Portfolio:
www.davidvranich.com
Education:
CUNY Queens College
Master of Science in Education in Art 2010
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Fine Art 1996
Savannah College of Art and
Design 1990-91
New York State Teacher
Initial Certification
September 2004
K-12 visual arts
Professional Certification 2011
Teaching Experience:
New Design High School 2005-present
Currently teaching Advanced Design and Portfolio Studios (grades 10, 11, 12)
Department Facilitator and Instructional Leadership Team 2014-18
- Responsible for teaching Photoshop, woodshop skills, drawing, printmaking, painting, color theory, and the Design Process.
- Develop unit plans that focus on process as a means to problem solve, generate ideas, build skills, and address issues in contextual design.
- Run afterschool AP portfolio prep and mentoring classes.
- Oversaw woodshop principals including safety, materials, instruction, and idea implementation with students.
- Facilitate partnerships for the school by meeting with outside organizations and design firms such as Pratt, L’Orangerie, and The Center for Architecture.
- Writing and coaching of new curriculum for the Design department.
- Developed 3-day intensive drawing/painting courses exploring techniques of the masters.
- Oversee production of student made designs for sale in the yearly NDHS Pop-Up Shop.
- Responsible for ordering supplies for the Design Department.
William Bryant H.S. 2004
Developed lessons for introductory and advanced studios.
Introduced plaster mould process and wheel techniques to advanced ceramics students.
P.S.18 2003
Taught art once a week to 4th graders.
Developed lessons to reinforce topics learned in other subject areas while guiding students' personal exploration of ideas in various visual media.
Woodland Hills H.S. fall/spring 1995
Artist in Residence
Developed weekly slide lectures that introduced the work of contemporary artists to high school humanities students. Introduced art-making methods/processes to college bound art students.
Carnegie Mellon University 1994-96
Teaching Assistant
Assisted students in the pre-college art program with idea development and supervised student use of power tools.
Employment History:
Queens College Clay Technician 2010-2011
Mixed clay, glazes, and slips for studio courses. Fired gas and electric kilns. Created glaze test tiles
Kevin Graham Construction 2001-present
Residential remodeling from design to completion. All phases of
construction; carpentry, cement work, window installation, roofing, etc.
Intellexchange 1999-2001 Designer/HTML Developer
Developed design interface and authored code for web-based application and designed the marketing site.