In addition to her work as an artist, Shelly has taught art in academic, community, and volunteer settings, with students ranging from elementary schoolers to college students to retirees.
education:
BA, Graphic Design, Indiana University, 1990
MFA, Painting, University of Cincinnati, 1994
academic teaching:
visiting artist, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, Fall 2010
visiting artist, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, Fall 2011
visiting professor / collage workshop leader, Meredith College, Raleigh, spring and fall 2009
one semester adjunct teaching, Deisign Drawing, University of Cincinnati, 1995-1996
one year teaching assistantship, Basic Drawing, University of Cincinnati, 1993-1994
one year drawing class, Learning in Retirement program, University of Cincinnati, 1995-1996
mixed media arts instructor, Belvoir Terrace fine and performing arts summer camp for girls, Lenox, MA, 1994
community teaching:
co-facilitator for monthly community critique, The Arts Center, Carrboro, NC, summer 2009- present
drawing instructor for children, Carrboro Parks and Recreation Dept., NC, 2009-present
one week residency / drawing instructor, Afterschool Arts Immersion program, The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, 2009
one semester assistant art teacher, Afterschool Arts Immersion program, The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC, 2008
arts and crafts director, Lutheridge Summer Camp, Arden, NC, 2002
instructor for adult drawing class entitled “Botanical Expressions”, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH, 1997-1999
four years teaching art in a community setting to all ages, Cincinnati Art Acacdemy, OH, 1996-1999
three years teaching art at afterschool/summer program, Clifton Community Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1995-1998
volunteer teaching:
art teacher and community mural facilitator at the following:
Pine Knolls Community Center, Chapel Hill, NC, 2008
Hometown Heroes mentoring program: mentor and AIDS Awareness mural facilitator, Boone, NC 2005
A Child’s Haven Playnasium, child developmental center, Greenville, SC, 2004
Place of Hope Homeless Day Shelter, Greenville, SC, 2004
Sterling Hope Center Afterschool program, Greenville, SC, 2004
Monaview Clubhouse Afterschool program, Greenville, SC, 2003
Sainte Croix Preschool, Leogane, Haiti, two week session in 2003
Heartworks Afterschool program, Columbia, SC, 2002
Sainte Trinite School, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, one week session in 2001
mentoring:
volunteer mentor for one teenage girl, Hometown Heroes program, Boone, NC, 2005-2008
