CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

  • Master of Education, Secondary Education: Art (licensure core) GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington DC 2012
  • Master of Industrial Design PRATT INSTITUTE, New York 1998
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theory, Criticism and History of Art, Design & Architecture PRATT INSTITUTE,        New York 1994
  • Architecture HIGH SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, New York 1989

EXPERIENCE 

Museum Education Program Manager NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM Washington DC   2019-2020

  • Develop, coordinate, and facilitate a variety of museum programs including panel discussions and lecture series, children and adult hands-on activities, workshops, special events, and outreach engagements with  other community groups.
  • Enroll in Community Engagement Academy for the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington DC

World Languages: Spanish Teacher (6th-8th Grade) JEFFERSON HOUSTON (ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS) 2018-2019

  • Teach World Languages: Spanish 1A and 1B in an International Baccalaureate (IB) program (6th to 8th Grade).
  • Develop lesson plans with an emphasis on arts integration. It includes expansion of curriculum to integrate visual arts, music and dance.
  • Work in a Title 1 school (seeking full accreditation) with many behavioral and cultural challenges within a diverse setting

Distance Learning Specialist NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM 2018

  • Lead distance learning initiative as part of a 2018 grant from the United Engineering Foundation
  • Research best practices in distance learning for museums (including identifying audiences, developing charrette, exploring online platforms, meeting with distance learning educators at other museums)
  • Develop curriculum for live streaming pilot projects with a focus on engineering and the built environment

Art Teacher (4th-8th Grade) OYSTER ADAMS BILINGUAL SCHOOL (DCPS) 2009 – 2017

  • Teach Art (in Spanish) with architecture and design electives at dual language immersion school (@400    fourth to eighth grade students).
  • Establish new Visual Arts program at OA -- this includes expansion of library resources, community partnerships, museum field trips, and school-wide beautification projects, clubs for set design and portfolio development for specialized high school admission

Convention Registration NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC JOURNALISTS, Washington DC 2006

  • Coordinate registration of NAHJ annual convention attendees (@1800 persons) for “Fuente de Diversidad Hispana” in Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Design exhibition hall layout and assist in product specification of furnishings

Adjunct Faculty, Interior Design ART INSTITUTE ONLINE, 2005/2006

  • Teach and facilitate online courses: ID 133 Space Planning and ID 440 Construction Documents

Faculty, Interior Design ART INSTITUTE OF WASHINGTON, Arlington VA 2004/2005

  • Teach and develop curriculum for INT 130 Architectural Drafting, INT 170 Space Planning, INT 232 Working Drawings, INT 240 History of Interior Design (Antiquity to1830), INT 269 Human Factors, INT 270 Design Process, INT 273 Design Development Residential, INT 333 Visual Presentation, and INT 372 History of  Interior Design (1830-Present)
  • Lead the establishment of new BFA Interior Design program –including curriculum evaluation, textbook selections, department representation, initial professional licensing, library acquisitions, faculty advisement     of students, activities development

Adjunct Faculty, Interior Design CORCORAN COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, Washington DC 2003

  • Teach IN YOUR HOME, a continuing education course in which students learn how to apply interior design principles to their home.

Exhibit Designer GALLAGHER & ASSOCIATES, Washington DC 2000/2002

  • Participate in all phases of exhibition design: concept ideation, design research, image boards, color renderings, case layouts, detail development, CAD documentation, materials & finishes, specification preparation, client meetings
  • Serve as a resource in developing technologies and materials advancements as part of an extensive materials and finishes library
  • Projects include International Spy Museum in Washington DC; "The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden" at National Museum of American History, Smithsonian; "Baseball as America": traveling exhibition for Cooperstown National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Project Designer HAVERSON ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, Connecticut 1999/2000

  • Curate exhibition on history of General Motors: research and write preliminary content with GM Archives,  select images and artifacts
  • Design exhibition panels: create schematic illustrations and develop CAD documentation, produce detailed graphic layouts for all objects and text, prepare concept and materials boards, create specifications for construction

Research Coordinator ROTOVISION, UK New York 1998 /1999

  • Coordinate production of design books: "50 SportsWares: Innovations in Materials and Technology" by Mel Byars and “Subtraction: Aspects of Essential Design" by Alexander Gelman / Design Machine

Product Editor GRAPHIS MAGAZINE, New York 1997/2001

  • Edit Consumer Products section: submission of products, selection of layouts, writing of text

Consultant THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York 1997

  • Supervise installation of “Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design” exhibition at the Groninger Museum        in The Netherlands and the National Gallery of Modern Art in Prague, Czech Republic

Research Assistant COOPER HEWITT, NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM, SMITHSONIAN, NY 1996/1997

  • Assist with planning of “Cult of Performance: Design for Sports”, an industrial design exhibition

Guest Curator MATERIAL CONNEXION, New York 1996

  • Organize inaugural exhibition of product design featuring the use of innovative materials

Program Assistant VAN ALEN INSTITUTE: PROJECTS IN PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE, New York 1995/1996

  • Assist in coordination of programs on the built environment: exhibitions, design competitions, and workshop

Curatorial Assistant THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York 1994/1995

  • Assist Associate Curator of Architecture & Design with all aspects of “Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design”, a groundbreaking exhibition in industrial design: development of installation through collaboration with the Registrar and Exhibition Design Departments, preparation of exhibition catalog: research of text, selection of photographic images, involvement in editorial process

LANGUAGES
Fluent in Spanish, Understanding of French and Portuguese

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

  • Vice Chair, Washington DC 2017-2020 Pratt Institute Alumni Board
  • Docent, Octagon Museum, American Architectural Foundation, Washington DC
  • Member, National Art Education Association, American Association of Museums, College Art Association
  • Member, (Vice Chair of Membership Development, Mid Atlantic), Industrial Designers Society of America

PUBLICATIONS

  • Consumer Products by Yanitza Tavarez, Graphis Magazine, Issues #311 - 336, 1997-2002
  • Entertainment Design Timeline in "Atlas of Theme Parks" by Gregory Beck, Lotus Magazine #109, 2001
  • Subtraction: Aspects of Essential Design by Alexander Gelman, RotoVision SA, 2000
  • 50 Sportswares: Innovations in Design and Material by Mel Byars, RotoVision SA, 2000
  • Entertainment Design Timeline in "Form in the Era of Fun" by Gregory Beck, Architectural Record, Nov 1999
  • Design for Sports: The Cult of Performance, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian & Princeton Architectural Press 1998
  • Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design by Paola Antonelli, The Museum of Modern Art, NY 1995

LICENSURE

  • Regular, Art Teacher (Grades PK-12), District of Columbia and Virginia
  • Regular, World Languages: Spanish Teacher (Grades PK-12), Virginia

PORTFOLIO AND REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Fluent in Spanish, Understanding of French and Portuguese

YANITZA TAVAREZ 6588 Overleigh Lane, Alexandria VA 22315 c202 276 5914 yanitzatavarez@gmail.com

 

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