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About
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Leia Glotzbach is an educator with experience in general art for Pre-K though grade 12. As well as experience in studio arts at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Education
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May 2021
Masters of Fine Arts. Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis. Concentration: Ceramics
May 2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts. Indiana University. Major: Ceramics, Minor: Art History
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Experience
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2021-2022
Art Teacher at St. Barnabas Catholic School, Indianapolis, Indiana. Taught art to grades Pre-k through 8th grade.
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Spring 2021
Associate Instructor at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, Indiana. Teaching those pursuing their master of art therapy experimentation and development with mixed media.
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Fall 2020 - Fall 2021
Adjunct Instructor at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, Indiana. Teaching beginning and intermediate ceramics, hand building.
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Herron Gallery Graduate Fellow at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, Indiana. Assisting with install and deinstall of exhibitions. Handling and packaging art. Archiving and photographing prints from the Herron School of Art + Design inventory.
Fall 2019 - Fall 2020
Marketing Studio Intern at AMACO - American Art Clay Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. American Art Clay Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. Test tile production artist (hand built and slip cast). Packing test tiles for shipment. Designing and creating attractor pieces for classroom lesson plans and Glaze in the Blank contests. Fabricating cups and clay chips for Dick Blick’s rebranding of their AMACO inventory. Repairing the marketing kilns. Tested glazes for the yearly glaze testing.
Summer 2019
Teaching Artist at the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky. Constructed lesson plans. Was the lead instructor for summer camps ages 6-9. Camps consisted of art history in the galleries and hands-on projects.
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2017 - 2019
Art Sparks Facilitator at the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky. Surveil Art Sparks and make sure Art Sparks is in orderly fashion. I instruct and educate K-12th grade art projects for school field trips, along with once a month I teach Art Lab. I periodically read children’s books related to art works in the Speed’s collection to children.
Summer 2018
Wall Together Summer Ceramic Camp Teacher at the Speed Art Museum Louisville, Kentucky. Taught children from ages 5-9 how to make clay slabs, slab boxes, pinch pots, and the application of glaze.
Summer 2015
Intern at Pat Harrison Art Center Gallery, Arts Council of Southern Indiana,
New Albany, Indiana. I undertook the public outreach by contacting local businesses to partake in the Monarch Festival. I oversaw social media strategy and marketing. I also executed gallery set up and take down.
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Exhibitions
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2021
The Land Of Milk and Honey, Berkshire, Reese and Paul Galleries, Eskenazi Hall, Indianapolis, Indiana Healing Arts Gallery, Ascension St. Vincent Women's Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana
2020
Seven, Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
College Invitational Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
2019
Herron School of Art + Design MFA Candidate Fall Exhibition, Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
Intense Interpretations, Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
2018
Spectrum of Illumination, Prophecy Ink Tattoo & Fine Art Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
Thoughtfully Fabricated, Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Exhibitions
2017
Jingle Walk, Artseed, New Albany, Indiana
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany,Indiana Bread & Roses: Recent Work from IUS Ceramics, Pat Harrison Art Center Gallery, Southern Indiana Arts Council, New Albany, Indiana
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Awards and Honors
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2018
Kentucky Mudworks Award, for 'The Study of My Body (Clay)’, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
2017
Studio Award, Barr Gallery Award for 'And So I Kept Living’, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
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Collaborative Public Art
2015
Gateway Project Duke Energy Shelter House Project, Arts Council of Southern Indiana
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Publications
2018
Senior Artists Share the Concepts Behind their Work, TheHorizon, Web.
NEDA Awareness Events, National Eating Disorders, Web.
2017
Ceramics Exhibition to Showcase Student and Faculty Artwork, Celebrate Community, InsideIU, Web.
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Volunteer Experience
2018 - 2019
Southern Crossing Pottery Festival (SXPF). I assisted the artists with sales, broke down the festival, picked up and distributed soup for empty bowls for A Recipe to Cure Hunger and Carole’s Kitchen along with wrapping the bowls sold during empty bowls.
2015 - 2016
Kids in Need. I conducted backpack build for kids who need backpacks and school supplies.
2013 - 2016
American Cancer Society. I aided booths at Relay for Life. I also coordinated 3 Ribbons for Life fundraisers.
2013 - 2015
National Kidney Foundation. I assisted with passing out water bottles and pompoms for cheering on those walking. I also cheered on those walking.
2013 - 2015
Open Door Youth Shelter. I devoted my time to spend time with the teenagers residing there.