Bibi Tran

Art Teacher: Manhattan Independent School ​

January 2023 - Present

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Elementary art teacher at highly selective and high performing independent school in downtown Manhattan. Projects explore a range of skills from 2D to 3D, sculpture, collage, drawing, painting, ceramics, and more.

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Art Teacher: Success Academy

September 2020 - December 2022

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Lead art teacher educating in visual arts to 400 children in West Harlem at New York City's top performing charter school.

 

Art Teacher: Zeta Charter Schools

​July 2018 - July 2019

 

Providing art education to kindergarten and first graders. Students learn about the elements of art while developing tactile skills through student-centered lessons and projects. Students are challenged to push their abilities through a scope of mediums. Students are exposed to a range of artists from diverse backgrounds to inform and contextualize their art works. Responsible for providing art aesthetics to both school sites (Bronx/Inwood) along with executing art shows.

 

Student Teacher: Heschel Day School & MS 177

September 2017 - May 2018

 

Assisted in teaching art to Pre-K to fifth grade students. Planned and independently taught a monochromatic painting unit to Kindergarten while also co-teaching in drawing, collage, sculpture and ceramics to other grades. Assisted in teaching art to middle school students in sixth to eighth grade. Students explored self-portrait drawings, Romaire Bearden inspired collages, and abstract watercolor painting works informed by Wassily Kandsinky and the experience of music. Assisted in hanging art throughout both schools. 

 

Art Gallery Assistant: Armory Art Fair

February - May 2017

Worked for contemporary art galleries in dealings with clients and representation of artists.

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Marketing Assistant: David Lynch Foundation

January 2014 - January 2016

Worked in copywriting, design and marketing to promote DLF across all social media platforms including weekly newsletters. ​

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