Newburyport, MA
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MPED ID: 57844051
Initial Teaching License:
5-12 Visual Art
K-8 Visual Art
Adobe Suite
Procreate
Digital Photography
Film Photography
Photography
Design
Printmaking
Painting
Drawing
Mixed Media
Ceramics
AutoCAD
Master of Arts in Teaching • Visual Art Education, 5-12
Tufts University • Medford, MA • Spring 2021-Spring2022
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
[minor in Environmental Writing and Rhetoric]
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Honors) • Syracuse, NY • May 2018
Art Teacher | Full Time • Andover High School
Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, Foundations Studio Andover, MA • August 2022-Present
• Designed curriculum and taught four high school arts courses using Understanding by Design/Backwards design model for lesson planning.
• Effectively implemented classroom systems and routines to empower a wide variety of students and educational needs.
• Successfully collaborated with colleagues to plan field trips, art shows, and secure grants for architecture and design curriculum development and digital drawing products.
• Served as the staff advisor for the club, “Create for a Cause,” which focuses on creating for the local community.
Student Teaching Intern • Watertown High School
Photography (digital + darkroom) | Graphic Design, 2D, Painting Watertown, MA • September 2022-May 2022
• Designed and taught lessons to 9th-12th grade students focusing on increasing differentiation and student centered-learning in classes using complex digital software and analog mediums.
• Updated lessons for increased multi modal opportunities, student choice, and learning autonomy.
Teaching Assistant Intern • Museum of Fine Arts
Studio Art, Ages 9-11 • Boston, MA • Fall 2021
• Assisted studio art classes through one-on-one instruction, engaging with students about their artwork, and materials prep, to create a supportive learning environment at the museum.
Arts Program Specialist• GSNEY Hidden Lake Camp
Lake Luzerne, NY • Summer 2016
• Created and implemented art & nature education programs for groups ranging from 40-100 overnight campers for 6 weeks.
• Coordinated with staff in high risk wilderness conditions to prepare for emergency situations and camper safety.
(Continued: Art + Design Experience)
Arty Pants Magazine | 2024
Featured Artist in the Summer Places Issue for Photography, Printmaking, and Ceramics
2 Rivers Ceramics | 2023-24
Practicing Artist + Student
SUNY ESF
2018| ASLA Merit Award
2018| University Olmsted Scholar
2018| Honors Program
2017| Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society
2015| Vivian Ryan Sutton Scholarship
2018 | UNLIMITED
Author, Research
Artist • Carly Benson Creatives
Small Business, Potter, Printmaker, Photographer
Newburyport, MA • Winter 2021-Present
• Artist specializing in pottery, printmaking, and photography, and a current member of the 2 Rivers Ceramics Studio community.
• Created artistic concepts according to client needs for album covers and promotional materials.
Landscape Architectural Designer & Marketing
Coordinator • STIMSON Studio
Graphic Design, Marketing, Proposals, Landscape Architecture
Cambridge, MA • Fall 2019-Fall2020
• Created conceptual and technical plans with design teams, produced proposal packages, and delivered presentations for private and public clients at a nationally recognized firm.
• Led all promotional and marketing initiatives, including graphic design for book publications, increased social media presence, news updates, awards, response to major current events, and proposals.
Landscape Architectural Designer • NYC Parks and Rec
Landscape Architecture, Green Infrastructure
Queens, NY • Summer 2018-Fall 2019
• Applied art and design skills to urgent large-scale engineering problems focusing on retrofitting existing park spaces to reduce storm water runoff in waterways throughout the 5 boroughs.
• Presented effective design solutions through graphics, construction documents, illustrations, and cost estimates to stakeholders.
Independent Design Study + Research • SUNY-ESF
Photography, Graphic Design, Data Visualization
Barcelona, Spain • Fall 2017
• Designed a 4 month research project resulting in an interdisciplinary 142 page book concentrating on data visualization, relationship between urban landscape architectural design, politics of space, and movement through street skateboarders that received honors and nomination as the University Olmsted scholar to compete in the National Olmsted Scholar award competition.