Professor - Concordia University, River Forest, IL
Professor of Art (tenured), 2002 to present
Range of courses regularly taught: two-dimensional basic studio design, drawing, printmaking I & II, painting I & II, professional strategies in art, women in art, introduction to art, and independent studies for advanced and honor’s students.
Spent five weeks in NYC on sabbatical leave during Spring 2014 to pursue new dimensions in her own artwork and pedagogy.
Academic advisor to art majors and minors.
Participation in the Women and Gender Studies Program.
Participation in the Striving to Overcome Prejudice (S.T.O.P.) program, including coordination of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. School Celebration Day.
Participation in the Women’s History Month programs and the Latino History Month programs, and various diversity trainings.
Committee Service to the University, 2002 to present
Faculty Senate; College of Arts and Sciences Policies; Faculty Growth and Development; University Policies; Advisor Peer Review Council; Faculty Welfare; Fine and Performing Arts Building and Campaign; Student and Community Leadership Awards Committee; Academic Faculty Searches (History, Art, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences).
Faculty Representative to the Board of the University's Foundation, 2008 to 2014
Director, Ferguson Art Gallery, 2002 to present
Responsible for artist selection, curating and technical work involved in mounting exhibitions of six professional visiting artists per year. Co-curate two additional shows each year - for art students and for graduating art majors. Mount triennial art faculty exhibition. Coordinate all gallery artists’ talks, demonstrations and workshops
Curator, University’s Permanent Art Collection, 2002 to 2006
Made artistic decisions involving placement, and oversaw the appraisal, upkeep and housing of over 250 works of art in the University’s permanent art collection
Artist
Works on paper – prints (intaglio, relief, monotype), drawings and mixed media
Please see separate exhibition record
My Education
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
M.F.A., 1981, Printmaking (minor in Art History)
Studied under: Malcolm Myers, Karl Bethke and Jerald Krepps
Named “Most Outstanding T.A.” in Studio Arts
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
B.A. (cum Laude, and Honors in Art), 1978, Majors in Art and in Religion
Leadership Award, 1978 (awarded to the most outstanding student leader of the graduating class)
Arts Educator
Mocek Art Studio, 1989 to present
Speaking engagements on artistic expression and on the business of being an artist
Juror, curator, and private instruction and workshops at Greektown area art studio, 1989 to 2002
Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, 1985 to 2002
Numerous speaking engagements on various aspects of the business of art, including at Columbia College through the Arts and Urban Policy program, the Chicago Bar Association, the American Academy of Art (Chicago), the Des Moines (Iowa) Public Schools/Continuing Education, and the Rock Island (Illinois) Public Schools on behalf of the Illinois Arts Council
Workshop engagements for the Chicago Public School System’s high school art teachers on the business of art, finding business resources and survival techniques
Gallery 37/After School Program of the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, 1996
In affiliation with Anchor Graphics
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Summer 1996
Substitute Instructor - drawing
(State of) Illinois Artisans Programs, Chicago, 1992
Demonstrator - prints and mixed media print collage
Paper Press, Chicago, 1989 to 1992 (this organization is now Columbia College’s Department of Book and Paper Arts)
Instructor of Art - monoprint, relief, intaglio and silkscreen courses
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, 1985 to 1994
Instructor of Art - beginning and advanced silkscreen, relief and intaglio courses
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 1985 to 1987
Instructor of Art - drawing, two-dimensional design, relief (linoleum/wood) and studio arts introduction courses
College of Saint Teresa, Winona, MN, 1981 to 1984
Assistant Professor, tenure-track - all print media courses, drawing, painting, two-dimensional design, introduction to studio art, composition, color theory, art appreciation and art history survey courses; also taught off-campus elective art classes to nursing majors
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1978 to 1981
Teaching Assistant, Printmaking Department - all intaglio and relief courses (taught a total of 60 credit hours)
Co-developed new relief printmaking program
Co-built new relief studio
Arts Employment and Advocacy
Chicago Artists' Coalition, Chicago - The preeminent not-for-profit service, education and advocacy organization in the Midwest for artists in the visual arts
Director, Chicago Art Open, 1998 to 2002: created the concept and supervise all logistics of the country’s largest annual non-juried art exhibition under one roof, showing the work of 300 student, emerging, mid-career and prominent Chicago artists in an 18,000 square-foot gallery
Member, Advisory Board, 2002 to present
Membership Director, 1998 to 2002: coordinate all members’ needs and services; liaison to the Board and several committees; maintain 2,300-member database; represent the organization publicly
Chairperson of the Board of Directors, 1992 to 1996
Officer, 1985 to 1998 (including Secretary, Treasurer, and Director of Development)
Member, Board of Directors, 1985 to 1998
Skyline Art Studios, Inc., Chicago, 1998 to 2005
President of company that owned, leased out and managed 14 fine art studios
Editorial Cartoonist, for a Chicago community newspaper, 2001 to present
Paper Press, Chicago - non-profit school, gallery and studio for papermaking and related media (this organization is now Columbia College’s Department of Book and Paper Arts)
Member, Board of Directors, 1989 to 1992
Chicago Center for the Print/Hunt-Wulkowicz Graphics, Chicago, 1987 to 1989
Gallery Director, representing over 140 printmakers, jurying and organizing regular shows, and managing retail operations, advertising and public relations
Sales Representative, managing wholesale distribution of Susan Hunt-Wulkowicz prints to over 100 galleries nationwide
Arts Jurying and Consulting
"Gateway to Imagination: A National Juried Art Competition," The Farmington Museum of the City of Farmington, NM, 2016
Self- Employment for the Arts (SEA) College Art Competition, Lisle, IL, 2015
Panel Moderator for “Water: A Universal Human Right or Commodity?" Panel Discussion, College Art Association National Conference/Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, Chicago, 2014
Panel participants: Indira Johnson, Artist and Curator, Liz Dodson, Video Artist and Curator and Debra Shore, City of Chicago Water Reclamation Commissioner
Oak Park Art League Member’s Show, Oak Park, IL, 2013 & 2012
West Suburban Artist’s Guild Exhibition, Triton College, River Grove, Il, 2013
Old Town Art Fair, Old Town Triangle Association Chicago, 2012
Naperville Riverwalk Fine Arts Fair, Naperville, IL, 2007
57th Street Art Fair Hyde Park, Chicago, 2007
All-City Chicago Public High School Arts Competition, Chicago, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
The Gallery at the Fine Arts Building, Chicago, 2005
Lewis University External Program Review of the Department of Art and Design, Joliet, Illinois, 2004
Old Town Art Fair, Old Town Triangle Association Chicago, 2003
Wells Street Art Fair, Chicago, 2000, 2002
Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP Grants), Chicago, 1995-1996, 1999-2001 (Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs)
(State of) Illinois Artisans Programs, Chicago, 1992, 1997
Polish Arts Club Annual Exhibition, Chicago, 1992, 1997, 1999
New Eastside Art Works Fair, Chicago, 1997
Wells Street Art Fair, Chicago, 1995, 1997
National Small Works Exhibition, An Art Place Gallery, Chicago, 1996
“Chicago United” Art Contest, Cluster Initiative Schools, Chicago, 1994
Fine Art Fair, Homewood-Flossmoor, IL, 1994
Marwen Foundation Arts Awards, 1992
Youth Communication Publications, Chicago, 1991, 1992 (public high school art exhibition at Chicago Cultural Center)
Evanston YMCA Young Artists Exhibition, Evanston, IL, 1989