ILLuSTRATOR & Storyteller CV
EDUCATION
2016
Courses in Continuing Education, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2015
MST with Distinction, Art Education (All Grades), Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2014
BFA, Illustration with Concentration in Visual Development, Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL
2011
AS, Fine Arts with Experimental Drawing in Italy, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & GRANT FUNDED WORKSHOPS
2018
Nuts & Bolts Workshop, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, November 2017 — May 2018
2017
Platte Clove Artist Residency, Platte Clove Cabin, Elka Park, NY, August 2017
ART EXHIBITIONS
2019
Creations: Connections & Collections, The Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY, October 2019
2018
Monster Party!, The Arts Center, Troy, NY, October 26th 2018
Formation: Business of Art, The Arts Center, Troy, NY, September 2018 — October 2018
The Fence Show (Member Exhibition), The Arts Center, Troy, NY, May 2018 — July 2018
Imagine Too (Group Exhibition), The Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY, April 2018 — May 2018
First Friday April (Solo Exhibition), The Savoy Taproom, Albany, NY, April 2018 — May 2017
Platte Clove Artist Residency Show (Juried, Group Exhibition), Catskill Center, Arkville, NY, March 2018 — May 2018
2017
Illustrated (Group Exhibition), Albany Public Library Pine Hills Branch, Albany, NY, June 2017 — October 2017
12th Annual Member’s Show (Member Exhibition), Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY, January 2017
2016
Art in the Workplace (Group Exhibition), Hasbro, Providence, RI, April 2016
2015
Art in the Workplace (Group Exhibition), Hasbro, Pawtucket, RI, November 2015
Art Education Capstone (Student Work), Rochester Institute of Technology, Henrietta, NY, May 2015
Little Artists Make it Big (Student Work), Rochester Institute of Technology, Henrietta, NY, January 2015
2013
The Art of Storytelling (Curated and Showed), Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL, April 2013
Best of Fall 2012 (Juried), Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL, January 2013
2012
Illest of Illustration (Juried), Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL, October 2012
2011
Illest of Illustration (Juried), Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL, October 2011
Advanced Study Exhibition (Award, Group Exhibition), Hudson Valley Community College Troy, NY, May 2011
2011 Student Exhibition (Juried), Hudson Valley Community College Troy, NY, May 2011
2010
Make Art, Not War (Purchase, Group Exhibition), The Dead Presidents Lounge, Albany, NY, March 2010
Student Art Exhibit (Juried), Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY, April 2010
CONVENTIOnS & FAIRS
2019
Indie Garage Sale Craft Fair, Accelerate Sports, Whitesboro, NY, December 2019
Arlene’s Holiday Makers Market, Arlene’s Artist Materials, Albany, NY, December 2019
Saratoga Comic Con, Saratoga Springs City Center, Saratoga, NY, October 2019
Plattsburgh Comic Con, Crete Memorial Civic Center, Plattsburgh, NY, September 2019
Arlene’s Art Fair, Arlene’s Artist Materials, Albany, NY, August 2019
Salt City Comic Con, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY, July 2019
Arlene’s Spring Maker’s Market, Arlene’s Artist Materials, Albany, NY, May 2019
Collar City Craft Festival, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, April 2019
PUBLICATIONS
2014
The Missing Sock (promotional illustration anthology), Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL, 2014
2000
Trapped (self-published short story), Sand Lake Town Library, Averill Park, NY, 2000
ARTIST TALKS
2014
Rochester Area Literacy Council (speaker), French Road School, Rochester, NY, October 2014
DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
2017 — Current
Artist & Storyteller, D. M. LeBlanc Studio, Troy, NY
2015 — 2016
Imbedded Innovator on Future of Toys, Hasbro, Providence, RI
2013
Girl’s Design Team Intern, Hasbro, Pawtucket, RI
CURATOR & GALLERY EXPERIENCE
January, 2015
Exhibition Curator, Little Artists Make it Big (Student Work) at Rochester Institute of Technology, Sarasota, FL
May, 2013
Exhibition Curator, Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL
2012 — 2013
Gallery Assistant and Promoter, Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL
2010 — 2011
Gallery Assistant, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY
ART TEACHING EXPERIENCE
April, 2015 — May, 2015
Student Art Teacher, Ginther Elementary School, Brockport, NY
February, 2015 — March, 2015
Student Art Teacher, Brockport High School, Brockport, NY
October, 2014 — December, 2014
Grad Assistant: Art Teacher, Margaret’s House, Rochester, NY
2009 — 2011
Drawing and Painting Tutor, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY
PERSONAL CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
2016 — Current
Member, Gochee’s Figure Drawing Group, Delmar, NY
2015 — Current
Member, Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, Guilderland, NY
2013
Co-Founder of The Storytelling & Writing Club, Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL