JESUS MANUEL PIZARRO
Licensure: Provisional Licence Visual Arts K-8, Sheltered English Immersion
EDUCATION
2021 MFA 2D Painting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
2019 M.ED, Elementary Education (1-6), Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
2018 BA, Art, University of Massachusetts Boston, Dorchester, MA.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021-Present Paraprofessional, Mary Lyon k-6 School, Boston Public Schools, Brighton, MA (Grade 2 & 3).
2023 Summer Learning Academy Teacher, Mary Lyon K-6 School, Boston Public Schools, Brighton, MA (Grade K2).
2018 Teacher, UOI College Bound Program, Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA (Courses taught: (Social Justice) Policing and Violence in Communities 2018-19, (STEAM) Coding, Art, & Science Team (CAST), 2019-2020, Activism in a Virtual World 2020.
2018-19 Student Teacher Intern, Graham and Parks Alternative School, Cambridge, MA (Grade 5).
2017 Seminar Teacher, The City School Program, Dorchester, MA (Social Justice Action Through Art).
2015-17 Seminar Teacher, Trio Upward Bound Program, Boston, MA (Art).
ASSISTANTSHIPS
2019-20 AETE 404 Seminar IV: Creating Community – MassArt, Boston, MA
2020 2DPA 306 Junior/Senior Painting – MassArt, Boston, MA
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Dark Matters, Evolution Camp Exhibition, Elevated Thought, Lawrence, MA
2024 Looking Back, Facing Forward, University Hall Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Boston, Dorchester, MA
2021 MassArt MFA Thesis, May 5-June 6, MassArt x Sowa, 460c Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, MassArt DMC Building, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
2020 Central Square BID, Speak Your Peace Project, 795 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA.
2018 Solo Exhibition, The City School Mural Project, The City School Program, 614 Columbia Rd, Dorchester MA.
2018 Two Person Exhibition, Harbor Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Boston, Dorchester, MA.
2018 NEXT III Exhibition, Harbor Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Boston, Dorchester, MA.
2017 Capstone 17’ Art Show, University Hall Gallery, University of Massachusetts Boston, Dorchester, MA.
2016 Collaborative Project, Poetry Painting Exhibition, Harbor Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Boston, Dorchester, MA.
2016 NEXT Exhibition, Harbor Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Boston, Dorchester, MA.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2018 Donovan Urban Teaching Scholarship, Dean Scholarship, Sharp Urban Teaching Scholarship, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
2016 The Sam Walker Scholarship (Art), The Ruth Savio Scholarship (Art), University of Massachusetts Boston, Dorchester, MA.
2010 Steven P. Odom, Buddy Up for Peace Scholarship, James P. Timilty Middle School, Roxbury, MA.
COMMISSIONS
2020 The Central Square BID, Speak Your Peace, Cambridge, MA.
2018 Public Art Commission, Powerful Women, Aafiya Sadiq, Large Scale Paintings (8 x 8 ft. and 8 x 4 ft.), Acrylic on Wood Panels, The City School, Dorchester, MA.
PRINT MEDIA
Onwuamaegbu, N., The Boston Globe, MassArt has a new student gallery. It’s all the way over in SoWa, Art, May 4th, 2021.
Colby, C., MassArt opens new South End gallery, Art and Culture, May 20th, 2021.
Cerceli, R., UMass Bostons Art Journal, “The Watermark,” Vol. xxvii, (2017-18): 59. 2018.
RADIO/TELEVISION
PBS, Open Studio with Jarred Bowen, MassArt x SoWa, Jazz Pianist Witness Matlou, and more Boston, MA, May 13th, 2021.
Aaron Hwang, College Bound Interview, A Day at College Bound, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, October 4, 2019.
McKinley-Hicks, M., Broadening Participation by Middle School Students in STEM via integrating Hands-on Experiences in Science Learning, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, May 4th, 2020.