Jennifer Droblyen

Art Exhibitions and Commissions Fairlington Community Center, January 2010, Arlington, VA, 20 piece solo exhibition Gallery 788, December 2009, Baltimore, MD. 12 piece group exhibition Artomatic, May 2009- July 2009, Washington, DC.  16 piece exhibition Dejabel Cafe, November 2008, Silver Spring Maryland. Group exhibition 15 pieces. Kramerbooks, May 2004, Washington, DC- Twelve piece solo exhibition Port City Java, November 2003, Baltimore, Maryland- Twelve piece solo exhibition Center Stage Theatre, May 2002, New York, New York- Nine piece solo exhibition Malealea Lodge, 1999, Malealea, Lesotho- Four panel mural on side of barn approximately sixty feet in length, acrylic. Short North Tavern, April, 1998, January, November 1997Columbus, Ohio- Three six piece solo exhibitions. Vault 328/ Purgatory, October, 1996, Akron, Ohio- 10' x 10' mural.   My Experience After receiving a scholarship to attend the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio, I was awarded a BFA in Painting and Art Therapy in 1996. Since then I have had many commissions and solo exhibitions in the US. While serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho, Southern Africa , I created a sixty foot mural permanently displayed at a major tourist center.  Upon return to the states, I worked at the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science in Greenwich, CT, to develop and execute outreach programs for local schools.  I completed my Master's degree in Education and Human Development at George Washington University in 2004 as part of the DC Teaching Fellows program while working as a special education teacher in the DC Public Schools system. In 2004, I returned to the  Bruce Museum of Arts and Science  to create educational programs for special needs and senior audiences. One program I developed that received great attention is called "A Lifetime of Looking" which is a visual literacy program devoted to individuals with Alzheimer's disease.  I left the Bruce in late 2005, taking on a better opportunity as the Museum Educator for School and Family Programs at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.  At the Phillips, I developed school tours and family workshops, as well as managed a corps of docents. After spending three years in arts-integrated classrooms as a special education teacher/ coordinator, I left the field for an arts programming position wth Arlington County government.  In 2007, I started an organization called Art/Engage LLC. We work in group homes in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.  Outside of work, I paint commissions upon request.