{"id":2,"date":"2013-01-25T03:44:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T03:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jillharmon.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2014-01-16T18:00:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T18:00:18","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jillharmon.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><br \/>\nMasters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) &#8211; University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO<br \/>\nBachelors of Arts, Fine Arts &#8211; Park University, Parkville, MO.\u00a0 Summa Cum Laude<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emphasis on fibers and illustration<\/li>\n<li>Departmental Honors, Fine Arts<\/li>\n<li>Fine Arts Award in Excellence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional Experience:<\/strong><br \/>\nAdjunct Faculty \u2013 MCC Maple Woods College, Kansas City, MO (2010 \u2013 2012)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drawing I, II, III, IV<\/li>\n<li>Watercolor Painting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructor &#8211; Alphapointe Association for the Blind, Kansas City, MO (2001 \u2013 Present)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adult art classes for individuals with vision loss or blindness, including deaf\/blind<\/li>\n<li>Fibers, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, painting, and other media<\/li>\n<li>Oversight and curriculum development of Creative Arts Program<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer of the Year Award, 2011, Recognition of 10 years of Service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Director &#8211; BlueScope Foundation, Kansas City, MO (1999-Present)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visiting Artist Lectures &amp; Workshops:<\/strong><br \/>\nCass County Student Art Show Judge (2011, 2013).\u00a0 Grades 4-12, approx 90 entries<br \/>\nOzanam Home for Children &#8211; Workshop teacher &#8211; paper-making and silk dyeing for<br \/>\nmiddle school and high school youth in transitional living program (2009-2010).<br \/>\nPleasant Hill Quilt Guild \u2013 Workshop teacher &#8211; silk dyeing (2009).<br \/>\nMissouri State Quilters Guild \u2013Workshop teacher &#8211; surface design (2007)<br \/>\nCampFire USA\u2013 Workshop teacher\/art judge &#8211; Explorer Program (2004)<br \/>\nAccessible Arts \u2013 Workshop teacher \u2013 printmaking (2004)<br \/>\nKansas State School for the Blind \u2013 Workshop teacher &#8211; weaving (2003)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Community Experience:<\/strong><br \/>\nArtsTech \u2013 Board of Directors (2010-current)<br \/>\nOne-to-One Reading Program -Weekly literacy volunteer for elementary school children<br \/>\nPowell Gardens \u2013 Facilitated tour of sculpture exhibit for blind adults (2010)<br \/>\nNiles Home for Children \u2013 Participated in mock-interview day with students in the \u201cWould You\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Hire You\u201d program (2010-2012).\u00a0 Continuing Education Workshop facilitator (2008)<br \/>\nNelson-Atkins Museum of Art &#8211; Facilitated tactile gallery visit for blind adults (2008)<br \/>\nKemper Museum of Art\u00a0 &#8211; Facilitated tactile gallery visit for blind adults (2007)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibitions:<\/strong><br \/>\n2012 Rambling River Fiber Artists: Traveling exhibit at various galleries across Missouri<br \/>\n2009 Maple Woods Fibers Exhibition<br \/>\n2008 Kaw Valley Gallery, Kansas City, KS<br \/>\n2008 River Market Art Show, Kansas City, MO<br \/>\n2007 Missouri State Quilters Guild Annual Exhibition<br \/>\n2007 River Market Art Show, Kansas City, MO<br \/>\n2006 Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO<br \/>\n2006 Campanella Gallery, Parkville, MO<br \/>\n2005 Amelia Earhart Art Show, Atchison, KS<br \/>\n2004 Maple Woods Art Competition:\u00a0 work selected for permanent display on campus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education: Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) &#8211; University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO Bachelors of Arts, Fine Arts &#8211; Park University, Parkville, MO.\u00a0 Summa Cum Laude Emphasis on fibers and illustration Departmental Honors, Fine Arts Fine Arts Award in Excellence Professional Experience: Adjunct Faculty \u2013 MCC Maple Woods College, Kansas City, MO (2010 \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillharmon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillharmon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillharmon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillharmon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillharmon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jillharmon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17,"href":"https:\/\/jillharmon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillharmon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}