Tricia Smith

Background

About Tricia Smith

I am a Studio Art teacher with a background in metalsmithing and jewelry making. I have worked in many facets of education as well as for artists.I have been teaching (non-consecutively) in one subject or another with every age and interest level since 1990 all art related.Summer 1990- teaching assistant for Creative Writing and teacher for Painting and Drawing at Harford Community College pre-college youth programing.In 1993 I worked for Paul Morelli Jewelry for the first year out of college- One of the best work experiences I have ever had. 1995 I began attending grad school at UMass Dartmouth earning my MFA in 1998I taught in 1996 & 1997 at UMass during my Graduate work.Between 1998 and 2001 I was self employed making my own work and as a laborer and then a studio foreman (forewoman) for a textile business called Kire Scarves - Best Boss ever!In summer 2001 I began teaching at a residential school for students with social, emotional and behavioral disorders as well as learning differences. I was a Teaching assistant and Art teacher. I left the school because of personal differences in the summer of 2003In 2003 I began working as a museum educator for the New Bedford Art Museum, I worked on their artMOBILE program for two summers and during the school year in their after-school program.In 2004 I again tried self-employment and to pay the bills I started working as an activities assistant for Sippican Health Care Center. In 2005 I met the Visual Arts Department Chair and ceramics teacher at Tabor Academy at a gallery opening and this led to the start of my career as an Independent School Art Educator in the 2005-2006 school year.