C.V.
M. Sylvia Weintraub
The University of Tennessee at Martin, Department of Educational Studies / Visual & Theatre Arts
EDUCATION:
Texas Tech University
Degree: Fine Arts Doctoral – Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary: Visual Art, Music, & Theatre)
Concentration: Critical Studies & Artistic Practice
Graduation Date: 2021
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at Tufts University
Degree: Master of Fine Arts – M.F.A.
Graduation Date: 2016
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts – B.F.A.
Graduation Date: 2011
Interlochen Arts Academy
Degree: High School (Visual Arts Major)
Graduation Date: 2007
PROFESSIONAL:
The University of Tennessee at Martin, Dept. of Ed. Studies / Visual & Theatre Arts Martin, TN 2023-present
Assistant Professor of Art Education, Studio Art, & Art Theory
Visiting Lecturer, Art Education (Art Education, Studio Art) Martin, TN 2022-2023
Sam Houston State University, Department of Art Huntsville, TX 2021-2022
Adjunct Instructor (Art History, Animation History, Studio Art)
Texas Tech University, School of Art Lubbock, TX 2017-2021
Adjunct / Graduate Part-Time Instructor (Art History, Art Education and Visual Studies)
Texas Tech University, School of Art Lubbock, TX 2018-2021
Performing Arts Research Lab (PeARL) member
TTU School of Art Pre-College Art Immersion Program Lubbock, TX 2017, 2019-21
Camp Co-Director, Sculpture Instructor, & Camp Advisor Link
TTU Groundwork Program Lubbock, TX 2018-19
Group Facilitator (Teaching Workshop Overseer of Microteaching Activities)
Teaching, Learning, and Professional Developments Center (TLPDC)
Texas Tech University, School of Art Lubbock, TX 2016-17
Woodshop Monitor, Part-time technician
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University Boston, MA 2015-16
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sculpture / Performance Departments
Imagination Connection Mobile Arts Program Los Angeles, CA 2014
Art Instructor (Found Object Sculptures)
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Helen DeVitt Jones Foundation Art Talent Fellowship
Texas Tech University, 2016 – 20
Teaching Effectiveness And Career enHancement (TEACH) Fellow
Texas Tech University, Teaching, Learning, & Professional Development Center Link 2017—18
Graduate Recruitment Fellowship
Texas Tech University, 2016 – 2020
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts MFA Merit Scholarship
Tufts University, 2014 – 2016
New Artist Society Presidential Merit Scholarship
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007 – 2011
PRAXIS:
Studio: Data Visualization, Graphic Design, Printmaking, Artist’s Books, Sculpture, Furniture Design, Designed Objects, Installation Art, Socially Engaged Art, Metals, Fibers, Conceptual Art, Performance Art, Drawing and Experimental Painting
Areas of Expertise in Art History: American Art of the 1960s & 70s, the work of Vito Acconci, Neo-Conceptualism, American Animation History of the 1930s, Contemporary Art History American Tattoo History
Research Interests, Theoretical Frameworks & Areas of Study: Art Education Online, Internet Research, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Online, Virtual Communities of Practice, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science, Data Visualization, Human Factors, Critical Theory, Media Ecology, New Materialisms / Post-Humanism
Languages: English (native), French (level 3 proficiency, undergraduate), Hebrew
Tech: Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, After Effect), Microsoft Suite, AutoCAD, RStudio, Python, Anaconda, MATLAB, Blackboard, Canvas, Slack
RECENT EXHIBITIONS / PRESENATIONS / PUBLICATIONS:
Drip, & Pour! Exploring the Impact of Viral Process Painting Louisville, KY 2025
Presentation, National Art Education Association Convention (NAEA)
Using Animated Data Visualization as Art Education Research
Presentation, National Art Education Association Convention (NAEA)
Informal Art Education Online: DIY as Pedagogy
Conference Supersession Presentation, Tennessee Art Education Conference (TAEA)
Art Education Online: Teaching and Learning Through Communities of Practice and DIY 2024
Full manuscript, Studies in Art Education, Special Issue
Mapping Art Teacher Data in Rural Communities: Using Minneapolis, MN 2024 Interdisciplinary Research
Conference Presentation, National Art Education Association (NAEA)
Visualizing Soil Erosion Data: Using Eco-Art & STEAM in the Classroom Minneapolis, MN, 2024
Conference Presentation, National Art Education Association (NAEA)
How Do You Know? Parsing the Infocalypse Urbana, IL 2023
Conference Presentation, 20th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI)
Creative Thinking Through Interdisciplinary Digital Pedagogies
Interdisciplinary Textbook (anticipated release date: 2025)
Faculty Exhibition: Aesthetic Objects in Liminal Spaces
Fine Arts Gallery Exhibition with Jason Woolery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
TAEA Member Connections Exhibition Nashville, TN 2023
Juried Group Exhibition, Leu Center for Visual Art
Who Lives in New York City? Using Animated Data Visualization to Explore Urbana, IL 2023 Housing (in)Security Data and NYC Identities
Conference Presentation, The 19th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI)
Shared Thoughts & Conversations About CHOICE Chicago, IL 2023
Invited Exhibitor, Special Projects, EXPO Chicago
A Witness to Art: Who Goes to the Museum? San Antonio, TX 2023
Conference Presentation, National Art Education Association Conference (NAEA)
Socially Engaged ART Education: Using Art-Based Research + Animated Data San Antonio, TX 2023 Visualization to Assess Notions of CHOICE About Women’s Reproductive Issues
Pre-conference Presentation, National Art Education Association Conference (NAEA)
Shared Thoughts & Conversations About CHOICE Chicago, IL 2022
Art Exhibition, Jean Albano Gallery Link
Fall Faculty Exhibition
Fine Arts Gallery Exhibition with Jason Woolery, The University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 2022
How Learning Happens in DIY Communities of Practice (CoPs) on Pinterest New York, NY 2022
Conference Presentation, National Art Education Association Conference (NAEA)
Why Making Matters Online: The Pinterest-DIY Data Set Virtual Event 2021
Conference presentation, Association for Internet Researchers (AoIR) Conference
“Hybrid Spaces of Interaction at Inter_World_View 2019” Virtual Event 2021
Journal Article, Trends Link
“Rethinking Together: Reflections on AERI Pecha Kucha Sessions” Virtual Event 2020
Commentary, Studies in Art Education
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Online: Why Making Matters on Pinterest Virtual Event 2020
Doctoral Colloquium Presentation, Association for Internet Researchers (AoIR) Conference
Inter-World-View Hangzhou, China 2019
Annual Colloquium & Abridged Artist Residency, China Academy of Art (CAA), Institute of Contemporary Art & Social Thought, School of Inter-Media Art Link
Art Education Online: How Users Engaged in Do-It-Yourself (DIY) New York, NY 2019 Culture Self-Educate Using Pinterest
Art Education Research Institute (AERI), Pecha Kucha Presentation, Teachers College, Columbia University
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Online: Inspiration and Creative Making Lubbock, TX 2019
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics (STEAM) Day, Museum of Texas Tech University
Summer Group Show: In Search Of… Greenport, NY 2018
VSOP Art + Design Projects, Exhibition Essay and Text Installation
Participatory Installation: Causal Contemplations Lubbock, TX 2017-18
Museum of Texas Tech University, Leonardo’s Kitchen, Collaboration with Raha Shojaei & Artist Talk
Fall Salon Exhibition: Languaging the Body, Vol. 1 Greenport, NY 2017
Group Exhibition, VSOP Art + Design Projects
Not Neutral Lubbock, TX 2017
Self-published Artist’s Book, © 2017 M. Sylvia Weintraub
HE Said / SHE Said Lubbock, TX 2016
Self-published Artist’s Book, © 2016 M. Sylvia Weintraub
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Cyclorama Boston, MA 2016
SMFA @ Tufts University
The Quantum Present Boston, MA 2016
(Un) Conscious Selves
Moments Undefined
The First Yesterday
Artist’s Books, © 2016 M. Sylvia Weintraub
What petrifies you? Boston, MA 2016
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Collaborative Project with Artist in Residence Cesare Pietroiusti
This Moment / That Moment Boston, MA 2015
Self-published Artist’s Book, © 2015 M. Sylvia Weintraub
MFA Group Exhibition: Re-Entry Boston, MA 2015
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at Tufts University, Atrium
Group Exhibition: Intentional or Intuitive? Boston, MA 2015
Make Shift Gallery
Solo Exhibition: APPERCEPTION NOW! Holliston, MA 2014
Holliston High School Art Gallery
FALL BFA Student Show Chicago, IL 2008
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sullivan Gallery