KellyManning

1211 Garfield Street | Lexington, NE 68850 | kellykozakmanning@gmail.com | 308.233.0302

Teaching Portfolio: http://www.kellymanningportfolio.weebly.com
Artist Website: http://www.kellykozakmanning.com

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

University of Nebraska Kearney, Kearney, NE

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, December 2005
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, December 2005
GPA 3.5

University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Emphasis Painting and Drawing, May
2009

Central Community College; 12/2014 to Present Adult Education
Instructed Level 1 English Language Learners to students from
several cultural backgrounds
Prepared lessons using print resources in conjunction with
technology and media
Adjusted the necessary teaching strategies to use in classrooms
with various skill levels
Lexington Public Schools Summer School Program; 6/2014-7/2014
Instructed five levels of elementary art
Created developmentally appropriate lessons for each grade level
Coordinated instruction between three different buildings
Supervised extra-curricular summer activities
Hastings College; 08/2010-05/2012 College Freshmen-Seniors
Taught all levels of painting courses to both art majors and non-
majors, Two-Dimensional Design, Life Drawing, and various art
history courses, Senior Thesis and multiple independent studies
Created assignments with detailed written hand-outs
Performed demonstrations on art making techniques and
incorporated both art historical and contemporary art references
into each assignment
Created detailed grading rubrics for each art assignment and gave
students oral midterm evaluations
Organized critiques of finished artwork and taught various
approaches to discussing and evaluating art
Organized and maintained the painting studio and complied with
OSHA health and safety standards
Ordered art supplies for my classes and created a spreadsheet to
calculate various costs in order to stay within budget
Oversaw a painting of a mural in Belize for a J-term class, in which I
applied for and received an Imagine Grant to pay for supplies
University of Nebraska Lincoln; 09/2009-05/2010 College Freshmen-
Seniors
Taught Beginning Painting II
Created assignments with detailed written hand-outs

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VOLUNTEER WORK

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REFERRENCES

Performed demonstrations on painting techniques and

incorporated both art historical and contemporary art references
into each painting assignment
Created detailed grading rubrics for each painting and gave students
oral midterm evaluations
Organized critiques of finished paintings and taught various
approaches to discussing and evaluating art
Complied with OSHA Health and Safety Standards in the painting
studio

Graduate Assistant, University of Nebraska Lincoln; 09/2006-05/2009

Assisted my lead professor in a beginning painting class
Taught two undergraduate art courses as teacher of record
Responsible for creating syllabi, class schedules, and assignment
handouts
Gave demonstrations on each assignment.
Complied with OSHA Health and Safety Standards in the painting
studio
Created detailed grading rubrics for each painting and gave students
oral midterm evaluations
Museum of Nebraska Art, Docent, 10/2014-Present
Prescott Elementary, Art Mentor, 2007
Modern Arts Midtown, Represented artist
Imagine Grant, Project Grant, Hastings College
Hixon-Lied Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vreeland Scholarship, Juried Student Competition, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Turner McGeehee, Associate Professor and Chair of Art Department,
Hastings College
308-601-4138
tmcgeehee@hastings.edu
Vicki Valentine, Assistant Professor, Teacher Ed, Hastings College
Retired
402-984-0904
vvalentine@hastings.edu
Keith Jacobshagen Retired Professor of Art, Art and Art History
Department, University of Nebraska Lincoln
402-489-4609
keith@neb.rr.com