Zoë C.

Blatt
325 Manton Street Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 531-3927 / zcblatt@gmail.com
www.zoeblatt.com

Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Master of Education (Ed.M.), Arts in Education. Cambridge, MA
• Focus: Developed differentiated visual arts curriculum for adolescents grounded in research on 2012-2013
the intersection between maker education, adolescent development, and educational neuroscience
• Coursework on learning theory, curriculum design, the arts in education (policy, practice, research),
educational neuroscience, adolescent development, and cognitive science.
• Student Government Association Senator, HGSE Admissions Ambassador, and Member of
Experiential Learning Group

University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Fine Arts, summa cum laude Philadelphia, PA

• Major: Fine Arts, Minor: History of Art 2007-2010
• Invited Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Certificate Program Philadelphia, PA

• Major: Painting, Minor: Printmaking 2006-2010
• Student Representative to the Alumni Board, New Student Orientation Leader

Recent Professional Development

Nextfab Makerspace, Workshops Philadelphia, PA
• Woodworking, Laser Cutting, Textiles: Summer 2018
Johns Hopkins University, Graduate Coursework Baltimore, MD
• Emerging Issues for Instructional Technology: Fall 2017
SEED Training (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity): Sept 2016-Jun 2017

Lectures and Conference Presentations

• “Getting Started with CAD and 3D Printing in the K-12 Classroom”, Lehigh University Teaching & Learning
with Technology Summit, Bethlehem, PA, October 2018
• “Tapping the Creative Process for Deeper Learning: A Multidisciplinary Approach”, IBSC Annual Conference:
Beyond Innovation, Baltimore, MD, June 2017
• “Design Thinking: Applications to Curriculum”, Blair Academy Opening Meetings, Blairstown, NJ, August 2014
• “Re-Imagining Relationships in the Arts in Education: The Relationship Between Art Making and Research”,
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, October 2013

Professional Experience
Visual Arts Faculty: Multimedia, The Haverford School Haverford, PA
• Teach Digital Art Foundations (3D modeling/printing & graphic design), 2D Design, Aug 2015-Present
Art Portfolio II, Digital Photography, Video & Animation, and Visual Communication in a
Digital World to students in grades 9-12
• Invited member of Head of Upper School Search Committee, Scheduling Committee, and Honors/Standard
Course Committee
• Advisor to 11 students, handling parent communication and monitoring student academic progress and well-being
• Faculty advisor to the yearbook, member of Interdisciplinary Learning Committee, and travel leader on
cultural immersion trips to Spain and Denmark
• Collaborated to create after-school partnership with Philadelphia Mural Arts
• Designed new course on digital visual communication to run in the 2018-19 school year
• Manage 10k digital arts budget
Visual Arts Instructor, Middle Grades Youth Partnership Philadelphia Haverford, PA
• Ran visual arts classes for students in grades 5-8 from Samuel Gompers Elementary School Summer 2018
in Philadelphia with a focus on character development and citizenship

Founder and Director, VASS Skopelos: Visual Arts Summer Studio Skopelos Skopelos, Greece
• Developed and ran a visual arts summer program for local youth (k-5) Summers 2015 & 2016
in collaboration with The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts

Visual Arts Faculty, Blair Academy Blairstown, NJ

• Taught Drawing I & II, Advanced Drawing, Painting I & II, Advanced Painting, Sept 2013-Jun 2015
Portfolio, AP Drawing, AP 2D Design, and Design Thinking to students in grades 9-12
• Academic Monitor: in charge of scheduling, monitoring academic progress, and communicating
with parents of 9th grade boarding female students; Assistant Housemaster for 9th and 10th grade girls
• Created a new design thinking course that utilized 3D modeling software and a 3D printer
• Worked with a small team to design a large-scale makerspace inspired by numerous site visits to other institutions
• Collaborated to create a new leadership communication course for the 2014-15 school year
• Organized a performing and visual arts fundraiser, Arts for Kenya, to support the Blair School in Kenya
• Travel leader on community service trip to Kenya and faculty advisor for the school newspaper

Artist-in-Residence, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts Skopelos, Greece

• Created artwork while living at and working with the foundation Summer 2014

Artist-in-Residence, Project Zero: Harvard University Cambridge, MA

• Based on Project Zero’s research, I created a fibers installation at the Peabody Children’s Jan 2013-May 2013
Center, a Reggio preschool.

Senior Camp Arts Specialist, ESF Dream Camp Foundation Philadelphia, PA

Led visual arts program for ages 9-15 in a summer program for at-risk urban youth Summers 2011 & 2012

After School Teacher & Substitute Teacher, Friends Select School Philadelphia, PA
• Taught after school art classes for grades pre-k-5 and substitute taught all Sept 2011-Jun 2012
subjects, grades k-12

After-School Art Instructor (Artist-in-Residence), Welsh Valley Middle School Narberth, PA

• Designed, proposed, and implemented after-school mural program Mar 2011-Jun 2011

Teaching Faculty, Main Line Art Center Haverford, PA

• Assisted and later taught courses in mixed media to students in grades pre-k-12 Sporadic, 2003-2016

Special Skills
• Proficient with Adobe CC (Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, Illustrator, Spark, Animate, Character Animator),
iMovie, 3D Printing, 3D Modeling/CAD Software, Canvas, Blackboard, Microsoft Office, Google for Education
• Advanced Spanish, study at the University of Pennsylvania

Selected Exhibitions (Solo indicated by *)

• Bryn Mawr Hospital, Faculty Show, Bryn Mawr, PA, May 2017
• Ground Floor, Artifex Femina, Philadelphia, PA, May 2015 (curated)
• Ground Floor, Arbitrary Relevance, Philadelphia, PA, Apr 2015
• *Romano Gallery, Καλοκαίρι στην Σκόπελο: Summer in Skopelos, Blairstown, NJ, Jan 2014
• Romano Gallery, Faculty Show, Blairstown, NJ, Oct 2013
• Harvard University, Arts First, Cambridge, MA, Apr 2013
• Gutman Library, Harvard University, Group Show, Cambridge, MA, Oct 2012-Mar 2013
• Main Line Art Center, Out of the Attic: 75 Years of History, Haverford, PA, Apr-May 2012
• Prelude Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Sept-Nov 2011
• Hopkins House Gallery of Contemporary Art, Real Abstract, Collingswood, NJ, May-Jun 2011
• *Wallingford Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA. Apr 2011
• PA Academy of the Fine Arts, Selected Works from the Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, Jun 2010
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 109th Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, May 2010
• 3rd Street Gallery, 2009 Pennsylvania Sizzler Invitational Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 2009
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 108th Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, May 2009
• The Philadelphia Sketch Club, 145th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia, PA, Apr 2008
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Select Juried Student Exhibitions, Philadelphia, PA, Mar 2008-Oct 2009