Robert Martens
Glendale (Queens), NY

Objective:

Full-Time Art Instructor, grades 6-12

On-line portfolio available at www.webnik.com/portfolio

Certification:

Initial Certification in Art Instruction, New York State
Effective September 1, 2006

Education:

Master of Fine Arts - Ohio State University. . . . . . . . . .1982
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Carnegie-Mellon University. . . . . . . . . .1978

Selected Art Teaching Experience:

Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders
Brooklyn, NY. . . . . . . . . .2007-present
   * Currently teaching extracurricular course in Fine Art

Bayside High School, Bayside, NY. . . . . . . . . .Spring, 2004
   * Taught Required Art and Advanced Drawing, grades 9-12
   * Devised curriculum for full Spring term

Queens Gateway to the Health Sciences Secondary School,
Jamaica, NY. . . . . . . . . .Spring, 2003
   * Taught a full art program for grades 7-12
   * Devised curriculum over 4 month period

Employment:

Instructor (part-time, F-Status) . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-present

Instructor (per diem) . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-present
   * Long-term coverages of Art Programs (see above)
   * 1 to 6 week long coverages of Health, ESL, Math, Art and Science

Freelance Computer Graphic and Website Designer. . . . . . . . . .1996-present
   * see www.webnik.com/webdesign for examples

Mount Sinai School of Medicine. . . . . . . . . .1992-2002
   * Residency Program Coordinator
   * Computer Graphic Artist and Webmaster
   * Administrative Assistant

Office Worker (temporary) . . . . . . . . . .1984-1992
   * Worked six to eighteen-month assignments at CBS, Barclays Bank, Time-Warner, Arthur Young

New York Experimental Glass Workshop. . . . . . . . . .1978-80
   * Glassblowing Instructor
   * Studio Manager

Honors:

Artist in Residence. . . . . . . . . .1983
Public Studios One (P.S.1), Long Island City, NY

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