Rhonda Arntsen

Graphic design professor

Professor, 2001-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Teach 12 five-credit courses per academic year at both graduate and undergraduate levels in traditional and eLearning environments; coordinate and supervise graduate student internships in field and teaching environments; thesis committee participation and supervision.

Graduate teaching assistant, 1999-2001, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Responsible for teaching upper-level undergraduate studio classes and teaching assistant for History of Graphic Design.

Graduate teaching assistant, 1991-1993, The University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Assisted in the teaching of multiple levels of undergraduate photography classes in traditional, alternative, and digital environments.

Instructor, 1989-1990, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Responsible for teaching multiple traditional printmaking techniques to undergraduate students and maintenance of the printmaking studio.

Creative director, 2000-2001, Inroads: Graduate Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Migration

Assistant to the director/graphic designer/web coordinator, 1999-2000, The Goldstein: A Museum of Design, The University of Minnesota

Assistant director of admissions, readmission and retention specialist, 1997-1999, The Art Institutes International-Minnesota

Director, 1994-1995, Lee Hall Gallery, Northern Michigan University
As gallery director responsibilities included organizing, curating, and installing duties including serving on planning committees for fine and performing arts events; care of the university’s permanent collections. As cultural events coordinator responsibilities included organizing and overseeing dance, theater, multimedia, and musical performances and programming for future events.

Medical photographer and graphic designer, 1993-1994, University of Chicago at Eye Research Center

Assistant to the director, 1989-1990, Lee Hall gallery, Northern Michigan University
Responsibilities included exhibition installation, maintaining exhibitions, and gallery monitoring.

Selected exhibitions

Graphic Design Faculty Exhibition, Mr. Beast Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2011
13th Annual SECAC & MACCA Juried Exhibition, Gallery 1708, Richmond, VA, 2010
Woman Made, The Target Gallery of the Torpedo Art Center, Arlington, VA, 2010
The Lens-Based Image, DeSoto Row Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2010
More into Less, Indigo Sky Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2009
Perspective, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, 2009
Contemporary Craft: The Art of Making It, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA, 2008
Design Is Always Permission Given or Allowance Taken, Indigo Sky Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2008
One Half of One, The Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI, 2008
Society of Photographic Educators Exhibition, The River Club, Savannah, GA, 2007
Graphic Design Faculty Exhibition, Red Kite Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2007
Small Works, The Red Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2006
Savannah College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, SCAD, Savannah, GA, 2002
New Faculty Exhibition, SCAD, Savannah, GA, 2001
55408-Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2000
55408-Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 1999
Discord-Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1995
Photo Nominal, The Forum Gallery, Jamestown, NY, 1994
Pilgrimage, Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy, 1994
In Search of Our Identity, Amerika House, Berlin Germany, 1994
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1993
Altered Images, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, IL, 1993