EDUCATION
2023 Manhattanville College School of Education, Purchase, NY; Master of Art in Teaching, NY State Certification (Art Education preK-12)
2021 Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; Master of Fine Arts (painting & interdisciplinary)
2016 Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; Bachelor of Art Studio Art, Cum Laude Honors
2012-2014 Alfred University School of Art and Design, Alfred, NY; coursework towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts
2012 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, NY, NY; Visual Art, Regents Diploma for the Arts
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-present High School & Middle School Visual Arts Teacher, Haldane Central School District; Cold Spring, NY
2023 Adjunct Professor, Visual Art Department, Manhattanville College; Purchase, NY
2023 Student Teacher, Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District; Rye-Brook, NY
2019-2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Western Connecticut State University; Danbury, CT
2019 Substitute Teacher, Danbury Public Schools; Danbury, CT
2019 Substitute Teacher, Bethel Public Schools; Bethel, CT
2016-2017 Gallery Assistant, Sculpture Barn; New Fairfield, CT
2013-2014 Gallery Assistant, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery; Alfred, NY
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Annual Faculty Art Exhibition, Manhattanville College, Brownson Gallery, Purchase, NY
2023 The Expressive Paintings of Randy Carboni and Alison Booth, Two-Artist Exhibition, Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield, CT
2023 Alison Booth and Sarah Rinaldi, Two-Artist Exhibition, Manhattanville College, Brownson Gallery, Purchase, NY
2022 Manhattanville College Student Exhibition, Brownson Gallery, Purchase, NY
2021 Of Impulse & Happenstance, Solo Exhibition, Gilbert Gallery, Farmington, CT
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
2016 Senior Show, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
2016 Summer 2016 Exhibition, Urban Studio Unbound, Yonkers, New York
2016 Artist Exhibition, Sculptors and Painters, Sculpture Barn Gallery, New Fairfield, CT
2013 Foundations Exhibition, Cohen Gallery, Alfred, NY
2008 M.A.T. Fashion Show, MILK Gallery, New York, NY
2008 The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of 2008, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2023 Jeremiah Hassel, Carefully Crafting Collages at RSS, Rye Brook Westmore News Vol. 59 No. 12
2021 Christine Graf, Social Conscience, Spirituality, and Wiccan in One Show, Gallery & Studio Arts Journal
2021 Resident Among WCSU Master Of Fine Arts Graduates Presenting In Thesis Exhibition, The Newtown Bee
2008 Middle Schoolers Design for Models, Downtown Express
AWARDS & WORKSHOPS
2023 Co-Presenter of printmaking workshop for the NYSATA Region 7 annual symposium; New Paltz, NY
2008 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Gold Key-drawing, award for excellence in visual arts
LANGUAGES
Conversational Mandarin and Introductory French