Suzanne Schireson

Suzanne Schireson

EDUCATION
2008 Indiana University, Master of Fine Arts
2004 University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude
2004 New York Studio School, Drawing Marathon with Graham Nickson
2003 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Certificate in Painting

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012- Current Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing, CVPA, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2009- 2012 Full Time Lecturer, Department of Art and Art History, The University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2006-08 Associate Instructor, Painting Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

AWARDS
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal QC, Canada 2007, 2009
Associate Instructor Full Term Scholarship, IU, Bloomington, IN 2006-8
Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2005
Juror’s Choice Award, Wayne Art Center National Juried Exhibition, Wayne, PA 2004
The Faculty Award, PAFA, Philadelphia PA 2003
Scheidt Traveling Scholarship, PAFA, Philadelphia PA 2002
Charles Toppan Prize for Drawing, PAFA, Philadelphia PA 2002