Sarah L.

Abend

2015

sarahlabend.com
sarahlabend@gmail.com
231.866.0915

Education

Experience

2010

College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan

Post-Grad Certification, LQ K-12 Visual Arts Michigan Teaching Certification
Art Education Department, Student Select, 2010

2007

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dual Major: Sculpture and Metals, Cum Laude

2013-

Benzie Central High School, Benzonia, Michigan

Visual Art Educator, grade 9-12

present

2013present

Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, Michigan

Summer Youth Art Instructor, age 6-11

20122013

Blackbird Arts, Traverse City, Michigan

Youth Art Instructor, age 4-15

20112012

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC), Birmingham, MI

Youth Art Instructor, Pre-K - middle school
PF Galleries, Clawson, MI
Gallery Associate & Picture Framer

20092012

College for Creative Studies, Community Arts Partnerships (CAP), Detroit, MI

Youth Art Instructor & curriculum planning for NSO Mural Project
College for Creative Studies, Continuing Education Department, Detroit, MI
Youth Art Instructor, ages 6-15
College for Creative Studies, Continuing Education Department
Program Coordinator, Pre-College Summer Experience (PCSE)

2010

Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

Eighth Grade, Art & Design Instructor
The International Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Student Teacher, Art Education, grades 9-12
Cleveland and Hayes Elementary, Livonia Public Schools, MI
Student Teacher, Art Education, Grades K - 5, T.A.B. Art Program

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Exhibitions

2015

2014

Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI

All-Media Juried Exhibition - Honarable Mention Award

2013

Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI

Spiritually Expressed

2012

Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI

All-Media Juried Exhibition
Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Natura, work by Sarah Abend, Janelle Songer and GeralynVankerschaever

Honors,
Awards &
Scholarship

2011

Starkweather Center for the Arts, Romeo, MI

Dia de los Muertos

2009

College for Creative Studies, Student Exhibition, Detroit, MI

2007

Bud Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

In Flux a student collective of performance art & photography

2006

2000 Brooklyn Lofts, Detroit, MI, Urban Art Experiments: Vol. 1, Banana Lab,
Custom Toy Show

2005

Biddle Gallery, Wyandotte, MI,

Vived/Faded: The Re-Memory Project

2004

Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Scotland, Uk

Fertile, artist residency exhibition

2010

College for Creative Studies, Student Select, top student in Art Education

2008

College for Creative Studies, Scholarship for Artistic and Academic Excellence

2004

Wayne State University, Student Grant Award, artist residency research

Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Scotland, UK

2004

David Adamany WSU, Alumni Association

Endowed Scholarship for Student Leadership

2003

Wayne State University, grant awarded for design and fabrication of an iron
casting furnace for sculpture, modified for female management and operation

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Community
Involvement

2010

2015
Neighborhood Services Organization (NSO) Mural Project, A partnership with the
College for Creative Studies to create a public mural on the grounds of NSO,
Lead instruction and curriculum planning.
Chaperone for International Academy Careers for Creative Thinkers, off campus
enrichment tour

2009

College for Creative Studies, Student Government Art Department

Representative
Detroit, Noel Night Ice Sculpture Challenge, created an original ice sculpture with
public audience

Features

2004

Detroit Festival of the Arts, Street Painting Project

Event Coordinator, included participation of Detroit high school students, college
students and one professional artist

2015

Northern Express, Feature Artist, April 13 - April 19 2015, Vol.25, No. 15

School Arts Design Magazine, Cassie Stephans Art Teacher Dress-Up Contest
April Issue Photo Feature, winner for costume depicting Gustav Klimt