CAT CHIU PHILLIPS
San Diego, California
626-818-8959
www.catherinechiu.blogspot.com
EDUCATION:
Masters of Fine Arts Candidate
San Francisco Art Institute 6/08-2010
Teacher Education Program
University of California, Riverside 9/00-6/01
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art (Graduated with Cum Laude)
University of California, Riverside
Minor: Art History 6/00
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Queen Bee's Gallery
3925 Ohio Street, San Diego, CA
"Las Lupitas" show (December 2009)
1 AM Gallery
1000 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA
"Tabi Tabi Po" exhibit (November 2009)
UCLA New Wight Gallery
Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
"Without" exhibit (September 2009)
Diego Rivera Gallery
800 Chestnut Street
"Transitions" exhibit (July 2009)
Swell Gallery
2546 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
"Chow Fun" exhibit (June 2009)
"Asshole" exhibit (July 2009)
2008 Swell Gallery
2546 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
"Chow Fun" exhibit (June 2008)
"Things Come Together" exhibit (July 2008)
"Dualities" exhibit (August 2008)
Pachyderm Gallery
119 SE Main Street, Ste. 101, Portland, OR
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
107 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA
YWCA Berkeley Main Lounge (Solo Exhibit)
2600 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA
2007 Art Center College of Design (South Campus)
950 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA
2006 Institute of American Indian Arts
83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
2225 Colorado Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Self-Help Graphics and Art
3802 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Riverside Art Museum
3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA
2000 UCR Sweeney Art Gallery
3800 Main Street, Riverside, CA
Riverside Art Museum
3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA
1996 Palm Springs Art Museum
101 Museum Drive, Palm Springs, CA
Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival
46350 Arabia Road, Indio, CA
Denise Roberge Art Gallery
73995 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA
TEACHING CREDENTIALS:
+ Professional Clear Single Subject Credential in Art with CLAD (Cross Cultural Language Development), expires 06/2011
+CBEST passed 2/99; PRAXIS passed 11/99; SSAT passed 2/99
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Language Arts Teacher, 8th-12th Grade
Digital Photography Teacher
Printmaking Teacher
The Winston School
Del Mar, California 1/09-06/09
Adjunct Faculty
Miramar Community College
San Diego Community College District 8/08
Digital Photography Teacher, 9th-12th Grade
Canyon Crest Academy
San Dieguito Union High School District 4/08-6/08
Visual Arts Teacher- IB Art Coordinator, 6th-8th Grade
Woodrow Wilson IB Middle School
Pasadena Unified School District 9/01-4/08
Visual Arts Student Teacher, 9th-12th Grade
Substitute Teacher, 9th-12th Grade
Rubidoux High School
Jurupa Unified School District 9/00-6/01
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
+Asian-American Repertory Theatre Education Program
Assisting AART’s grant writer in creating an established, well-funded, and effective education program
+I.B. (International Baccalaureate) Art Coordinator
Presented professional development workshops for teachers (school wide) to promote cross-curricular
art activities
+District Arts Team (DAT) Member
Conducted professional development workshop to district wide K-6 teachers to promote a standard based
art curriculum
+Mentoring Our Students Through Experience (MOSTE) Teacher Liaison
Coordinated various fundraising events to benefit at-risk girls for college readiness. MOSTE is a
mentor based organization that empowers middle school girls through various events and activities
+Associated Student Body (ASB) Advisor
Organized and managed student activities and fundraising events to benefit whole school population
+Art Kids
A before-school reciprocal teaching program where middle school aged students used recycled products
to create art. In turn, the students taught the same lesson to pre-school aged children
+Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Certified
+Riverside Art Museum Education Program Coordinator Assistant
Organized and presented teacher professional development workshops for the county of Riverside
HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS:
Dreyers Grant (2008)
Received product school-wide donation to promote positive reinforcement in the middle school
National Endowment for the Humanities Conference Recipient (2007)
Received a grant to study the Art and Architecture of the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
National Gallery for the Arts Teacher’s Conference (2007)
Recipient to attend the conference of Dutch Art: The Northern Renaissance and Pod-casting at the National
Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
BP A+ for Energy Sustainability Award (2007)
Received monetary award to maintain multi-disciplinary art projects in the classroom
BP A+ for Energy Grant (2006)
Received monetary award to establish a scientific and design based curriculum in the classroom
Pasadena Education Foundation Grant (2006)
Awarded a grant to attend a Solar Plate Printmaking workshop by Dan Welden at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Los Angeles Opera Student Matinee Show Grant (2002-2007)
Annually received 80 tickets to attend L.A. Opera’s Student Matinee Show. Prepared middle school aged students to theme, concept, and characters of opera while establishing standards to be a proper audience
Rotary Club Teacher of Excellence Award Nomination (2005)
Nominated by fellow teachers (school-wide) for industriousness and effective leadership
Robert Rauschenberg’s Power of Art Teacher Award (2004)
Recipient of prestigious award in teaching and assisting students with learning disabilities
APLE Recipient (2001)
Governor’s Teaching Fellowship (2001)