EDUCATION
University of Miami, College of Arts and Sciences, Miami, FL, May 2020
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Minor in Biology; GPA: 3.7
GRANTS AND HONORS
President’s Scholarship, University of Miami, 2018-2020
Deans List, University of Miami, 2018-2020
Arts for the Future Scholarship, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 2016
Silver Knight Award, Miami Herald Newspaper and The Knight Foundation, 2015
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Winner, Scholastic, 2014 - 2016
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Private Art Lessons | Private Course
Teacher
September 2020 - Current
PROMPT | Private Course
Co-teacher with Laura Shabott
February - April 2022
Painting Through the Eyes of Hilma Af Klint | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Teacher
March 26 - April 2, 2022
The Figure (Part Three): Lester Johnson | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
February 19, 2022
The Figure (Part Two): Robert Beauchamp | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
February 12, 2022
The Figure (Part One): Hans Hofmann | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
February 5, 2022
The Art Hang | Private Course
Teacher
Biweekly Classes, November 2020 - February 2022
Online Figure Drawing and Painting Through the Eyes of Bay Area Figurative Art (Series 3 of 3) | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
October 24, 2021
Revisiting Experimental Surfaces and Materials in Painting | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Co-teacher with Laura Shabott
October 23 - November 20, 2021
Online Figure Drawing and Collaging Through the Eyes of Matisse (Series 2 of 3) | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
October 17, 2021
Online Figure Drawing Through the Eyes of Hans Hofmann (Series 1 of 3) | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
October 10, 2021
Color Theory and Chromesthesia | Private Course
Teacher
August 21 - 28, 2021
From Bauhaus to the Russian Avant-Garde, Painting in Geometric Abstraction | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Teacher
August 21 - September 18, 2021
How to Stretch a Canvas | Private Course
Teacher
August 1, 2021
Painting Through the Eyes of the Ninth Street Women | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Co-teacher with Laura Shabott
June 19 - July 17, 2021
Online Figure Drawing for Artists who Want to Learn Hofmann’s Push/Pull Theory | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
May 16, 2021
Exploring Figure Painting and Drawing Through the Spirit of Matisse | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching assistant to Laura Shabott
April 11, 2021
Experimental Surfaces and Materials in Painting | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Co-teacher with Laura Shabott
April 10 - May 8, 2021
The Art of the Mark: Bauhaus | The Art Guild, Manhasset, NY
Co-teacher with Laura Shabott
April 9, 2021
Understanding the Figure Through Line and Watercolor | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching assistant to Laura Shabott
March 7, 2021
Color and Sound | Private Course
Teacher
March 6 - April 24, 2021
Painting Techniques | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Co-teacher with Laura Shabott
February 20 - March 20, 2021
Learning Through Contemporary Artists, For Kids! | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Teacher
February 16 - February 19, 2021
Responding and Reacting to the Figure Through Visual Vocabulary | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
January 18 - February 15, 2021
Figure Drawing for Artists Who Want to Learn Hofmann’s Push/Pull Theory | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
January 11, 2021
Hard Edge Abstraction | Private Course
Teacher
January 9 - February 27, 2021
Painting Through the Eyes of Cézanne | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Teacher
January 9 - February 6, 2021
Creating Volume and Monumentality Through the Figure | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching assistant to Laura Shabott
December 19, 2020
The Art of the Mark: A Workshop in Abstraction | The Art Guild, Manhasset, NY
Co-teacher with Laura Shabott
December 18, 2020
Push, Pull, Paint (4) | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Co-teacher with Laura Shabott
November 7 - December 12, 2020
Integrating Figure Drawing into your Studio and Artwork | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
October 19 - November 16, 2020
Midweek Critique for Introduction to Color | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Teacher
September 26 - October 24, 2020
Introduction to Color | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Teacher
September 26 - October 24, 2020
Midweek Critique for Push, Pull, Paint (3) | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Teacher
August 15 - September 5, 2020
Push, Pull, Paint (3) | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Co-teacher with Laura Shabott
August 15 - September 5, 2020
Figure Drawing as Expression | Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
July 13 - August 10, 2020
Push, Pull, Paint (2) | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Co-teacher with Laura Shabott
July 11 - August 8, 2020
Push, Pull, Paint | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Teaching Assistant to Laura Shabott
May 30 - June 27, 2020
CURATING EXPERIENCE
Learning/Medium/Opportunity, Laura Shabott, Alana Barrett and Their Cross-Country Students | Berta Walker Gallery, Wellfleet MA
Virtual Show
September 18 - October 9, 2021
Push/Pull: Shabott + Barrett + Students | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
In Person Show
June 29 - July 10, 2021
Youth Showcase | Shabott/Barrett
Virtual Showcase
2021 - Current
Student Showcase | Shabott/Barrett
Virtual Showcase
2021 - Current
What is Push/Pull? Artists Respond | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Virtual Show
October, 2020
GROUP SHOWS
Learning/Medium/Opportunity, Laura Shabott, Alana Barrett and Their Cross-Country Students | Berta Walker Gallery, Wellfleet MA
Virtual Show
September 18 - October 9, 2021
Push/Pull: Shabott + Barrett + Students | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
In Person Show
June 29 - July 10, 2021
What is Push/Pull? Artists Respond | Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
Virtual Show
October, 2020
SELECTED PRESS
Capsule Previews | Artscope Magazine
May/June 2021
An Accidental Collage, in New Colors | The Provincetown Independent
February 17, 2021
Meet Alana Barrett | VoyageMIA
November 18, 2020
Medical Literary Messenger | Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Volume 4, No. 1
Fall/Winter 2016