Leigh Ann Rooney

LeighAnnRooney@mac.com

EDUCATION

New York Academy of Art 2004 – 2006, MFA, Painting Major

Lorenzo Di Medici School, Florence, Italy 2002 Semester Abroad

University of Vermont 1999 – 2003, BA, Studio Art Major, English Minor

EXERIENCE

Art Instructor – Silvermine Guild Art Center – New Canaan, CT

- January 2011 – April 2011. Basics of Photoshop/ Photoshop for Photographers - adult education courses.

Art Instructor, Full time - School of the Holy Child - Rye, NY

- September 2008 – June 2011.

- High School Courses: Digital Photography, Introduction to Art, 2D Design (online course), Digital Design Media, Advanced Art, Art History, AP Studio Art and Portfolio Design. Moderator of Art Club, Project India and Curatorial Team. Student advisor.

- July 2010 – Italian Cultural Studies - chaperone and leader of art historical tours in Florence.

Art Therapist – Regan House (St. Vincent’s Hospital) – Port Chester, NY

- January 2010 – June 2011. Weekly art therapy class held at a halfway home for drug and alcohol addiction.

Visiting Artist - School of the Holy Child – Rye, NY

- June 2008 - Painting and drawing workshop, including use of Photoshop to create dynamic compositions, and drawing from nature.

- April 2008 - Figure drawing and painting workshop.

Art Instructor – Helen Day Art Center - Stowe, VT

- March 2008 - “My First Art Class” for ages 3-6.

- July 2008 - “Painting and Drawing from Nature” for grades 3-8.

Vermont Women’s History Project – Montpelier, VT

- March 2008 – August 2008. Updating and designing website, research, and display design for Vermont History Expo.

Art Instructor – Young Rembrandts

- An after-school art program focused on drawing skills, grades K-2

- 2007-2008 school year, and summer camps (St. Francis School, Winooski, VT; Montpelier, VT Recreation Center; Waterbury, VT Recreation Center).

EXHIBITIONS

New Rochelle Arts Fest

October 17 & 18, 2009

BID Artist Studio Spaces, New Rochelle, NY

The Nude in Contemporary Art: A National Juried Exhibition

January 26 – February 25, 2009 - The A.D. Gallery at UNC Pembroke, NC

The Daily Planet

January 2009, Burlington, VT

Solo exhibition of 20 works in the dining room of a downtown restaurant

Arts Alive Festival

May 2008, Burlington, VT

Juried group show with gallery exhibition and work displayed in store-front windows

First Fifty

February 2008, Burlington, VT

Group exhibition at the Art’s Alive Gallery

MFA Thesis Exhibition

2006, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Take Home a Nude

2006, Sotheby’s New York, NY

Annual auction

Draw

October 2006 – New York, Austin, TX, and London, England.

Traveling group exhibition organized by Fuse Gallery