Jolanda-Pieta van Arnhem, MFA

Teaching Statement | Curriculum Vitae (.pdf print copy) | Education | Workshops & Seminars | Teaching | Exhibits & Shows | Community Service | Memberships

…learning, like creating art, affords us the opportunity to express our own individuality and reflect on our culture…

Teaching Statement

My personal and professional interests lie in the visual arts and interdisciplinary education. My goal, both personally and professionally, is to promote individualized, life-long, and applied learning experiences for my students.

I believe that a society that does not promote arts practice is putting its future at risk. In my opinion, the best way to ensure that each generation has the ability to create its own culture and identity is to offer everyone an opportunity to actively participate in the arts.

I believe that an individualized, cross-curricular approach to education provides personal value to learning. This value helps individuals to become more actively engaged in, and to uncover relationships between, diverse subject areas. I believe that learning based on these principles allows individuals to apply knowledge effectively in situations requiring thinking and reasoning, enhancing motivation, encouraging collaboration, and creating new communities.

As an artist, a technologist and an educator, it is extraordinary to me to see the creative cycle of inception, creation, transformation, and renewal parallel the time and place of its creation again and again. The more I create, study and teach, the more I see my roles as artist, scholar and educator converging. Learning, like creating art, affords us the opportunity to express our own individuality and reflect on our culture. It is my passion to empower life-long learners in the construction of their own education, and the fulfillment of their own roles.

Education

2007-2009

• M.F.A., Visual Arts – Vermont College of Fine Arts of UI&U

2002

• B.S., Education – Southern Illinois University

Workshops, Seminars & Related Coursework

2007

• Doll Building Workshop with Guest Artist Jarod Charzewski – College of Charleston
• Visual and Computational Thinking and Learning Conference with Keynote Presenters Mark Guzdial and Joel Slayton – College of Charleston

2006

• Aqua-Resin Workshop with Guest Artist Erik Geschke – College of Charleston
• Inflating Steel Workshop with Guest Artist Sabrina Fadial – College of Charleston
• Jewelry & Metal Works III – Charleston County Community Education

2005

• Jewelry & Metal Works II – Charleston County Community Education

2004

• Jewelry & Metal Works I – Charleston County Community Education

1998-2006
College of Charleston Undergraduate Studies

• Drawing I & II
• Sculpture I, II, & III
• Painting I
• Introduction to Theater
• Publication Design

Teaching

Courses Designed and Delivered to College of Charleston Faculty & Students

2001-2008

• Analyzing Data Using Microsoft Access
• Concept Mapping Software: Brainstorm, Organize, Collaborate, and Present – OpenMind & Smart Ideas Software (Mac & PC)
• 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007 Spring and Summer Faculty Technology Institutes (3 day and 2 week IT Boot Camp)
• Using Digital Video to Enhance Instruction in the Classroom (iMovie & Adobe Premier)
• Designing Instruction for all Learning Styles
• Introduction to Dreamweaver MX & Studio 8 (Mac & PC)
• File Management 101 (Mac & PC Users)
• Introduction to the Palm OS Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
• Introduction to PowerPoint – Basic Skills (Mac & PC)
• Effective Presentations using PowerPoint
• Investigating the Use of PowerPoint as an Art Medium
• Smart Classroom Orientations for CofC Faculty
• Learn How to Use a SMART Interactive Electronic Whiteboard
• Teaching & Learning in the Wireless Environment
• Visual Elements of Design
• WebCT: Basic Skills, Course Design, Communication Tools, Managing Existing content
• Webpage 101: Creating your Public Calling Card (NVU, Netscape)
• Word Collaboration Tools (Mac & PC)

For more information please visit http://jpvanarnhem.edublogs.org/professional-info/teaching-experience/

Exhibits & Shows

2008

• Polyphony (2nd edition): The Multilingual Literary Magazine of the College of Charleston
  Illustration and Poetric Translation submission “Beowulf Introduction”
  Collaboration with Jerry Spiller
• The 700 Hoboes Installation: Starbucks
  Collaborative Display of Illustrations for “The Areas of my Expertise”
  http://www.e-hobo.com/about/

2007

• 4th Annual Snap to Grid: the Un-Juried Show
  Mixed Media Digital Photography submission titled “Stop and Smell the Roses”
  http://lacda.com/snapgallery/index.html
• Polyphony (1st edition): The Multilingual Literary Magazine of the College of Charleston
  Illustration and Poetry submission titled “Tribute to Mojo & Little Dog”

2006

• Boo! Halloween Stories: Digital Comics Anthology
  Digital Comic (Wacom Tablet Illustration) titled “Party for Mojo” http://ape-law.com/jonmorris/boo/2006/arnhemspiller01.html
  
• College of Charleston Cheap Art Auction and Show at the Old City Jail
  Mixed Media (Video & Sculpture) Installation titled “Tribute to Mojo & Little Dog”
• The 700 Hoboes Project
  Illustrations for “The Areas of my Expertise” http://www.e-hobo.com/about/

2005

• College of Charleston Cheap Art Auction and Show at the Old City Jail
  Mixed Media Sculpture Installation titled ”Women Behind Bars”

Community Service

• 2007: Silent Auction donation hosted by Starbucks (Mt. Pleasant, SC). Proceeds benefited The American Cancer Society during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
• 2006: College of Charleston Visual Arts Club Website
• 2005: Computer Instruction for Residents at Canterbury Retirement Home (Charleston, South Carolina)
• 1990-1992: Meals on Wheels Food Delivery (La Verne, California)

Memberships

• 2004-2008: College of Charleston Visual Arts Club
• 2005-2008: Folly Beach Arts and Crafts Guild
• 2006-2008: Redux Contemporary Art Studio
• 2007-2008: Tri State Sculptors