David is an American artist reacting to American culture, politics and history.
David has maintained an art practice for well over twenty years, and is based in the Tulsa and Dallas areas.
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EDUCATION
2023
Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering
Post-graduate hours/ continuing education, Data Science
Cal-Arts
Post-graduate hours/ continuing education, UI/UX
2008
The University of North Texas
Post-graduate hours toward earning a Ph.D. in Art Education
2001
The University of Tulsa
MFA
1997
The University of Tulsa
BFA
COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT IN THE VISUAL ARTS
2017-2020
Worked as a Humanities/ English instructor and Art Club facilitator at Crossover Preparatory Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an all-boys private school in north Tulsa, where I taught a socially engaged and augmented Humanities and English curriculum, and sponsored/ facilitated Art Club, exposing young men to the visual arts in socially relevant and inclusive ways (ages 6th grade through 9th grade)
2005-2017
Worked as an instructor/ guide on trips to the local area and national museums and galleries as an instructor at TCA and Mountainview
Directing, curating, photographing (documenting/cataloging), and assisting with the installation of various types of student exhibits/ gallery space management, TAG Gallery, Trinity Christian Academy, Addison, TX
2004-2017
Faculty/ Student Art Retreat, a student enrichment event involving various group/ community art projects, shared between advanced students and art faculty, Texas Trinity Christian Academy, Addison Texas
2013
“Artist David Connolly Talks with Wrongfully Accused”; an event meant to educate and draw awareness to social injustice, and the work was done on the behalf of social justice for the Wrongfully Accused in Dallas, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas Texas
2008
Volunteer Art Direction/ Participant in Mural Painting, School for Orphans, Volta Region, Ghana, Africa
2007
Volunteer Art Direction/ Participant in Mural Painting, School for the Physically Disabled, Machakos, Kenya
WORK/ TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 – Present (Tulsa, OK)
Upper School Design Lead
Upper School American History
Director of Art and Design
Consult on all visualizations (Power BI/ Tableau)
Custom art, illustration, layout, and print design
Documentation and technical writing
Evergreen posting, social media
Copy editing
UX/UI
Sales, marketing
2017 – 2023
Crossover Preparatory Academy (Tulsa, OK)
US/MS English Language Arts, Literature and Humanities
2006 – Present
Mountainview College (Dallas College, Mountainview Campus, Dallas, TX)
ARTS 1301-6412
Art Appreciation online with an emphasis on political art/ contemporary art
ARTS-1301-6250 Art Appreciation (Museum Studies)
ARTS-1301-6501 Art Appreciation (Lecture)
ARTS-1303-6501 Art Survey
ARTS 1304 Survey of Art History
ARTS-1311-6001 2D Design
ARTS 1316 Drawing I
ARTS 1317 Drawing II
ARTS 2316 Painting I
ARTS 2317 Painting II
Arts 2316. Emphasis is on individual expression. (2 Lecture, 4 Lab.)
2002 – 2018
Trinity Christian Academy (Addison, TX)
Full-Time Art Instructor
Studio Art
Drawing I
Drawing II
Painting I
Painting II
Photography
Video Animation
Thesis exhibition (co-teach with Department Head)
Documentary Video
Film studies/ appreciation
1998 – 2001
The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)
Graduate/ Teaching Assistant
Assisting professors Chuck Tomlins and Virgil Lampton
Slide/copy work
Lecture and instruction, grading and critiquing
2D Foundations/ Design, Sculpture
1998 – 2001
Hale High School (Tulsa, OK)
Visiting Art Instructor
2D Design
Foundations
1996 – 1997
Greenwood Cultural Center (Tulsa, OK)
Visiting Photography Instructor
SOLO/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020
Elegy to Langston Hughes, Let America Be America Again, Friends & Family Exhibition: 9b, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2018
Family Ties, Jon Millet + David Connolly, Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014
Liminal Space, The Davis Foundry Gallery, Dallas Texas
2013
Spirit Birds, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas Texas
2011
Texas Gladiators Wright Gallery, College Station Texas
2007
America Series La Misha, McKinney Texas
2006
America Series Chèvres, Belgium
2005
Tall American Tales. Premium Goods, Houston Texas
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Alumni Exhibition: TAG, Addison, Texas
2018
Back Gallery 6th Annual Portrait Show: Cameron Studios, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2017
Art Alumni Exhibition, TAG, Addison Texas
2016
Faculty Show TAG, Addison Texas
2015
Ancestry, TAG, Addison Texas
2014
Group Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas Texas
Faculty Show, Cliff Gallery, Dallas Texas
2013
Cut and Paste, Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas Texas
Us, Cliff Gallery, Dallas Texas
2012
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: A Response by African-American Artists, Cliff Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011
Extra-Curricular, Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2010
Faculty Show, Kiva Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Tactile. Brazos Gallery, Richardson, Texas
2009
Art for Orphans Art Auction benefiting the children of the Springs of Hope Orphanage, Machakos, Kenya, Trinity Christian Academy, Addison, Texas
Faculty Invitational Art Show, Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas Texas
2008
Mi Casa Su Casa. Kiva Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Saturday Night Fever. 500x Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2005
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
2004
Faculty Show. Trinity Christian Academy, Addison Texas
2001
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
SELECTED GUEST EVENTS/ WORKSHOPS/ TALKS
2013
Spirit Birds, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas Texas
2012
Get Your Toes Wet. Collaborative Event, Dallas Texas
2011
Texas A&M, Artist Talk and collaborative art event, College Station, Texas
Mesquite Community Arts Center: Artist Talk, Mesquite, Texas
2010
Richland College: Artist Talk, Richardson, Texas
Mountainview College: Artist Talk, Dallas, Texas
2008
Trinity Christian Academy Fundraiser guest speaker, Student Tuition Aid Endowment, Addison, Texas
2000
University of Tulsa: Special Lecture on African American Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1998
Visiting artist Lloyd Menard of Frogman’s Press at the University of Tulsa Printmaking Workshop, assisted the artist with printing demonstrations, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1996
Greenwood Cultural Center Special Programs Photography Course, providing instruction as a part of a creative community outreach initiative, Tulsa, Oklahoma
GRADUATE/TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP
2001-1998
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
References
Available upon request.