| SHORT BIOGRAPHY Born in Lima Peru, Varon has been a visual artist since childhood. She immigrated to the United States in 1972 at age 17 and has lived in the Boston-Cambridge Massachusetts area ever since. Varon earned her Bachelor Degree from Brandeis University in 1976, her Masters Degree from Lesley University in 1992 and Doctorate Degree from Harvard University in 2004. Art and education have been interconnected throughout her entire life. Varon launched her career with a solo-exhibit at the Borkas Gallery in Lima, Peru where she showed her early large acrylic shadow and drip paintings as well as her unique photo-etchings. Later on, Varon has had a one woman exhibit at the Cyclorama (Boston Center for the Arts) in Boston at a Gala Celebration of Latino Culture in Boston. This event was attended by the late Governor Edward King who autographed one of her paintings. Other solo exhibits include the University of Texas in Austin and Brinkerhoff Gallery in Cambridge. Varon has participated in numerous group-shows and panel discussions across the nation, primarily in the Boston and Cambridge Areas. These include: Gallery 28 on Newbury Street, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, University of Massachusetts, the Pan-American Society, the US Department of Transportation Building in Cambridge, the Augusta Savage Gallery in Amherst, and The Portland Maine Arts Building (See curriculum vitae for additional details.) In the late seventies and eighties, Varon performed with the US Steel Cello Ensemble at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Gardner Museum, The De Cordova Museum, Harvard Sanders Theater, Boston City Hall, and the American Repertory Theater. These events produced newspaper articles and feature-programs on TV, including the NBC Today show. As an educator, Dr. Corinne Varon has been employed under diverse capacities for the Boston and Cambridge Public School Systems. Her students’ art and mural projects have been exhibited frequently at the Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston Science Museum, Draper Laboratories, and Bank of Boston Main Branch among other places. Dr. Varon has lectured in local and national conferences on subjects such as Integrated Curricula, School Reform, Dual- Language Acquisition, Medical Interpretation Programs for High School Students, and Art and Cognition - the topic of her dissertation. CURRICULUM VITAE Born in Lima, Peru 1954 Emigrated to the US 1972 Cambridge MA - Art City Studios 1977 - 2004 North Shore Boston- 2004 - present EDUCATION HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Ed.D. Dissertation Title: IMPRINTS OF SELF Manifestations Of Bilingual And Monolingual Children’s Cognitive Structures In Drawings Of Self And Significant Others HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Certificate of Advanced Studies – Teaching and Learning LESLEY UNIVERSITY, Masters Degree in Multicultural Moderate Special Needs with a Minor in Expressive Therapies NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, Suffolk University, Painting and Graphic Design HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Career Discovery Program in Architecture BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Bachelors Degree in History of Art, Minor Fine Art s REGIS COLLEGE, Major Fine Arts, Minor Photography COLEGIO FRANCO PERUANO, Lima Peru, High school Diploma SOLO VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITS 2010 Gaga Gallery, Swampscott 1977 University of Texas, Austin 1979 Boston Center for the Arts – Cyclorama, Boston 1981 Galería Borkas, Lima, Perú GROUP EXHIBITS 2007 Latino Art Museum, Mother Earth and Poetry 2007 National Museum of Women in the Arts DC, Gala Night 2007 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Gala 2007 North Shore Association of Challenged Citizen, Auction Night 2006 LATINO ART MUSEUM, CA 2006 Brandeis University, MA 2006 National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC Gala Night 2001 Cambridge Artists Open Studios (CAOS), MA 1994 Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, MA 1992-93 MAYNARD SCHOOL, Mural 1992 MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, Banner, Rain Forest Exhibit 1991 MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, Earth Day banner 1991 PRIVATE HOUSE EXTERIOR Mural, Cherry St. Cambridge 1991 BOSTON PARK PLAZA, Environmental Poster Design 1990 CAMBRIDGE CITY HALL -n Public Demonstrations 1985 WINSHIP SCHOOL, Doorway Mural 1985 BANK OF BOSTON, Lobby Exhibit "Kids Art 85" 1984 MIT, CENTER FOR ADVANCED VISUAL STUDIES, Multi-Media 1983 BANK OF BOSTON, Lobby Exhibit, "Kid's Art 83" 1982 BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Lobby Exhibit 1980 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Performed with the US Steel Cello Ensemble 1979 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER ( A.R.T.) Harvard - Performed with the US Steel Cello Ensemble for King Lear Directed by Peter Sellers 1978 BOSTON CITY HALL, First Night with the US Steel Cello Ensemble 1978 U MASS BOSTON, Latino Artists Group Show T. V. & MEDIA COVERAGE NBC TODAY SHOW (segment) TV 9 - ATT Segment on Bilingual Education (December, 2002) MABE Newsletter (Fall 1995 & Fall 1999) CHRONICLE TV 5 (feature) TV 7 NOSOTROS (talk show) TV 5 AQUI (feature) BOSTON GLOBE - CAMBRIDGE CHRONICLE DRAPER LAB NEWSLETTER MIT TECH TALK TEACHERS UNION PAPER La Nación Newspaper, Costa Rica 1981 El Comercio Newspaper, Lima, Peru, 1981 LANGUAGES SPANISH, ENGLISH, AND FRENCH MASSACHUSETTS LICENCES DIRECTOR/SUPERVISOR PRINCIPAL/ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (1-6) MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION (5-9) VISUAL ARTS TEACHER (Pre-K-9) VISUAL ARTS TEACHER (5-12) EMPLOYMENT CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2008-present Second Grade Teacher, Amigos School 1996 - present Assistant Director/Coordinator 2002 LESLEY UNIVERISTY Adjunct Faculty 1999 - 2000 HARVARD UNIVERSITY Graduate School of Education Teacher Assistant 1995-96 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Coordinator of Teacher’s Network 1988-96 CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Teacher 1995-1996 Teacher Grades 8-9: Adolescence Through Literature in Spanish 1994-1996 Staff Developer for grades 4-7: Social Studies and Language Arts 1991-94 Third grade teacher in Spanish Component 1989-91 Third grade teacher in Spanish and English Components 1988-89 Second grade teacher in Spanish and English Components 1988-1995 Designer, Logo, Brochures, T-Shirts 1992-93 TERC, Piloted Math Curriculum Program 1989-90 MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, Cosmos After School Science Instructor 1979-88 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1983-88 Transitional Bilingual Program Teacher 1979-83 Art Specialist, Program for Gifted and Talented Students 1979-81 System-wide substitute teacher 1976-77 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Center for International Studies, Clerk GRANTS AND AWARDS 1995-00 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Entering and Continuing Award 1994-95 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Conant Fellowship 1993-94 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARD, LESLEY UNIVERSITY AND DRAPER LAB, Curriculum Research & Development 1991 US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Class Award 1984-86 BANK OF NEW ENGLAND, Science Fellowship Award 1976 BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Cum Laude 1975 BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Photography Prize CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Two-Way Language Immersion Conferences 2005 and 2001 (Monterey, CA), 1999 (Santa Barbara) National Association of Bilingual Education Annual Conferences (NABE) 2006 (Phoenix), 2005 (San Antonio), 2000 (San Antonio), 1998 (Albuquerque), 1997, 1996, 1995 (Orlando) Massachusetts Association of Bilingual Education Annual Conferences (MABE) 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995. Harvard University ARTS Research Group, 2003 Harvard University, Cognitive Development Research Group 1998, 2002 Harvard University - Guest Lecturer 1996-97-98, Assuring the Academic Success of Language Minority Children MIT - Center For Advanced Visual Studies, Panelist - 1984 Rotary Club, Pinellas County, FLA, 2001 St. Petersburg Junior College, 2001, 1995 CIVIC ACTIVITIES 2000 Cambridge Public Schools - Race, Class and Gender Committee 1999 Cambridge Public Schools - Multicultural Committee 1993 CAMBRIDGE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE ON LATINO AFFAIRS 1992-93 CAMBRIDGE TEACHER ASSOCIATION, Executive Board 1992-93 CAMBRIDGE TEACHER ASSOCIATION, Co-Chair –Election Committee 1993 MAYNARD SCHOOL, Member of the Student Support Team 1993 FRIENDS OF LUIS BURUCA FUND Benefit Committee 1993 MAYNARD SCHOOL Project Coordinator for School Mural 1992 CAMBRIDGE SISTER CITY, SAN JOSE LAS FLORES Teacher Delegate-Interpreter on Trip to El Salvador 1981 WINSHIP SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL, Coordinator 1974-75 BANK OF BOSTON Free Lance Curator and Director, Corporate Art Exhibit of Children's Art 1974 THE FORD FOUNDATION Participant, Archaeological Excavation, Huánuco Pampa, Peru |
With Mom
With Brothers and Parents
With the Women Relatives
With Her Three Children
| With husband Richard |
Daughter Lily with Andre
Husband Richard
Lily's Graduation
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| BIOGRAPHICAL DATA and VITAE |
HIGHLIGHTS Varon will be exhibiting at the Gaga Gallery in Swampscott, MA March 3-21, 2010 Varon exhibited at the Latino Art Museum in Pamona, California, April 06 & 07 - Exhibited at the National Museum for Women in the Arts during their Gala Nights Bella Notte - April 20th 2007 Divina Latina - April 2006 - Also in April 2007, Varon participated in two auctions: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - Gala Event North Shore Association for Challenged Citizens |
Husband Richard