Melanie June Dorson 
 
 
Education

Notre Dame de Namur University, Art Therapy Psychology Program, Belmont, California
Currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in art therapy

University of Michigan, School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, Michigan
M.F.A. in printmaking and fibers, April 2002
		   
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, B.A. 1998
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude


 
Related 
Education	
University of Georgia, Lamarr Dodd School of Art
Summer fine arts study in Cortona, Italy, 1997, 2001
		   
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Anchor Graphics, 
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Hyde Park Art Center
Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts
Printmaking, bookbinding and photography classes, 1998 – 2006


 
College
Teaching
Experience
 College of DuPage, Part-Time Instructor
Introduction to the Visual Arts, Summer 2004 - Winter 2006
 
University of Michigan, Lecturer, Basic Drawing I, Spring 2002
 
University of Michigan, Graduate Student Instructor
Basic Drawing II, Winter 2002; Basic Drawing I, Fall 2001
  
U of M, Graduate Student Assistant, Printmaking 171, Winter 2001
  
Related
Experience

University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, 2004 - 2006
Weaving and bookbinding instructor, grades 3-5
 

Editorial Intern, New Art Examiner, Chicago, Illinois, 2000
 
Bookbinder, Campbell-Logan Bindery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1998
 
Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, 1996
Exhibit coordinator for artists’ colony
 
Galleries Artisans 21, Chicago, Illinois, 2004 - 2006

Illinois Artisan Shops, Chicago and Whittington, Illinois
2005 - 2006
   
Grants Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, 2006
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Illinois Arts Council
Reimbursement grant for creation of photolithograph series
    
Shows

Boxing Clever, April - September 2005
IMPACT 4 International Printmaking Conference
Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, Poznan, Poland
 
Do-Don't/Can-Can't, August 2003
Impact 2003
Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa
 
Solo Show, February 2003
Moos Gallery, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio
 
Surfacing: Work of Emerging Artists, September 2002
Invitational exhibition at Elsie Monro Gallery, Albion College, Michigan
 
The Print: An Exhibition of Michigan Printmakers, April 2002
Juried print exhibition at Ann Arbor Art Center, Michigan
 
MFA Thesis Exhibition, March 2002
Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan
 
Exchange exchange, February 2002
Organized an exhibit of two portfolio exchanges in the Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan
 
Border Lines, January 2002
Portfolio exchange exhibition, University of Alaska—Anchorage
  
Purple Prose and Oranges, September 2001
Two-person exhibit, Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan
 

Red Button, May 2001
Works-in-progress show, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan
 
Haunt, November 2000
Group show, Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan
 
Juried Art Fairs Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 2007
   
  Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 2006
   
  Community Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 2006
   
  Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival, Chicago, Illinois
February 2006
   
  Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival, Chicago, Illinois
September 2005
   
  Community Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 2005
   
  Metris Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 2003
   
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