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Kristie Bruzenak

Illustration professor

Education

  • M.F.A., painting, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 
  • M.Ed., art education, Kutztown University 
  • B.S., art education, Kutztown University

Credentials

  • Professor, illustration, 2023–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Professor, foundation studies, 2003–2023, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    • Professor of Foundation Studies teaching in Illustration and Foundation Studies departments.
    • Teaches a wide range of courses in Illustration at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
    • Demonstrates flexibility in handling the unexpected with a positive approach.
    • Steps up to meet instructional needs successfully.
    • Continues to demonstrate team leadership ability and strong curriculum development abilities as the Team Leader of the Foundations Curriculum Revisions Committee (2008–present).
      • Lead the CRC through a major, full curriculum revision for the School of Foundations Studies.
      • Continues to lead the CRC in the development of elective courses such as Digital Drawing.
    • Authored on-site courses: Drawing for Design, Visual Design Systems, Studio Practice and College Teaching, Drawing for Scientific Illustration.
    • Authored online course: Two-Dimensional Design.
    • Teaches both online and on-site courses.
    • Supports SCAD Admissions with workshops and portfolio reviews.
    • Lead designer and professor of SCAD's Scientific Illustration minor.
    • Supports student interest by serving as Scientific Illustration Club adviser.
  • Adjunct lecturer, 1994–1999, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
    • Consultant to Integrated Product Design program.
    • Authored courses: Color and Three Dimensional Visualization for Product Design.
    • Lectured in integrated product design, Department of Engineering.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Sabbatical grant, 2011
  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship, "Orchids in Umbria," a travel and study fellowship, 2016
  • SCAD Professional Development Grant, SURTEX and NSS Exhibitions, 2018
  • Sabbatical grant, "Illustrated Surface Design as Modeled by William Morris," 2018

Organizations

  • Board Member American Association of Botanical Artists
  • Education Committee, American Association of Botanical Artists
  • National Conference Chair for the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
  • Board Member, Think Tank, The Institute for Innovative Teaching
  • Regional Representative for Pennsylvania Art Education Association
  • Chair of PAEA State Conference, "The Quest for Quality"
  • Board Member, PAEA
  • State Secretary, PAEA

Publications and presentations

  • Panel Member for Education Forum, American Association of Botanical Artists Annual Meeting and Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 11–16, 2016.
  • "Slow Down, You Move Too Fast," Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, Indianapolis, IN, March 25–28, 2015.
  • "Composition Secrets," Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 2015 Conference, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, July 5–11, 2015.
  • Paper, "The Composition of Conflict," accepted to The Representational Art Conference, Ventura, CA, Nov. 1–4, 2014.
  • Botanical illustration Vitis rotundifolia selected for publication in American Botanical Paintings: Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic, Jurors Holly Shimizu, executive director of the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG); Bill McLaughlin, curator of plants at the USBG; Dick Rauh, immediate past president of ASBA; and Mary Morton, curator of French painting at the National Gallery. The book published from this exhibition won Best of Show in the Society for Technical Communication 2014–2015 International Summit Awards.
  • "The Quest for Beauty Through Classical Proportion Systems," The Representational Art Conference, Ventura, CA, March 2–6. Published in Kitsch and Beauty, TRAC, 2014.
  • Conference Chair, The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators National Conference, SCAD, Savannah, GA.
  • "Infusing Your Subjects with Life, Drawing Tips for Adding Energy to an Image" at the GNSI Conference, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, July 10–16, 2011.
  • "Preparing Students for Careers" at the South East College Art Conference held in Richmond, VA, Oct. 20–24, 2010.
  • "Techniques Showcase Demonstration," the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators national conference, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, July 11–17, 2010.
  • "Discovering Design Systems in Scientific Illustration," the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators national conference, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, July 11–17, 2010.
  • "SCAD Foundations: Envisioning and Realizing Change," FATE Regional Conference, 2010.