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Kate Riggs Perkins
Wyomissing PA 19610
k8rperkins@gmail.com


ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

2023 Total Experience Learning Certificate Albright College, Reading PA

2015 AP Studio Art Certification Goucher College, Towson MD

2006 M. Ed. Art Education Kutztown University, Kutztown PA

Thesis - Object Based Art Education

Concentration in Digital Media

2000 Art Education Certification Kutztown University, Kutztown PA

1986 BA Studio Art Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA

Concentration in Printmaking



EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Faculty, Art Department

Fall 2008-Present, Albright College, Reading PA

• Art 101 Drawing

• Art 103 Design

• Art 265 Computer Graphics, Art and Design

• EDU 338 Teaching Art in the Secondary School

Art Teacher /Department Head - Reading High School

2000-2026 Reading School District, Reading PA

Developed and implemented standards based high school art curriculum for grades 9- 12 in an urban school (population 5,000+ students).

Taught curriculum for specific classes including AP Art and Design, Introductory Art,

Craft Design 1, Craft Design 2, Ceramics, Exploring Art, advanced levels Art 3 and 4,

Portfolio development, Community Art, and Art and Technology levels 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Proficient in use of Mac platform and industry standard computer applications

including Adobe CC Software, Microsoft and Google Suite.

Developed and taught lessons for asynchronous, synchronous, and hybrid programs

Liaison between district, administration and art department

Responsible for allocation and balance of art department budget (>$32,500)

Visual Merchandise Manager

1987-1998 John Wanamaker/Woodward and Lothrop



RELATED/OTHER EXPERIENCE

2026 Abstract, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA

2026 Goggleworks 18th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading PA

2026 The Wedding Singer , Graphic Design, RHS Spring Musical

2025 Guys and Dolls, Set Design/Graphic Design, RHS Spring Musical

2024 Disaster, Set Design/Graphic Design, RHS Spring Musical

2023 Pippin, Set Design/Graphic Design, RHS Spring Musical

2022 In the Heights, Set Design/Graphic Design, RHS Spring Musical

2021 All Together Now, Set Design/Graphic Design, RHS Fall Musical

2021 You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Set Design/Graphic Design, RHS Spring Musical

2020 Still Roaring, Studio B, Boyertown, PA

2020 Sister Act, Set Design/Graphic Design, RHS Spring Musical

2019 Mural design coordination, Santander Arena , Reading PA

2019 Hairspray, Set Design/Graphic Design, RHS Spring Musical

2018 A Knight on Broadway, Set Design/Graphic Design,RHS Spring Musical

2018 Mini Dragonfly mural, WRMOTA, West Reading, PA

2017 Working, Set Design/Graphic Design,RHS Fall Musical Production

2017 Outstanding Art Education Community Involvement Award, Kutztown University

2017 Frederick H Gaige Memorial Juried Exhibit, Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks

2017 The Teachers Show T, The Goggleworks Reading PA

2017 Compendium, Juried Show, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem PA

2016 Urinetown, Set Design/Graphic Design, RHS Fall Musical Production

2016 Doodle to Dimension, Studio B, Boyertown, PA

2016 Fastlane Art Exhibit, Berks Art Council, Reading PA

2016 After School, Berks County Art Teachers, The Goggleworks, Reading PA

2015 Little Shop of Horrors Set design, RHS Fall Musical Production

2015 Fastlane Art Exhibit, Berks Art Council, Reading PA

2015 After School, Berks County Art Teachers, The Goggleworks, Reading PA

2015 Papier Gefunden (Found Paper), The Goggleworks, Reading PA

2015 Fastlane Art Exhibit, Berks Art Council, Reading PA

2015 The Art of Jazz, Honorable Mention The Goggleworks, Reading PA

2015 Telling Stories: Juried Exhibition, The Goggleworks, Reading PA

2014 Papier Gefunden (Found Paper), Reutlingen, Germany

2014 Series, Awesome Dawgs, Reading PA

2014 Fastlane Art Exhibit, Berks Art Council, Reading PA

2014 The Art of Jazz, The Goggleworks, Reading PA

2014 Secrets: Juried Exhibition, The Goggleworks, Reading PA

2011 Mural design and implementation, Berks History Center, Reading PA

2009 Community Mural Design, The Goggleworks, Reading PA

2008 Furry Friday Exhibition, Humane Society, Reading PA