Contact
Claudia Heitner
cheitner@mica.edu
Education
2016 BFA Printmaking, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (magna cum laude)
2011 State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, NY (traditional fine art courses)
Professional Experience
2017 T-Shirt Workshop Instructor at Gowanus Print Lab, Brooklyn, NY
(press basics, printing techniques using Plastisol, set up and breakdown of materials/clean up)
2016 Monitor at EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
(studio monitor, maintaining upkeep of shop, press rentals and supply orders)
Press Operator, Ink + Cotton, New York, NY
(heat press operator, screen printer, digital t-shirt printing)
Silk Screen Instructor, The Foundery, Baltimore, MD
(press basics, printing techniques using vinyl stencils, set up and breakdown of materials/clean up)
Teaching Assistant, Visual Arts Institute at SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
(studio manager, teaching assistant for various fine art and curatorial courses)
Freelance Printer, Deli & Grocery, Baltimore, MD/New York, NY
(press hand, printer, packaged materials for release at Only NY)
Teaching Assistant, Graduate Screenprint, Baltimore, MD
(advising students on independent projects, technical assistant [Kyle Van Horn], Spring 2016)
2015 Teaching Assistant, Lithography 1, Baltimore, MD
(demo set up and breakdown, studio assistant [Alex Kirillov], Fall 2015)
2015 Intern, K. Caraccio Printing Studio, New York, NY
(intern, studio and desk assistant/printer)
2014 Intern, Globe Collection and Press, Baltimore, MD
(studio assistant/printer)
2013-2014 Art Specialist, Scarsdale Recreational Department, Scarsdale, NY
(arts and crafts 2nd-8th grade level)
2012-2016 Work Study, MICA Store, Baltimore, MD
(customer transactions, store upkeep, stocking inventory, materials knowledge)
2012 Teaching Assistant, Scarsdale Union Free School District, Scarsdale, NY
(traditional elementary art curriculum [Helen Pasternack], Spring 2012)
Group Exhibitions
2019 21st Annual Postcards from the Edge, Bortolami, New York, NY
2017 Roll Call, Blackburn 20|20 Gallery, New York, NY
2016 MICA Commencement Exhibition 2016, Fox 420, Fox Building, Baltimore, MD
I Invited Britney Spears To Dinner (The Invitation Was Not Accepted), Bronze Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Curator: Curatorial Print, Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2015 Juried Printmaking Exhibition: Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD (Jurors: Cynthia Thompson, David Chioffi)
2014 Juried Undergraduate Exhibition: Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD (Jurors: Laura Amussen, Dustin Carlson)
Join, or Don’t: Main 0 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Paul Rucker Presents: The Empathy Project: Leidy Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2013 Contact Zone: Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD
2012 Young Artists 2012: Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Honors/Scholarships
2015 Carrie Macedonia '03 Memorial Scholarship, Baltimore, MD
2014 MICA Achievement Award, Baltimore MD
2013-2016 Dean’s List Academic Award (Magna Cum Laude), Baltimore MD
2012-2015 MICA Presidential Scholarship, Baltimore, MD
MICA Recognition Award, Baltimore, MD
MICA Grant, Baltimore, MD
Press
"Young Artists to Watch: MICA's Art Walk 2016", BmoreArt, May 17th, 2016