Ruby Podmore Jackson
www.ruby-jackson.com/
Education:
2018 - 2020 - M.F.A candidate, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, NJ
2015 - B.F.A, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Teaching:
2025 - Forthcoming - Making Paper - Iowa Gallery, Crown Heights, Brooklyn
2026 - Forthcoming - Embodied Papermaking - Part-time Lecturer, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2021 - Current - Director and Founder - Sideways Studio, Chatham, NY
Director of Sideways, an experimental non-profit education program offering accessible creative opportunities to children and artists with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
2022 - Current - Art Instructor - Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY
Develops and leads seasonal arts-based workshops for school age children at Hudson Hall
2021 - 2023 - Art Instructor & Direct Caregiver - Stanton Home, Great Barrington, MA
Directed and taught a bi-weekly art program for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities
April 2023 - Screen Printing Workshop - Buxton School, Williamstown, MA
Organized and led a 2-day collaborative screen printing workshop with high school artists at Buxton School
2021 - 2023 - Art Teacher - Berkshire Art Center (previously IS-183), Stockbridge, MA
Ceramics Instructor - Developed and led introductory ceramics curriculum for adults (handbuilding & wheel throwing)
Summer Art Instructor - Directed and led multidisciplinary arts projects for summer camp
Afterschool Art Instructor - Created bi-weekly after school art curriculum and delivered projects and concepts to school-age children
2020, 2019 - Part-time Lecturer - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Ceramics Professor - Created curriculum focusing on sculptural ceramics, led weekly classes and critiques and introduced college students to the medium
2020, 2019 - Nature and Art Instructor - Flying Deer Nature Center, Chatham, NY
Art and Nature-connection Instructor at Flying Deer Nature Center
September 2018 - Screen Printing Workshop - Buxton School, Williamstown, MA
Co-organized and led a screen printing workshop for high school artists at Buxton School with Soon We Vote
2018 - Art Educator - Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
Art Instructor for an art education afterschool program at the Zimmerli Art Museum
2016, 2015 - Head Art Instructor - OMI International Art Center, Ghent, NY
2D Head Art Instructor - Created weekly curriculums and led daily sessions for school-age children during the summer camp
Art Instructor - Developed and taught specialized art projects during Winter weekend programming
Other:
2024 - Recipient of Papermaking for Educators Intensive Workshop, Dieu Donne, NYC
2022 - Visiting Artist, Taller de Arte Papel, San Agustin de Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico
2022 - Community Day Visiting Artist, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
2022 - Organizer of Art Benefit for Ukraine, Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY
2017 - Visiting Artist, Bard College, NY
Skills:
Fluent in Spanish
Trained Ceramicist
Trained papermaker
Wood-shop trained
Conflict resolution / nonviolent communication
Outdoor skills (knowledge of native plants, wild edibles, agricultural skills and experience)
2+ years working with individuals with IDD
Proficient with variety of Art Materials and Mediums: Papermaking, Drawing, Painting (oil, acrylic, water-based), Sculpture (ceramics, papermache, plaster, wood, casting, cardboard), Printmaking (monoprints, collagraph, intaglio, relief), Design (Photoshop), Fiber (sewing, felting), Photography (digital), Collage
