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contact name: Alyssa Baguss
email: abaguss@hotmail.com

location address:
anoka MN 55303

open to public: no

Education

B.F.A. 2007
Drawing/Painting
College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota

2007

Teaching Artist Program College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota

2005

Study in New York/New York City – College of Visual Arts

Professional Experience

2008

Youth Program instructor
Minnesota Center for Book Arts,
Minneapolis, Mn.
(K-12 book arts)
presently employed

Art Facilitator – Art at the Bedside Program
Rochester Art Center/Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Mn.
Offering one-on-one arts experience with Mayo Clinic patients
(Hematology and Oncology)
presently employed

Administrator
Windego Park Society, Anoka, Mn.
Non-profit arts organizational management - Performing arts Programming coordinator

Art Instructor
Marcy Open School – Arts for Academic Achievement
Minneapolis, Minnesota (7th/8th grade science, English, French, Social Studies, and Math – drawing)

Art Instructor
Sheridan School – Arts for Academic Achievement
Minneapolis, Minnesota (4 and 7th grade science – drawing/scientific journaling)

Set Designer
Lyric Arts Main Street Stage Theater, Anoka, Minnesota
Pirates of the Caribean (4/08), The boyfriend (6/08) Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (set design, set construction, scenery painting)

Creative Judge
Kemps Milk Carton Boat Races
Minneapolis Aquatennial, July 2008


2007

Art Instructor, Cambridge Medical Center – Harbor Cancer Research Center, Cambridge, Minnesota (drawing, painting,
and sculpture classes for oncology patients)

Administrator, Windego Park Society. Non profit arts organization providing performing arts programing and working towards the restoration of the Windego Park Outdoor Amphitheater located in Anoka, Mn designed by William Purcell.

Art Instructor
Patrick Henry High School
Minneapolis, Minnesota (9th grade science – drawing/scientific journaling)

Art Instructor
Patrick Henry High School
Minneapolis, Minnesota (10th grade math – drawing/geometry journaling)

Monitor, Walker Art Center, 2007 Culture Camp students ages 10 - 12.

Teaching Assistant, Patrick Henry High School Minneapolis,
Minnesota (9th grade science – drawing/scientific journaling)

Set Designer, Lyric Arts Main Street Stage Theater, Anoka, Minnesota, Copacabana, James & the Giant Peach, Annie Get Your Gun (set design, set construction, scenery painting)

Teaching Assistant, Fred Moore Middle School Center for the Arts, Anoka, Minnesota (Drawing and Painting 6-8th grade)

Teaching Assistant, Walker Center for the Arts – Art Lab, Minneapolis, Minnesota (assisted Ilene Mijsoliv – Art Lab Coordinator)

Teaching Assistant, Expo Elementary School, St. Paul, Minnesota. (1-2nd grade)

2006

Scenery Painter, Lyric Arts Main Street Stage Theater, Anoka, Minnesota Miracle on 34th Street

Public Liaison, Minnesota Rocks! International Stone Carving Symposium, St. Paul College, St. Paul, Minnesota (summer)

Internship, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota (education department, March – August)

2005

Scenery Painter, Fred Moore Middle School Center for the Arts, Anoka, Mn. (Peter Pan – fall production)

Production Assistant, Barb Betz Designs, St. Paul, Minnesota
(PB Loco design project)

2006 College of Visual Arts Merit Scholarship Award Finalist, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota

2005 College of Visual Arts Merit Scholarship Award, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota

2004 College of Visual Arts Merit Scholarship Award Finalist, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota

2002-2007 College of Visual Arts Academic Scholarship, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota

Solo Exhibitions

2008

Cosmic’s Coffee Gallery
St. Paul, Mn.

2006

Onward Center for the Arts, Maquoketa, Iowa

Group Exhibitions

2008

Situations: Book inspired installation art,
Hand to Hand Project
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Collaborative Project


2007

Art Party
Northrup King Gallery, North East Minneapolis, Minnesota

Small Wonder: CVA Alumni Exhibition
Collego of Visual Arts main gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota

Now It’s Personal: CVA Spring 2007 Graduate Exhibition
College of Visual Arts main gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota

St. Paul Art Crawl
Rossmor Building, St. Paul, Minnesota

Things to See
Nina’s Café, St. Paul Minnesota.


2006

CVA Juried Student Exhibition, College of Visual Arts main gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota. Jurors: Kolean Pitner, Theresa
Downing, Todd Deutsch

CVA Student Exhibition in the Office of Chris Coleman, Mayor, St. Paul, Minnesota

The 3rd Floor Film Festival, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul,
Minnesota

College of Visual Arts Merit Scholarship Awards Exhibition, College of Visual Arts Main Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
Jurors: Peter Boosalis, Sally Johnson, and David Flannery

2005

CVA Juried Student Show, College of Visual Arts Main Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota.


LandMark 24 Hours @ the Stone Arch Bridge, Installation painting, Saint Anthony Falls/Stone Arch Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Voted best Public Art Performance by City Pages, May 2006

College of Visual Arts Merit Scholarship Awards Exhibition, College of Visual Arts Main Gallery, St. Paul, Mn.

2004

College of Visual Arts Merit Scholarship Awards Exhibition, College of Visual Arts Main Gallery, St. Paul, Mn.

Hand to Hand Project: A Colaboration
Carmen Gutierrez-Bolger & Suzanne Skon, 2008.

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Maquoketa, Iowa

Birth Date:
October 17, 1974

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
twin cities

Minnesota County:
Anoka

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