Aimée Weintz-Allen
EDUCATION
M.A.
Art & Visual Culture Education, University of Arizona
School of Art, 2007, cum laude.
B.F.A.
Craft/ Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Art, 1999, cum laude.
WORK
MANAGER, SIERRA WATER, JUNE 2024 - PRESENT
CURRENTLY I SUPPORT THE EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CREATIVE MERCHANDISING DIRECTION AT SIERRA WATER - RENO’S LOCAL, WOMAN-OWNED, PREMIER PLANT & FLOWER SHOP. ALSO KNOWN FOR A WELL CURATED SELECTION OF LOCAL ART, GIFTS AND CLOTHING.
Artist & Arts-based Educator, Littlewood Creative LLC, Reno, NV.
October 2009 - Present.
EXHIBITING ARTIST & Arts-based Educator. Designer of INNOVATIVE “5D” Interdisciplinary curricula.
perenn grocery, Manager - butter & Salt Reno. March-june, 2024
successfully managed Butter & Salt’s newest elevated food concept, perenn grocery, through its public opening and first quarter. effectively lead and on-boardED staff IN EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, facilitatED INCREASING saleS of Perenn goods AND SERVICES, AND PROVIDED CREATIVE MERCHANDISING DIRECTION, currently for perenn ranach harrah and perenn midtown.
Visual Art Teacher, Alpine Academy College Preparatory High School, Washoe County School District, Sparks, NV. August 2023 - Present.
Art Foundations, 2D Mixed Media, 3D Spatial Dynamics, and Intro to Design (9th-12th grade).
Seasonal Early Childhood Educator, Patagonia, Truckee River Child Development Center - Reno, NV. April 2022 - September 2023.
Seasonal Teacher & Edu-carer for the NAYCE accredited, Reggia Emilia, outdoor early childhood development center. Certified: HSI Pediatric First Aid and CPR AED Child/Infant/Adult (2023) and Resources for Infant Edu-carers, Level 1.
COMMERCIAL PORTRAIT AND EVENT PHOTOGRAPHER, LITTLEWOODCREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, TUCSON, AZ. OCTOBER 2009 - JULY 2015.
PROVIDED ON-SITE AND IN-STUDIO PORTRAITURE AND BESPOKE EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN TUCSON, ARIZONA AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
Laboratory Research Assistant, Thin Films Group, University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences, Tucson, Arizona - 2006 - 2008.
Coordinated and conducted interdisciplinary laboratory and historical research on The Hockney-Falco Thesis, demonstrating the use of optics by specific Renaissance painters. Co-author of three published papers, with Dr. Charles M. Falco, UA Professor of Optics, Chair - Condensed Matter Physics. Managed administration of Falco, Thin Films Group, including grant proposals and logistics for faculty, visiting international scholars, students, interns and staff.
Co-Director, Pilgrim Heights Camp & Retreat Center, Montour, IA - 2005-2006.
Responsible for program development, institutional planning, staff development and supervision, budget management and promotion of the year-round, 120 acre facility.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Division of Art & Visual Culture Education, University of Arizona, School of Art, Tucson, Arizona - 2003-2005.
Undergraduate course instructor, consecutive semesters, Appreciating Visual Art, Foundations of Art Visual Culture Education and The History and Philosophy of Art Education in the United States.
Curator of Education, The National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky - 2001 - 2003.
Produced, facilitated and managed K12 education and outreach programs, including the year-round tour program for Paducah Public School District, the national youth quilting contest, School Block Challenge, Quilt Camp for Kids in collaboration with Paducah PBS, and the five day art education festival, Arts - in Action, with five visiting regional university Craft departments.
Contractual Fibers Instructor, Summer 2001, Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, Nashville, Tennessee - 1999-2000.
Designed and instructed the surface designed summer workshop for teens.
Coordinator of Public Programs and Events, Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, Nashville, Tennessee - 1999-2000.
Coordinated and managed programs, budgets and logistics for the estate museum’s Education Department. Including, year-round programs for children and families; Saturday AM, The Grand Re-Opening of Cheekwood Estate, the opening reception of The Art of William Edmondson, Haunted Holiday, and receptions for the bi-monthly contemporary art series, Temporary Contemporary.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
ART & SCIENCE ~ OPTICS
“The Optics of Jan van Eyck and Ibn al-Haytham," Charles M. Falco & Aimée L. Allen (née Weintz), Proceedings, SPIE 8481, Optics Education and Outreach II, October 15, 2012.
"Ibn al-Haytham’s Contributions to Optics, Art and Visual Literacy," Charles M. Falco & Aimée L. Allen (née Weintz ), Painted Optics Symposium, Florence, 2008.
“Ibn al-Haytham’s Contributions to Optics, Art, and Visual Literacy,” Proceedings of the 16th IAS Science Conference on, Science, Technology & Innovation for Sustainable Development in the Islamic World: The Policies and Politics Rapprochement, Edited by Mehmet Ergin and Moneef R. Zou’bi, 2008.
Imaging Spaceland: The Hockney-Falco Thesis. An arts-based case study of interdisciplinary Inquiry, The University of Arizona, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2007.
- ONLINE -
ART & CRAFT ~ FIBERS
“The Beautiful Mind of Chawne Kimber,” Modern Monthly, for Modern Quilt Guild, January, 2017.
BLOCK, Structures of Warp & Weft, 200+ posts on the making, meaning and metaphors of quilts and quilt culture, 2012-2016.
INVITED TALKS/ Workshops
2018, 2017, Nevada STEAM Conference, Nevada Museum of Art & Desert Research Institute, Reno. 2018, Confabulation, CLark County School District Teacher Training, Las Vegas; 2017, 2016, Desert Research Institute, GREEN POWER, STEAM Teacher Training, Las Vegas; 2008, National Art Education Association Annual Conference, New OrleanS; 2007, Arizona Art Education Association Annual Conference, Sedona; 2007, American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, New York; 2008, 2007, Association of Medical Illustrators National Conference, Bozemen, Indianapolis; 2008, University of Arizona College of Science, Summer Enrichment Program.
EXHIBITIONS
2023, Art Not Chocolate, Gallery 2035, Reno, February 11 - March 11, Reno, NV; 2021, 12x12, Sierra Arts Foundation Gallery, October 9 - 26, Reno; 2008, PORTRAITS of the eye & LENS, Conference of scientific illustrators, bozeman, mt. 2007, new work, University of Arizona NAEA Chapter exhibit, Tucson, arizona. 2000, HOME 01, Ruby Green Foundation, Nashville, TN, February 24; NOVember 2, 1998- January 25; 2002, American Flyer, SOLO EXHIBIT, Virginia Aviation Museum, Richmond; 1999, Emerging, Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA, April 16 - May 9; 1997, Festival of the Arts, Fisher Gallery, Northern VA Community College.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Outstanding Thesis of the Year, Arts-based Research Group of the American Educational Research Association, 2008.
Outstanding Leadership Award, Western States, National Art Education Association of Student Chapters, 2008.
Medici Circle Award, School of Art, University of Arizona, 2007.
The Helen Gross Memorial Award, School of Art, University of Arizona, 2005.
National Art Education Association, University Student Chapter Coordinator, Western States, 2004-2005.
Outstanding Museum Educator Award, Kentucky Association of Consumer Sciences Association, 2001.
President, Contemporary Crafts Society, 1998-1999.
National Honors Society, 1997-1999.