Jason Bagatta, Artist-Educator

EDUCATION

MFA-in Interdisciplinary Arts, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, Aug. 2000 - Jan. 2003

BFA, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, Fall 1996 - Spring 1999

Studio Courses, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC, Fall 1990 - Spring 1992

NOMINATION

Chester College of New England’s Nominee for New Hampshire Excellence in Education Award (NHCUC) Spring 2005

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

NHTI, Concord’s Community College, Concord - Spring ‘24 – Present

Arts Instructor: Drawing II, Spring ‘24

MassArt, Massachusetts School of Art & Design, Boston, MA – 2023 - Present

Continuing Education Arts Instructor: Expressive Drawing, Spring ‘24; Expressive Drawing, Fall ‘23

Currier Museum, Manchester, NH, 2022- present

Visiting Teaching Artist: Art for Veterans, Drawing Studio, Jan. - Feb. ‘24; Visiting Teaching Artist: Art for Veterans, Drawing Studio, Nov. - Dec. ‘23; Visiting Teaching Artist: Drawing Fundamentals, Sept. - Oct. ‘23; Visiting Teaching Artist: Art for Veterans, Drawing Studio, Sept. - Oct. ‘23; Visiting Teaching Artist: Youth Arts, July ‘23; Visiting Teaching Artist: Expressive Painting, April – May ’23; Visiting Teaching Artist: Art for Veterans, Drawing with Expression, March – April ’23; Visiting Teaching Artist: Mixed Media for Adults, Jan. – Feb. ’23; Visiting Teaching Artist: Art for Veterans, Drawing with Expression, Jan. – Feb. ’23; Consultant & Artist in Residence, Art Bridges with CHS, “I am Here: Stories about Home”, Dec., ’22 & Jan. ‘23; Visiting Teaching Artist: MPAL Open Studio, Sept. – Nov. ’22; MPAL Mural, March-April, ‘22;  

Institute of Art & Design at NEC (Formerly New Hampshire Institute of Art), Manchester, NH, Summer 2019-2022

BFA, Pre-College, MAE Faculty: Pre-College Mixed-Media Faculty, Summer ‘22; Pre-College Mixed-Media Faculty, Summer ‘21; BFA, Drawing 1, Winter, ’20-’21; Sp Mixed-Media, Fall ‘20; Pre-College Mixed-Media Faculty, Aug., 20; Pre-College Drawing Faculty July ’20; FND Skills Lab: Observational Drawing & Mixed-Media, Spring ’20; FND Core Faculty, Fall ’19; FND Lab-Observational Drawing, Fall ’19; Pre-College Core Faculty, Summer ’19; MAAE Exhibition Faculty, Summer ’19.

New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH 2008 – Summer 2019

BFA, Community Education, Youth Arts, Masters in Art & Art Education Faculty (MAE): FND Core Faculty & Portrait Skills Lab Instructor, Spring ’19 & Fall ’18; Youth Arts Studio Instructor, July, ’18; MAAE Residency Studio Instructor, June-July, ’18; Pre-College Studio Instructor, Portrait Workshop, June, ’18; C.E. Mixed-media Collage, Spring ’18; C.E. Intro to Acrylic Painting, Instructor, Spring, ’18; Youth Arts Portrait Workshop, Instructor, Jan., ’18; FND Core Faculty, Fall ’17 & Spring ‘18; MAAE Studio Advisor, Fall ’17; Collage Workshop, C.E. Instructor, Nov. ‘17 ; Youth Arts Program Faculty, Summer, ’17; Pre-College Workshop Facilitator, Summer, ’17;  MAAE Studio Faculty, Summer, ’17; Foundations Core Studio Faculty & Portrait Skills Lab Instructor, Spring ‘17; Foundations Core Studio Faculty, Fall ’16; MAAE Studio Faculty, Summer '16; Compositional Drawing, Design II, Spring '16; Observational Drawing, Design I, Fall '15; MAAE Studio Faculty, Summer '15; Compositional Drawing, Observational Drawing, Spring ’15; MAAE Mentor Sept.’14-Mar.’15; MAE Studio Faculty, Summer, ‘14; Compositional Drawing (2 sections), Spring ‘14;  Figure Drawing I, Design I (2 sections) Fall ’13;  Figure Drawing, Design II, Spring ’13; 3-D Design, Drawing II, Color Theory, Spring ’12; 3-D Design, Drawing I, Fall ’11; 3-D Design, Drawing II, Spring ’11; 3-D Design, 2-D Design, Fall ‘10; 3-D Design, Color Theory, Spring ‘10; 2-Design (2 sections), Fall’09; 2-D Design, Color Theory, Spring ‘09; Drawing I, Figure Drawing I, Fall ’08

Chester College of New England, Chester, NH 2003-2008: Conceptual Art, Spring ’08; Drawing I, Fall ‘07; Mixed-Media Painting,  Advanced Drawing, Spring ‘07; Drawing II, Figure Drawing, Spring ’07; Painting I, Special Topics: Painting & Drawing -materials & meaning, Fall ’06; Art, Design & Color: An Open Media Approach, Painting I, Figure Drawing, Spring ‘06; Advanced Painting, Drawing I, Special Topics: Draw-Paint combo, Fall ‘05; Foundations of Art & Design: An Open Media Approach (2 classes), Spring ‘05; Figure Drawing, Drawing I, Fall ‘04; Painting I & III Combo, Color Theory, Spring ‘04; Drawing I, Fall ‘03; Figure Drawing, Spring ‘03

Hesser College, Manchester/Nashua Campus, NH 2004-2010: Drawing I, Survey of Art History, Spring ’10; Drawing I, Fall ’09; Concepts of Color, Summer ‘05; Survey of Art History, Spring ‘05; Drawing 1, Fall ‘04; Concepts of Color, Summer, ‘04

Goddard College, Plainfield, VT: Painting (multi-level), Fall 2000 & Spring 2001; Drawing Workshop, Spring 1998

EXHIBITIONS

Group Show, ABSTRACTION, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA, Jan., ‘24; Faculty & Staff Group Show, Currier Created, The Currier Museum of Art, Nov. ‘23-Jan ’24, Manchester NH; Group Show, Creative Guts Invitational, Lycium Gallery, Oct. ‘23, Manchester, NH; Group Show, Mosaic Art Collective, Full Circle, Sept. ‘23, Manchester, NH; Group Show, Mosaic Art Collective, Feb. ‘23, Manchester, NH; Group Show, All Together Now, See Saw Art Gallery, Feb. ’22; Group Show, Mosaic Art Collective, Manchester, NH, Jan. ’23; Group Show, Salon ’22, Kimball Jenkins, Concord, NH, Nov. ’22;  Group Show, Mosaic Art Collective, Manchester, NH, Nov. ’22; Group Show, The Locals, See Saw Art Gallery, Manchester, NH, Sept. ’22;  Group Show, WTS Art Collective, Art House Studios, Manchester, NH, June ’22; Group Show, Jones Studio/Gallery, Exeter, NH, Nov.,’21; Group Show, Manco Studio Gallery, NYC, NY, March, ‘22 Organizer, Host and Participating Artist in M.A.P. (Music Art & Poetry) Events/Exhibitions, Jupiter Hall Gallery, Manchester, NH, Dec., ’19; Nov., ’19;  Oct., ’19; July, ’19;  April, ’19, March, ’19, Jan., ‘19, Dec., ’18; Nov.,’18; Group Show, The Human Condition Art Gallery, Pembroke, NH, Mar., ’18 & Sept., ’17; Group Exhibition, Hooker Dunham Theater, VT, March, ‘15; Graduate Programs Faculty Exhibition, Sharon Arts Center, NH, July, ‘14; BFA Faculty Exhibition, NHIA, NH, Sept. 2011-15; Solo Exhibition, 110 Sullivan St., NYC, May, ’10; Faculty Exhibition, NHIA, NH, Sept. ’09; Group Exhibition, Dutchkills Gallery, NYC, July, ’09; Group Exhibition, Underground M.A.P. Project, Manchester, NH, Jan., ’09 & April, June, Sept., ‘08; Group Exhibition, Monastery Gallery, Manchester, NH, Aug. ‘07; Group Exhibition, Palaidan Gallery, Lowell, MA, Feb., ‘07; Group Exhibition, Monastery Gallery, Manchester, NH, May ‘07; Open Doors Studio Tour, Manchester, NH, April & July ‘07; Two-man Exhibition Jan. ‘07; Solo Exhibition, Bembe, NYC, Feb. ‘06; Group Exhibition of Drawings, Monastery Art Center, May ’06; Best in Show Award, Queen City Custom Vinyl & Plush Toy Show, NEOTOKYO Comics, NH, April ‘06; Auction/Benefit, Gala, Manchester, NH, Nov. ‘05; Katrina Benefit, Jillian’s, April, ‘06; Group Exhibition, Suite 10, Concord, NH, Jan. ‘05; Williamsburg Public House, NYC, Feb. ‘03; Solo Exhibition, Bembe, NYC, Jan. ‘03; Group Exhibition, The Fifth Element, VT, Aug. ‘02; National Open Call for REACTIONS, Exit Art, NYC, Jan. ‘02; MFA-IA Group Exhibitions, Goddard College, VT, Aug, ‘02, Jan, July, ‘01, Aug. 2000; Group Exhibition, Studio 84, NYC, March & April, ‘00; Two-person Exhibition, The Institute for Social Ecology, VT, April ‘98

RELATED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

Founder & Lead Instructor, Art House Studios School for Drawing & Painting, Feb. ‘21 - present; Artist-in-residence, Studio 550 Art Center, NH, '16- ‘20; Juror, Manchester Arts Council, Annual exhibition, City Hall, NH, Aug. ’19; Pecha Kucha, (Group Presentation), Sharon Arts Center Gallery, Peterborough, NH, Nov.,’16; Curator, Promoter, and Participating Artist, Monastery Artist Collective 2005-2008; Illustrator, Magna Publishing, NJ, Aug 2003; Actor, The Other Shoe (independent feature film), The Family Film Productions, NYC, Oct.-Dec. 2002; Scenic Painter, Creative Engineering, NYC, Dec. 1999-Aug. 2000; Illustrator, Chronogram: Mid-Hudson Magazine of Events & Ideas, NY, Aug. 1999- Aug. 2000