| Art, Design, Pedagogy | link to Awards, link to Statement / Exhibitions, link to Publications, link to Art4empowerment | |||||
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| © Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak, 2004 | ||||||
Keywords |
publisher, editor, designer, art educator, researcher, printmaker, book artist, illustrator | |||||
EDUCATION |
M.A.,
Art Education, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995. M.F.A., Graphic 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. |
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WORK
EXPERIENCE |
ACADEMIC TEACHING | |||||
2008-present |
Graduate
Instructor, Art
Education, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
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2006-2008 |
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. (link to SIU faculty page) | |||||
2007 |
Instructor, Continuing
Education, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL. (to
JAL) |
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1996-2003 |
Assistant
Professor, Illustration,
Communication Design, Illustration Program Head, Art Department, University at Buffalo, NY. |
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1995-1996 |
Instructor, Illustration,
Graphic Design, |
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1990-1992 |
Graduate
Instructor, Graphic
Design, Image Making, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
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DESIGN |
PROFESSIONAL | |||||
2003-present |
Publisher, Designer, Artist, 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 | |||||
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) | ||||||
| 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) | |||||
| 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-hour 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-hour 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), (link 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 research <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 Board Member, Collegiate Press, San Diego, CA. Reviewed On Drawing by Roger Winter | |||||
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE |
TO THE COMMUNITY | |||||
2004-present |
Founding Program Director, Manager, Instructor, established Adult Domestic Violence and Adolescent Sexual Assault art programs, The Women’s Center, Carbondale, IL | |||||
2005-2007 |
Treasurer, NOW–National Organization for Women, Southern Illinois Chapter | |||||
Contact |
elka at elkadesigns.com | |||||
