Tina Medina
Tina Medina is an artist, educator, and curator living in Dallas, Texas. Originally from West Texas, Medina earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Texas Tech University
and Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of North Texas. Since 2006 Medina has served as a full-time professor of art at the Mountain View campus of Dallas
College. During her years in Dallas, Medina has contributed to numerous art jury panels, speaking engagements, discussion panels and workshops in the city of Dallas, including being a member of the oldest artist-run co-op in Texas, 500X Gallery and serving on
City of Dallas Public Art Committees. Medina's art has been exhibited nationally in exhibits such as Immigration, Migration,
Movement & The Humanities at Arizona State University and Strive: An Exhibition Highlighting American Immigration & the American Dream, D’Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia. Most recently her work was selected to be showcased in Arte Latino Now 2021, a virtual exhibit for the Center for Latino Studies at Queens University Charlotte in NC, the Changarrito Artist of the Month 2021 for Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas and in a solo exhibition at the Latino Cultural Center of Dallas, 2022. She has curated exhibits such as Contemporary Latino American Artists of the Metroplex and ELLA: Exhibiting Local Latina Artists. In 2021 Medina co-founded
Nuestra Artist Collective and is collaboratively curating and exhibiting work with other Texas women artists who make art about the U.S./Mexico border. Through an exploration of fibers, painting, video, and audio Medina’s art reflects U.S. American history from the point of view of the underrepresented voices in our communities such as people of color, farm and domestic workers, the undocumented and women and children.
Artist Statement
As an US born American woman of Mexican ancestry, I embrace the theory of Xicanisma, a concept that engages and recognizes the indigenous roots of the Chicana identity. In this “Xicanciousness” I am aware that borders are imaginary, and people were displaced by the invention of land ownership and how indigenous peoples’ loss of power still affects us. In my work the lost knowledge of my indigenous ancestry and cultural traditions, as well family history or lineage is the basis from which I proceed. I am compelled to make art that speaks about current issues through the viewpoint of people of color in the US. Our continued struggle to exist in this country motivates me to represent those who have suffered racism, bigotry, and xenophobia. Part of the experience I portray is how people of color try to place ourselves within a historical context that was never meant to include us. Many of my works contemplate the contributions of families, especially black and brown families to the cultivation of the lands, economies, and culture of the United States whose physical hard labor of the past and today continues to be overlooked as the impetus of the success of this country. Through fibers, performance, video and audio I explore history, identity, ancestry, and belonging. Our past and present history influence how we perceive others as well as how we perceive ourselves. My artwork speaks about power and the consequences of
colonization and assimilation. I reflect on the loss of culture and tradition and consider the reconfiguration of creating a new sense of self for individuals who live in various cultural worlds. In my work I explore juxtapositions of history with cultural symbols to reflect the narratives of those whose stories are left untold.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2004 Master of Fine Arts
College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts
School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
TEACHING POSITIONS
• 2007-2022
Full time Faculty- Professor of Visual Arts, Mountain View Campus, Art Department,
Dallas College, Dallas, Texas
• 2005-2007
Visiting Scholar in Art, Temporary Full Time Faculty, Mountain View College, Arts,
Humanities, and Social Sciences Division, Dallas County Community College District,
Dallas, Texas
• 2004-2005 Adjunct Instructor, Drawing and Art Appreciation, Tarrant County
College District- Southeast
• 2004-2005 Adjunct Instructor, Figure Drawing, University of North Texas
• 2004-2005 Adjunct Instructor in art, Art Appreciation, Brookhaven College
• 2001-2004 Teaching Assistant and Teaching Fellowship, Drawing, University of
North Texas- School of Visual Arts
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Nuestra Historia de Oak Cliff, Community Gallery Series, Arts Mission Oak Cliff, Dallas,
Texas
Xicanisma-Solo Exhibition, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Xicanciousness-Solo Exhibition, Gallery 2960, Grand Prairie, Texas
Mujeres on the Move, Artes de la Rosa, Fort Worth, Texas
20ish, UNT CoLab, Denton, Texas
2021
They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds-Solo Exhibition, Norman Brown Gallery, Goldmark
Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Lucha Libre, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Arte Latino Now 2021 Virtual Exhibit, Center for Latino Studies at Queens University of
Charlotte, North Carolina
Black and Brown Bodies with Plants 2, Virtual Exhibition, El Comalito Collective,
Vallejo,California
Built by Pictures, Virtual Exhibit, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, Tennesse
2019
Migratory, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Strive: An Exhibition Highlighting American Immigration & the American Dream, D’Art
Center, Norfolk, Virginia
Arte Latino Now, Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Art of Resilience, Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of Art, Dallas
RYHO, Rock Your Heart Out, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, Life in Deep
Ellum, Dallas, Texas Migratory, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Texas Vignette Juried Art Fair, Women’s Museum, Dallas, Texas
This is 40!, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Visual Art Faculty Exhibition, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2018
Identified, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Tina Medina-Solo Exhibition, Bishop Arts Theater, Dallas, Texas
La Virgen de Guadalupe Exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Vignette Art Fair, Women’s Museum, Dallas, Texas
ART 214, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
ART 214, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2017
Nepantla-Solo Exhibition, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
Art in the Metroplex Grand Finale, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Chaos!, RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
Identity: I am One, I am Many, Sunset Studios Residency and Oak Cliff Cultural Center,
Dallas Grey Space, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas
La Frontera of Education: DCCCD Art Exhibit, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Paperworks, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, TX
Best of the Best Juried Exhibit, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC
4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace III, Fort Worth, TX
2016
Dia de los Muertos altar exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas Triplets Reborn, The
Small Gallery, Dallas
Business Council for the Arts, Capital One, Plano, TX
American Dream, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX 13th Annual Hecho en
Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas Womxn Are Perfect! Galleria de la Raza, San
Francisco, CA
2015
18th Annual La Virgen de Guadalupe Art Exhibition, La Galeria de la Mision de Senecu,
El Paso, TX. 12th Annual Hecho en Dallas Exhibit, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas
La Gudalupe Show, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas
Frida Kahlo Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas
Somos Americanos installation, North Oak Cliff Library, City of Dallas
2014
La Virgen de Guadalupe Exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
The Mother Load Project, Collaborative exhibit, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX 20th
Annual El Corazon Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
MVC Faculty Exhibit, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
Dark, Online Gallery, juried exhibit, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Dia de los Muertos Remembrance, Our Legacy, juried exhibit, Latino Cultural Center,
Dallas, TX Contemporary Woman, juried exhibit, Chico Art Center, Chico, California
Founder’s Foyer, juried exhibit, DCCCD Administrative Building, Dallas, TX
2013
Terrible Hermosa-Solo Exhibition, Davis Foundry Gallery, Dallas, Texas La Virgen de
Guadalupe Exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Dia de los muertos: The Art of the Living and the Dead, Cole Art Center, Stephen F.
Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
Founder’s Foyer Exhibit, Dallas County Community Colleges District Office, Dallas, TX
The Mother Load Project, future group exhibit, Texas
Art-Cademia, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Faculty exhibit, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2012
curandera/mama/madre/zumba/frida, performance, Inaugural Oak Cliff Latino Arts Fest,
Bishop Arts District, Dallas, Texas
Summer Group Exhibit, Davis Foundry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Immigration, Migration, Movement & The Humanities, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona Inaugural Oak Cliff Latino Arts Fest Juried Competition, Bishop Arts District,
Dallas, Texas
2011
Anima Sola-Solo Exhibition, Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
Collaborative Installation, Jesse Meraz and Tina Medina, Mountain View College,
Dallas, Texas
2010
Nuestros Ojos (Our Eyes), Croft Art Gallery, Waco, TX
16th Annual El Corazon Art Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX Faculty
Exhibit, MVC, Dallas, TX
2009
Hispanica, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
Alter Egos Art Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Reflections of Our Past, Visions of Our Future, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Outside a White Cube, Outdoor installation, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
Art Conspiracy fundraiser, Dallas, TX
2008
Anima/Animus-Solo Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Art Conspiracy, SEED fundraiser, Sons of Herman Hall, Dallas, Texas
Speedbump Art Tour, Oak Cliff Community, Dallas, Texas
30th Anniversary Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2007
Chuchulucos-Solo Exhibition, Print Gallery, Cedar Valley College, Dallas, Texas
DCCCD Faculty Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Ojo II, Brookhaven College, Dallas County Community Colleges, Farmers Branch,
Texas Funny Stories and Absurdity, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Tina Medina and Veronica De Anda Tosten, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Faculty Exhibition, Treetop Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2006
She Wears War Bells-Solo Exhibition, Kiva Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas,
Texas Professors/Printmakers,The Art Corridor II, Tarrant County College, Southeast
Campus, Arlington, Texas Ojo: The Unexpected, Richland College, Brazos Gallery,
Dallas, Texas
Big As Night II, Tyler St. Lofts, Dallas, Texas
Parallel Perpendicular, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
Big As Night, Tyler St. Lofts, Dallas, Texas
Season Member’s Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Bad & Beautiful, Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Platform, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
CAM Official Kickoff @ Motel 3, Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio, Texas
Places of In-Between, Focus Galleries, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth,
Texas Iconography: Patterns of Displacement, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Present Day Xochitl, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
West Meets West, University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2005
Pochismas-Solo Exhibition, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
Missives, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York City, New York
She Sex: No One Can Eat Just One!, Sappho’s Return, Long Beach, California
Faculty Exhibition, Kiva Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
500X Member’s Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Out of Site, site specific installation, Denton, Texas
Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas (catalog),
Juror: James Surls
2004
Virgen de Guadalupe Art Exhibition, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas Paño Art
Invitational, El Centro College, Dallas, Texas
Green, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Member’s Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Faculty Show, Belvoir Terrace, Lenox, Massachussetts
De Anda Benefit Silent Auction, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Denton Arts and Jazz Festival, Denton, Texas
Pulse, The Corridor Gallery, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
10th Annual El Corazón Art Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Nopalita-Solo MFA Graduating Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North
Texas, Denton, Texas
Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections, National Women’s Studies
Association Conference, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(catalog)
Ink Under Pressure: Printmaking 2004, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, California
Expo 2004, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Andrea Karnes
2003
Inaugural Juried Exhibition, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas (catalogue)
10th Annual New Texas Talent Juried Exhibition, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Voertman Student Competition, The University of North Texas Art Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
Expo 2003, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Vincent Falsetta Mix! Series,The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2002
Expo 2002, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Vicki Meek
Disclosure: Contemporary Drawing, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
7th Annual Young Latino Artist Exhibition, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
COMMUNITY ART INVOLVEMENT
2022 Cedars Union 3rd Cohort Member, Dallas, Texas
2022 Cuenta Tu Historia, Community Gallery Series, Arts Mission Oak Cliff, Dallas,Texas
2020 Arts Bites, Virtual Watercolor Workshop, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2019 Rock Your Heart Out, Human Rights Initiative, Dallas, Texas
2018 Artist Workshop, Adult Painting Group, Guest Artist, North Oak Cliff Library,Dallas, Texas 2017
• City of Dallas Public Art Committee Member: Veterans Public sculpture, West Dallas
• Sunset Residency
2015 Collaborating with North Oak Cliff Library to exhibit student work at library 2014
• City of Dallas Public Art Committee Member
• Dallas Museum of Art, featured artist workshop, C3 Adult Encounters
• Recruitment: Drawing Studio Workshop, Booker T. Washington School for the
Performing Arts,
Dallas, TX
2013 Juror: Congressional High school Art Competition, District 33 (Marc
Veasey), Fort Worth and Dallas, TX
2012
• Upward Bound summer session art instructor, Mountain View College, Dallas
• Juror for Dia de los Muertos children’s exhibit and competition, North Oak Cliff Library, Dallas, TX
• Latino Arts Festival participant, Oak Cliff, Dallas, TX
2010 Juror, Hecho in Dallas Juried Art Exhibit, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2008 Instructor and Visiting Artist, Drawing from the Collection for Adults, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, Texas
2007
• Instructor and Visiting Artist, Drawing from the Collection for Children, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• Instructor and Visiting Artist, Teen-Artist Project, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• Juror: Sur del Trinidad Art Exhibit, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Juror, Art Competition and Exhibit, Booker T. Washington High School, Dallas,
Texas
• Juror, Visual Art Competition and Exhibit, Wade College, Dallas, Texas 2006
• League Juror: Sur del Trinidad Art Exhibit, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
• Juror, Art Competition and Exhibit, Booker T. Washington High School, Dallas, Texas
• Dallas Area High School Art Exhibit Juror, Kiva Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
• Juror, Visual Art Competition and Exhibit, Wade College, Dallas, Texas 2005
• Juror, Photography Contest, Lewisville Public Library, Lewisville, Texas
• Painting Workshop for Elementary School Students, Austin Independent School District, Women and their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
2004 Panel Discussion Participant, La Virgen de Guadalupe Art Exhibition, Ice
House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2002 Collaborating artist, Mural painting, Gatesville Elementary School,
Gatesville, Texas, collaborated in developing concept and painting a wall mural
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2022 Fronteriza, 8 Women Artists Make Art About the Border, Oak Cliff Cultural Center,
Dallas, TX
2022 Voices of Our Community, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View Dallas College
2006 to 2022 Assistant curator for Kiva Gallery fall and spring exhibitions, Mountain
View College, Dallas, TX
2019 Curator, Retro-Matico 2, the works of Jose Vargas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas,
Texas
2017 Curator, Retro-Matico: Jose Vargas, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2015 Curator, Her Obsidian Intentions-Contemporary Latina Artists, Cliff Gallery,
Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2014 Curator, ELLA-Exhibiting Local Latina Artists, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2013 Interim gallery duties, Mountain View College galleries
2012 Curator, el dia de los muertos exhibit: Jose Vargas and Jessica Salazar McBride,
Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2010 Curator, Like Water for Chocolate: local women artists respond to the novel by
Laura Esquivel, Cliff Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008 500X Gallery member from 2004-2008, 500X Texas' oldest, artist run, cooperative
galleries, served as Vice President
2007 Curator: Ojo II Art Exhibition, Contemporary Latino American Artists of the Metro
plex, Brookhaven College, Dallas County Community Colleges, Farmers Branch, Texas
2007 Curator: Ojo: The Unexpected Art Exhibition, Contemporary Latin American Artists
of the Metroplex, Richland Community College, Dallas County Community Colleges,
Dallas, Texas
PRESENTATIONS
2022
Xicanismas: Artist and Curator Discussion, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Artist Lecture Series, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas
Mujeres on the Move Women’s History Panel Participant, Fort Worth, Texas
Women’s History Panel Moderator, Immersive Frida Kahlo, Dallas, Texas
2021 Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month, Virtual Panel Participant, Dallas College
2020 Changarreando Instagram Virtual Live Talk with Tina Medina, Mexic Arte Museum
2020 Live with Tina Medina, Virtual Artist Talk, Latino Cultural Center
2019 International Women’s Day Panel Speaker, Mercado 369, Dallas, Texas
2016 Paño Arte: A Southwestern Chicana/o Art Form Breaks Out of to Urban Streets
and Other Venues Beyond the Confines of La Pinta, Latino Art Now Conference,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2013
• La Virgen de Guadalupe: Iconic Image, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
• Facilitator, Inaugural Book Club Discussion, Common Book: One Amazing Thing,
Mountain View
College
• Common Book Project: Teaching the Common Book, Return Week, Professional
Development
opportunity for faculty, Mountain View College
• Collaborative Learning, Visions of Excellence, El Centro West Campus, Dallas,
TX
• Common Book Project, Teaching and Learning Team Professional Development
Presentation, Northlake College, Irving, TX
• Developing Leadership, Leadership Women’s Empowerment Leadership
Conference, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX 2012
• Choices, Women’s Conference, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• Guest speaker, Outstanding Student Banquet, Dallas, TX
2010
• Preparate Conference-Educating Latinos for the Future of America, Co-
Presenter, FIPSE, San Diego, CA
• Co-Presenter: La familia te encamina hacia al exito, (Partnering with families for
student success), TACHE-Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education
Conference, San Antonio, TX
2009
• Mujeres in Higher Education, Facilitator and Presenter, Student Life Program:
Caminos, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• Artist Lecture for Humanities courses, Richland College, DCCCD, Dallas, TX
• Co-Presenter: Student Retention, Persistence and Success: An Interdisciplinary
Family Involvement Model, American Association of Hispanics in Higher
Education Conference, San Antonio, Texas
• Presenter: Cine-Film Analysis, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2008 Adjunct Training-Collaborative Learning Facilitator, Mountain View College,
Dallas, Texas. (2007- 2008)
2006
• Artist Lecture: From Handkerchiefs to Cactus-She Wears War Bells
Exhibition, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
• Art Talk, Platform Exhibition, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
2005 Gallery Talk, Pochismas, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin,
Texas
2004 Lecturer, Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas: Artist Slide lecture
2002 Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas: Slide lecture on
graduate work
COLLABORATIONS
• 2015 Common Book Event: Into the Beautiful North, Collaboration with Theater
department, art activity and drama performance.
• Day Without Art, Interdisciplinary Event-Painting, Drama, Music, Dance, and
Office of Student Life
• 2014 Collaboration with artist/professor, Ed Blackburn for Painting course project
• Collaboration with artist/professor, Annette Lawrence for Sculpture course project
• Monster Project exhibition of elementary and college student collaboration in the
MVC Kiva Gallery
• 2013 “Monster Project”, Bethune Elementary art students and Mountain View
College art students, Mountain View College-collaborated with local elementary
school art instructor to have college students translate elementary student
drawings into 3 dimensional sculptures.
• Spring Writing Festival, Live Painting/drawing/sketching Stations by students and
instructor, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• 2010 End of Semester Revue, Spring Semester, Mountain View College
• Showcase Fine Arts Galleria: Collaboration between Dance, Drama, Music,
Humanities and Art Departments, (2008-2010)
• 2008 Learning Community- Art Appreciation 1301 and U.S. History 1302
• FIPSE faculty participant: Family Involvement Post-Secondary Education
incorporation into course curriculum
• Dance & Draw, collaboration with drawing classes drawing dance performance in
public on campus, Mountain View College Division of Fine Arts Calendar
HONORS & AWARDS
2018 Best Club Event, Art Auction Fundraiser for Puerto Rico, Mountain View College
2017 Best Club Advisor: Art Club, Mountain View College, Dallas
2012 Nominee for Innovation of the year, Common Book Story Booth, Mountain View
College 2010 Honorable Mention, Innovation of the Year: Common Book Project,
DCCCD
2009 Innovation of the Year: Common Book Project, Mountain View College
2008 Club of the Year Award, Art Club, Mountain View College
2007 Trio Educator, Upward Bound, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
On-going responsibilities:
• Primary and Institutional:
o Teaching minimum of two lectures and two studio art labs a semester,
o Art department co-coordination,
o Oversee and coordinate exhibitions in Kiva Gallery
o Find and interview adjunct instructors,
o Develop curricula and assignments for arts courses,
o Implementation of SLOs, EEOs for courses into syllabi and course work, o Coordinate
art model hiring and scheduling,
o Recommend textbooks/materials/equipment and ordering,
o Maintain accurate and complete course records with grades and curricula, o Employ
diverse learning methods in class: collaborative learning
o Evaluate and mentor new adjunct instructors,
o Oversee art labs and lab assistants,
o Recommend course offerings /scheduling,
o Assist in overseeing art department budget,
o Assist in overseeing maintenance/availability of art supplies/equipment,
o Coordinate guest lecturers and artist workshops for classes
o Serve on Gallery and Permanent Art Collection Committee
o Maintain department social media-Facebook and Instagram
o Maintain office hours
• Student Service:
o Student Art Club Advisor
o Advise students in course schedule building and career opportunities, o Participation
in student events as a presenter and organizer,
o Attend student exhibitions on and off campus
o Attend campus events with students
o Assist in identifying, selecting and writing recommendations for students to participate
in League for Innovation competition, Fordham scholar, and Founder’s Foyer exhibit
o Individual portfolio reviews with art studio students
o Maintain relationships with MVC alumni and provide opportunities via exhibition,
workshops, lectures and recommendation letters
• Courses Taught:
Art Appreciation, Humanities, Drawing I, Drawing II, Life Drawing I (Figure Drawing),
Advanced Drawing, Painting I, Painting II, Design I and Design II (2-D and 3-D),
Sculpture I, Printmaking I
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING
• Accessibility 101 Training
• Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training
• Writing in Unexpected Places Workshop, presented by Dr. Anne Geller,
Associate Professor of English and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum,
Institute for Writing Studies at St. John’s University of Queens, New York.
Presented at Dallas, Texas
• Recruiting for Tomorrow: Cultural Competence Seminar, presented by Dr. Cris
Cullinan of University of Oregon, Dallas, TX
• Meeting the Challenge Faculty Workshop presented by Dr. Sandy Shugart of
Valencia College, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• DE-Introduction to Online Teaching, Mountain View College
• DE-Quality Matters and Section 508 Accessibility, Mountain View College
• Pathways for Student Success
• FIPSE-Family Involvement for Latino Success in College, Training, Oak Cliff
Center for Community Studies, Dallas, Texas
• Collaborative Learning Training and Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Cooperative Learning
• Quality Enhancement Plan
• Intercultural Competence
• CONFERENCES
• 2016 Latino Art Now! Conference, Chicago, Illinois
2012-2013 Sustainability Summit, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• Presenter and participant in Women’s Empowerment Leadership Conference,
Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• Employee Development Day, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
2010 Preparate Conference-Educating Latinos for the Future of America, San
Diego, CA TACHE-Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education
Conference, San Antonio, TX
• (2006-2010) DCCCD Conference, Dallas, Texas
2009 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Conference, San
Antonio, Texas
Tina Medina is an artist, educator, and curator living in Dallas, Texas. Originally from West Texas, Medina earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Texas Tech University
and Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of North Texas. Since 2006 Medina has served as a full-time professor of art at the Mountain View campus of Dallas
College. During her years in Dallas, Medina has contributed to numerous art jury panels, speaking engagements, discussion panels and workshops in the city of Dallas, including being a member of the oldest artist-run co-op in Texas, 500X Gallery and serving on
City of Dallas Public Art Committees. Medina's art has been exhibited nationally in exhibits such as Immigration, Migration,
Movement & The Humanities at Arizona State University and Strive: An Exhibition Highlighting American Immigration & the American Dream, D’Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia. Most recently her work was selected to be showcased in Arte Latino Now 2021, a virtual exhibit for the Center for Latino Studies at Queens University Charlotte in NC, the Changarrito Artist of the Month 2021 for Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas and in a solo exhibition at the Latino Cultural Center of Dallas, 2022. She has curated exhibits such as Contemporary Latino American Artists of the Metroplex and ELLA: Exhibiting Local Latina Artists. In 2021 Medina co-founded
Nuestra Artist Collective and is collaboratively curating and exhibiting work with other Texas women artists who make art about the U.S./Mexico border. Through an exploration of fibers, painting, video, and audio Medina’s art reflects U.S. American history from the point of view of the underrepresented voices in our communities such as people of color, farm and domestic workers, the undocumented and women and children.
Artist Statement
As an US born American woman of Mexican ancestry, I embrace the theory of Xicanisma, a concept that engages and recognizes the indigenous roots of the Chicana identity. In this “Xicanciousness” I am aware that borders are imaginary, and people were displaced by the invention of land ownership and how indigenous peoples’ loss of power still affects us. In my work the lost knowledge of my indigenous ancestry and cultural traditions, as well family history or lineage is the basis from which I proceed. I am compelled to make art that speaks about current issues through the viewpoint of people of color in the US. Our continued struggle to exist in this country motivates me to represent those who have suffered racism, bigotry, and xenophobia. Part of the experience I portray is how people of color try to place ourselves within a historical context that was never meant to include us. Many of my works contemplate the contributions of families, especially black and brown families to the cultivation of the lands, economies, and culture of the United States whose physical hard labor of the past and today continues to be overlooked as the impetus of the success of this country. Through fibers, performance, video and audio I explore history, identity, ancestry, and belonging. Our past and present history influence how we perceive others as well as how we perceive ourselves. My artwork speaks about power and the consequences of
colonization and assimilation. I reflect on the loss of culture and tradition and consider the reconfiguration of creating a new sense of self for individuals who live in various cultural worlds. In my work I explore juxtapositions of history with cultural symbols to reflect the narratives of those whose stories are left untold.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2004 Master of Fine Arts
College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts
School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
TEACHING POSITIONS
• 2007-2022
Full time Faculty- Professor of Visual Arts, Mountain View Campus, Art Department,
Dallas College, Dallas, Texas
• 2005-2007
Visiting Scholar in Art, Temporary Full Time Faculty, Mountain View College, Arts,
Humanities, and Social Sciences Division, Dallas County Community College District,
Dallas, Texas
• 2004-2005 Adjunct Instructor, Drawing and Art Appreciation, Tarrant County
College District- Southeast
• 2004-2005 Adjunct Instructor, Figure Drawing, University of North Texas
• 2004-2005 Adjunct Instructor in art, Art Appreciation, Brookhaven College
• 2001-2004 Teaching Assistant and Teaching Fellowship, Drawing, University of
North Texas- School of Visual Arts
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Nuestra Historia de Oak Cliff, Community Gallery Series, Arts Mission Oak Cliff, Dallas,
Texas
Xicanisma-Solo Exhibition, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Xicanciousness-Solo Exhibition, Gallery 2960, Grand Prairie, Texas
Mujeres on the Move, Artes de la Rosa, Fort Worth, Texas
20ish, UNT CoLab, Denton, Texas
2021
They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds-Solo Exhibition, Norman Brown Gallery, Goldmark
Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Lucha Libre, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Arte Latino Now 2021 Virtual Exhibit, Center for Latino Studies at Queens University of
Charlotte, North Carolina
Black and Brown Bodies with Plants 2, Virtual Exhibition, El Comalito Collective,
Vallejo,California
Built by Pictures, Virtual Exhibit, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, Tennesse
2019
Migratory, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Strive: An Exhibition Highlighting American Immigration & the American Dream, D’Art
Center, Norfolk, Virginia
Arte Latino Now, Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Art of Resilience, Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of Art, Dallas
RYHO, Rock Your Heart Out, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, Life in Deep
Ellum, Dallas, Texas Migratory, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Texas Vignette Juried Art Fair, Women’s Museum, Dallas, Texas
This is 40!, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Visual Art Faculty Exhibition, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2018
Identified, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Tina Medina-Solo Exhibition, Bishop Arts Theater, Dallas, Texas
La Virgen de Guadalupe Exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Vignette Art Fair, Women’s Museum, Dallas, Texas
ART 214, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
ART 214, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2017
Nepantla-Solo Exhibition, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
Art in the Metroplex Grand Finale, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Chaos!, RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
Identity: I am One, I am Many, Sunset Studios Residency and Oak Cliff Cultural Center,
Dallas Grey Space, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas
La Frontera of Education: DCCCD Art Exhibit, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Paperworks, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, TX
Best of the Best Juried Exhibit, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC
4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace III, Fort Worth, TX
2016
Dia de los Muertos altar exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas Triplets Reborn, The
Small Gallery, Dallas
Business Council for the Arts, Capital One, Plano, TX
American Dream, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX 13th Annual Hecho en
Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas Womxn Are Perfect! Galleria de la Raza, San
Francisco, CA
2015
18th Annual La Virgen de Guadalupe Art Exhibition, La Galeria de la Mision de Senecu,
El Paso, TX. 12th Annual Hecho en Dallas Exhibit, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas
La Gudalupe Show, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas
Frida Kahlo Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas
Somos Americanos installation, North Oak Cliff Library, City of Dallas
2014
La Virgen de Guadalupe Exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
The Mother Load Project, Collaborative exhibit, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX 20th
Annual El Corazon Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
MVC Faculty Exhibit, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
Dark, Online Gallery, juried exhibit, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Dia de los Muertos Remembrance, Our Legacy, juried exhibit, Latino Cultural Center,
Dallas, TX Contemporary Woman, juried exhibit, Chico Art Center, Chico, California
Founder’s Foyer, juried exhibit, DCCCD Administrative Building, Dallas, TX
2013
Terrible Hermosa-Solo Exhibition, Davis Foundry Gallery, Dallas, Texas La Virgen de
Guadalupe Exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Dia de los muertos: The Art of the Living and the Dead, Cole Art Center, Stephen F.
Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
Founder’s Foyer Exhibit, Dallas County Community Colleges District Office, Dallas, TX
The Mother Load Project, future group exhibit, Texas
Art-Cademia, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Faculty exhibit, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2012
curandera/mama/madre/zumba/frida, performance, Inaugural Oak Cliff Latino Arts Fest,
Bishop Arts District, Dallas, Texas
Summer Group Exhibit, Davis Foundry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Immigration, Migration, Movement & The Humanities, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona Inaugural Oak Cliff Latino Arts Fest Juried Competition, Bishop Arts District,
Dallas, Texas
2011
Anima Sola-Solo Exhibition, Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
Collaborative Installation, Jesse Meraz and Tina Medina, Mountain View College,
Dallas, Texas
2010
Nuestros Ojos (Our Eyes), Croft Art Gallery, Waco, TX
16th Annual El Corazon Art Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX Faculty
Exhibit, MVC, Dallas, TX
2009
Hispanica, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
Alter Egos Art Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Reflections of Our Past, Visions of Our Future, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Outside a White Cube, Outdoor installation, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
Art Conspiracy fundraiser, Dallas, TX
2008
Anima/Animus-Solo Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Art Conspiracy, SEED fundraiser, Sons of Herman Hall, Dallas, Texas
Speedbump Art Tour, Oak Cliff Community, Dallas, Texas
30th Anniversary Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2007
Chuchulucos-Solo Exhibition, Print Gallery, Cedar Valley College, Dallas, Texas
DCCCD Faculty Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Ojo II, Brookhaven College, Dallas County Community Colleges, Farmers Branch,
Texas Funny Stories and Absurdity, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Tina Medina and Veronica De Anda Tosten, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Faculty Exhibition, Treetop Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2006
She Wears War Bells-Solo Exhibition, Kiva Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas,
Texas Professors/Printmakers,The Art Corridor II, Tarrant County College, Southeast
Campus, Arlington, Texas Ojo: The Unexpected, Richland College, Brazos Gallery,
Dallas, Texas
Big As Night II, Tyler St. Lofts, Dallas, Texas
Parallel Perpendicular, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
Big As Night, Tyler St. Lofts, Dallas, Texas
Season Member’s Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Bad & Beautiful, Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Platform, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
CAM Official Kickoff @ Motel 3, Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio, Texas
Places of In-Between, Focus Galleries, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth,
Texas Iconography: Patterns of Displacement, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Present Day Xochitl, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
West Meets West, University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2005
Pochismas-Solo Exhibition, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
Missives, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York City, New York
She Sex: No One Can Eat Just One!, Sappho’s Return, Long Beach, California
Faculty Exhibition, Kiva Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
500X Member’s Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Out of Site, site specific installation, Denton, Texas
Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas (catalog),
Juror: James Surls
2004
Virgen de Guadalupe Art Exhibition, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas Paño Art
Invitational, El Centro College, Dallas, Texas
Green, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Member’s Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Faculty Show, Belvoir Terrace, Lenox, Massachussetts
De Anda Benefit Silent Auction, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Denton Arts and Jazz Festival, Denton, Texas
Pulse, The Corridor Gallery, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
10th Annual El Corazón Art Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Nopalita-Solo MFA Graduating Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North
Texas, Denton, Texas
Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections, National Women’s Studies
Association Conference, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(catalog)
Ink Under Pressure: Printmaking 2004, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, California
Expo 2004, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Andrea Karnes
2003
Inaugural Juried Exhibition, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas (catalogue)
10th Annual New Texas Talent Juried Exhibition, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Voertman Student Competition, The University of North Texas Art Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
Expo 2003, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Vincent Falsetta Mix! Series,The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2002
Expo 2002, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Vicki Meek
Disclosure: Contemporary Drawing, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
7th Annual Young Latino Artist Exhibition, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
COMMUNITY ART INVOLVEMENT
2022 Cedars Union 3rd Cohort Member, Dallas, Texas
2022 Cuenta Tu Historia, Community Gallery Series, Arts Mission Oak Cliff, Dallas,Texas
2020 Arts Bites, Virtual Watercolor Workshop, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2019 Rock Your Heart Out, Human Rights Initiative, Dallas, Texas
2018 Artist Workshop, Adult Painting Group, Guest Artist, North Oak Cliff Library,Dallas, Texas 2017
• City of Dallas Public Art Committee Member: Veterans Public sculpture, West Dallas
• Sunset Residency
2015 Collaborating with North Oak Cliff Library to exhibit student work at library 2014
• City of Dallas Public Art Committee Member
• Dallas Museum of Art, featured artist workshop, C3 Adult Encounters
• Recruitment: Drawing Studio Workshop, Booker T. Washington School for the
Performing Arts,
Dallas, TX
2013 Juror: Congressional High school Art Competition, District 33 (Marc
Veasey), Fort Worth and Dallas, TX
2012
• Upward Bound summer session art instructor, Mountain View College, Dallas
• Juror for Dia de los Muertos children’s exhibit and competition, North Oak Cliff Library, Dallas, TX
• Latino Arts Festival participant, Oak Cliff, Dallas, TX
2010 Juror, Hecho in Dallas Juried Art Exhibit, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2008 Instructor and Visiting Artist, Drawing from the Collection for Adults, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, Texas
2007
• Instructor and Visiting Artist, Drawing from the Collection for Children, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• Instructor and Visiting Artist, Teen-Artist Project, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• Juror: Sur del Trinidad Art Exhibit, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Juror, Art Competition and Exhibit, Booker T. Washington High School, Dallas,
Texas
• Juror, Visual Art Competition and Exhibit, Wade College, Dallas, Texas 2006
• League Juror: Sur del Trinidad Art Exhibit, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
• Juror, Art Competition and Exhibit, Booker T. Washington High School, Dallas, Texas
• Dallas Area High School Art Exhibit Juror, Kiva Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
• Juror, Visual Art Competition and Exhibit, Wade College, Dallas, Texas 2005
• Juror, Photography Contest, Lewisville Public Library, Lewisville, Texas
• Painting Workshop for Elementary School Students, Austin Independent School District, Women and their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
2004 Panel Discussion Participant, La Virgen de Guadalupe Art Exhibition, Ice
House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2002 Collaborating artist, Mural painting, Gatesville Elementary School,
Gatesville, Texas, collaborated in developing concept and painting a wall mural
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2022 Fronteriza, 8 Women Artists Make Art About the Border, Oak Cliff Cultural Center,
Dallas, TX
2022 Voices of Our Community, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View Dallas College
2006 to 2022 Assistant curator for Kiva Gallery fall and spring exhibitions, Mountain
View College, Dallas, TX
2019 Curator, Retro-Matico 2, the works of Jose Vargas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas,
Texas
2017 Curator, Retro-Matico: Jose Vargas, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2015 Curator, Her Obsidian Intentions-Contemporary Latina Artists, Cliff Gallery,
Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2014 Curator, ELLA-Exhibiting Local Latina Artists, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2013 Interim gallery duties, Mountain View College galleries
2012 Curator, el dia de los muertos exhibit: Jose Vargas and Jessica Salazar McBride,
Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2010 Curator, Like Water for Chocolate: local women artists respond to the novel by
Laura Esquivel, Cliff Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008 500X Gallery member from 2004-2008, 500X Texas' oldest, artist run, cooperative
galleries, served as Vice President
2007 Curator: Ojo II Art Exhibition, Contemporary Latino American Artists of the Metro
plex, Brookhaven College, Dallas County Community Colleges, Farmers Branch, Texas
2007 Curator: Ojo: The Unexpected Art Exhibition, Contemporary Latin American Artists
of the Metroplex, Richland Community College, Dallas County Community Colleges,
Dallas, Texas
PRESENTATIONS
2022
Xicanismas: Artist and Curator Discussion, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Artist Lecture Series, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas
Mujeres on the Move Women’s History Panel Participant, Fort Worth, Texas
Women’s History Panel Moderator, Immersive Frida Kahlo, Dallas, Texas
2021 Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month, Virtual Panel Participant, Dallas College
2020 Changarreando Instagram Virtual Live Talk with Tina Medina, Mexic Arte Museum
2020 Live with Tina Medina, Virtual Artist Talk, Latino Cultural Center
2019 International Women’s Day Panel Speaker, Mercado 369, Dallas, Texas
2016 Paño Arte: A Southwestern Chicana/o Art Form Breaks Out of to Urban Streets
and Other Venues Beyond the Confines of La Pinta, Latino Art Now Conference,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2013
• La Virgen de Guadalupe: Iconic Image, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
• Facilitator, Inaugural Book Club Discussion, Common Book: One Amazing Thing,
Mountain View
College
• Common Book Project: Teaching the Common Book, Return Week, Professional
Development
opportunity for faculty, Mountain View College
• Collaborative Learning, Visions of Excellence, El Centro West Campus, Dallas,
TX
• Common Book Project, Teaching and Learning Team Professional Development
Presentation, Northlake College, Irving, TX
• Developing Leadership, Leadership Women’s Empowerment Leadership
Conference, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX 2012
• Choices, Women’s Conference, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• Guest speaker, Outstanding Student Banquet, Dallas, TX
2010
• Preparate Conference-Educating Latinos for the Future of America, Co-
Presenter, FIPSE, San Diego, CA
• Co-Presenter: La familia te encamina hacia al exito, (Partnering with families for
student success), TACHE-Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education
Conference, San Antonio, TX
2009
• Mujeres in Higher Education, Facilitator and Presenter, Student Life Program:
Caminos, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• Artist Lecture for Humanities courses, Richland College, DCCCD, Dallas, TX
• Co-Presenter: Student Retention, Persistence and Success: An Interdisciplinary
Family Involvement Model, American Association of Hispanics in Higher
Education Conference, San Antonio, Texas
• Presenter: Cine-Film Analysis, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2008 Adjunct Training-Collaborative Learning Facilitator, Mountain View College,
Dallas, Texas. (2007- 2008)
2006
• Artist Lecture: From Handkerchiefs to Cactus-She Wears War Bells
Exhibition, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
• Art Talk, Platform Exhibition, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
2005 Gallery Talk, Pochismas, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin,
Texas
2004 Lecturer, Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas: Artist Slide lecture
2002 Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas: Slide lecture on
graduate work
COLLABORATIONS
• 2015 Common Book Event: Into the Beautiful North, Collaboration with Theater
department, art activity and drama performance.
• Day Without Art, Interdisciplinary Event-Painting, Drama, Music, Dance, and
Office of Student Life
• 2014 Collaboration with artist/professor, Ed Blackburn for Painting course project
• Collaboration with artist/professor, Annette Lawrence for Sculpture course project
• Monster Project exhibition of elementary and college student collaboration in the
MVC Kiva Gallery
• 2013 “Monster Project”, Bethune Elementary art students and Mountain View
College art students, Mountain View College-collaborated with local elementary
school art instructor to have college students translate elementary student
drawings into 3 dimensional sculptures.
• Spring Writing Festival, Live Painting/drawing/sketching Stations by students and
instructor, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• 2010 End of Semester Revue, Spring Semester, Mountain View College
• Showcase Fine Arts Galleria: Collaboration between Dance, Drama, Music,
Humanities and Art Departments, (2008-2010)
• 2008 Learning Community- Art Appreciation 1301 and U.S. History 1302
• FIPSE faculty participant: Family Involvement Post-Secondary Education
incorporation into course curriculum
• Dance & Draw, collaboration with drawing classes drawing dance performance in
public on campus, Mountain View College Division of Fine Arts Calendar
HONORS & AWARDS
2018 Best Club Event, Art Auction Fundraiser for Puerto Rico, Mountain View College
2017 Best Club Advisor: Art Club, Mountain View College, Dallas
2012 Nominee for Innovation of the year, Common Book Story Booth, Mountain View
College 2010 Honorable Mention, Innovation of the Year: Common Book Project,
DCCCD
2009 Innovation of the Year: Common Book Project, Mountain View College
2008 Club of the Year Award, Art Club, Mountain View College
2007 Trio Educator, Upward Bound, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
On-going responsibilities:
• Primary and Institutional:
o Teaching minimum of two lectures and two studio art labs a semester,
o Art department co-coordination,
o Oversee and coordinate exhibitions in Kiva Gallery
o Find and interview adjunct instructors,
o Develop curricula and assignments for arts courses,
o Implementation of SLOs, EEOs for courses into syllabi and course work, o Coordinate
art model hiring and scheduling,
o Recommend textbooks/materials/equipment and ordering,
o Maintain accurate and complete course records with grades and curricula, o Employ
diverse learning methods in class: collaborative learning
o Evaluate and mentor new adjunct instructors,
o Oversee art labs and lab assistants,
o Recommend course offerings /scheduling,
o Assist in overseeing art department budget,
o Assist in overseeing maintenance/availability of art supplies/equipment,
o Coordinate guest lecturers and artist workshops for classes
o Serve on Gallery and Permanent Art Collection Committee
o Maintain department social media-Facebook and Instagram
o Maintain office hours
• Student Service:
o Student Art Club Advisor
o Advise students in course schedule building and career opportunities, o Participation
in student events as a presenter and organizer,
o Attend student exhibitions on and off campus
o Attend campus events with students
o Assist in identifying, selecting and writing recommendations for students to participate
in League for Innovation competition, Fordham scholar, and Founder’s Foyer exhibit
o Individual portfolio reviews with art studio students
o Maintain relationships with MVC alumni and provide opportunities via exhibition,
workshops, lectures and recommendation letters
• Courses Taught:
Art Appreciation, Humanities, Drawing I, Drawing II, Life Drawing I (Figure Drawing),
Advanced Drawing, Painting I, Painting II, Design I and Design II (2-D and 3-D),
Sculpture I, Printmaking I
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING
• Accessibility 101 Training
• Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training
• Writing in Unexpected Places Workshop, presented by Dr. Anne Geller,
Associate Professor of English and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum,
Institute for Writing Studies at St. John’s University of Queens, New York.
Presented at Dallas, Texas
• Recruiting for Tomorrow: Cultural Competence Seminar, presented by Dr. Cris
Cullinan of University of Oregon, Dallas, TX
• Meeting the Challenge Faculty Workshop presented by Dr. Sandy Shugart of
Valencia College, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• DE-Introduction to Online Teaching, Mountain View College
• DE-Quality Matters and Section 508 Accessibility, Mountain View College
• Pathways for Student Success
• FIPSE-Family Involvement for Latino Success in College, Training, Oak Cliff
Center for Community Studies, Dallas, Texas
• Collaborative Learning Training and Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Cooperative Learning
• Quality Enhancement Plan
• Intercultural Competence
• CONFERENCES
• 2016 Latino Art Now! Conference, Chicago, Illinois
2012-2013 Sustainability Summit, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• Presenter and participant in Women’s Empowerment Leadership Conference,
Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
• Employee Development Day, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
2010 Preparate Conference-Educating Latinos for the Future of America, San
Diego, CA TACHE-Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education
Conference, San Antonio, TX
• (2006-2010) DCCCD Conference, Dallas, Texas
2009 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Conference, San
Antonio, Texas
