Education

     Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
     Master of Fine Arts (MFA), 2005
     Concentrations: Painting and Ceramics
 
     University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
     Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), 2001
     Concentration: Painting and Printmaking
 
Experience Summary

      A continuous personal studio practice with a 14-year exhibition record.
 
     Over 15 years of educational programming experience for all ages
     with for-profit, academic, and nonprofit organizations.
 
     Successful Grant-writing and fundraiser through events, planning, donor solicitation and effective proposal development.
 
     Studio maintenance and management  
 
This experience is supported by:

•      15 years teaching at the college level as both tenure-track and adjunct faculty member, with a consistent record of development and facilitation of successful

              educational experiences and courses of study. Classes taught: Two-Dimensional Design, three-dimensional Design, Introduction to Art Surveys,
              Ceramics I & II, Drawing I & II, Painting I & II.

•       Studio maintenance and management with 5 different organizations:

            1) Jefferson Community and Technical College – Caretaker of all studio spaces including ceramic studio, Woodworking area and other classroom studios.
            2) Chautauqua Institution School of Art – Ceramic Studio Assistant
            3) Michigan State University – Woodshop Technician
            4) Hannah Community Center of East Lansing – Ceramics Studio Assistant
            5) University of Louisville – Gallery preparator

•       Winner of the JCTC Faculty Award of Excellence 3 out of the last 5 years.

•       20 years’ experience Contract Studio Art Educator for local and regional educational organizations, non-profits and businesses.

•      Raised over 20,000 dollars for art programming, equipment and projects through grant writing, 3 fully funded Fund for the Arts Power2Give proposals and          Kickstarter Crowdsourcing campaigns.

 
     Professional Experience

 
     ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINE ART (TENURE-TRACK) 2011-2016
     Jefferson Community & Technical College (JCTC), Louisville, KY
 
     Responsibilities: Active participant in all aspects of faculty life at the community college, including teaching multiple courses each semester in studio art and art
    appreciation. I assisted with student advising, transfer assistance, continuing education programs, community service activities, professional development  
    opportunities, and instructional services. I led the Cultural Arts Festival as chair, co-chair or programming-provider over the last 5 years and created numerous
    exhibitions, displays, events and art sales for the Downtown campus. I also sponsored the Art Club, and I make a mean bulletin board.
 
     ADJUNCT ART FACULTY, 2007-2011 AND 2016-PRESENT
     Jefferson Community & Technical College (JCTC), Louisville, KY
 
     ADJUNCT ART FACULTY, 2008-2009
     University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
     Foundations Drawing I and II
 
     CERAMIC STUDIO ASSISTANT, 2006
     Chautauqua Institution School of Art, Chautauqua, NY
     Maintaining facilities, firing electric and gas kilns, mixing shop glazes, assisting
     students and presenting demonstrations.
 
     VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 2005-2006
     Department of Art, Michigan State University
     Three-Dimensional Design and Ceramics courses
 
     CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR, 2005                           
     Hannah Community Center, East Lansing, MI
     Taught Hand-building and advanced wheel throwing classes in addition to Studio Technician Position
 
     ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, 2005
     Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI     
                                   
     GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT, 2003-2005
     Department of Art and Art History,
     Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
     Classes taught: 2D Design and Color Theory, 3D Design, Drawing 1, Painting 1
                                                
     VISITING ARTIST/ STUDIO WORKSHOP SPECIALIST 1997–2015
     Designed and implemented art experiences for all ages in all manner of media.
     Selected venues include:

• Hawthorne Elementary, Jefferson County Public School System, Louisville, KY
• Kentucky School of Art, Louisville, KY
• Jewish Community Center/ PJ Library, Louisville, KY
• Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
• Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville, KY
• Carnegie Center, New Albany, IN
• Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
• Mattingly Center, Louisville, Kentucky
• Bernheim Arboretum, Clermont, KY

 
     CURATORIAL ASSISTANT, 2001-2002
     Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation (Now Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft), Louisville, KY
 
     GALLERY PREPARATOR, 1997-2000
     Belknap and Covi Galleries, University of Louisville, KY                                          
 
     GALLERY ASSISTANT 1997-1999                                                             
     Art Sparks Interactive Gallery, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
 
 Selected Awards, Accomplishments and Service

 
Visiting Artist with Jefferson County Public Schools

• 2016 - I met with all  2nd and 3rd grade classes at Hawthorne Elementary over the course of 2 weeks. I designed a hands-on biodiversity project based on

         marine life and South American Folk Monsters. The project culminated with a collaborative mural that also involved many students from all classes.

• 2014 -Kickstarter Campaign to raise funds for collaborative learning murals with  Hawthorne Elementary School. Students and I created a large East meets West learning mural and I designed a teacher’s resource guide to assist in the mural’s interpretation.

• 2012-13 - I ran the Field Elementary after school art and mural club. Working with over100 students during the school year, we did a wide array of multi-media projects and created an art history mash-up mural in the cafeteria.

• 2012-2013 -Planned and Implemented an afterschool art club that culminated in a large Art-Historical Mash-Up mural in the cafeteria.

Studio-Building Initiatives

• 2013 - Ran a successful Power2Give Fund campaign to purchase a Printing Press and created a printmaking studio for JCTC’s first ever Printmaking Class!

• 2012   Ran a successful Power2Give Fund campaign to overhaul and expand the JCTC ceramics studio. Funds raised purchased a new kiln, slab roller, extruder, 5 wheels, glaze mixing tools and expendables.

 
Grants, Fellowships and Prizes

• 2012                Art + Activism Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women

                                 This grant funded the With Child: Art and Parenting project, a curatorial collaboration between myself and Artist Skylar Smith
                                 which culminated in an exhibition with Spalding University.

• 2002-05           Michigan State University Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

• 2003-05           Michigan State University Department of Art and Art History Research Fellowship

• 2001                University of Louisville’s Winthrop Allen Prize

• 2001                Individual Artist Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women

 
Selected Exhibitions

 
2016                            BARRY MOTES + LISA SIMON, Somerset Community and Technical College, Somerset, KY
                                    THE FUTURE IS NOW Exhibition, The Green Building, Louisville, KY
2015                            ON ACCUMULATION: NEW WORKS, Patio Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Louisville, KY
                                    LANDSCAPES OF DOOM, K Gallery, Louisville, KY
2014                            ABOUT CLAY, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
2013                            ART: THE PERFECT GIFT, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
2012                            WITH CHILD, Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville KY (Curator)
2011                            LISA SIMON & KEVIN LIPPY: NEW WORKS, Galerie Hertz, Louisville KY
2010                            NEW WORKS FROM THE 11th HOUR: LISA SIMON and JAMES DOIRON, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
                                    CREATIVITY RISING PUBLIC ART PROJECT, Louisville KY
                                    BOY, GIRL, BOY, GIRL, Parkwood Gallery, Toledo OH
2009                            PALMER, SIMON, SMITH: NEW WORK, JCTC Krantz Gallery, Louisville KY
2008                            LISA SIMON: NEW WORKS, Galerie Hertz, Louisville KY
                                    UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FACULTY EXHIBITION, The Krempp Gallery,   Jasper Arts Center, Jasper IN
                                    O.K. GROUP INVITATIONAL, Engine 22 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2007                            1900 DRAWINGS, Rouge Noir Gallery, Louisville, KY
2004                            LISA SIMON: PRECIOUS OBJECTS, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
2003                            VISITING PANICALE, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
                                    CONSUMPTION, Jane Speaks Gallery, Detroit, MI
2002                            LISA SIMON: NEW WORKS, Erin Devine Gallery, Louisville, KY
                                    MICHIGAN OPEN, Michigan Institute for the Arts, Detroit, MI
 


Collections

                            Kentucky Fund for the Arts

                            University of Louisville Print Collection

Publications

                        Christensen, Jesper. “The Captivating Dreamworld of Lisa Simon”.
                        Parnassus: University of Louisville, December 2002.

                        Ball-Hambric, Julie. “Dolls”  Louisville Magazine, March 2004