SHORT TEACHING STATEMENT

As a multi-disciplinary artist and educator, I emphasize collaborative, student-centered learning. My teaching fosters a space where both students and instructors learn together, encouraging diverse perspectives and creative agency. I believe learning should be an evolving process, allowing students to explore their individuality while engaging critically with materials and concepts. My approach integrates mentorship, feedback, and social engagement, supporting students’ growth as thinkers and makers. I aim to guide students in understanding that art and design require planning with, not for, an aesthetic sensibility, and that their unique identities contribute to shaping their creative practice and future success.

TEACHING RECORD

School for the Creative Arts, University of the Fraser Valley
2024

• MEDA360 | Professional Practices for Creative Digital Industries

LaSalle College Vancouver
2023

• CAP499 | Capstone
• BGD490 | Senior Portfolio

VCAD Vancouver
2009–2022

• GD10F | Applied Graphic Design History
• CM10C | Photoshop
• GD20D | Photoshop II
• CM10E | Illustrator I
• GD40E | Illustrator II
• CM10B | Drawing I
• CM10A | Life Drawing I
• CM10D | Colour and Design
• GD200 | Concept Development
• GD20A | Typography
• GD20B | Digital Photography
• GD20E | Publication Design
• GD30B | Electronic Design I
• GD40D | Electronic Design II
• GD30D | Packaging Design
• GD30E | Corporate Design
• GD40B | Advertising Design I
• GD50B | Advertising Design II
• GD410 | Web Development I
• GD510 | Web Development II
• GD400 | Experimental Media I
• GD500 | Experimental Media II
• GD40A | Portfolio I
• GD50A Portfolio II

SKILLS & TOPICS

Introductory level:

• Research, and analytic processes 
• Academic writing (creative rationale, research statements, CP Style Guidelines and Oxford rules)
• Analysis and production of historical styles (an ability to construct an anatomy of a style)
• Surveys of Global and Western art and design histories
• Introductory drawing (learning how to see)
• Shading and line work techniques
• Realism, and abstraction techniques
• Human figuration 
• Anatomy and interaction within an environment (draping, posing, etc.)
• Drawing from observation and technique-driven imagination 
• Colour theories and applications. 
• Design theories and applications.  
• Raster-image editing and production 
• Vector-image editing and production 
• Raster- and vector-based illustrations 
• Advanced raster- and vector-based application integration and workflows
• History and anatomy of type
• Typography and typographic theories
• Layout design 
• Art direction 
• Photography and photographic design methods. 
• Conceptualisation processes 
• Project development and actualization 
• Ideation, and synthetic learning 

Intermediate to advanced levels 

• Academic writing: Artist statements, research statements, research papers. 
• Packaging methods and production 
• Advertising methods and production
• Marketing 
• Case studies  
• Web development and design through templates 
• Custom web development and design guidance and mentorship
• Dynamic and intermedia design guidance and mentorship 
• Animation and video design guidance and mentorship 
• Pre-portfolio development work
• Research methods and methodologies 
• Self- and peer-evaluation methods 
• Advance portfolio techniques: contextualisation, thesis clarifications, extended creative rationales, detailed case studies, presentation methods
• Employment strategies and client management methods 
• Capstone project conceptualization, development, production, and documentation
• Self-analysis for market positioning
• Market analysis for self-positioning
• Long-term project planning 
• Project Book development for case studies, documentation, and planning
• Web and social media portfolio planning and development