KATE CRAMER
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Art & Teaching Experience

Art Resume

Exhibitions

2023                                        Senior Studio Art Capstone Exhibition | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2023                                        Unfolding Reality: Departmental Honors in Studio Art Exhibition | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel
                                                    College | Westminster, MD

2023                                        Emerging Visions Undergraduate Exhibit | Creative York | York, PA

2022                                        Notions of Place- Revisited | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

2022                                       51st Annual Open Juried Exhibition | Juror: Jennifer A. Thomson | York Arts Association | York, PA

2022                                       Katheryn E. Wentz Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Juror: Jessi Hardesty | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery,
                                                   McDaniel College | Westminster, MD
 
Lectures and Presentations

2023                                      Second Annual Academic Research Symposium | Presented on personal work completed during Student-
                                                  Faculty Summer Research Project “Notions of Place” with advisor Steven Pearson and peer Juliana Stolkovich |
                                                 McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | May 1, 2023

2023                                      Senior Capstone Gallery Talk | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD |
                                                  April 27, 2023

2023                                       Departmental Honors Gallery Talk | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD |
                                                   February 23, 2023

2023                                       Maryland Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference | Towson, MD (Virtual) | Presentation on A
                                                   Woman’s Place: A Studio Art Investigation of the Role of Women in Society for the conference theme Finding Our
                                                   Voices: Maryland Honors Students Speak | February 25, 2023

2022                                        Notions of Place- Revisited Gallery Talk | Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College | Westminster, MD |
                                                    November 10, 2022

2022                                        Honors First Year Symposium | Student presenter for advisor Steven Pearson’s guest lecture Visual Worlds:
                                                    Artists Creating Visual Worlds and Artists Reacting to their Visual World
for the symposium section on What Do                                                           We See? | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | September 16, 2022

2022                                        The Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium | Presented Women’s
                                                    Work: A Studio Art Examination of the Role of Women in Society | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD
                                                    (virtual) | April 9, 2022
 
2022                                         Inaugural Academic Research Symposium | Presented The Role of Women in Society: A Comprehensive Studio
                                                     Art Examination for the Panel, Shifting Sands: Creative Research in Studio Art chaired by advisor Steven Pearson |
                                                     McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | April 8, 2022
 
Honors and Awards
2023                                         The Argonaut Award | Given to the senior(s) with the highest cumulative GPA in the graduating class |
                                                     Commencement | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | May 20, 2023

2023                                         The M. Louise Shipley Art Award of Excellence | Senior Investiture and Honors
                                                      Convocation | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD |
 May 19, 2023

2023    
                                      The Michael and Polly Beaver Award for Excellence in Education | Senior Investiture and Honors
                                                      Convocation | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD |
 May 19, 2023

2023                                          The Maria Leonard Senior Book Award | Given by Alpha Lambda Delta to the graduating senior(s) in the
                                                       society with the highest GPA | Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation | McDaniel College |
                                                       Westminster, MD | May 19, 2023

2023                                          Best in Show | The Kathryn E. Wentz Juried Undergraduate Show | Juror: Sean Saur | Esther Prangley Rice
                                                      Gallery | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | March 23, 2023

2023                                          Best in Show | Emerging Visions Undergraduate Exhibition | Creative York | York, PA | January 26, 2023

2022                                          The Wasyl Palijczuk Art Award | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | November 6, 2022

2022                                          Award of Excellence | 51st Annual Open Juried Exhibition | Juror: Jennifer A. Thomson | York Arts Association                                                        York, PA | October 30, 2022

2022                                           Student Research and Creative Project Grant | To fund the registration for The Richard Macksey National
                                                       Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium | McDaniel College | Westminster, MD

Experiences

2022                                            Student-Faculty Summer Research Participant | Conducted creative research with a focus in relief
                                                        printmaking  under the guidance of my advisor, Steven Pearson, investigating how the concept of place                                                                      influences perception  of the world and directions of creative pursuits | McDaniel College |
                                                        Westminster, MD                     

Affiliations

Phi Beta Kappa | National Honor Society

Trumpeters | Leadership Honor Society

Pi Gamma Mu | International Honor Society in the Social Sciences

Alpha Lambda Delta | National Honor Society
 
Skills
Photoshop
Printmaking techniques

Teaching Resume

Education
McDaniel College | Westminster, MD | GPA: 4.0 | Anticipated 2023
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art | preK-12 Education, Art History, and European Studies Minors | Global Fellows Program and College Scholars Program

McDaniel College Budapest | Budapest, Hungary | 2020
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Full-Time Student Teaching
Cranberry Station Elementary School | Westminster, MD | To be completed - March to May 2023

South Carroll High School | Sykesville, MD | 2023
  • Led instruction for students in Art I, Honors Art II, Honors Drawing & Painting, and Honors Studio.
  • Developed and implemented lessons and units in alignment with CCPS curriculum and MD Fine Arts Standards.
  • Collected and analyzed classroom data to better understand students’ backgrounds and needs.
  • Attended faculty, SIT, IEP, and disciplinary meetings and extracurricular school events to support the student body.

Part-time Practicum Placements
 East Middle School | Westminster, MD | 2022
  • Assisted and led instruction for seventh and eighth grade classes.
  • Monitored and aided with student progress on projects.
  • Worked with students and their instructional aids in the Behavior and
    Emotional Support Team (B.E.S.T.) program.

Cranberry Station Elementary School | Westminster, MD | 2022
  • Planned and instructed a 5-week unit plan for a third grade class.
  • Assumed teaching responsibilities during the mentor teacher’s absences while
    under the supervision of administration or a substitute.

South Carroll High School | Sykesville, MD | 2022
  • Prepared and taught lessons with the incorporation of literacy concepts studied during Literacy in the Content Area I course taken at McDaniel College.
  • Observed and assisted instruction in two teachers’ classrooms.
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Shiloh Middle School | Hampstead, MD | 2021
  • Provided whole class and small group demonstrations.
  • Aided students with project production in virtual and in-person settings.
  • Encouraged social distancing and safe classroom behaviors as outlined by Carroll County Public Schools.

​Work Experience
Art Teacher | New Freedom Art | New Freedom, PA | June 2018-Present
  • Planned age-appropriate, thematic curriculum for classes and camps of
    students aged 4-12 years old.
  • Managed classes with a variety of skill levels in virtual and in-person settings.
  • Designed and provided individualized lessons for students with behavioral
    and intellectual disabilities.

Assistant Group Supervisor | Keystone Kids | New Freedom, PA | 2021
  • Supported Lead Group Supervisors with the care of children aged 3 months- 12 years old.
  • Communicated with guardians of children on a daily basis. ​

​Certifications and Trainings
Maryland Teaching Certification- eligible May 2023
Praxis 5135 Art: Content and Analysis​
Stop the Bleed Certification
Google Certified Educator Level 1 
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