Laura
Hale
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Education
Academy of Art College
San Francisco, California
B.F.A. 1997
Completed a rigorous and diverse fine arts training in painting
and drawing under the direction of artist Craig Nelson and a
faculty of industry professionals. Extensive knowledge and exploration
of materials emphasized within a classical teaching structure.
Special Designation
Appointed fine art department liaison to Academy Of Art College President, Elisa Stephens. Duties included discussing student concerns with President Stephens in regular meetings, implementing solutions to satisfy those concerns, and various other duties
Technical knowledge
Comprehensive knowledge of Macintosh and IBM systems. Software
experience includes: Microsoft- Word, Excel, and PowerPoint,
Claris Filemaker Pro, Adobe Photoshop/scanning knowledge, Adobe
Illustrator, QuarkXPress, and World Wide Web familiarity.
Teaching experience
Trinity School
Menlo Park, California
2001-Present
Community School of Music and Arts
Mountain View, California
1997-2000
Arts in Action:
Faculty member specializing in art education within local public
elementary schools. Curriculum is anchored to a global theme.
Children are given the language of art, the inspiration to creatively
explore their own artistic nature and nurtured to develop their
artistic voice.
Camp Summer Oaks
Dallas, Texas
1993
Designed and implemented an arts curriculum for students ages
5-12. Program stressed exploration and understanding of art materials
and art movements. Activities were designed to supplement the
learning of hand-eye skill in addition to inspiring creativity.
Public commissions/events
Art for Parks Sake
San Francisco, California
1997
Collaborated in designing a San Francisco park bench under the
theme “At the Movies” for exhibition and auction at
the annual San Francisco Landscape Garden Show.
Bicentennial Park
Southlake, Texas
1993
Designed entrance monument for public park. Design included suggestion
of landscape to surround and materials used to construct monument.
Catalogs
Art/life-The Original Limited Edition Monthly 1994
Created 150 original pages using copper wire, tulle, and handmade
paper. Included in volume 15, number 6. Art/Life is kept in archive
at the Guggenheim, The Museum of Modern Art-N.Y., Rizzoli bookstores,
and others.
Solo exhibitions
“California Landscapes”
National Fidelity Title, San Francisco, California
June-December, 1997
“Hodgepodge”
625 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California
October 25-November 14, 1997
“Studies in Oil”
Rado’s 220 California, San Francisco, California
April-December, 1997
Group exhibitions
“Spring Show”
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
1997 Winner of second place awards: landscape painting and printmaking.
“The Cannery”
Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, California
1996
“Plein-Air Revival”
University of California, San Francisco, California
1996
“Spring Show”
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
1996
