DAWN STEWART-LOOKKIN, (b. 1982, USA)
dslookkin@gmail.com | www.dslookkin.net | IG: @dslookkin | 413.687.1704
EDUCATION
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY // Advanced Certificate in Art Education (Expected 2026)
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY // M.F.A., summa cum laude (2023) Conceptual & Fiber Art
Smith College, Northampton, MA // B.A. (2005) Major: Studio Art; Minor: Women’s Studies
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 - Present Substitute Teacher K-12 at the New York City Department of Education, New York, NY
Spring 2024 Substitute Art Teacher at P94M at P276M (April-June), New York, NY
• Led middle school D75 students in drawing, painting and collage projects
• Collaborated with theater department on year end art project
Spring 2023 Adjunct Professor, Workshop in New Materials, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
• Implemented original syllabus and instruction for Workshop in New Materials for class of 14
undergraduate college students
• Facilitated discussions on Conceptual Art, Performance Art, Ready-made, Ephemera, Assemblage, Social
Practice, Collaboration and Nurture Care Art Practices
• Presented slide show on contemporary artists as well as my own art practice
• Planned and supervised field trips to Materials for the Arts and The Whitney Museum
• Provided demos and instructed students in found object assemblage, installation art, social practices,
hand sewing, hand embroidery, visible mending and grounding/meditation techniques
2022 Teaching Assistant for Grad Sculpture Studio I (Ceramics) with Nicolas Oh, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Workshop Leader, Smith College Pre-Orientation Program for Students of Color, Northampton, MA
• Organized, designed & implemented an interactive comprehensive workshop on the non-traditional arts
• Responsible for the well-being of over 60 college entering students
• Supervised the First Year’s activities, acted as mentor
2001 Docent/Apprentice, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
• Developed and implemented curriculum
• Provided and taught gallery tours to school children (aged 5-12 year old) utilizing hands-on visual arts activities/games
2000-2001 Volunteer Leader in German program for developmentally challenged teens, Behinderte Programme,
Karlsbad, Germany
1999-2000 Apprentice Educator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
• Assisted art associate in Tally Lecture Series for youth and families
• Assisted Director of Education Dept. in teaching training workshops
1998-2000 Facilitator/Presenter/Organizer, APA (Asian Pacific American) Forum at New York University for High Schoolers, New York, NY
1997-1998 Facilitator, DRC (Diversity Resource Collaborative) Conferences at NYC High Schools, Brooklyn, NY
SOCIAL PRACTICE & FIBER ARTS WORKSHOPS
Spring 2025 Instructor of Mending (Workshop), Parsons School of Design, Manhattan, NY (Sponsored by the Parsons
Disabled Fashion Student Fund Program)
Spring 2024 Instructor of Embroidery, The Andrew Heiskell Library (NYPL), New York, NY
2023 - Present Mend & Repair; Nurture Care, New York, NY
Laundry Folding Project, New York, NY
Winter 2023 Instructor of Crochet, Sunnyside Arts, Queens, NY
2022 - 2023 Instructor of Visible Mending & Sewing, Earth Church, New York, NY
Instructor of Visible Mending & Sewing, Community Church of New York, NY
Junk Drawer Project, New York, NY, Jersey City, NJ & Bridgeport, CT
2008 - present Activist, Singer and Maker with Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir, New York, NY
2012 - 2013 Instructor of Crochet, Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park & Washington Sq Park, New York, NY
Instructor of Crochet, World Fellowship Center (Where Social Justice Meets Nature), Conway, NH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Show, Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Hudson Guild Community Art Show, Hudson Guild, Manhattan, NY
2022 Precious: Compulsive Acquisition, Moonah Arts Centre, Tasmania, Australia
2020 Con Artist Art Collective Show, New York, NY
2005 Senior Art Show, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Laundry Show, Northampton, MA
ARTIST COLLECTIVE
2021 - present Co-founding member of Precious Excess Collective, New York, Tasmania, Australia & England
AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Yvonne Shortt Nature Open Grant, New York, NY
Walter Cerf Fine Arts Award, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Grad Student Teaching Fellow, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2001- 2005 Unitarian Universalist Stanfield and D’Orlando Art Scholarship, Northampton, MA
2000 Packer Collegiate Institute’s Art Excellence Award, Brooklyn, NY
Gold Key Award for “Subway Ride to Apo’s,” Short Short Story, The Scholastic Writing Awards, New York, NY
Gold Key Award for “Censored,” Personal Essay, The Scholastic Writing Awards, New York, NY
1999 Gold Key Award for “Remembering Pam”, Short Short Story, The Scholastic Writing Awards, New York, NY
1996 Silver Key Award for “Doorways”, Short Short Story, The Scholastic Writing Awards, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2015 Short film, “Grandpa's Garlic” by Hye Yun Park featured my original illustrations, New York, NY
2011 My Geometric Earrings’ pattern were featured in the how-to-book, State of Craft by London-based publisher,
Cicada Books, London, UK
Time Out New York Kids featured my Hugging Finger Puppets in their June/July 2011 issue, New York, NY