Curriculum Vitae
Jordan Andrew (Jack) Watson, MAAE, NBCT
Durham School of the Arts
400 N Duke St, Durham NC 27701
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http://jwatsonart.weebly.com
EDUCATION
2010 M.A. Art Education, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2005 Teacher Certification, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA
1995 B.A. Studio Art and Art History, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
2015-16 CHHS Teacher of the Year
2014-present National Board Certification for Professional Teaching Standards
2014-present PTA Chair for Excellence in Teaching Cultural Arts.
2013-present Art21 Educators Fellow
2014 Teacher of the Year Nominee
2012 Teacher of the Year Nominee
2012 PTSA Grant: NAEA National Conference
2011 PTSA Grant: Art21 Educators Institute
2011 Chapel Hill Carrboro Board of Education Recognition of Outstanding Achievement: Art 21 Educators Institute
2009 Phi Kappa Phi
CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Art, Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, 2014
North Carolina Teaching License, Art, K-12
Pennsylvania Teaching Certification, Art, K-12
Advanced Placement, Art History, Summer institute
International Baccalaureate, Middle Years and Diploma Program, Level II training
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016-present Art Teacher, Durham School of the Arts, Durham, NC. Courses taught:
- Beginning 2D
- Intermediate 2D
- AP Art History
2007-2016 Art Teacher, Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC. Courses taught:
- Drawing and Painting
- Graphic Design
- Studio Art
- Honors Visual Art III
- Honors Visual Art IV
- AP Art History
2006-07 Art Teacher, Hillside High School, Durham, NC. Courses taught:
- Art I
- Art II
- Honors Visual Art III
- Honors Visual Art IV
- IB Visual Art
2005-06 Art Teacher, Franklin Regional Senior High School, Murrysville, PA. Courses taught:
- Intro to Art 2D
- Intro to Art 3D
2005 Student Teacher, Carrick High School, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 Student Teacher, Liberty Elementary, Pittsburgh, PA
2002-05 Shipping/Sales/Mailorder, Get Hip Distribution, Pittsburgh, PA
1998-02 Co-owner/Manager, Safe As Milk Records, Roanoke, VA
RELATED WORKING EXPERIENCE
2015-present Columnist, NAEA Caucus for Social Theory in Art Education
2014-2016 IMLS Collaborative Planning Team, North Carolina Museum of Art
2014-present Visual Arts PLC Lead, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, NC
2014 Teens Inspired Think Tank, North Carolina Museum of Art
2013 Writing Team, NAEA Position Statement on Diversity in Art Education
2012-present Project Leadership Team, Chapel Hill High School
2012-present Art21 Educators, mentor
2011-12 Art21 Educators Institute, participant
- National cohort of sixteen educators developing interdisciplinary art curricula
2011-12 Arts rep, CHHS School Team, Common Core (CCES) transition
2010-11 Visual Arts PLC Lead, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, NC
2007-09 Set Designer/Consultant, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
2006-present Sponsor, National Art Honor Society
1999-02 Music Editor/Contributing Writer, Fence Magazine, Roanoke, VA
- local art and culture publication
1995 Gallery Assistant, Zirkle House Gallery, JMU, Harrisonburg, VA, 1995
1994-95 Assistant Programming Director / D.J., WXJM College Radio, JMU
1994 Intern, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary,
- Andy Warhol exhibit
PUBLICATIONS
2013 Greenwell, D., & Watson, J. (2013, November). State of collaboration. SchoolArts, 8.
2012 Watson, J. (2012). We turned your world upside down: Contemporary art practice in the high school classroom and spaces beyond. Art Education, 65(1), 33-39.
PRESENTATIONS
2015 Reading Images: Visual Literacy and Maria Fabrizio’s Wordless News, Georgia College Educators Seminar, Milledgeville, GA, June 29, 2015
2015 ART21 Educators Super Session: Collaboration and Contemporary Art Education (with Rebecca Belleville, Jethro Gillespie, Julia Mack, Jocelyn Salaz). National Art Education Association’s 55th Annual National Convention, New Orleans, LA, 28 Mar 2015
2015 Process as Practice: Designing and Documenting Moments of Arts-Centered Learning (with Todd Elkin). National Art Education Association’s 55th Annual
National Convention, New Orleans, LA, 27 Mar 2015
2015 CSTAE’S Digication e-Portfolio: A Panel of Teachers Share Their Lessons (panelist). National Art Education Association’s 55th Annual National Convention, New Orleans, LA, 26 Mar 2015
2014 Instructions Enclosed: Contemporary Approaches to Collaboration and Artmaking (with Don Ball and Joe Fusaro). National Art Education Association’s 54th Annual National Convention, San Diego, CA, 31 Mar 2014
2014 New Weird Ideas: Innovation and Beyond (with Ian Sands, Robb Sandagata and Sherri Fisher). National Art Education Association’s 54th Annual National Convention, San Diego, CA, 30 Mar 2014
2014 Relational Aesthetics Projects in the High School Classroom (with Todd Elkin and Jethro Gillespie). National Art Education Association’s 54th Annual National Convention, San Diego, CA, 30 Mar 2014
2013 Borders and Boundaries: Engaging with Global Issues through Contemporary Art. North Carolina Art Education Association conference, Raleigh, NC, 5 Oct 2013
2013 We Turned Your World Upside Down: Interventionist Art in Public Spaces. National Art Education Association’s 53rd Annual National Convention, Ft. Worth, TX, 9 Mar 2013
2013 Teens as Contemporary Artists: Building Communities of Self-Directed Artistic Inquiry. National Art Education Association’s 53rd Annual National Convention, Ft. Worth, TX, 8 Mar 2013
2013 Building a Better Institute: Community, Collaboration and Contemporary Art in Practice. (Panel discussion participant with Art21 and MCA Chicago) National Art Education Association’s 53rd Annual National Convention, Ft. Worth, TX, 8 Mar 2013
2012 Teaching with Contemporary Art. North Carolina Art Education Association conference, Asheville, NC, 3 Nov 2012
2012 Intervention! Art in Public Spaces. North Carolina Art Education Association conference, Asheville, NC, 4 Nov 2012
2012 What is TASK and What Can You Do With It? (Panel discussion participant with Oliver Herring and Art21), National Art Education Association’s 52nd Annual National Convention, New York City, 3 Mar 2012.
EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2015 Media Remix (with Mark Bradford), ART21 Creative Chemistries: Radical Practices for Art & Education, Park Avenue Armory, NYC
2015 Advanced Art Show, Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill, NC (organizer)
2015 TASK party, Educator’s Night Out, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (facilitator)
2015 Artists in Process, blended-learning collaboration, North Carolina Museum of Art
2014 Youth Art Benefit, Chapel Hill Art Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC (organizer)
2013 TASK party (with Oliver Herring), Chapel Hill-Carrboro District Arts Curriculum Day, Chapel Hill, NC
2013 TigerFest TASK party, Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC
2013 Father and Daughter View the Exhibition (Lee Walton, artist), participant, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2012 Faculty TASK event, Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC
2012 Art21 Educators Print Exchange
2011 Cafeteria Mural Project, Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC
2009 The 18th of Tir, performance, The Oval, Columbus, OH
2008 Foreign Languages Building Mural Project, Chapel Hill High School, NC
2007 Set Designer, Romeo y Julieta, Walltown Children’s Theatre, Duke University, NC
2007 Artistic Director, Midsummer Nights Dream, North Carolina Central University
2007 Set Designer, The Wiz, Hillside High School, Durham, NC
2007 Set Painter, Joy’s Story, Hillside High School, Durham, NC
2006 Set Designer, Dream Girls, Hillside High School, Durham, NC
1998 Group Exhibition, No Phase Art Space, Roanoke, VA