Mark Z-Man: Teaching

Mark
Z-Man

Teaching

As a teacher I like working with people. I enjoy the satisfaction of seeing students get interested in a project and helping them to work through the obstacles in the process of making art. I also like helping students with time management, and feel this is an important skill as well as the ability to create and complete a project.

This year I started teaching Comic Book Illustration at The New York Public Library after-school programs. I also teach art at The Boys and Girls Club in Queens, and at Pratt Institute in Manhattan. I am continually upgrading the courses and many of my students have come back to take the course a second time. Please view this website for samples of my work. Additional samples can be sent or E-mailed.

RESUME

Pratt Manhattan Institute. Continuing Education courses, 2004-2006: Comic Book Illustration and Character Design. 10-week course for adults.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Queens, New York 2004-2005. Teaching children arts and crafts. Classes taught: Cartooning, painting, drawing, portraits, caricature, clay sculpting, sand art, face painting.

New York Public Libraries. 2004-2006. Teaching cartooning classes to children in NYC, Brooklyn and Bronx libraries after school program.

Academy of Art College San Francisco, CA (1995-2003) Teaching cartooning classes for high school students. Comic Book Illustration, and Advanced Comic Book Illustration. Have also taught Animation and Storyboarding, college level.

San Francisco City College, Adult Education (1999-2003) Cartooning class, Caricature class

Civic Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA (2003) Teaching art and incorporating it into history classes.

San Francisco Public Library (2002-2003) After-school cartooning class for elementary school.

Art Institute of California, San Francisco, CA (1999-2002) Classes taught: Animation, Characterization, Storyboarding, Drawing, Intermediate Drawing, Fundamentals of Design.

Brickton Art Center Park Ridge, IL (1997-1998) Taught a weekly Cartooning class for children.

California Poets in the Schools (1992-1994). Team-taught classes with a poet as an art teacher.

ILLUSTRATOR, CARTOONIST
New York Magazine, Gymborie, InfoWorld, Children's Advocate, San Francisco Magazine, SOMA Magazine, Crain's Chicago Business, San Jose Business Journal, LA Times, Inside Chicago Magazine, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Funny Times.

EDUCATION
Columbia College, Chicago, Il 1987 BA Degree
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977-1980