Curriculum Vitae
Education
2009 MS in Art Education, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Areas of Research: Art practice as research, value of objects, space, and interaction
2002 BS in Elementary Education and Visual Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Art concentrations: Painting and Sculpture
Professional Experience
2022-present Ceramics Instructor (Teen Class)
Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA
2024 Adjunct Instructor (Art and Human Development course, community internship supervisor, review board visiting artist)
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2022-2024 Adjunct Instructor (student teacher program supervisor)
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2021-2023 Teaching Portfolio Reviewer
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2018-2020 Visual Art Teacher (ceramics, sculpture, foundations)
Arlington High School, Arlington, MA
2018 Art Teacher, long-term substitute
Hardy and Bishop Elementary Schools, Arlington, MA
2010- 2018 Assistant Professor of Art Education (FTE annual contracts)
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Pedagogical Courses Taught (undergraduate and graduate):
Art and Human Development
Concepts and Processes in the Classroom
Saturday Studios: Prepracticum 1
Seminar 5: Designing Curriculum in the Visual Arts
Student Teaching Seminar
Studio Courses Taught (undergraduate and graduate):
Interdisciplinary Portfolio
Studio Investigations
Academic Responsibilities:
EdPrep Coordinator (2015-present)
Student Teaching Placement Coordinator (2015- present)
Family Day project in the gallery (2010-present)
Academic Advisor (2010-present)
Faculty Advisor, Student Government Association, NAEA pre-service chapter and Art Education groups (2013-present)
Committees: Awards (2016-2017), College-wide Curriculum (2012- 2016, 2017-2018), Library (2011-2012) Multicultural (2010-2011) Art Education Department Curriculum (2010-present), and Art Education Graduate (2010-2011, 2017)
Program Links meetings (2012-2013)
2011-2014 Gallery Educator, Looking to Learn Program
Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Educational programing for contemporary art exhibitions, grades 4-12
2012 Evaluator
Art21 Educators, New York, NY
Assisted with analysis and report writing
2002-2011 Art Teacher, grades K-5
Winthrop and Doyon Schools, Ipswich, MA
Curriculum and content:
Designed and taught lessons aligned with the district and state frameworks
Piloted interdisciplinary art integration program for writing and art
Differentiated curriculum to meet diverse student needs
School community engagement:
Planned, organized, and displayed student artwork for Student Art Shows
Student Leadership Council project and an extracurricular art club
Visual Art Subject Area Curriculum Committee (2004-2006, 2008-2010)
2003-2011 Director and Instructor, ages 5-11
Summer Art Classes, Ipswich, MA
2006 Art Instructor, ages 7-11
LynnArts Center, Lynn, MA
2004- 2007 Instructor, ages 7-14
Kids to College, North Shore Community College, Danvers, MA
2002 Art Instructor, ages 6-13
AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
2002 Visual Art and Grade Two Student Teacher
Pine Grove School, Rowley, MA
2000 Art Camp Head Instructor, ages 5-12
Norwich Recreational Programs, Norwich, VT
2000 Arts and Crafts Director (large groups of 40 campers, ages 7-12)
Camp Fiddlehead, Hanover, NH
1999 Waterfront Director and Swim Instructor
Camp Advenchur, Alton Bay, NH
Guest Lectures, Conferences, and Assistantships
2023 Guest Lecturer, Professional Development, Eliot Pearson Children’s School, Medford, MA
Fostering Artistic Thinking
2022 Guest Artist, Sculpture Class, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Sculptural Weaving
2017 Presenter, Massachusetts Art Education Association Conference, University of Amherst, Amherst, MA
Witnessing Personal Growth in Classrooms and Galleries
2017, 2014, 2013, 2007-09 Guest Artist and Presenter, Art and Vocation Course, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Artist, Teacher, Researcher
2016 Presenter, Massachusetts Art Education Association Conference, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Teaching Standards vs. Teaching Creativity
2015 Co-Presenter, Massachusetts Art Education Association Conference, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
Skills and Dispositions of a Successful Teacher
Fostering Creativity in the Age of Assessment
2015 Co-Presenter, National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, LA
Problem-finding: Structuring a portfolio course to develop students/ art practice
2014 Presenter, Massachusetts Art Education Association Conference, MassArt, Boston, MA
Teaching from the Contemporary and Linking Contemporary Art and Curriculum Standards
2013 Presenter, Massachusetts Art Education Association Conference, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
Practice, Practice, Practice: Balancing Instruction, Artmaking, and Contemporary Concepts in Curriculum
2012 Co-presenter, National Art Education Association Conference, New York, NY
If You’re Not Learning, They’re Not Learning: a Multi-Layered Collaboration
2012 Co-presenter, Association of Academic Museums and Galleries Conference, Minneapolis, MN
Symbiotic Learning: Faculty, Students and Staff in the Classroom and the Gallery
2010-2012 Guest Reviewer, Master of Science in Art Education Thesis Reviews, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2008-2009 Graduate Assistant to the Chair of Art Education, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2008 Co-presenter, National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, LA
Developmental Understanding for Ourselves and our Students: a Model for Growth
2008 Panel member, National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, LA
Continuing the Conversation: Art Based Education Research, the Next Generation
2008 Co-presenter, Massachusetts Art Education Association Conference, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Developmental Understanding for Ourselves and our Students: a Model for Growth
2005 Guest Presenter, Summer Literacy Institute, Ipswich Public Schools, Ipswich, MA
Visual and Verbal Thinking
Publications
Katzew, A., Archambault, A. (2016). Approaching interdisciplinarity in a school of art and design. In J. Hoffman Davis (Ed.), Discourse and disjuncture
between the arts and higher education: The Arts in Higher Education. (pp. 117-141) New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
Awards and Honors
2014 Higher Education Art Educator of the Year, Massachusetts Art Education Association
2008 Graduate Travel Grant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Ecuador
2002 Phi Alpha Chi Honor Society, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
1998-2002 AJ Gordon Scholarship (academic leadership), Gordon College, Wenham, MA
2001 Gordon in Italy Program, Orvieto, Italy
Professional Affiliations
Massachusetts State Professional Teaching License, Visual Art (PreK-12)
Massachusetts State Initial Teaching License, Elementary (1-6)
National Art Education Association Membership
Massachusetts Art Education Association Membership
Press
Lui, F. (2011). Selections 11. Artscope, 6(5).
Select Art Exhibitions
2025
Anticipation: An Alumni Art Show, Gordon College, Wenham, MA (upcoming)
NE Collective XV: Blueprint of Imagination, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2024
Orvieto Show, Christ Church, Hamilton, MA
Normal Now 2024, Arnheim Gallery, Boston, MA
2023
Quête de Fil, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Nôtre Dame, Prattville Gallery, Chelsea, MA
Let There by Light, Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2020
Artisans’ Asylum Group Show, Forge Baking Co., Somerville, MA
2019
Stitched: Knot What it Seams, Davis Gallery, Worcester, MA
Art Educators of Massachusetts Exhibition, MA Transportation Building, Boston, MA
2018
Those Who Can, Teach, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
Exempla, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
2017
Changing Shape, MAEA Members Exhibit, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
2016
Clearly Defined, MAEA Members Exhibit, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Art Educators of Massachusetts: MAEA Summer Juried Exhibit, MA Transportation Building, Boston, MA
2015
MAEA Members Exhibit, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
MassArt Auction, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Boston, MA
Imagine, Hawthorn Hotel, Salem, MA
New Works, Arnheim Gallery, Boston, MA
2013
Faculty/ Alumni Recent Work, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Through the Looking Glass, Mad Hatter Gallery, Marlborough, MA
2011
AE01 Faculty Exhibition, Arnheim Gallery, Boston, MA
Selections 11, Paine Gallery, Boston, MA
Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2010
Collective, Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2009
MSAE Thesis Show, Arnheim Gallery, Boston, MA
Alumni Show, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
2008
Que Phenomonal, Arnheim Gallery, Boston, MA
2007
To the Least of These, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
2006
Recent Works (solo), CTK Church, Cambridge, MA
2005
Faculty Art Show, Ipswich Public Schools, Ipswich, MA
2004
North Shore Art Show, Wenham Museum, Wenham, MA
2003
Faculty Art Show, Ipswich Public Schools, Ipswich MA
2001
Senior Thesis, Gordon College, Wenham, MA