PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Studio Manager, barre3 | 2016-2021
Co-Founder + Designer, Nurtured Spaces | 2016-2019
barre3 Instructor, barre3 | 2018-2019
Founder + Sewing Instructor, The Bicycling Seamstress | 2012-2018
Kindergarten Teacher, KairosPDX Learning Academy | 2015
Kindergarten Teacher, Childswork Learning Center | 2013-2015
Pre-K Teacher, Childswork Learning Center | 2012-2013
Pre-K Teacher, Opal School | 2013
Art Teacher, Honey Hollow Camp, Catlin Gabel School | 2012-2013
Kindergarten Apprentice Teacher, Catlin Gabel School | 2011-2012
School Garden Coordinator, Growing Gardens | 2009-2010
Art Teacher, Multnomah Art Center | 2009-2010
Art Teacher, Mt. Scott Community Center | 2009-2010
Summer Parks Activity Staff, Portland Parks & Rec | 2009-2010
Visiting Artist, Alameda Elementary School | April 2009
Visiting Artist, East Gresham Elementary School | March 2009
Founder + Jewelry Designer, colleencatherine | 2004-2009
Content Coordinator, Children’s Literacy Initiative | 2006-2009
Freelance Costume Designer, LiveArts Fringe Festival | 2006-2009
Art Teacher, Fleisher Art Memorial | 2006-2008
Art Teacher, Philadelphia Art Museum | 2006-2008
Art Teacher, U. C. Arts League | 2005-2008
Visiting Artist, Khemissett Artisan School, Morocco | 2007
After-School Arts Coordinator, U. C. Arts League | 2005-2006
Gallery Assistant, Ubu Gallery | 2004-2005
Volunteer, The Rita Project | 2005
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Teaching, Lewis & Clark College | 2011
Reading Endorsement, Lewis & Clark College | 2014
Opal’s Center for Children’s Learning Mentorship Program, Portland State University | 2012
First Steps in Mathematics Training, Portland State University | 2011
Post Baccalaureate Elementary Education, Portland Community College | 2009
Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Pennsylvania State University | 2004
Minor in International Studies, Pennsylvania State University | 2004
Study Abroad in Rome, Italy for Art History and Sculpture, Temple University | 2003
EXHIBITIONS
2018 | Paths and Patterns: Art by Colleen Connolly and Shannon Johnson, Portland, OR
2010 | Faculty Exhibition, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR
2009 | Faculty Exhibition, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR
2009 | Bicycle People Ideas in Motion Exhibition, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2008 | Bike Part Art Show (collaboration w/ Steve Bozzone), Neighborhood Bike Works, Philadelphia, PA
2007 | Bike Part Art Show, Neighborhood Bike Works, Philadelphia, PA
2006 | Faculty Exhibition, U. C. Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
2006 | Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
FELLOWSHIPS AND OTHER PROJECTS
2006-2008 | Hurricane Katrina Documentary Film Project, Partnership w/Philly Independent Media
2004 | Gallery Assistant Internship, Max Protetch Gallery, NYC
2004 | Gallery Assistant Internship, Staley-Wise Gallery, NYC
2002-2003 | Museum Art Historian Fellowship, The Museum of the Great Plains, Oklahoma