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A Brief Resume...
Annette Waya Ewing

EDUCATION

UNDERGRADUATE
Fine Arts Studies
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn , IL
School of the Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
B.F.A. Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Graduate
Fine Arts Studies
M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Post-Graduate STudies
Fine Arts
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Alberta, Canada

Pedagogy
University of Miami, Miami, FL

Earth Literacy, Ecology and Cosmology
St. Thomas University, Miami Shores, FL

Reiki
Registered Karuna® Reiki Master, 2007
Trained by Jim PathFinder Ewing, Lena, MS
Reiki Lineage:
Mikao Usui
Hawayo Takata
Bethal Phaigh
William Lee Rand
Jim Pathfinder Ewing
Annette Waya Ewing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, TEACHING

1988-2006 Professor (tenured) of Visual Arts, Department of Arts and Philosophy, Miami Dade College, Miami,FL
Awards: Learning Innovations Golden Apple Grants, 2002 and 2003.

Curricular Activities:  (Teaching) Art Appreciation, Humanities, Painting, Mural Painting*, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glaze Calculation, Basic Drawing, Figure Drawing, Color and Composition, 3-D Design, 2-D Design,Herb Gardening, Intro. to Earth Ethics, Portfolio Preparation/Artist Survival*, Course Developer/Facilitator Wolfson Campus ESL (English as a Second Language) Learning Community Cohort Courses in Art Appreciation.
*Courses I created and developed

Selected Extracurricular Activities MDC: Exhibiting Artist (oil and watercolor painting), Coordinator for the Earth Ethics Institute, member College Academic and Student Support Council, President's Council on Issues in Higher Education, Founding Member of the Miami Institute for Ethical Awareness, Kendall Campus Gallery Advisory Committee, Visual Arts Curricular Advisor Wolfson Campus Community Education, High School Recruitment and Retention, College-wide Humanities Committee, Arts and Letters Day Committee, Miami BookFair International Volunteer.

Community Activities/Service: Columnist for Redland Country News, Juror and Liaison for Community Education, One Ear Society Artist's Cooperative Gallery, Pro-active in Local Conservation Education and Dialogue on Issues, various organizations.

Pre-MDC: Adjunct and Visiting Artist in many varied places; mainly Baltimore, MD.

SELECTED INFORMAL STUDIES
Chinese Calligraphy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, English Literature, Fung Shui, Massage, Meditation, Yoga, Comparative Religion, Native American Spirituality, Origami, Karate, Photography, Critical Thinking and Mass Media, Ethics, Semiotics, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Mathematical Theory as it relates to Art.

SELECTED AVOCATIONS
Museum Preparator and Exhibition Designer, Bookseller, Website Designer, Freelance Commercial Designer, Caterer, Assistant to Fine Art Photographer, Avid Organic Gardener.

A LINK TO A GALLERY OF MY PAINTINGS COMING SOME DAY! Write to me if you want to see photos...