Robin Ward
Photographer
Fine Art Instructor
Robin E. Ward, MFA
Email: robin.wardphoto@gmail.com
Profile
Art lecturer and Studio Arts instructor with 15 years of experience in facilitating learning in the fine arts focusing on Art Appreciation, Art Education, and American Art History. Studio Arts instructor with an emphasis on photographic processes, printmaking, drawing and painting. Specialist in teaching a variety of ages in the visual communication of ideas working in all media. Proficient teaching classes face-to-face, online and hybrid. Curriculum development in competency-based education and distance learning. Volunteer photographer for Central Texas Heart Gallery.
Education
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2014 MFA Vermont College of Fine Art, Montpelier, VT
2010 MA Art Education, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
1983 BS Elementary Education, Daemen College, Amherst, NY
Professional Certificates
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2004-2027 All-Level Art PK-12
Life Elementary Self-Contained Grades (1-8)
Life Kindergarten Grades (PK-KG)
Teaching Experience
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2009 - 2023
Adjunct Faculty, Art Appreciation, Design, Drawing, Photography: analog, digital, and alternative process, Art Education, American Art History, University of Mary-Hardin Baylor, Belton, TX
2015 - Present
Online Adjunct Faculty: Creative Arts Course, Content Based Education, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
2009 - Present
Grace Classical Christian Academy, Georgetown, Texas, Art Instructor
Fine Art Department Lead Faculty, K-12th grade
2015
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Visiting Artist, Gallery and Summer Art Educator, Grand Cayman Island and Cayman Brac Island
Awards
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2022
Artist in Residence at Texas A&M University, Center for Coastal Studies, Corpus Christi, TX
2015
Visiting Artist, National Galley of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
2014
Artpace, Artist-In-Residence, shortlisted, San Antonio, TX
2010
Professor-Protege Exhibit, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
2009
Best of Show, Red Poppy Festival, Georgetown, TX
2007
Best of Show, Central Texas College, Killeen, TX
2006
Guest Artist, Patterns, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
2006
Professor-Protege Exhibit, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
Group Exhibitions
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2021
K Space Contemporary, Postcards from Your Neighbor, Corpus Christi, TX
Foyer Gallery, Christians in the Visual Arts Collaborative mural, St. David’s Episcopal Church, Austin, TX
2020
Baugh Gallery, I Was Growing Down, Faculty Exhibition, University of Mary-Hardin Baylor, TX
2018
Baugh Gallery, Essence of Home, Faculty Exhibition, University of Mary-Hardin Baylor, Belton, TX
2015
Baugh Gallery, Thatched, Faculty Exhibition, University of Mary-Hardin Baylor, Belton, TX
Howard Gallery, 6x6x6, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
2014
T.W. Wood Gallery, Prize Purses, Vermont College of Fine Art, Montpelier, VT
Baugh Gallery, Empty is Full, Faculty Exhibition, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
2009-13
Faculty Exhibition, University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Cultural Arts Center, Temple, TX
2012
Shoal Creek Gallery, Heart of Texas, Austin, TX
2010
Houston Center for Photography, My Texas, Houston, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2019
See Me, What if We Shared Her Story, New York, NY
2018
Elizabeth C. and Peter Tower Gallery, Thatched, Amherst, NY
2017
Nails in the Wall-International Exhibit, God in the Abstract, Metuchen, NJ
World Horizons, USA, Who Is My Neighbor, Art as Mission, Middle Eastern Region: Egypt, Iraq
Gallery Edit, Who Is My Neighbor, Richmond, VA
Arla-Ray Gallery, Alternative Photographic Processes, Belton, TX
2014
Oak Gall Grant Project, MAPS Space, NYC
2012
Austin Children’s Museum, Our Children, Austin, TX
2008-18
Art of Peace Festival, Belton, TX
2008
Creative Arts and Research Symposium presented in Virtual Reality, Mapping Life’s Patterns, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2007
Texas Photographers, Texas Heat, Taylor, TX
2006
Arla-Ray Gallery, Art Student Juried Exhibit, Belton, TX
Barclay Visual Artists Exhibit, Community Arts Center, Temple, TX
2005
Arla-Ray Gallery, Student Juried Exhibit, Belton, TX
Emerging Artists Exhibit, Temple College Visual Arts Gallery, Temple, TX
Barclay Visual Artists Exhibit, Community Arts Center, Temple, TX
2004
Arla-Ray Gallery, Art Student Juried Exhibit, Belton, TX
Barclay Visual Artists Exhibit, Community Arts Center, Temple, TX
Solo Exhibitions
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2022
Art Center, Collections, Corpus Christi, TX
Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Collections, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX
2014
Ex-Pose National Conference, Evening Purses, Fairfax, VA
2009
Arla-Ray Gallery, Mapping Life Patterns, Belton, TX
Grants
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2015
Texas Art Education Association, Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth and STEAM: What are the connections? Georgetown, TX
Private and Permanent Collections
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2022
Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Art & Science, Cyclical & Inter-relational, Biologist Conversation, Center for Coastal Studies, TX
Loretta B., Waking from a Nap, Startled Blue Heron, Corpus Christi, TX
Published
________________________________________________________________________________________ 2017 Rostrum, literary publication, digital photograph, Georgetown, TX, September 2017.
2015
Content Based Education, Creative Arts Course, curriculum development and content specialist, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX.
Christians in the Visual Arts, Sourcebook, cyanotype photograph, Wenham, MA., April 2015.111.
2013
Baylorian, literary publication, one digital photograph, Belton, TX.,May
2013.53.
Baylorian, literary publication, two digital photographs, Belton, TX., May
2010.14, 67.
Lectures/Conferences/Workshop
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2019
More than Sitting on their Hands: How to Engage Faculty and Staff while Enriching CBE Programs, Fast Track to Success Conference, Austin, TX.
Monoprinting, Presenter, Truth, Goodness and Beauty Classical Art Competition, Colleyville, TX.
2018
Lessons the Arts Teach, presenter, Society for Classical Learning Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL
Triskele Project, University Visual Art and Mathematics Department collaboration, Belton, TX
2016
Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth and STEAM: What are the connections? presenter, Society for Classical Learning Annual Conference, Dallas, TX
2015
Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth and STEAM: What are the connections? presenter, Texas Art Education Association State Conference, Galveston, TX
2014
Natural Dyes and STEAM: Art and Content Integration, workshop leader, Texas Art Education Association Conference, San Antonio, TX
Prize Purses, Artist Talk, George Mason University, Ex-Pose National Conference, Fairfax, VA
Visual Arts Integration in the Classical School, Association for Classical Christian Schools National Convention, workshop presenter and discussion panelist, Orlando, FL
2013
Artist Talk, Empty is Full, University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Arla-Ray Gallery, Belton, TX
2010
For the Art Teacher: Ways to Integrate Art and Technology in the Art Room, presenter, Texas Art Education Association Conference, Galveston, TX
2009
Teaching University Art Courses in CyberSpace: Tools and Techniques, presenter, Texas Art Education Association Conference, Galveston, TX
2008
Development of Personal Engagement and Productive Discourse of the Visual Arts in Virtual Reality, presenter, Creative Art and Research Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Tx
Professional Development
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2019
edX, Teaching Critical Thinking through Art at the National Gallery of Art
2018
Center for Effectiveness in Learning and Teaching, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Small Teaching: Lessons for Faculty from the Science of Learning, Celt Center, Dr. Eaton
Center for Effectiveness in Learning and Teaching, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Functions and Tools in Canvas, Dr. Eaton
Department of Digital Learning and Innovation, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Initial Online Facilitation Training: AMD 1000+, Dr. Wegman
2017
Center for Effectiveness in Learning and Teaching, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Dynamic Lecturing: Research Based Strategies to Enhance Learning, Dr. Eaton
Center for Effectiveness in Learning and Teaching, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Engaging Generation Z Students, Dr. Eaton
2015
Center for Effectiveness in Learning and Teaching, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Student Learning & Satisfaction in a Flipped Class, Dr. Eaton
Center for Effectiveness in Learning and Teaching, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Student Learning in a Flipped Class, Dr. Eaton
Center for Effectiveness in Learning and Teaching, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Motivating Students to Learn, Dr. Eaton
Professional Service
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2011-2020
Heart Gallery of Central Texas, Professional Volunteer Photographer, Austin, TX
2017
Walk In Clinic-Family Practice, Commercial Photographer, Temple, TX
2014
Lundson Sounds Music Studio, Promotional Photographer, Georgetown, TX
2005-06
Art Critic Column, Williamson County Sun Newspaper, Georgetown, TX
Professional Organizations
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2012-present Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA)
2016-2019 Houston Center for Photography
2013-2015 Women and Their Work
2014-2015 College Art Association (CAA)
2008-present National Scholars Honor Society
2009-2015 Texas Art Education Association (TAEA)
2012-2013 Texas Association of Schools of Art (TASA)
2005-2010 Williamson County Art Guild