Kit leffler

WORK EXPERIENCE
Minneapolis public schools, Minneapolis, Mn current Reserve Teacher Maintaining a safe, educational environment in line with district mission and policies continuing curriculum within a variety of classes and students aged K-12 as directed by absent teacher operating classroom technology, from projectors to promethean boards serving students of very diverse age groups and backgrounds eDucaTion inTeRn Highpoint Center for Printmaking current assisting the education and community programs Manager with the preparation and instruction of classes and community events, through creation of art examples, general maintenance and stocking of shop and materials, and contributions to special research projects instructing students in the safe use of the printmaking shop promoting the art of printmaking to youths, schools, and community members secReT KnoTs GalleRy, Minneapolis, Mn current Artistic and Marketing Associate assisting gallery directors in the installation and creation of exhibitions Maintaining gallery blog, web site and social networking presence, creating print materials for press releases, compiling organization mailing list photographing gallery exhibits lawRence aRTs cenTeR, lawRence, Ks 2007-09 Adult & Youth Arts Instructor Teaching included: - adult photoshop (i & ii), intro to Digital photography, and Darkroom - youth sculpture, eco-arts, Drawing & painting, photoshop, and animation creating course work which excited students about technology in the arts through the use of Macintosh computers, drawing tablets, scanners, printers, and adobe software ordering materials, organization of classroom/teacher supply closet Evening Administrative Assistant being a public face and first contact point of the lawrence arts center, promoting the mission and vision of the center Fielding questions from members and the public via phone and in person Maintaining membership and scholarship records Taking payments from patrons for courses, studio fees, event tickets, and merchandise updating spreadsheets with budget figures for multiple departments administering day-to-day tasks, including answering and operating multi-line telephones, mailing (+bulk), copying, filing, faxing, running the credit card machine, and assisting the department administrators as needed univeRsiTy oF Kansas, lawRence, Ks Screenprinting Shop Assistant Fielding student questions outside of class hours Maintaining and ordering shop chemicals and supplies handling shop invoices and purchase orders leading student screenprinting club use of power washer, exposure unit, vacuum tables, printers, and other varied shop technology and machinery 2006-07

kitleffler.photo@gmail.com 504 e. 24th street apt. 2a Minneapolis, Mn 55404 (913) 568-2773

MFA in Printmaking with Distinction edinburgh college of art 74 lauriston place edinburgh, uK eh3 9DF 2009 - 11 BFA in Expanded Media with honors university of Kansas 1450 Jayhawk boulevard lawrence, Ks 66045 2003 - 08

EDUCATION

SYSTEMS | IT

Operating Systems Macintosh & windows Applications Microsoft office: word, excel, outlook, powerpoint adobe creative suite: photoshop, inDesign, illustrator, acrobat pro, bridge Missionassist Database sw Final cut express + pro iMovie promethean activinspire Google sketch-up wordpress Doodle Hardware copy & Fax machines Digital cameras scanners projectors promethean boards postage meters

Kit leffler
solo exhibiTions

EXHIBITIONS

kitleffler.photo@gmail.com 504 e. 24th street apt. 2a Minneapolis, Mn 55404 (913) 568-2773 april 2011 March 2012 2011-2012

second nature patriothall Gallery, edinburgh oso bay north american printmaking exhibition Frans Masereel centre - Traveling Group exhibition

REFERENCES

laura Rose clawson

selecT GRoup exhibiTions

lawrence arts center Director of administration, 2001-09

Texas a&M university at corpus christi, Tx

(785) 979-6939 laurarose@sunflower.com Kris hermanson

lawrence arts center art education co-ordinator, 2006-10

boston school of the Museum of Fine arts, cranbrook school of arts, antwerp academy, edinburgh college of art

The society of scottish artists annual Juried exhibition Royal scottish academy, edinburgh shelf show: an exhibition of artists stuff secret Knots Gallery, Minneapolis, Mn
Talbot Rice Gallery and edinburgh college of art, edinburgh collective Gallery, edinburgh uK

Feb. 2012 Dec. 2011 June 2011 May 2011 summer 2010 april 2009 sept. 2009 sept. 2008 april 2011 June 2010 october 2009 august 2009 June 2007

(785) 766-8895 kris.hermanson@att.net Johanna winters

eleven edinburgh college of art Degree show

highpoint center for printmaking education and community programs Manager, current

how to Turn the world by hand - Mobile bazaar bestiary | edinburgh Zoo, edinburgh QuoteMarks | st. Margarets house arts complex, edinburgh, uK common Ground | lawrence arts center, lawrence, Ks all aboard for everything | wonderfair art Gallery, lawrence, Ks

(612) 871-1326 johanna@highpointprint making.org

Frans Masereel Graphic arts centre : artist-in-residence Kasterlee, Belgium andrew Grant Bequest award For excellence in arts edinburgh college of art cove parK : artist-in-residence helensburgh, scotland international student Bursary award edinburgh college of art strait Fine arts scholarship university of Kansas

SELECT AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

SELECT PUBLICATIONS | PRESS

The skinny Magazine - christmas cards 2011

edinburgh/Glasgow, uK print edition. Featuring works by Fraser Douglas, Jamie Fitzpatrick, Dec. 2011 Janie nicoll, Kit leffler, lauren Gentry, Matthew swan, nick cocozza, oliver braid, Rich Fairhead, Robbie porter, Ross Fraser Mclean, steven Jarvis http://www.theskinny.co.uk/gallery/300855-christmas_cards_2011

The skinny Magazine - Kit leffler @ patriothall Gallery edinburgh/Glasgow, uK web edition. second nature exhibition review by Kamila Kocialkowska May 2011
http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/102096-kit-leffler-patriothall-gallery

leith Tonight

Radio feature & interview with andrew Moir for QuoteMarks exhibition http://www.leithfm.co.uk/

edinburgh, uK april, 2010