UI Design

Background: For a graduate-level design course, I designed BassClass, an arts education mobile app for smartphones and tablets. Bass Class is meant for delivery as part of the Performing Arts and Academic Connection (PAAC) program at Texas Performing Arts, and delivers activities, lessons, and forums to middle-grade students visiting Bass Concert Hall.

My role: I spent the semester studying child development in the context of digital media design, with a specific focus on young adolescents. I designed BassClass to function seamlessly across devices and to allow teachers to differentiate assignments for each student’s success. This iteration of BassClass focuses on students’ preparation for a gospel music performance in April 2018.

Here are some of the BassClass mockups. Features pictured below include the home screen, student profile, whole-class collaborative playlist activity, individual music-mixing activity, and the whole-class questions and answers forum in which students interface with visiting artists.

Instructional Design

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Background: As the Senior Student Associate for Campus and Community Engagement, I create lesson materials for students grades 6-12 that relate to specially-geared Texas Performing Arts performance opportunities. The Performing Arts Academic Connection (PAAC) partnership invites students from area schools to experience the power of performing arts at a discounted rate. In collaboration with teachers and district leadership, I work to design standards-aligned lesson materials to accompany PAAC performances, usually taught for one week surrounding the performance experience. 

My role: As an instructional designer, I:

  • Collaborate with local teachers, administrators, and visiting artists to ensure high-quality instructional materials

  • Research and implement accessible, adaptable curriculum to meet the needs of all students

  • Create lesson materials that align with Texas Language Arts standards as well as standards for theatre, dance, music, and other disciplines

  • Work with the Texas Performing Arts Marketing Department to weave lessons into the performance information presentation platform, Issuu.

From 2017 — 2019, I designed lesson materials for: 

  • Trey McLaughlin and the Sounds of Zamar, a gospel music group from Augusta, Georgia

  • Ragamala Dance, a classical South Indian dance company

  • Fifth House Ensemble's Journey: LIVE, a multimedia performance experience that combines live video game play, music performance, and visual art

  • Gigglepants Improv, UT Austin’s premier short-form improv comedy group

  • Ezralow Dance's OPEN, a dynamic contemporary dance performance by the world-renowned company led by acclaimed choreographer Daniel Ezralow

  • Hum A Cappella, an ensemble comprised of UT students performing traditional South Asian music with a contemporary a cappella twist

  • The UT Chamber singers, an ensemble comprised of UT students performing world choral music with a special performance emphasis on the traditional American songbook.

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Instructional Templates

I created these templates for use in all of our instructional deliverables. Templates include materials for teachers, printable student activities, and materials for presentations for schools, administrators, and donors. All templates adhere to our brand standards while organizing instruction and context in an easy-to-read, engaging format.

Explore Templates

Multimedia Production

In May 2019, I collaborated with the Texas Performing Arts Marketing Department and UT’s student-run improv group to create a theater etiquette video for students visiting the arts center.

Interactive Worksheets

Ezralow Dance Open Lesson Cover

Ezralow Dance: OPEN Lesson Materials

Designed for students in grades 6 through 12, the lesson materials, plans, and assessments in this packet engage students' appreciation of dance from an interdisciplinary perspective, bring forth opportunities for creative play and independent multimedia research and presentation, and expose students to examples of creativity for social change all around the world.

This guide was distributed to all teachers cooperating in the performance experience. Inside, find links to all of my lesson materials and assessments.

Ezralow Dance Lesson Materials

TEDxUGA

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TEDxUGA Stage Manager: 2014 — 2016

Background: Through TEDxUGA, University of Georgia students, faculty, and alumni have had the opportunity to showcase the innovations that make UGA a world-class public university, all while making connections that strengthen and enrich the community. Since 2013, the TEDxUGA conference has drawn hundreds of students, faculty, and alumni together to experience ideas worth sharing. 

My roles: As a member of the production team, I designed set materials and managed the presenters and technical equipment for two major TEDx events each academic year: the Student Idea Competition in the fall and TEDxUGA in the spring. Below are the installation set art pieces I created for TEDxUGA 2015 and 2016.

Challenges: In my role as Stage Manager, I was responsible for designing set materials and performance experiences in compliance with detailed TED organization regulations. I worked with local artists and with TED's international office to develop resources for the TEDxUGA organization, including guides for sourcing paints and other materials.

All photos on this page by John Weatherford.

Public Relations and Mentoring

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Public Relations Director: 2015 — 2016

Background: Founded in 2006, Thomas Lay After-School Program connects Athens-area students with university student mentors in a fun, safe environment every afternoon. The organization enlists the leadership of a team of student volunteers and facilitates mentorship for dozens of local elementary and middle-grade students each afternoon.

My role: As Public Relations Director, I created print materials for the organization, advertised, spoke on the program's behalf at events, managed social media accounts, and redesigned the organization's website by migrating it to a new platform. I also took photographs of mentors and mentees for use in promotional materials.

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Exhibition Design

Background: In a graduate course on literacy and memory technologies, I created a proposal and resources for a mock gallery-style exhibition for teens at the San Francisco Public Library's main branch. 

My role: I created a cohesive voice and visual identity for all exhibition materials, including a museum guide for teen patrons. I conducted extensive research on the San Francisco Independent School District's demographic breakdown and grade-level educational goals as part of my exhibition design. Artifacts selected represent a global perspective on shorthand, contextualizing this literacy practice and affirming teens' participation of an exploration in new shorthand models. 

This exhibition guide is a part of a class project at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin.