CURTIS BRACHER
San Diego, CA 92101
www.curtisbracher.infoDownload Resume/CV
education
MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Painting/New Media, 2003
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Painting 1998
BA, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Painting, 1995
Work - art and education related
Adjunct Instructor, Southwestern Community College, Chula Vista, CA
August 2008-Present. Department of Art and Comm, 900 Otay Lakes Rd., Chula Vista, CA, 91910. Foundation Art Instructor, Drawing, Painting, Contemporary Practices - New Genres, and 2D/3D Design. Contact: John Pickelle, Department Chair, jpickelle@swccd.eduAdjunct Instructor, San Diego City Community College, San Diego, CA
August 2020-Present. Department of Art and Comm, Fine Arts 1313 Park Boulevard. San Diego, CA. Foundation Art Instructor, Drawing, Humanities Contact: Wayne Hulgins, Department Lead, whulgins@sdccd.eduLecturer, California State University, San Marcos, CA
January 2013-Present. Visual and Performing Arts Department, 311 Arts Building, 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd., San Marcos, CA 92096 Foundation Instructor, Intro to Visual Arts. Experimental Media, Web Design. Contact: Judit Hersko, Coordinator, jhersko.csusm.eduAdjunct Instructor, Grossmont Community College, El Cajon, CA
August 2013-Present. Arts and Humanities Department, 8800 Grossmont College Drive. El Cajon, CA 92020, 3D Digital Multi-Media, Contemporary Art Practices- Interactive Media, Drawing for Animation, Foundation Art Instructor, Intro to Digital Art. Contact Paul Turounet - paul.turounet@gcccd.eduAdjunct Instructor, Cuyamaca Community College, El Cajun, CA
January 2009-Present. Visual and Performing Arts, 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway El Cajon, California 92019. Foundation Art Instructor, Drawing and Design. Contact: Joshua Eggleton, Department Chair, joshua.eggleton@gcccd.edu. (619) 660-4255Adjunct Instructor, Miramar Community College, San Diego, CA
August 2022-December 2022. One semester only - temporary fill-in. Visual and Performing Arts. 10440 Black Mountain Rd, San Diego, CA 92126. Foundation Art Instructor, Drawing, Humanities. Contact: Contact Lou Ascione - Dean School of Liberal Arts. lascione@sdccd.ed. (619) 388-7873WebMaster, Art Director, MonkeyRestless Web Productions
September 2006-Present. Web Master and Lead Designer. Web Design, Flash Programing, and E-commerce solutions. www.monkeyrestless.comPast Work - art and education related
Adjunct Instructor, Front Range Community College, Fort Collins, CO
August 2005-May 2006. Department of Art and Letters, 4616 Shields St., Fort Collins, CO, 80526. Instructor for Drawing and Painting. Contact: Karl Dukstein, Department LeadAdjunct Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver
August 2004-May 2006. Campus Box 59, PO Box 173362, Denver, CO, 80217. Instructor for Beginning/ Intermediate/ Advanced Drawing, 2-D design, Introduction to Computer Art. Contact: (303) 556-3090.Teacher, Education Department, Denver Art Museum
Summer 2003. 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO, 80204. Created, developed and implemented multi-cultural art (Drawing/Painting/Sculpture) classes for children, ages 4-8. Contact: (720) 913-5437.Director, Museum Art School, San Diego Museum of Art
December 1994-July 1998. PO Box 2117, San Diego, CA, 92112. Created, developed and implemented art classes, summer camps, and various other curricula and programs for children, ages 4-17. General administrative duties included grant writing and developing, budget, hiring, marketing, teacher and intern management. Contact: (619) 696-1952Studio Instructor, San Diego Museum of Art
September 1994-July 1998. San Diego, CA, Contact: (619) 696-1952. Taught adult classes in Drawing, Figure Drawing, and Painting. Also functioned as studio teacher for a variety of other adult and children’s programswithin the education department such as creativity workshops and lectures, teacher-training workshops, family participation days, home-schooling, community outreach classesrelated skills
Over 25 years of Art Education experience including 13+ years teaching Foundational/Digital Art at the college level, extensive Museum Education and Gallery experience. Computer proficiency with Processing, Blender, and other open-source/real-time audio/visual manipulation software platforms, Java/HTML/CSS. Arduino Platform, Applications such as Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion. and Keypoint. Adobe Photoshop, Flash, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, Starling IDE. Corel Painter. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint. 10+ years web design/MAMP-Database/e-commerce experience. Twenty years managerial experience. Excellent inter-personal skills. Outstanding teaching skills and ability to relate well with a wide range of learners. Member of College Art Association, National Art Educators Association, San Diego Space 4 Art.Download Resume/CV