Elzbieta Elka Kazmierczak Education


Art, Design, Pedagogy		link to Awards, link to Statement / Exhibitions, link to Publications, link to Art4empowerment

		Education, Experience, Service, Membership 1982-present
© 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, NOW–National Organization for Women, to NOW

AFFILIATIONS		ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, AND ADVOCACY

		Semiotic Society of America – member since 1994, Executive Committee Member (2004-06) (to SSA)
		National Coalition Against Domnestic Violence – (to NCADV)
		The Boston Printmakers – membership 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