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About

About me
Dylan Fruh is a multimedia artist educator with experience teaching art to Pre-K through high school students in a variety of learning environments. Dylan holds an MAT in art education from the Maine College of Art, and a BA in Studio Art from Vassar College.

Dylan has designed and facilitated workshops through a number of schools and arts organizations in and around Portland, ME including SPACE Gallery, LearningWorks, and the Portland Museum of Art. In his personal artistic practice Dylan specializes in printmaking and video art, and combines digital and analog processes to create videos and animations using printed materials. When he is not teaching or making art you can find Dylan teaching climbing at Salt Pump Climbing Co. in Scarborough, ME.

Education
2019 - 2020
MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING, ART EDUCATION

Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine

2013-2017
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN STUDIO ART

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

2015
SUMMER STUDIES IN PRINTMAKING

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Awards/ Exhibitions
2017
Lewis Rubenstein Award for outstanding achievement in Studio Art
2017
Cross Pollination

Thesis exhibition, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

2017
Trace

Group exhibition, Palmer Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York

 

Teaching Experience
Aug. 2020 - Present
ART TEACHER, Princeton Friends School, Princeton, NJ

Teaching K-8 art.

June 2020 - Present
ONLINE ART TEACHER, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

Develop and teach online animation courses for the Continuing Studies department.

Oct. 2018 - June 2020
CLIMBING INSTRUCTOR, Salt Pump Climbing Company, Scarborough, ME

Teach teenagers and adults indoor climbing technique and skills courses with an emphasis on risk management and safe practices.

Feb. - Apr. 2020
ART TEACHER INTERN, Gray-New Gloucester High School, Gray, ME

Develop and teach lessons for three foundations art classes, a mixed media/ bookmaking class, and a drawing class. Worked alongside mentor teacher to transition to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Created online lesson plans, videos, and resources.

Jan. - Feb. 2020
ART TEACHER INTERN, Reiche Community School and Peaks Island School, Portland, ME

Developed and implemented painting, printmaking and sculpture lessons for 450 students in a K-5 art classroom.

Oct. - Nov. 2019
ART TEACHER, LearningWorks, Portland, ME

Taught a six week grant funded 2- 5 grade after school art program that culminated in an exhibition of student work at the Maine College of Art.

Workshops & Events
Feb. 2020
MEND THE GAP, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

Facilitated a K-12 community quilting project centered on equity in Portland.

Nov. 2019
ADVENTURES IN ART, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

Designed and facilitated a multipart lesson focused on Design Thinking for art students from Scarborough High School in response to an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Student work was exhibited at Scarborough HS.

Oct. 2019
GALLERY TALK, Portland Museum of Art

Designed and lead a gallery talk for 7th grade students from Breakwater School

Oct. 2019
MIX TAPE, Space Gallery, Portland, ME

Collaborated with Miguel Benitez to design and implement a differentiated shadow puppet lesson at Mixtape, a community dance party designed for families with children.

Certifications
Maine, K12 Art (pending)
Art Skills
  • Printmaking
    99%
  • Drawing
    90%
  • Painting
    75%
  • Sculpture
    85%
  • Book Making
    80%
  • Ceramics
    60%
  • Video Art
    99%
  • Animation
    80%
Digital Skills
  • Adobe Photoshop
    95%
  • Adobe Premiere
    99%
  • Adobe Illustrator
    60%
  • Adobe InDesign
    60%
  • Google Suite
    99%
  • WordPress
    60%