therapy group with selected students, supporting work in a drama therapy group, assisting and leading lessons in art class, reading and organizing case files, writing progress reports for selected learners, sitting in on numerous meetings involving both art therapy and social work. 

 

Cardinal Cushing Centers    Hanover, MA

     Summer 2013     Substitute Teaching Assistant

     Assists the classroom teacher with implementation of student programs and general classroom supervision.  Primary responsibilities included: providing both group and individual instruction to students, assisting the teacher with preparation and development of teaching materials, helping maintain the classroom environment to facilitate learning experiences, working with students on daily activity skill building, and acting as emergency replacement of classroom staff.

 

Cardinal Cushing Centers  Hanover, MA                                             

     January 2013     Art Department Student Intern         ​     

     Assisted the Art Director in preparing daily activities. Provided input on all projects and proposed new projects that were enthusiastically accepted by the Director and added to the curriculum of the program.  Demonstrated the activities for each class and tailored the project to each individual as necessary based on their respective intellectual disabilities. Monitored lunch and daily recreation activities.  Assisted with other classrooms as required.  Organized art supplies and aided in cleaning the classroom at the close of each day.

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Wingate at Silver Lake Kingston, MA                                           

     January 2012     Activities Department Student Intern​     

     Led and assisted in numerous and varied activities with the elderly community at Wingate.  Activities were conducted in both one-on-one and group settings and included: morning coffee and discussion, bingo, crafts and reflections, music and sing-alongs, in-patient room visits and individual art projects. Planned future expressive therapy activities for the program director.  Assisted with various other tasks such as mail delivery and transporting of patients. ​

 

 

​SKILLS

Technological: Adobe Photoshop CS5; Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Traditional: Acrylic, Watercolor, Pen

 

 

​COURSEWORK

Art Therapy Studio I, Art Therapy Studio II, General Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Child & Adolescent Psychology, Theories of Counseling, Art in Social Action, Integrating Theory and Practice in Creative Arts Therapy, Music and Creative Arts Therapy, Social Psychology, Jung and Creative Arts Therapy

 

 

​GROUP EXHIBITIONS​

Endicott Student and Faculty Exhibition   2014​ 

      Brush Strokes Gallery

      Marblehead, MA



Advanced Art Studio Exhibition   2013​

     Student Gallery 

     Walter J Manninen Center for the Arts                                                                                      

     Endicott College, Beverly, MA



Art is a Way of Healing                2013                                                                                      

     Student Gallery                                                                                                                              

     Walter J Manninen Center for the Arts                                                                                      

     Endicott College, Beverly, MA

 

Student Art Show                        2012                                                                                            

     Carol Grillo Art Gallery                                                                                                                   

     Walter J Manninen Center for the Arts                                                                                      

     Endicott College, Beverly, MA

 

Art is a Way of Healing                2012                                                                                      

     Student Gallery                                                                                                                              

     Walter J Manninen Center for the Arts                                                                                      

     Endicott College, Beverly, MA

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OTHER​

Art in Social Action Project

     October 2012      The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem; Salem, MA

     "What Are You Reaching For?" 

       Created and implemented two activities for art classes regularly held in the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem programs.

 

Special Workshop - Peace Papers

     February 2012      Endicott College, Beverly, MA

      Attended the organization’s lecture and assisted veterans to create paper and artwork from their military uniforms.​