Elsa Grace Haarstad
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Education
MA in Art History (Design History), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (anticipated 2022)
MA in Historic Preservation, Goucher College, Towson, MD (2020)
BFA (Interdisciplinary Design Studies), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2015)
Study Trip, Layered Cities and the Portable Studio in India (2015)
Semester Abroad, Lorenzo de' Medici School, Florence, Italy (2014)
Study Trip, Art, Design, and Social Entrepreneurship in Scandinavia (2013)
Work
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate Teaching Assistant (2020 - present)
Twopoint Studio, LLC (formerly K. Lechleiter Architect, LLC), Research Coordinator (2011 - present)
RE/PUBLIC, Communications and Gallery Assistant (2015 - 2017)
PI.KL, Design Assistant (2014 - 2016)
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
Art History Department Dean's Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2020 - 2022)
Heritage Sustainability Scholar, Goucher College (2018 - 2020)
Stephen K.F. and Katherine W. Lee Prize, Goucher College (2019)
CivicLAB Fellow, AIA Baltimore (2018)
Special Citation for Design Concept (co-recipient), AIA Baltimore Excellence in Design (2018)
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
"Constructing a Nation: Preservation at Mount Vernon," Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Conference, Virtual (ant. 2021)
Thesis Presentation, Goucher College Annual Assembly, Virtual (2020)
Lee Paper Prize Presentation, Goucher College Annual Assembly, Baltimore, MD (2019)
The Divided Line, AIA Baltimore Lecture Series at Open Works, Baltimore, MD (2017)
Exhibitions and Projects
Policy Designed, AIGA Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (2016 - 2018)
Close Up Baltimore, Jean Hill Studios, Baltimore, MD (2015-2018)
The Divided Line, Light City 2017 Installation with the RE/PUBLIC, Baltimore, MD (2017)
The RE/PUBLIC for BMA Imagining Home (finalist), Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (2016)
Moose, Shark, Alphabet, & Forest, 4 Digital Painting Panels, Starlite Diner, Baltimore, MD (2016)
I Have No Idea What I'm Doing, But I Have This Feeling That I'm Rather Important, School of the Art Institute of Chicago BFA Show, Chicago, IL (2015)
Man Off the Fence, Paul Stuart Window Displays, Chicago, New York City, and Tokyo (2015)
A Letter From India, Kriti Gallery, Varanasi, India (2015)
Il Papa, Art on the Streets.,Florence, Italy (2014)
Curated Exhibitions
Mina Cheon, RE/PUBLIC, Baltimore, MD (2016)
Please feel free to contact me with any inquiries of past work, commissions, or exhibitions.
[email protected]
Education
MA in Art History (Design History), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (anticipated 2022)
MA in Historic Preservation, Goucher College, Towson, MD (2020)
BFA (Interdisciplinary Design Studies), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2015)
Study Trip, Layered Cities and the Portable Studio in India (2015)
Semester Abroad, Lorenzo de' Medici School, Florence, Italy (2014)
Study Trip, Art, Design, and Social Entrepreneurship in Scandinavia (2013)
Work
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate Teaching Assistant (2020 - present)
Twopoint Studio, LLC (formerly K. Lechleiter Architect, LLC), Research Coordinator (2011 - present)
RE/PUBLIC, Communications and Gallery Assistant (2015 - 2017)
PI.KL, Design Assistant (2014 - 2016)
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
Art History Department Dean's Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2020 - 2022)
Heritage Sustainability Scholar, Goucher College (2018 - 2020)
Stephen K.F. and Katherine W. Lee Prize, Goucher College (2019)
CivicLAB Fellow, AIA Baltimore (2018)
Special Citation for Design Concept (co-recipient), AIA Baltimore Excellence in Design (2018)
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
"Constructing a Nation: Preservation at Mount Vernon," Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Conference, Virtual (ant. 2021)
Thesis Presentation, Goucher College Annual Assembly, Virtual (2020)
Lee Paper Prize Presentation, Goucher College Annual Assembly, Baltimore, MD (2019)
The Divided Line, AIA Baltimore Lecture Series at Open Works, Baltimore, MD (2017)
Exhibitions and Projects
Policy Designed, AIGA Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (2016 - 2018)
Close Up Baltimore, Jean Hill Studios, Baltimore, MD (2015-2018)
The Divided Line, Light City 2017 Installation with the RE/PUBLIC, Baltimore, MD (2017)
The RE/PUBLIC for BMA Imagining Home (finalist), Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (2016)
Moose, Shark, Alphabet, & Forest, 4 Digital Painting Panels, Starlite Diner, Baltimore, MD (2016)
I Have No Idea What I'm Doing, But I Have This Feeling That I'm Rather Important, School of the Art Institute of Chicago BFA Show, Chicago, IL (2015)
Man Off the Fence, Paul Stuart Window Displays, Chicago, New York City, and Tokyo (2015)
A Letter From India, Kriti Gallery, Varanasi, India (2015)
Il Papa, Art on the Streets.,Florence, Italy (2014)
Curated Exhibitions
Mina Cheon, RE/PUBLIC, Baltimore, MD (2016)
Please feel free to contact me with any inquiries of past work, commissions, or exhibitions.