ERICA HEISDORF BISQUERRA

ROLES:

• Designing and teaching environmental education and art lesson plans

• Coordinating arts and environmental programs

• Coordinating gallery exhibition for youth

• Coordinating gallery tours

• Being site liaison for community mural partnerships

• Coordinating mural projects and art lessons with artists

• Recruiting for programs

• Developing marketing materials

• Picking up the paint brush and helping out as need​

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With a B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing and love for the arts, my original field was in community arts and what I call Eco Arts, in which I combined environmental education with the arts.

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Environmental and Eco Arts Education, Walnut Way:

Designed and taught over 50 lessons focused on urban gardening and environmental justice at Walnut Way for K4-12th grade and organized field trips to urban farms. I ran a variety of youth programs including: school field trips visiting the urban farm, 4-H Program, and Growing Youth Leadership Teen gardening internship program. ​

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COMMUNITY ARTS WORK HISTORY

Art at the Heart Program, Walnut Way: Creator of afterschool arts program for Lindsay Heights Youth at Walnut Way. I designed and taught and brought professional artists in to teach studio arts to youth including Raoul Deal, Mutope Johnson, and others. 

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In addition, I organized a gallery show for the youth. I also organized gallery site visits and visits to professional art studios such as Reginald Baylor Studios. 

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ArtWorks for Milwaukee, at Walnut Way:

At Walnut Way I am the site liaison for the mural internship programs. I work with ArtWorks for Milwaukee Program Director to schedule and plan the program site logistics like art studio space, scheduling, mural location, content recommendations, and coordination of installation. From there, their team hires professional artists and teens to compete the project. I work with ArtWorks to plan unveiling celebrations at Walnut Way's Annual Harvest Day festival.

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Community Mural Projects, Walnut Way:

I worked with the UWM Cultures and Communities Program to bring a student artist to lead a mural program.  I recruited youth and volunteers to complete the project. Raoul Deal, professor at UWM completed the mural called Keepers of the Garden.

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Artists Working In Education (AWE):

• Lead Artist for Truck Studio Program

• Artists in Residency at Lincoln Avenue School

• Lead Artist for After School Arts Program at Lafollette Elementa

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Fine Arts Camp Instructor, MPS:

Designed and taught two week Fine Arts Summer Camp program.

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