Resume, CV, and Artist Statement

LISA RASMUSSEN

 Santa Monica, CA 90402 • lisarasmussen08@gmail.com • 415-377-4956

Website: http://www.artistlisarasmussen.com/

Blog:http://artismoving.blogspot.com/

Teaching Blog:http://art-transforms.blogspot.com/

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Six years of art teaching experience in under served/at-risk communities.
• Pioneered Transformative Art Program at mental health institute in Oakland for SED youth ages 5-14. Inclusive of expressive art therapy curriculum and build bridges into the wider community through youth public art installations and gallery fundraising exhibitions.
• Co-founder of the community art reach ART cart- Facilitated free art making with thousands of people in the Bay Area
• Planned implemented, and facilitated the opening of two fine art galleries
• Taught adult expressive arts workshops
• Taught seniors expressive art
• Curator and community art reach gallery manager.
• Fine Art Sales-Sold the works of Rembrandt, Picasso, Dali, Chagall, and other masters

TEACHING EXPERIENCE & EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Art/Activity Therapist, Lincoln Child Center, Oakland, CA (2006-2010)

• Pioneered Transformative Art Program.
• Worked with Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) kids.
• Developed special projects to build links between the children and the larger community.
• Led efforts to display students’ art in professional galleries and public spaces.
• Facilitated and opened Phil Harley Youth  Professional Gallery on campus

Art advocate and work shop facilitator and co-founder of Art is Moving’s ARTcart (2008-present)

• Have facilitated the art making process with thousands of adults and children in public spaces and private events http://artismovingnow.com

Graduate Mentor, Arts and Consciousness Graduate Program John F Kennedy University Berkeley, CA (2009)
Art with Elders, Transformative Art Teacher, Union City, CA (2005-2006)
Art Teacher/Mentor for At-Risk Teens, Teen Art Explosion Substance Abuse Program, Alternative High School, Rogers, AR (2002-2003); Visiting fellow (2004).

• Developed and implemented a transformative art curriculum.
• Used art mentoring as a tool for transformation to empower at-risk youth.
• Cutting-edge work with kids made the cover story of Dreamtime, the official magazine of the International Association for the Study of Dreams.

ESL Teacher, Guangzhou Practical English and French School, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China (Summer 2002).

• Taught beginning and intermediate English to persons ranging from business professionals & young adults to teens and children.

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Dreams and Dreamwork: Dream Group Leadership instructed by Prof. Jeremy Taylor, Graduate Theological Union (Fall, 2001)
Fine Arts Consultant, Spirits in Stone Galleries, Sausalito, CA (2003-2005); Merrill Chase Gallery, Chicago, IL (1997-1999); Franklin Bowles/Modern Masters/Dyansen Galleries (1999-2001).

• Provided excellent client service, developed collector relations, served as educator to the public.

• Studied, exhibited, and sold the works of Rembrandt, Max, Dali, Chagall, Picasso

EDUCATION

• B.A. Studio Arts, Sculpture: The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
• MFA; Coursework in Transformative Art:  John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, CA
• Coursework in Art History & Ceramics: Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy

AWARDS

• Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year: John F. Kennedy University Graduate Program: Holistic Studies (2008)

COMMUNITY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

• Lincoln Child Centers At risk-Youth Photography Program -Grant Art 4 Moore
• Art of Transformation, Studio 333-Sausalito ( 2007/2008/2009 /2010)

The Art of Transformation art exhibition gives marginalized and high risk students the ability to be creative, successful visionaries.

• ARTcart-Streets of Oakland-Grant Korea town Northgate Community Benefit District

• Festival of Hope” at L’Amyx tea bar in Oakland.(2007,2008,2009,2010)
• Youth Eco Trail  –Facilitated eight Eco artists to create a magical environmental trail for the children and staff at Lincoln. (2008)

The Red Door Gallery & Collective, Oakland, CA (2008-2010)

• Co-Founder & Curator.
• Gallery promotes community dialogue and provides a space for struggling artists, disadvantaged youth, the elderly, and others to exhibit art

Community Outreach Gallery Manager for the Red Door Gallery and Collective (2008-2010)

• NIAD at The Red Door
• “Lineage” collaborated with Art with Elders, Bay Area at The Red Door
• “What does art Mean to you?” Lincoln Child Center children’s art
• “1000 Hearts and Hands” Fundraiser for art program for at-risk youth, ALC and Lincoln Child Center Oakland

Peach Tree Project, Rogers, AR (2003)

• Developed leadership among at-risk students by empowering them to assist in conducting art classes for the elderly at the Peach Tree Retirement and Assisted Living Community.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & FEATURES

Corporate Exhibitions

• 2008-2010 Color Graphics, San Francisco, CA

Gallery Representation

·        2010-present The Room gallery, San Raphael, CA

• 2007-2009 Studio 333, Sausalito, CA
• 2008-2009 Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA

Curator

• Insights of Life from the Shadows of Death, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA, Co-curator with Lauren Odell Usher~Press (2009) http://tinyurl.com/27u7qd4
• Myth, Magic, and Mystery, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA, Co-curator with Jennifer Booth~Press (2009)

• Small Works in a Big Space, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA, Co-curator with Lauren Odell Usher (2008)
• Lineage, The Red Door Gallery, Oakland, CA, Co-curator with Lauren Odell Usher (2009)
• Art and the Body Politick, The Red Door Gallery, Oakland, CA, Co-curator with Lauren Odell Usher~Press (2008) http://tinyurl.com/22mg3pj
• Radio Interview http://artismovingnow.com/soonginterview.wav
• Portals, The Red Door Gallery, Oakland, CA (2008)

TECHNOLOGY & INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE

• Macintosh & PC:  Proficient & experienced with numerous programs.
• International exposure includes travel to Peru, Nepal, Great Britain, Hong

Artist: Resume
Lisa Rasmussen M.F.A.

Exhibitions

• 6/2009 Pro Arts Open Studios-The Red Door Gallery and Collective. Oakland CA
• 5/2009 Death is Easy, Comedy is Hard, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA
• 4/2009 Myth, Magic, and Mystery, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA
• 3/2009 Small Works in a Big Space, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA
• 2/2009 Lineage, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA
• 1/2009 Juried Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
• 1/2009 Art & the Body Politick, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA
• 10-11/2008 Portals-Solo exhibition, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA
• 9/2008 Looking at me Looking at you, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA
• 9-10/2008 La Myx Tea Bar, Oakland CA
• 6/2008 Graduate Exhibition
• 4/08 Dreaming the Earth
• Dream Institute seminar, JFKU, Berkeley, CA
• Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFKU Berkeley CA
• 1-2/2008 La Myx Tea Bar, Oakland CA
• 10-11,2007 CAOL ÁIT (thin places),MFA Graduation Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFKU Berkeley CA

• 1/2007 2X2 Exhibition Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFKU Berkeley CA
• 1/2006 2X2 Exhibition Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFKU Berkeley CA
• 7/2006 Sausalito Street Fair, Sausalito, CA
• 1/2005 2X2 Exhibition Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFKU Berkeley CA
• 3/2005 The Dreaming Mind, The Conscious Mind Collaboration with NIAD Art Center and John F. Kennedy University A & C Department Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFKU Berkeley Campus
• 6/2003 BA Graduate Exhibition, University Art Gallery University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Fall 2002 ASD Dream Art Exhibition

• International Dream Conference, Boston Massachusetts
• 11/ 2001 Ovaria, The Space, Emeryville, California
• 8/2001 Cabrillo Music Art & Wine Festival, Santa Cruz, California
• 3/2000-present Yoga Tree, San Francisco, California
• 10/1999 Raw Organica, San Francisco, California

Corporate Exhibitions

• 2008-present Color Graphics, San Francisco, CA

Gallery Representation

• 2007-2009 Studio 333, Sausalito, CA
• 2008-2009 Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA

Publications

• Winter 2003 Dream Time-Cover artist and article
• 1/ 2003 Electric Dreams Cover Artist for Electric Dreams
• Fall 2002 Dream Time-Cover artist
• 9/2002 Shadow Boxes and Shrines - ART BOOK, Rockport Publishers

Curator

9/09

• 8/09 Insights of Life from the Shadows of Death, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA, Co-curator with Lauren Odell Usher

• 4/2009 Myth, Magic, and Mystery, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA, Co-curator with Jennifer Booth
• 3/2009 Small Works in a Big Space, The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA, Co-curator with Lauren Odell Usher
• 2/2009 Lineage, The Red Door Gallery, Oakland, CA, Co-curator with Lauren Odell Usher
• 1/2009 Art and the Body Politick, The Red Door Gallery, Oakland, CA, Co-curator with Lauren Odell Usher
• 10/2008 Portals, The Red Door Gallery, Oakland, CA

Community Outreach Gallery Manager for the Red Door Gallery and Collective

• 3/2009  collaborated NIAD at The Red Door
• 2/2009 “Lineage” collaborated with Art with Elders, Bay Area at The Red Door
• 9-10 /2008 “What does art Mean to you?” Lincoln Child Center children’s art
• 12/2008 “1000 Hearts and Hands” Fundraiser for art program for at-risk youth, ALC and Lincoln Child Center Oakland

Gallery Managing Co-director and one of the Founders of The Red Door Gallery and Collective 2008- present The Red Door Gallery and Collective, Oakland, CA

Graduate Mentor

• 2009 Arts and Consciousness Graduate Program John F Kennedy, University Berkeley, CA

Teaching

• 2009-present Art Stimulus, Work shop facilitator and co-founder of Art is Moving
• January 2006-present Transformative Art Program-founder Transformational Art Teacher for emotionally disturbed children –Lincoln Child Center, Oakland

Art/Activity Therapist, Lincoln Child Center, Oakland, CA (2006-present)

• Pioneered Transformative Art Program.
• Worked with Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) kids.
• Developed special projects to build links between the children and the larger community.
• Led efforts to display students’ art in professional galleries.

• January 2005-2006 Transformative Art Teacher for Art With Elders, Union City, CA

• 2002-2003, Art Teacher/Mentor for At-Risk Teens, Teen Art Explosion Substance Abuse Program, Alternative High School, Rogers, AR; Visiting fellow (2004).

• Summer 2002, ESL Teacher, Guangzhou Practical English and French School, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
• Fall 2001, Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Dreams and Dream work: Dream Group Leadership instructed by Prof. Jeremy Taylor, Graduate Theological Union

Public Projects

Worked with Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) kids at Lincoln Child Center. Developed special public art projects and exhibitions to build bridges between the children and the larger community. Led efforts to display students' art in professional galleries and public space.

• Spring 2007/2008/2009 Art of Transformation, Studio 333-Sausalito 
  through personal vision of the Lincoln Child Center art program and began the Art of Transformation in 2007. Fall 07/October

• Winter 2007, 2008 “Festival of Hope” at L’Amyx tea bar in Oakland.

• La’Myx Tea Bar Public Exhibition 

• The Red Door Gallery and Collective 2008/2009 

• “1000 HEARTS AND HANDS” 2008 
  The installation was at The Red Door Gallery in Oakland. 

• “1000 HEARTS AND HANDS” 2009 
  Exhibition Public Space, La’Myx Tea Bar in Oakland

•  Eco Trail 2008 –Facilitated eight Eco artists to create a magical environmental trail for the children and staff at Lincoln.  

ARTcart

Awards

• 7/2008 Outstanding Student of the Year:  John F. Kennedy University Graduate Program: Holistic Studies

Education

• M.F.A in Studio Art; Coursework in Transformative Art: John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, CA
• B.A. Studio Arts, Sculpture: The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
• Coursework in Art History & Ceramics: Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy

Press

Berserkers A group show at Red Door Gallery gets violence.

By DeWitt Cheng http://www.eastbayexpress.com/artsculture/berserkers/Content?oid=1176960

On the Threshold:Myth, Magic, Mystery: The liminal in art.

By DeWitt Cheng
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/artsculture/on_the_threshold/Content?oid=962968

Rear-View Mirror

Art & the Body Politick looks back in sorrow and anger.By DeWitt Cheng

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/artsculture/rear_view_mirror/Content?oid=903047