John W. Schwartz

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2011

• Master of Liberal Arts

Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1979

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking Major, Painting Minor (five year program)

• 2011 Purchase Award, Hot Art in a Cool SPace
• 2008 Faculty Fellow, Tulane School of Continuing Studies
• 2007 Distinguished Faculty, Tulane School of Continuing Studies
• 1999 2^nd Place, Juried Exhibition, Ziegler Museum, Jennings, LA
• 1979 Who’s Who of American College Students
• 1978 Faculty scholarship to the Lake Placid School of Art
• 1975 Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art

• 2010-11 “Hot Art in a Cool Space,” UU Annual Invitational, Lacombe, LA
• 2010 MPCDS Faculty exhibition, MPCDS Gallery, Metairie, LA
• 2009 “Hot Art in a Cool Space,” UU Annual Invitational, Lacombe, LA
• 2009 MPCDS Faculty exhibition, MPCDS Gallery, Metairie, LA
• 2008 “Hot Art in a Cool Space,” UU Annual Invitational, Lacombe, LA
• 2007-2008 MPCDS Faculty exhibition, MPCDS Gallery, Metairie, LA
• 2007 St. Tammany Art Association's 50th anniversary Members Exhibition STAA, Covington, LA
• 2007 Games People Play, Tangipahoa Art Association, Hammond, LA
• 2006 UU Artist of the Month, Lacombe, LA
• 2006 “Hot Art in a Cool Space,” UU Annual Invitational, Lacombe, LA
• 2006 Invitational exhibition, Metairie Park Country Day School
• 2002-2004 MPCDS Faculty exhibition, MPCDS Gallery, Metairie, LA
• 2001 Art in Bloom, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, La
• 2001 George Ohr Museum, Annual Juried Exhibition, Kiln & Quill, Biloxi, MS
• 2001 MPCDS Faculty exhibition, MPCDS Gallery, Metairie, LA
• 2000 “Branching Out- Future Dimensions” w/Carrie Lee Schwartz, Zigler Museum, Jennings, LA
• 2000 MPCDS Faculty exhibition, MPCDS Gallery, Metairie, LA
• 1999 Juried Exhibition, Zigler Museum, Jennings, LA
• 1993-1999 MPCDS Faculty exhibition, MPCDS Gallery, Metairie, LA

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, Summer 2004-present

Adjunct Professor, School of Continuing Studies, Media Arts Department,

• MDAR-2810 Web Design I, a comprehensive introduction to the Internet and designing Web sites.
• 2007-present, participation in the SCS Writing Across the Curriculum (writing intensive) program.

St. Tammany Parish Schools , Talented Arts Faculty 2010-present

Metairie Park Country Day School, Metairie, LA, Fall 1993-2010

1^st -5^th Grade Art Specialist,

• Write lesson plans and teach art classes for 1^st-5^th grade students.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers and other specialists on cross-curriculum projects.
• Coordinate and teach annual Celebration in the Oaks and Art in Bloom projects.
• Integrate technology in the classroom with class Web sites and applications including Google Sketchup, Alice, Celtx, and Rosegarden.
• Developed Art & Science courses; teaching basic electronics & a monorail systems project

Ceramics Instructor

• Teach all Upper School honors, elective, and independent study ceramics classes.
• Design, upgrade, and maintain the ceramic studio and kiln room. (The facility had to be rebuilt after Katrina.)
• Upgrade and maintain studio equipment.

Coordinator of Stage Design

• Design and fabricate scenery for all Upper School theater productions.
• Oversee student-operated lighting for performances.
• Teach upper school Stagecraft elective.
• Coordinate Independent Study students and student volunteers for theater productions.
• Provide lighting and scenery support for additional productions and performances including 4^th and 5^th grade productions, band, orchestra, chorus, lectures, and After School Players performances.
• Organize, maintain, and upgrade the theater lighting system, stage equipment (including rigging), and storage space.

 

After School Art, Extended Day Program, Fall 1993-Spring 2009

• Developed lesson plans and taught weekly after-school art classes for 1^st -5^th grade students

Country Day Creative Arts, Metairie, LA, Summer 1989-Summer 2001

Instructor/Logistical Coordinator of Visual Arts

• In addition to traditional painting, drawing, and sculpture classes, I developed and introduced new classes to the program including stagecraft, cartooning, science/art exploration, sound sculpture, water sculpture, inventions, and toymaking.
• Coordinated setup and cleanup of program.
• Purchased and managed art and craft materials for the program.

Arts Connection, New Orleans Public Schools New Orleans, LA, Fall 1989-Spring 1993

Artist/Teacher

• Taught curriculum reinforcing art projects in partnership with classroom teachers to 1^st-6^th grade students.
• Created workshops for classroom teachers.

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, Fall 1983-Summer 1985

• Lead teacher for Saturday and summer children’s classes.
• Developed and taught family workshops.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1978-79

• Teacher of Saturday and summer children’s classes.

Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1977-79

• Technical assistant in the printmaking department.

I have been teaching students Web design for six years at the university level with a focus on writing for the web while understanding the organization, content, and navigation of it’s ever changing experiential nature.

My Web classes cover information architecture, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, MySql,  and how to write and publish on the WWW.  I also use content management systems, including Blackboard, Moodle, and Wordpress, to create websites for classes and for businesses. I also use and teach social networking aspects of the web such as Facebook.

I work and teach with both Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux operating systems.

My software application experience includes; Microsoft Office, Filemaker Pro, The Adobe Creative Suite with web emphasis using Photoshop &  Dreamweaver -also 3D design applications Bryce, Blender  and Google Sketchup, Digital Storytelling, Sumopaint, Stop action animation and video editing using iMovie, Blogger,  Word Press, Text Pattern, Moodle and CELTX screen writing program for writing and  and storytelling  excercises in the classroom. the GIMP and many other Open-Source applications.

My own websites have been largely created for academic rather than commercial purposes;

JohnWilliamSchwartz.com

Ohioplaid.com

Openartclass.com to showcase student work.

Consulting and creation of websites including:

Sacred Heart Academy of Jesus School in Norco, Louisiana

Historic Lakeside Cemetery, Bay Village, Ohio

2009 ACM Siggraph Conference New Orleans, LA

• Attended the 36^th annual international conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques. 

2009 Jefferson Parish Technology Institute – web  video editing

2008 M.I.T. Learning and the Brain, Boston, MA. November

2006 Writing across the curriculum workshops, SCS, Tulane University

2004 Presenter- Linux Fest , Tulane University’s Elmwood campus

2002 ACM Siggraph Conference San Antonio, TX

1999 ACM Siggraph Conference New Orleans, LA

1997 Jean Lafitte National Park Teacher’s Workshop

• 2009 ST. Tammany Art Association Beauxs Arts Ball –created large scale  Lion of Nimrod for living art tableaux
• Designer & Scenic Artist for Director Cassie Steck Worley- MPCDS for the following Theatrical productions;
  • 2010 Much Ado About Nothing
  • 2009 Peter Pan
  • 2009 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • 2008 Henry V
  • 2008 Lil Abner
  • 2007 Mid Summer Night's Dream
  • 2007 Guys and Dolls
  • 2006 Damn Yankees
  • 2006 Love's Labour's Lost
  • 2005 The Tempest
  • 2004 Fiddler on the Roof
  • 2004 Good News
  • 2004 Macbeth
  • 2003 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • 2002 Love's Labour's Lost
  • 2002 Guys and Dolls
  • 2001 Much Ado About Nothing
  • 2001 Anything Goes
  • 2000 Paintin' the Fence
  • 2000 Midsummer Night's Dream; Outdoor set.
  • 2000 Bye Bye Birdie
• 2000 Scenic artist “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”, Carlone’s Dinner Theater Metairie, LA
• 1999 Designer and Scenic artist for “Not Waving”, CAC directed by Dane Rhodes, New Orleans, LA
• 1999 Scenic Artist, West Side Story, Kylie Todd, Director, MPCDS
• 1998 Designer & Scenic Artist, Little Shop of Horrors, Kylie Todd, Director, MPCDS
• 1997 Scenic artist for designer David Potter, Tulane Summer Lyric Theater, “ Peter Pan,” New Orleans, LA
• 1996 Designer & Scenic Artist, The Sound of Music, Kylie Todd, Director, MPCDS
• 1996 Peter Pan, Designer & Scenic Artist, Kylie Todd, Director, MPCDS
• 1995 Charlotte's Web, Designer & Scenic Artist, Kylie Todd, Director, MPCDS
• 1994 Cinderella, Designer & Scenic Artist, Kylie Todd, Director, MPCDS
• 1984-1988 Designer, prop artist, and float painter for Krewes of Momus, Proteus and Other Carnival Organizations;Royal Artists; New Orleans, LA

• 2009 Children's animation workshop, St. Tammany Public Library, Mandeville Branch
• 2006-2009 Juror for Three Rivers Arts Festival, Student Art Exhibition, Covington LA