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Education, Experience, Service, Membership
1982-present

self-portrait
© Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak, 2004  
Keywords
  art for empowerment educator, artist, designer, publisher

 
EDUCATION
 

Ph.D. – Educational Policy Studies, & Minor in Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
M.A. – Art Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995
M.F.A. – Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993
B.F.A. – Textile Design & Graphic Design, Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz, Poland, 1984
Philosophy, University of Lodz, Poland (no degree),1982-1985
Logical Semiotics, Warsaw University, Poland, (no degree),1985/86, 1987-90

 
SPECIALIZED TRAINING   DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ART AS HEALING

 
2004   Certified Art Instructor, Art as healing for battered women, A Window Between Worlds, Venice, CA to AWBW
2003   40-h Crisis Intervention Certification, Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence, The Women's Center, Carbondale, IL to ICADV, to the center
    40-h Crisis Intervention Certification, Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, The Women's Center, Carbondale, IL to ICASA, to the center

 
WORK EXPERIENCE
  ACADEMIC TEACHING

 
2009-2010
  Teaching Assistant, Educational Policy Studies,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to the course

Taught a lab section for Foundations of American Education course, EPS 201
2008-2009
  Teaching Assistant, Art Education,
School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to UIUC A+D
Taught a studio course, Introduction to Art, ART 140 to the course
2006-2008
  Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale to SIUC Art+D
2007
  Instructor, Continuing Education, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL to JAL
1996-2003
  Assistant Professor, Illustration, Communication Design,
Illustration Program Head, Art Department, SUNY at Buffalo, NY to SUNY Buffalo
1995-1996
 

Instructor, Illustration, Graphic Design,
Art Department, Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC, Canada to CU

1990-1992
  Graduate Instructor, Graphic Design, Image Making,
School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to UIUC A+D

 
DESIGN
  PROFESSIONAL

 
2008-2009
  Graduate Coordinator of Designmatters: campus-wide visiting speakers' series, School of Art and Design, UIUC. Sole responsibility for administration and logistics of the events, promotion, design of promotional materials, web site update, and hiring of students for additional work to designmatters
2003-2007
  Publisher, Designer, independent, link to art4empowerment, link to Art of Survival
1997-1999
  Director of Illustration, Free Inquiry–The International Secular Humanist Magazine, Buffalo, NY
1992-1994
  Graduate Graphic Designer, Office of Guided Individual Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1984-1990
  Graphic Designer, Printmaker, Researcher, self-employed, Lodz, Poland

 
ART EDUCATION
  ART FOR EMPOWERMENT: workshops, presentations, lectures

 
2011   History and Practice of Art Therapy, invited by Debra Medlyn, Presentation delivered to Students majoring in Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois, Champaign, October 19, (2-h) to HDFS
2010   Art-based Support Group for Survivors of Sexual Violence, Rape, Advocacy, Counseling, and Education Services, Urbana, IL, February-March (6-week, weekly, 2-h) to RACES
2009 and 2010   Art for Empowerment, Workshop during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The Women's Resources Center, University of Illinois, Champaign, October (2-h) to WRC
2009
  Art for Empowerment Workshop, Rape Crisis Services,Urbana, IL, July 20, (2-h)
2008
  Art for Empowerment: Uncovering the Self, Little Egypt Art Association, Marion, IL, March 1 (full-day workshop)
2007
  Empower Yourself Through Art, American Association of University Women, Southern Illinois Chapter, SIU Faculty House, November 13
    Creative Stress Management, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL, January-March, (6-week course) to JALC
    Creative Counseling Solutions, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL, September-November, (6-week course)
2007
  Art as Healing for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Chicago Foundation for Women, Town Meeting for the Initiative Against Violence Against Women, Marion, IL, April 19, (half-hour presentation, honorarium) to CFW
    Art of Survival: Women, Healing, and the Arts, Carnegie Marion Library, Marion, IL, April 10 (2-hour presentation), (honorarium)
    Art as Healing and a Source of Self-Knowledge, Southern Illinois University: Women's History Month, March 29, (2-h presentation)
2006, 2007
  Inside, Outside of Me: The Boundaries of the Self, Psychology Department, Southern Illinois University, Psychology of Personality course attendees, Carbondale, IL, Feb. 2006, March 1, 2007, (1.5-hour lecture and a workshop)
    Express Yourself, Little Egypt Art Association, Marion, IL, January 27
2006
  Making Art for Self-Empowerment, Little Egypt Art Association, Marion, IL, December, (1-hour)
2006
  Methods for Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence, Safe Haven, Domestic Violence Shelter, Clearwater, FL, June 17, (2-h workshop)
    Art of Survival: Women, Healing, and the Arts, Little Egypt Art Association, Marion, IL, March
    Art of Survival: Women, Healing, and the Arts, Carbondale Public Library, Carbondale, IL, December, (2-hour presentation)
2005
  Interventions for Youth Recovering from Addiction, Gateway Foundation, Carbondale, IL, May (2-day training for female unit staff), (honorarium)
2004-2008
  Using Art in Counseling: Training for the staff and volunteers, The Women's Center, Carbondale, IL (training sessions on demand), to TWC gallery

 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
  TO THE FIELD

 
2007
  Guest Reviewer, Visible Language, a special issue on Visual Metaphors in User Support. Guest editors Piet Westendorp and Karel van der Waarde. 41.3, 2007. Editorial office at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Reviewed an article A Schema for Depiction.
2004-2006
  Executive Board Member, International Institute for Information Design, Vienna, Austria
2003-2004
  Guest Editor, Information Design Journal, Selected and Edited the conference proceedings volume, Preparing for the Future of Knowledge Presentation, (with editor’s introduction), Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing, Vol. 12:2 (2004/05, pp. 63-72.
2003-2006
  Advisory Board for Curriculum Review, EU/USA Cooperation Program Development of International Core Competencies in Information Design, EU/US funded FIPSE Grant recipients: Design Programs from the following US institutions: Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, and University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. Design programs from EU: Utrecht School of the Arts, The Netherlands, Free University of Bolzano, Italy, and University of Weimar, Germany
2001-2004
  Executive Committee Member, Semiotic Society of America
2001-2007
  Co-Chair of the Expert Forum for Knowledge Presentation, the International Institute for Information Design <www.iiid.org>. Includes Web site development www.knowledgepresentation.org
2002
  Guest Reviewer, Information Design Journal, editorial office at Tilburg University, The Netherlands
2001-present
  Assistant Editor, on-line journal Trickster's Way, about Trickster researc, link to www.tricksters.org Includes Trickster the Evil, a discussant's visual commentary for the volume The Dark Side of Trickster, in the Trickster's Way, on-line, peer reviewed, Trickster research journal, www.elkadesigns.com/resources/devil.html
1999-2000
  Editorial Advisory Board Member, Collegiate Press, San Diego, CA. Reviewed On Drawing by Roger Winter to Collegiate Press, CA

 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
  TO THE COMMUNITY

 
2009-present   Co-founder, Curriculum Developer, Workshop Facilitator, Mentor to facilitators in training, Treasurer (2009-2010), Promotion Designer (2009-2011), Student-run registered organization, Illini Art Therapy Association (IATA), the Women’s Resources Center, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL to IATA on fb
2010 and 2011   Graphic Designer, Designed an informational poster for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October) and served on the DVAM organizational committee (2010), the Women’s Resources Center, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL to WRC, to poster 2010
2004-2008
  Founding Program Director, Manager, Instructor, established Adult Domestic Violence and Adolescent Sexual Assault art programs, The Women’s Center, Carbondale, IL to TWC gallery
2005-2007
  Treasurer, NOWNational Organization for Women, to NOW

 
AFFILIATIONS   ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, AND ADVOCACY

 
    Semiotic Society of Americamember since 1994, Executive Committee Member (2004-06) (to SSA)
    National Coalition Against Domnestic Violence(to NCADV)
    The Boston Printmakersmembership based on the portfolio (to BP)
    Women's Caucus for Art (WCA)feminist-oriented (to WCA)
    Woman Made Gallery feminist-oriented, Chicago, IL (to WMG)
    International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA)art education, advocacy, research (to InSEA)
    National Art Education Association (NAEA)art education, advocacy, research (to NAEA)
Contact
  elka at elkadesigns.com