Address P.O. Box 558, Forest Park, Illinois 60130
Email danapereabloede@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
B.A. Degree, Sociology, Chicago State University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
-Cicero Library, Day of the Dead Jewelry & Charm Workshop, Cicero, Illinois
-Mokena Library, Found Objects Artist Workshops, Charm Bracelet Jewelry Workshop, Mokena, IL (40 children)
-Carol Stream Library, Jewelry Workshop, Carol Stream, Illinois
-Glenside Library, Jewelry & Found Objects Art Workshops, Glenview, Illinois
-Itasca Library, Jewelry Workshop, Itasca, Illinois
-Oak Forest Library, Found Objects Art & Collage Workshop, Oak Forest, Illinois
-RestHaven Central, Resident Teacher, Art Presentations, Jewelry Workshops, on-going, Palos Heights, Illinois
-Bedford Park Library, Birthstone Jewelry & Found Objects Art Workshops, Bedford Park, Illinois
-LaGrange Library, Charm Bracelet Workshop, LaGrange Park, Illinois
-PhiMu Chicago Alumnae Chapter, Basic Beading Jewelry Workshop, Chicago, Illinois
-Evergreen Park Library, Jewelry Workshop, Evergreen Park, Illinois
-Hephzibah Children's Association, Jewelry Workshop, summer 2006, Oak Park, IL
-Lincoln Elementary School Dist. 97, Art In The Classroom Presentation & Found Objects Jewelry Workshop, Winter 2007, Mrs. Hayes 2nd grade, Oark Park, IL
EXHIBITIONS
Hephzibah Children's Association Heart of Gold Ball Mar 2010, 16x20 Latina Mother & Son acrylic painting, Marriott Hotel Michigan Avenue.
Photography & Illustration Exhibit, Chicago State University President's Gallery Exhibition, Nov. 2009-Jan. 2010, both photography & artwork exhibited: one 8x10 gelatin silver print, one pen & ink on paper character illustration.
Painting & Fine Jewelry exhibit, The Oak Park Education Foundation's 14th annual William C. Staszak art auction, April 2008. Mexican Aztec Head painting & fine jewelry, in collaboration with the OPEF Board of Directors, Global Village, Architecture Adventure, Art State, Vex Robotics and Chicago Public Radio.
Painting Exhibit, Hephzibah Children's Association Gold Ball Art Auction, "Unititled" Mother with Child painting, March 2008, artwork displayed at Union Station, Chicago, IL USA
Glasswork Exhibit, La Casa Latina at the University of Pennsylvania, Art Auction, Spring 2007, La Casa Latina's Center for Hispanic Excellence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Glasswork Exhibit, Unity Temple Art Auction, November 2006, Oak Park, Illinois
Glasswork Exhibit, Oak Park Area Arts Council, Artful Objects "Funkadesi" benefit, November 2006, Oak Park, Illinois
Glasswork Exhibit, She.Art Gallery & Howard Brown LLC. Breast Cancer Awareness Art Auction, September 2006, Oak Park, IL
Flameworked Jewelry displayed, 2006, She.Art Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois
Outreach. Chicago Artists' Coalition, Dog Daze of Summer Garage Sale, August 2006, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL
PHOTOGRAPHY WORK EXPERIENCE
The American Bar Association's Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice, "Stop Teen Violence, Time to Deliver" Nov. 20, 2009, Photography in Permanent Archival Collection, Chicago State University Library
OUTREACH
I regularly design and teach a variety of outreach art programs for senior centers, children, teens, adults and people with disabilities. I also enjoy donating a number of my paintings each year to various non-for-profit organizations.
MEMBERSHIPS
Glass Art Society, Oak Park Area Arts Council, Art by Latina Artists (ABLA), Chicago State University's Young Urban Artists, CSU Latina Society
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