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Meg Katherine Johnson
She/They - Artist, Educator, Poet
Education
School of The Art Institute of Chicago 2020-2024
Bachelors in Fine Art with an emphasis in Art Education
Bachelors in Fine Art with an emphasis in Art Education
Relevant Employment
Substitute Teacher: West Ottawa Public Schools, Holland Public Schools, Grand Rapids Public Schools, Kent Area ISD
Jan 2022 - June 2024
SAIC Print Media Department Student Worker
September 2023 - May 2024
Teaching Artist: Arts in Motion Studio
June 2024 - Current
Figure Model: Kendall College of Art & Design of Ferris State University
August 2024 - Current
Teaching Artist: The Diatribe
September 2024 - Current
Student Teaching Experience
Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan, 4959 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60632
9 - 12, ARTivism2023 - 2024
Shows and Exhibitions
Heaven Gallery Chicago: Ongoing
December 2 - December 11, 2022
Woman Made Gallery Chicago: Roe 2.0 – It Ain’t Over Yet!: Roe 2.0 Virtual exhibition
January 28 – March 4, 2023
Solo Exhibition, Peoples Cider Co Grand Rapids MI: Maybe It Was Time
November 23, 2022 - January 23, 2023
Woman Made Gallery Chicago: Windows to the Inside: Expressions of Mental Health A Virtual Exhibition Curated by Grace Heaney
March 1 – April 30 2023
Cocoon Gallery Grand Rapids MI: ILL-NATURED: Nature's Poisonous Beauties and Venomous Beasts
May 5, 2023 to July 2, 2023
Woman Made Gallery Chicago: Tickled Pink: A Collection of Artworks Surrounding Joy, Humor, and Color A VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
July 1–30, 2023
SAIC Fall Undergraduate Exhibition
November 3—17, 2023
Participations and Collaborations
Teaching Art and Considering Post-Pandemic Trauma and Informed Care/ Aligning to SEL Standards
Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design, AICAD. (Virtua) March 29, 2023, Collaboration with Paul J. Mack, Meg Johnson, and M. Loera
Co-Leader of Re-Imagine Plastics Action Pod, Greenpeace USA Volunteer Outreach
May 2023
Part-time temporary display coordinator at Anthropologie
108 N State St, Chicago, IL 6060, March 10, 2023 - April 10, 2023
Co-Leader of the SAIC Art Education Student Association
2023-2024
Guayakí Yerba Maté Ambassador design contest winner
2023
At The Table with the Guerrilla Art Collective
Community-engaged conversations and installation in collaboration with MotherArt Revisited collective. March, 2024.
Member of the Where Are The Women Artists collective
International collective of women and non-binary artists
Skills and Qualifications
Screen printing, relief printing (lino-cut and wood-cut), Oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolor painting, figure drawing, portrait drawing, spray stencils, hyper realistic colored pencil manipulation, understanding of basic drawing materials, additive and subtractive sculpting
Mandated Reporter, SEL based education, SPED experience, K-12, curriculum development, differentiated instruction, lesson planning and lesson unit preparation, substitute teaching
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