Deborah Wasserman, fine artist, contemporary artist
EDUCATION    
     
1990-1992   M.F.A. - CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS - Valencia, CA
1990-1992      B.F.A. - CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS - Valencia, CA
1986-1990   ART DIPLOMA - THE TEL-AVIV SCHOOL OF ARTS -Tel-Aviv, Israel
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
     
2004 – present    ROTUNDA GALLERY- 33 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY
Comissioned through ROTUNDA GALLERY to create a site specific banner’s installation dealing with the subject of conflict resolution.  Banners were created in collaboration with students and displayed in P.S. 40, Brooklyn, NY. Ages: 7-14
   

THE JEWISH MUSEUM - 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Designed a project based the exhibition My America at the Jewish Museum.  Program included gallery tours and hands on project utiliizing maps,, drawings and collage.

2001-2003  

PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS - 30-30 Thompson Avenue, L.I.C. NY
Comissioned by PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS to create a 400 square-foot mural at P.S. 69 in Brooklyn in collaboration with third grade students. Conceived and implemented all aspects of the mural planning: Created a four month curriculum plan, developed the final design, contracted companies to install the mural and supervised all aspects of installation.
   

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM EDUCATION PROGRAM -
LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS -1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Taught art to fourth-grade students at P.S. 88 in Queens.  Residency designed to create art projects based on the Guggenheim’s changing exhibits while supporting the school’s curriculum. Media and techniques used: Sewing on cloth, sculpting with soft and hard materials, painting on tiles, drawing and sculpting with found objects and ready-mades. In addition- Collaborated with a fellow teaching artist on creating and implementing a teacher’s development workshop at P.S. 88.

"I loved working with Deborah this year.  I love teaching in an interdisciplinary style and Deborah was a perfect fit.  I always try to incorporate music and art in my classes.  Her creativity, ideas and projects were an excellent complement to my teaching style and the children’s learning.  As Deborah and I worked with the children on peace poems, I was able to interject and teach my poetry unit with the children.  Now, as I am teaching y geometry unit, Deborah is working with the children to create geometric relief designs.  It has been just great!"
Maureen Wolf, 4th Grade teacher, P.S. 88
2001  

THE ORGANIZATION FOR HISPANIC FAMILIES AND CHILDREN  -
FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM at P.S. 59, Bronx, NY
Collaborated with the P.S. 59 art teacher on a book making project serving local families. Worked
on structuring the text along with the images, and taught a variety of illustration techniques.  In addition, gave several slide lectures with samples of artist's books and text-image works. Ages: 7-65
2001-2002   THE CREATIVE CENTER FOR WOMEN WITH CANCER- 147 West 26 Street, New York, NY
Designed two art courses for women's groups in the winter semesters of 2001 and 2002. Both courses focused on teaching foundation classes for painting and drawing. Subjects explored: color theory, basic drawing techniques, composition, perspective, portraiture and still life. In addition, students experimented with the relationship between sound, color and form.  Ages: 33-65
2000-2001   THE NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART- 583 Broadway, New York, NY
Taught at the Visual Knowledge Program (VKP) at Bedford-Stuyvesant Outreach School. Curriculum intertwined contemporary art and Visual Literacy into history classes. Final project culminated in a large painted mural on canvas representing the student’s view of  the history of slavery in the United States. Ages: 17-21
1999–2000   THE JAFFA INSTITUTE- Pahad Yitschak  St, Jaffa, Israel
Taught art to at-risk youth, in morning and afternoon classes. Planned curriculum and incorporated educational programssuch as drug prevention. Ages: 7-18
1998-1999   BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS - 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx- NY
NY Interpretative Arts Program
Led gallery talks for patrons of the museum, followed by art workshops, according to the changing exhibitions. All ages.  Also, taught adults painting and drawing class in the afternoon adult courses.
           
1995   CREATIVE ARTS - 91st  Street, New York, NY
Taught video production to high school students, ages:10-13. 

1994   HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT - 265 Henry street, New York, NY
Art instructor: The Water Project Collaborative project with 6th grade students from Henry Street Settlement and two schools in Israel and Japan.
 
HONORS AND AWARDS
     
2003   ALJIRA EMERGE  2003
1997   SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
    A.I.M. - ARTISTS IN THE MARKETPLACE, THE BRONX MUSEUM
1995   EXPERIMENTAL TELEVISION CENTER
 
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
     
2003   ALJIRA - A CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART - Valencia, CA
1997   ARTISTS IN THE MARKETPLACE – A.I.M. – The Bronx Museum, 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx
1992   WHITNEY INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM - 385 Broadway, New York,  NY
 
PUBLIC COMISSIONS
     
2003   PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Commission for wall mural at P.S.69, Brooklyn, NY
   
Images of the mural
     
             
See: Exhibitions and Screenings for details.
 
SPECIAL SKILLS
     
PHOTOGRAPHY   Black & white: shooting, developing and printing
VIDEO EDITING   Familiar with some editing systems: Media 100, basic Final Cut Pro
COMPUTERS   Experienced with PC and Mac-platform computers; Word, Page Maker, Photoshop and Quark Express
LANGUAGES   Fluent in English, Portuguese and Hebrew.  Conversational Spanish and French.
 
REFFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST