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SAMANTHA T. FOSTER

CONTACT
E-mail: stfoster.art [at] gmail.com

EDUCATION
Columbia College Chicago                                                                                                  Chicago, IL
Master of Fine Arts in Fine Arts                                                                                           Spring 2022

Tulane University                                                                                       New Orleans, LA 2017-2020
Continuing studies in printmaking while serving as Business Manager for the Tulane Law Journals

Loyola University New Orleans                                                                                    New Orleans, LA
Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Minor: Visual Art                                      2012

EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
Albert P. Weisman Award Show, Columbia College                                                                                    Chicago, IL October 2022

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago                                                                                         Chicago, IL May 2022

Open Studios, Columbia College                                                                                                         
Chicago, IL Spring 2022

Confronting Comfort, Columbia College                                                                                                           Chicago, IL Winter 2021

Artist Salon, Columbia College                                                                                                            
Chicago, IL Fall 2021

Artist Salon, Columbia College                                                                                                            
Chicago, IL Spring 2021

Remembrance, Coup d’oeil Art Consortium                                                                                                     New Orleans, LA 2013

Group Show, Loyola University New Orleans                                                                                                  New Orleans, LA 2012

TEACHING
Graduate Student Instructor                                                                                                                              August 2021 – May 2022
ARTS 130-01, 02, 03, Foundation Skill: Silkscreen

Graduate Assistant, Chair & Associate Professor Duncan MacKenzie                                                    January 2022 – May 2022
Administrative duties including curriculum spreadsheets with
mail merge and TES data management

Graduate Assistant, Professors Melissa Potter & Joan Giroux                                                    
January 2021 – December 2021
ARTS 103/303-01, Art Now! Speaker Series

Graduate Assistant, Professor Onur Öztürk                                                                               
September 2020 – December 2020
ARTH 105-02, Introduction to Visual Culture
ARTH 343-01, Art as Spiritual and Social Practice

HONORS AND AWARDS
Albert P. Weisman Award                                                                                                                          
Spring 2022 – Fall 2022

Summer Internship Award                                                                                                                                 June 2021 – August 2021

Aiko Nakane Fellowship                                                                                                                                    Spring 2021 – Spring 2022

Graduate Award III, Columbia College Chicago                                                                                               Fall 2020 – Spring 2022

Graduate Assistantship, Columbia College Chicago                                                                                       Fall 2020 – Spring 2022

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Spudnik Press Cooperative: Summer Intern                                                   June 2021 – August 2021

Interviewed, photographed, and published as part of the member interview series with Chicago artist Holly Cahill. www.spudnikpress.org/2021/08/member-interview-series-holly-cahill/

Aided in the development of workshops, courses, and fundraising events with staff and the Executive Director.

Administrative duties included data management, customer service, and maintenance of the print shop.

Technical Zoom Assistant, M2M Workshops: www.monumentstomovements.org               April 2021

Acted as Zoom host, recorded and shared files with the organizers, manage closed captioning, and was the point person for any participant with technical issues.

Coup d’oeil Art Consortium, Gallery Assistant; Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Intern   2009 – 2013

Gallery: Organized the gallery salon and social media accounts; interacted with the artists; greeted and assisted guests with inquiries about the artwork.

Ogden: Responsible for data archiving and promotion of the Ogden After Hours Program; duplicating and arranging CDs of music events; interacted with the scheduled artists to gain insight for the music to be archived.

PUBLICITY
Columbia College, Video Artist Profile: to be published Summer 2022                                                    Chicago, IL 2022

Columbia College, MFA Fine Art Profiles: to be published Summer 2022                                                Chicago, IL 2022

Columbia College, Salute to Grads: news.colum.edu/salute-to-grads-foster/index.html                     Chicago, IL 2022

Columbia College, New Creatives: www.colum.edu/newcreatives/sam-foster                                      Chicago, IL 2020

Folayemi Wilson, Student Work: www.fowilson.com/student-work                                                        Chicago, IL 2020

PRESENT ORGANIZATIONS
Council of Readers Committee, CAA
Mid America Print Council, Member
New Media Caucus, Member 
Southern Graphics Council, Member
Spudnik Press Cooperative, Member