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Kevin Kolankowski, MFA

kkolankowski@gmail.com

instagram: kkolankowski

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NJ Teaching Certificate - Art

NJ Teaching Certificate - K-6 General Ed

Adjunct Professor

Founder, the polyartology project

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Education:

2018 MFA Studio Art, Montclair State University, NJ

2001 BA Visual Arts, Business Minor, Fordham University, NY

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2021 -  Present           Professor

Methodology of Art Education

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ

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2015­­­ – Present            Professor   

Drawing I; 2D Design and Color; Portfolio Critique Panel;

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

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2019  - 2020               Art Teacher/Founder

Parkinson's Art Program

Randolph YMCA, Randolph, NJ

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2015 -  Present          Coordinator/Organizer

Monthly Food Collection/Distribution; Park Arts Founder/Educator; 

Aquatics Coordinator; Youth Fitness Instructor

Randolph YMCA, Randolph NJ
 

​​2008 – 2015               Art Teacher

K-5 Educator, Set/Event Designer; RAM Night

Crisis Response Team

Riverview/Lakeview Elementary Schools, Denville, NJ

 

2005 – 2007                Art Teacher

Alternative High School Educator/Counselor Designed/Integrated Curriculum;

Art Show Coordinator

Crisis Intervention and De-Escalation

Youth Consultation Services/Morris County Transitional Education Center, Morristown, NJ

 

2005                            Head GED Instructor

Science, Math, Language Arts

GreatFalls Youthbuild, Paterson, NJ

 

2003 – 2005                Program Manager

                                    AMERICORPS

NJ Community Development Corporation

Paterson, NJ

 

2001 – 2003                AmeriCorps Member

PEP-21 After-School Program(founder);

SBYS Drop In Center; Community Garden

Photoshop Instructor

Paterson, NJ

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Group Shows, Murals, Events:

2020   Monthly Food Collections/Distributions, Randolph YMCA, Randolph, NJ

2020   Portfolio Review Panel, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ (virtual) 

2019    Portfolio Review Panel, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

2019    Founder, educator Park Arts, art for Patients with Parkinsons Disease, Randolph, NJ0:

2019    Illustrator, Format, book design for The Addictaholic Deconstructed

2018    Design, Organizer, facilitator 10'x20' mural project at Intense Therapeutics, Bloomfield, NJ

2018    MFA Thesis Show, American Medium Gallery, NYC

2018    Portfolio Review Panel, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

2018    Introductory Speaker at Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ

2018    Room in Progress, immersive space, Montclair, NJ

2017    the polyartology project

2017    MFA Open Studio, Montclair, NJ

2017    Portfolio Review Panel, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

2016    MFA Open Studio, Montclair, NJ

2016    Portfolio Review Panel, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

2015    Works acquired - the collection of Dr. Nicole Labor

2015    Related Arts Night, (founder) Denville, NJ

2006   Crossroads mural, 10’x8’ (facilitator), Morristown, NJ

2005   Blossoms Art Festival (organizer)

2004   YES Program Fundraiser (organizer/participant)

2004   We Are One mural, 30’x50’, Paterson, NJ

2002   Cultural History JFK mural, Paterson, NJ