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Bel Weiss

Boston,Massachusetts

Summary

I am a dedicated Arts Educator with hands-on experience facilitating art learning with local youth. I seek to express my passion for building community by engaging diverse audiences. In a contemporary landscape, I work to eliminate social barriers in educational settings such as the classroom. I am warm, communicative, and enjoy collaborating with others.

Work History

Arts Educator

Mount Hope Learning Center
  • Designed and implemented arts based curriculum for children during before-school programming
  • Gained experience engaging with children and families in diverse communities
  • Completed 100 hours of service to MHLC over a 4 month course of time
  • Enhanced classroom management techniques after observation and feedback

Gallery Assistant

University Hall Gallery
Boston, MA
  • Designed social media content for marketing purposes
  • Facilitated a positive guest experience for visitors
  • Answered phones and responded to inquiries concerning operations via email
  • Developed and organized registrations of featured exhibitions
  • Enabled the execution of Quotidian Queer by resolving unexpected issues with curation
  • Supported artists whom exhibited works via multi-modal communication
  • Gained hands on experience with art handling and exhibition installation

Team Leader

Jumpstart
Boston, MA
  • Enhanced and implemented provided curriculum to engage children via artistic expression
  • Served 200+ hours supporting educators with their classroom activities
  • Practiced classroom management techniques established by class teacher(s)
  • Facilitated weekly team meetings to assure smooth operations
  • Navigated conflict resolution in order to support corps members
  • Spearheaded program management to synchronize curriculum execution

Information Desk Officer

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, MO
  • Supported community engagement in the museum space by checking in visitors
  • Possessed deep knowledge of various exhibitions and art collections
  • Enabled museum operations by facilitating cross-department communications
  • Maintained cleanliness and organization of spaces with heavy foot traffic to ensure guest safety

Education

Master of Arts - Art + Design Education

Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
08-2024

Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology, Art History

University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, MA
01.2021

Skills

  • Art instruction
  • Activity planning and execution
  • Instructional support
  • Group and individual instruction
  • Student safety
  • Literacy development

Timeline

Arts Educator

Mount Hope Learning Center

Gallery Assistant

University Hall Gallery

Team Leader

Jumpstart

Information Desk Officer

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Master of Arts - Art + Design Education

Rhode Island School of Design

Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology, Art History

University of Massachusetts Boston
Bel Weiss