Teaching Resume
TEACHINGDarcy Mann
darcylmann@shaw.ca
www.darcymann.com


Skills
  • Knowledgable in all aspects of painting, drawing and sculpture
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills 
  • Teaching experience with all ages
  • Able to encourage enthusiastic class experience
  • Well organized and punctual​

Education
Master of Fine Arts | Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Fine Arts | Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

Teaching History

2019               
AOMA (Academy of Modern Art) | Vancouver, BC
Oil Painting Instructor
  • Taught contemporary/abstract oil painting to students aged 12 & up
  • Created course syllabus
  • Began each lesson with historical context
  • Evaluated and graded students
  • Took attendance
 
2019 - 2020      
Young Rembrandts | Vancouver, BC
Drawing Instructor
  • Taught drawing after school to public elementary school students 
  • Introduced each lesson with basic art vocabulary lessons
  • managed classroom setting
  • Took attendance

2010 - 2012       
Vancouver Film School | Make-Up Dept. | Vancouver, BC
Drawing Instructor
  • Taught all aspects of life drawing
  • Created course syllabus
  • Led critiques
  • Evaluated and graded students
  • Took attendance

2011                 
PERA College | Vancouver, BC
Painting and Drawing Instructor
  • Taught painting and drawing 
  • Planned Lessons
  • Took attendance 

Volunteer Teaching History
2014 - 2017      Temple Sholom Sunday School
                          Art Teacher
  • Taught art and crafts to grades 4 - 7
  • Planned lessons
  • Organized and purchased material
  • Took attendance

2004                
Quilchena Elementary School Lunch Hour Program
Art Teacher
  • Taught craft projects 
  • Planned projects
  • Organized and purchased material

Exhibition History        
Solo
2019                  Darcy Mann | Barrister’s Lounge | Vancouver, BC
2016                  Forest | Elissa Cristall Gallery | Vancouver, BC
2014                  Featured Artist | Art Rental & Sales Showroom | Vancouver Art Gallery | Vancouver, BC
2013                  Into the Forest | Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery | Vancouver, BC
Group
2019                  Nicola Tibbitts & Darcy Mann | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | Vancouver, BC
2012                  Drawing | curated by Astrid Heyerdahl | Evergreen Cultural Centre | Coquitlam, BC
2010                  Vancouver Art Gallery | Art Rentals & Sales | Vancouver, BC
2006                 The Spaces In Between | curated by Jessica Frost | Silas Marder Gallery | Bridgehampton, NY
2004                 Drawing Show | curated by Mark Reddekopp | Gallery Jones | Vancouver, BC
2000                 Millennium Bug | curated by Karen Shaw | Islip Art Museum | East Islip, NY
1998                 Fish, Fruit, Birds, Dogs, Figures | curated by Karen Harris | MMC Gallery | New York, NY
1997                 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall... Women in Self Portrait | Smithtown Township Arts Council | Mills Pond House | St. James, NY
1996                 Let Me Bring You Down | curated by Two Dollar Guitar | Art Initiatives | New York, NY
1995                 Part Portrait | RCCA: The Arts Center | Troy, NY
                          Whose Body Is It Anyway? | Smithtown Township Arts Council | Mills Pond House | St. James, NY        
1994                 Art Initiatives, Mass Exposure | TRIBECA 148 Gallery | New York, NY
1989                 Fear of Others; In Search of Tolerance/Art Against Racism | CPR Roundhouse |  Vancouver, BC

Gallery Representation
Buckland Southerst Gallery | Vancouver, BC

Awards              
2000                  Pollock - Krasner Foundation

Bibliography
2013                  Two Coats of Paint | 11/4/13 | Darcy Mann: A Tangle of Layers | by Dion Kliner
1995                  The Times Union | 10/1/95 | Artists take portraiture out for a ride | by William Jaeger
                            The Daily Gazette | 9/28/95 | Four Women Explore identity in ‘Part Portrait’ | by Peg Churchill Wright                           
                            NY Newsday | 4/10/95 | Just Perfect Imperfection | by Marilyn Goldstein
                            The New York Times | 4/2/95 | Long Isl. edition | 75 Statements About Women’s Bodies is a  Didactic Exhibition | by Helen A. Harrison
                            NY Newsday | 3/95 | The Bigger Picture | by J. M. Walker 
1990                  Jewish Western Bulletin | 3/90 | CACV Exhibit Tells Israeli Experience | by Michael Ajzenstadt
1989                  The Georgia Straight | 10/13/89 | Art as Expression of Rage | by Robin Laurence