Miranda Vizzerra

Experience

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  The Writing Center at Virginia Tech

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

  Writing Coach

  I began at the Writing Center as an intern before being hired as a writing coach on staff. I work primarily with ESL students on anything from conversational skills, to writing exercises, to simple grammar editing. Our goal at the center is to better the student's future writing, not simply to edit the work they bring to us at that given time.

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  Denver Art Museum

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Family and Community Programs Intern

  - Assistant taught six classes and camps over the summer internship period- Helped facilitate and maintain the museum’s installed education spaces - Designed signage for installed studio spaces and t-shirts for education staff- Designed and created Birthday Party activities for the museum’s birthday party program

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  Taubman Museum of Art

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2014

  Undergraduate Researcher

  - Presented at a professional research symposium held by the Taubman Art Museum in Roanoke, VA- Researched and presented on the painting “Church and Presbytery” by Pierre Daura in the permanent collection- Opened for Deborah Solomon, who spoke on Norman Rockwell’s “Framed” in the collection

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  Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Director's Assistant

  - Assist the Director with all summer camp preparations and oversee entire volunteer staff- Keep attendance each day and contact no shows daily- Communicate with parents of campers each day - Coordinate and assemble take home projects each week to distribute at the end of every day- Administrative duties (reordering supplies, organizing supplies, creating nametags for campers, etc.)- Document camp activities for the Modern’s Education Department blog- Write content for the blog and present opportunities for artists to contribute to the blog also- Coordinate slide shows for presentations and celebrations- Manage snack and drink needs of each camp, each week- Manage Flickr stream for campers to check their photos daily Show less

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  University of North Texas - Fine Arts Series

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Graduate Assistant

  - Work closely with the chair of the Fine Arts Series committee- Balance/manage the Series budget - Design protocols for program development- Communicate with artists/acts and their representation to draft and sign contracts- Research and propose future acts for next year’s series - Promote the series via social media, public advertising, community outreach - Cater to artists/performers needs according to contracts - Organize transportation/accommodations for acts and hospitality management for the series - Prepared pre-post series evaluations for data analysis Show less

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  UT Southwestern Careers

  Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Curatorial Assistant

  - Researched extensively contemporary art in medical settings for budget proposals.- Designing and scaling electronic & printed miniatures of buildings artworks were being purchasing for. - Assisting in purchasing of new works at the Dallas Art Fair and various galleries.- Contacting artists about work availability for purchase/viewing.- Contacting preservation teams about maintaining and cleaning the UTSW collection.- Data configuration and analysis for presentations.(+ Any arising tasks) Show less

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  Dallas Independent School District

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2021

  Art Teacher

  Taught studio art courses at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, TX. Served for two years as the Department Head for the Visual Arts team on campus, and as a member of CILT (the Campus Instructional Leadership Team). Over five years I taught Studio Art levels 1-4, both at on-level and the pre-ap level, Painting II, AP Art HIstory, and AP 2-D Art & Design.