Ouda Baxter
www.linkedin.com/in/oudabaxter
ouda.baxter@gmail.com
Objective
To teach in a dynamic co-learning artmaking environment, and to support passion for the visual world in young artists.
Education
Maine College of Art
Master of Arts in Teaching with a concentration in Visual Art
Bowdoin College
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Visual Arts
May 2017
May 2011
Experience
Islesboro Central School
K-12 Art Teacher
- Design and teach Art for all students at ICS
- High School Drawing
- Collaboration with local organizations
- Covid-safety precautions
- Hybrid and Cohort teaching for MS and HS
Chengdu Hamilton Luxelakes Primary School
Art Teacher
- Create curriculum for students age 6-7 (with each year adding a grade)
- Collaborate with the Art Team to integrate Whole School Art Programs
- Participate in Professional Development programs in the school district
- Foster community cultural exchange and learning with both staff and students
- Mural Program leadership team
Ou Jing International Kindergarten
Foreign Art Teacher
- Create curriculum for students age 2-8
- Encourage English-speaking for ESOL learners
- Align art projects with International Baccalaureate PYP
- Curate artwork displays around the school as well as for several Art Shows/year.
August 2020-present
September 2019-June 2020
January 2018— June 2019
Yarmouth Elementary School
Student Teacher (Art)
- Teach a full course load in conjunction with the Art Teacher
- Create curriculum for art education
- Collaborate with classroom teachers and the Gifted and Talented Coordinator on art projects
Winter/Spring 2017
Fiddlehead School for the Arts and Sciences
Grades pre-K-5
Student Teacher
Created curriculum and executed lessons for pre-K-5 students as well as assisted in pre-K and 5th grade classrooms.
Breakwater School
Art Educator Collaboration with grades K-8
Taught Ceramics- Clay Faces and Clay Fish
East End Community School
Grades 3-5
Art Specialist
Summer Programs Collaboration
Taught Bird and Marine Animals Mobiles
Fred P. Hall Elementary School
5th grade
Portland, ME
Taught a 2 day Lantern-Making Workshop and Gallery Game at the ICA and Hall School
Presumpscot Elementary School (LearningWorks)
Grades 3-5
Taught an After-School ArtLAB with LW students focusing on tactile, collaborative lessons such as Weaving and Printmaking
Portland Ovations and Portland Public Library Family Day
All Ages Welcome
Collaboration in which I led workshops on Eric Carle tissue paper masks and Elephant and Piggie Whatsit Toys- Artmaking paired with Literacy and Theater
SPACE Gallery, Brunswick Junior High and REAL School
Grades 9-12
Set up a Teaching for Artistic Behavior setup with collage, sewing, typewriter poetry, and other materials for a Workshop Day in conjunction with the Shervone Neckles exhibit Give & Take
Youth and Family Outreach
Ages 2-4
Created art curriculum for the public preschool and assisted in the classroom
Skills
- Photography
- Audio/Video
- Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Installation
- Curriculum Development
- Workshop Development
- Proficiency in Spanish
- French Reading and Writing Comprehension
- Experience with Arabic, Swahili, Lingala, Zande
- Learning Mandarin Chinese
Exhibitions
Above the River and Below the Sky
Lafayette College, August 2018
Sculpture/Installation
Museum of African Art and Culture, Uganda: Winter
Portland, Maine 2013
Photography and Sound Installation
Group Shows
Maine College of Art, MAT Exhibition
Portland, Maine 2016
The Hundred Dresses Project
Waynflete School in Collaboration with Crystal Cawley
Portland, Maine, August-October 2016
Bowdoin College Exhibitions
Island Found
a(n)etymology
p(reserve)
The Social
Apocrypha
Red Bracelet Project
2009- 2011
Installations of prints, photography and found-object sculpture using found objects and natural materials as well as social practice pieces and events taking place throughout the Bowdoin College Campus
Selected Work
Weaving, Student 5-6
Rainbows, Students Age 4-5
Volcano, Student Age 6-7