Lucy Bartholomee, Ph.D.

UTA-College Collab 

September 2024 and 2025

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According to our internal surveys, about 40% of our incoming students majoring in Art are transfer students, and about 70% of those students came from Dallas College and Tarrant County College. Since we share literally hundreds of students, I am involved in developing the relationship between all our faculty. At the beginning of the fall semester in 2024 and 2025 we invited studio and art history faculty from these schools to UTA to collaborate on the shared instruction, programs, and needs of our students, particularly as they transfer to UTA. At both events were learned a lot about the features of all schools involved and developed significant strategies to support students making the bridge. I look forward to continuing to build these relationships in coming years.

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Department Event:

Interview with Dr. Opal Lee, the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’

April 12, 2022

The event featured a discussion with Dr. Lee about her lifelong quest to have Juneteenth named as a national holiday to celebrate the emancipation of the last enslaved people in Texas in 1865. In 2021, her quest was fulfilled. Now, a museum dedicated to the history surrounding this event is planned for Dr. Lee’s home town of Fort Worth. 

For this event I provided support for several aspects of the program including the participatory art installation, donating funds towards the food for the event, and various duties during the event. The Art Education student liaison designed the posters and banners for to promote Dr. Lee’s visit and assisted with the art installation. 
 

Mentor Mural Project Director

This four-week program brought art students from Texas Christian University together with nearby middle school students to design and paint four large murals. The project prompted the university students to share their creative expertise and begin engaging as artist educators. The younger students were excited to meet them. Organic conversations ranged from favorite foods, background stories, and the college experience. Both groups grew in artistic confidence and were able to connect with others outside their comfort zone.

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Assistant Project Director

Developing and conducting launch events for a new Master of Arts degree in Urban Art Education Studies in Dallas for the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design.  Duties include establishing an online presence through the CVAD website and social media, orchestrating family art activities, establishing and enhancing community contacts, and organizing undergraduate students volunteering for the event, Spring 2016

 

IB Film Festival Founder and Co-Coordinator

District wide film program for International Baccalaureate high schools for Arlington ISD, promoting understanding of arthouse films, film making, and international perspectives, 2009-2013

 

IB Project World Founder and Co-Coordinator

International travel and service experiences for International Baccalaureate and other high school students. Duties include selecting and developing itineraries and educational content, preparing students, guiding and teaching while traveling.  2009-2024.

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Volunteer Service

 

Youth Mission Trip to New Orleans, TeamEffort Youth Missions 

Working with teens to rebuild an elderly man’s home that has been uninhabitable since Hurricane Katrina, July 2013

 

IB Project World Service Learning, Rome, Italy

Traveled with high school students to Rome where we participated in three service projects. The first was working in a kitchen and serving lunch to 400 homeless people. We spent another afternoon caring for injured birds and turtles at a sanctuary in the Borghese Gardens.  The final project was working with the Gruppo Archeologico team to uncover a lost portion of the Appian Way south of Rome. This archaeology project brought experiential learning to a new level for all of us.  March 2011

 

Habitat for Humanity volunteer

New Orleans, LA, several dates 2006-2008

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