Professional Experience
Present: Associate Professor of Art Education, California State University, Northridge, CA (CSUN)
2018 - 2023 Assistant Professor of Art Education, California State University, Northridge, CA (CSUN)
2003 - 2018: Visual Art Educator, grades K-8 in 30+ Title I schools, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
2015 - 2018: Part-time Faculty, Art Education department, CSUN
2014 - 2015: Part-time Faculty, Child and Adolescent Development department, CSUN
education
2018 EdD in Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy, Pepperdine University, CA
2008, 2018 National Board Certification in Early and Mid-Childhood Art, National Board for Professional Teaching
2007 Master of Arts in Art Education, California State University, Northridge, CA
2005 Single Subject Credential in Art, California State University, Northridge, CA
2003 Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, California State University, Northridge, CA
1997 Bachelor of Arts in Art {concentrations in graphic design and photography}, Mount St. Mary’s University, CA
Contributions to the field
RESEARCH
2024 Vanderlip Taylor, K. Community-based art education in Early Field Experiences: Facilitating opportunities for preservice art education students to support students with disabilities, Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 16(2), 16-25.
2024 Vanderlip Taylor, K. The Art Education ColLab: A creative community of practice for beginning visual art teachers, InSEA ART Education VISUAL Journal IMAG IMAG #16, 21-23
2024 Bain, C., Vanderlip Taylor, K.., Song, B., Lim, K., Heller, H., Antonisse, M., Ripley, A. T., Fejeran, Z., Spiers, O., Zaia, A., Cesena, A., & Becerril, C. Moving from me to we: Highlighting collaborative research in art education. Art Education, 77(2), 21-29.
2024 Vanderlip Taylor, K. How might we make this work? Using design thinking to engineer kinetic sculptures in the art room. In N. Walkup and T. Hunter-Doniger (Eds.) STEAM Education: Transdisciplinarity of Art in the Curriculum. NAEA. Invited and editor-reviewed book chapter.
2022 Vanderlip Taylor, K., Trimble, B., and Gatlin, L. Mentoring Beginning Art Teachers: Examining Impacts of the CSUN/CSULB Art Education ColLab. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 5(1), 14-20
2022 Henderson, L.K. and vanderlip taylor, k. Food for Thought: Political Discourse and Visual Literacy in Art Education, Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art, 10(3), 283-302. https://doi.org/10.1386/vi_00056_1
2022 Vanderlip Taylor, K. Stories in Cloth: Exploring Contemporary Issues through Students’ Embroidered Narratives, The International Journal of Arts Education, 18(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.18848/2326-9944/CGP/v18i01/1-15
2022 vanderlip taylor, k. Communication is key: Collaborative collages and visual literacy in primary grades, Art Education. 75(2), 8-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2021.2009277
2021 vanderlip taylor, k. Collaborative postal collages: Staying connected through the distance, Art Education, 74 (6), 37-39https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2021.1954476
2020 vanderlip taylor, k. Surprise! Learning to communicate and “let go” through collaborative artmaking, InSEA ART Education VISUAL Journal IMAG, 10, 19-28. DOI: 10.24981/2414-3332-10.2020
2020 vanderlip taylor, k. Building school community through cross-grade collaborations in art, International Journal of Education Through Art, 16(3), 351-370. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/eta_00038_1
2020 vanderlip taylor, k. Developing a visual art community of practice: A participatory action research study of the MOCA PD Lab, Professional Development in Education. DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2020.1770838
2018 vanderlip taylor, k. and Henderson, L.K. Teaching from the left: Visual literacy and social transformation for the 21st century, The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review, 13 (1).
2018 vanderlip taylor, k. Visual art communities of practice: Cultivating support for beginning visual art teachers. Doctoral dissertation. Pepperdine University, Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP).
2017 vanderlip taylor, k. Changing PD: Visual art communities of practice. Participatory Action Research project, paper and presentation, Pepperdine University, GSEP.
2007 vanderlip, k. Superheroes in the classroom. Masters thesis. California State University, Northridge.
PRESENTATIONS
2025 Sustaining the Art Teacher Profession: The Art Education ColLab as a Cross-Institutional Collaborative Community of Practice in Virtual Spaces Co-presenter, International Online Arts in Teacher Education Conference
2025 Mentoring and Retaining Beginning Art Teachers Through Art Education ColLab ResearchPoster Session Co-presenter, NAEA Convention Louisville, KY
2025 Craftivism as Community Practice Co-presenter, NAEA Convention Louisville, KY
2025. Learning Together: The Reggio Emilia, Italy Municipal Schools as a Site for Art Education Research Co-presenter, NAEA Convention Louisville, KY
2024 Art Education in Schools, Museums, and Community Organizations: Preservice Students Share Experiences from a Community Engagement Course Presenter (with student co-presenters), CAEA Conference, Anaheim, CA
2024 Expanding The Art Education Collab: Mentoring to Reduce Art Teacher Attrition in California Co-presenter, CAEA Conference, Anaheim, CA
2024 From Waste to Wearable: Collaborating for Sustainable Art and Fashion Co-presenter, CSUN Faculty Retreat, Autry Museum Los Angeles, CA
2024 Community-Based Art Education in Early Field Experiences Co-presenter, NAEA Convention MInneapolis, MN
2024 Collaboration, Feminism, and Care: Making a Case for Relational Artmaking, Curriculum, and Research Co-presenter, NAEA Convention MInneapolis, MN
2024 Radical Needlecraft Co-presenter, NAEA Convention MInneapolis, MN
2024 Play: The Power of Imagination Invited Panelist, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles CA
2023 Nature Inspired Kinetic Sculptures (Arts Integration) Presenter. What Really Works in Ed Conference, Center for Teaching & Learning California State University, Northridge
2023 Surviving the First Year: Connecting through Communities of Practice Co-presenter. National Art Education Association Conference, Virtual/San Antonio, TX
2022 CSU Art Ed ColLab: A Community of Practice in Support of New Teachers Co-presenter. CAEA Southern Area Regional Conference at California State University, Long Beach
2022 Mentoring Beginning Art Teachers: Examining Impacts of the CSUN/CSULB Art Education ColLab. Co-presenter. 15th Annual Mentoring Conference University of New Mexico, NM
2022 Stories in Cloth: Exploring Contemporary Issues through Students’ Embroidered Narratives. Presenter. 17th International Conference on The Arts in Society, Virtual Presentation
2022 Visual Art and SEL: Engaging Students in Artmaking to Support Social Emotional Learning. Presenter. CSUN Liberal Studies Professional Development Virtual Workshop
2022 Build Confidence to Write Proposals and Present at Art education Conferences, Co-presenter. NAEA Conference, NYC
2022 Moving from Me to We: A Showcase of Collaborative Research in Art Education, Co-facilitator. NAEA Conference, NYC
2022 Research in Practice: Creating a Mentoring Community of Practice for Beginning Art Teachers, Invited Speaker. California State University, Long Beach Virtual Presentation for Graduate Students
2022 Action Research in Communities of Practice: Transforming Art Educational Practices through Disorienting Dilemmas, Co-presenter. NAEA Research Preconference - Virtual
2022 CSU Art Education ColLab: A Mentoring Community of Practice for Beginning Visual Art Teachers, Invited Speaker. University of New Mexico/New Mexico Art Education Association Virtual Presentation
2021 Stories in Cloth: Embroidered Narratives, Presenter. CAEA Conference, Anaheim, CA
2021 Get Your Foot in the Door: Build Confidence in Writing Proposals and Presenting at Art Education Conferences! Co-presenter. CAEA Conference, Anaheim, CA
2021 Postal Collage Project: Preservice Collaborations for Making Art, Co-presenter. CAEA Conference, Anaheim, CA
2021 Future Orientations for Social Justice: Critical Issues and Strategies in Arts Education Research. Co-facilitator. National Art Education Association (NAEA), Virtual Conference
2021 Postal Collage Project: Preservice Collaborations for Making Art. Co-presenter. NAEA Virtual Conference
2020 Teaching Art Online: Using What You Have, Where You Are. Presenter. CSUN Liberal Studies Fall 2020 PD Mini-Conference, Virtual
2020 Food for Thought. Co-presenter. 15th International Conference, The Arts in Society, Virtual Conference
2020 Political Discourse and Visual Literacy in Art Education. Co-presenter. Art & Education for Social Justice Conference, Athens, GA
2019 Food Characters: Are We Really What We Eat? Co-presenter. California Art Education Association (CAEA), Sacramento, California
2019 Looking Left: Social Transformation and Visual Literacy for the 21st Century. Co-presenter. 2019 InSEA World Congress, Vancouver, BC.
2019 Teaching from the Left. Co-presenter. Fourteenth International Conference on The Arts in Society, Lisbon, Portugal.
2019 Extrapolate and Graduate: Using a Scenario-Based Game to Prepare Preservice Candidates. Co-presenter. NAEA, Boston, MA.
2019 Collaborative Collages: Communication is Key. Co-presenter. NAEA, Boston, MA.
2018 A Game for Navigating the Art of Teaching. Co-presenter. CAEA, Long Beach, CA.
2018 Materials Matter: Reduce/Reuse/Recycle. Co-presenter. CAEA, Long Beach, CA.
2018 Connecting Art Teachers and Museums. Panel guest. CAEA, Long Beach, CA.
2018 Engaging All Students with the Studio Habits of Mind. Co-presenter. NAEA, Seattle, WA.
2018 Collaborative Kinetic Sculptures: Art, Engineering, and Design Thinking. Co-presenter. NAEA, Seattle, WA.
2017 Visual Literacy and Social Transformation . Co-presenter. CAEA, San Francisco, CA.
2017 Engaging in the Studio Habits of Mind. Co-presenter. CAEA, San Francisco, CA.
2017 Encouraging Creative Risk-Taking: Preparing Students to Collaborate and Persevere. Co-presenter. Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Anaheim, CA.
2016 Genetically Modified Art. Co-presenter. CAEA, Palm Desert, CA.
2016 Changing PD: Cultivating Community to Inspire Lifelong Learning. Co-presenter. CAEA, Palm Desert, CA.
2016 Artistic Synergy: Cross-grade Collaboration. Co-presenter. CAEA, Palm Desert, CA.
2015 Collaborative Construction: Building Bridges . Presenter. NAEA, New Orleans, LA.
2015 Comics in the Classroom. Co-presenter. CAEA, Sacramento, CA.
2015 Collaborative Collages. Co-presenter. CAEA, Sacramento, CA.
2015 “Big Ideas” Curriculum. Co-presenter. CAEA, Sacramento, CA.
2015 Dia de los Muertos Calacas Curriculum - Grandes Maestros Exhibit. Presenter. Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2013 Art Games for All . Co-presenter. CAEA, Idyllwild, CA.
2013 Symmetrical Science. Co-presenter. CAEA, Idyllwild, CA.
2009 From Reality to Abstraction. Co-presenter. CAEA, Los Angeles, CA.
2007 Uncovering Your Inner Luchador. Presenter. CAEA, Pasadena, CA.
Additional presentations provided since 2003 for visual art and general education teachers, PK-16
AWARDS & HONORS
2025 IRA Funding - Art Education ColLab: Future Educators Initiative, CSUN IRA Board
2024 IRA Funding - Art Education ColLab: Future Educators Initiative, CSUN IRA Board
2024 Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Award for Spring 2025, CSUN MCCAMC Grants Committee
2024 Interdisciplinary Pilot Grant - 2024 Days of the Dead, CSUN - MCCAMC Dean’s Selection
2024 Research Grant - The Art Education ColLab: Potential Impacts on Job Satisfaction, Retention, Teaching, and Mentoring, National Art Education Foundation
2023 Interdisciplinary Pilot Grant - From Waste to Wearable: Collaborating For Sustainable Art and Fashion, CSUN - MCCAMC Dean’s Selection
2023 Exceptional Service to Students Award, CSUN Faculty Affairs PP&R Committee
2023 Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Funding - Art Education ColLab: Future Educators Initiative, CSUN IRA Board
2022 California Higher Education Visual Art Educator of the Year, California Art Education Association
2022 Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Funding - Art Education ColLab: Future Educators Initiative, CSUN
2022 Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Award for Spring 2023, MCCAMC at CSUN
2022 Probationary Faculty Grant, Office of Faculty Development, CSUN
2022 Faculty Success Grant for Conference Travel, Office of Faculty Development, CSUN
2021 Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Award for Spring 2022, CSUN
2021 Probationary Faculty Grant for Fall 2021, Office of Faculty Development, CSUN
2020 Learning Centered Teaching Grant, Office of Faculty Development, CSUN
2020 Community Engagement SEED Grant, Office of Community Engagement, CSUN
2020 Teacher Incentive Grant, National Art Education Foundation
2018 International Award for Excellence The Arts in Society Journal Collection, V13
2017 Professional Alumnae Award, Mount St. Mary’s University
2017 Pacific Region Elementary Art Educator, NAEA
2016 California Art Educator of the Year, CAEA
2016 Emerging Leaders Grant, ASCD
2015 Emerging Leaders Class of 2015, ASCD
2014 Ruth Halvorsen PD Grant recipient, NAEA
2014 Adobe Education Exchange Grant recipient, Adobe EdEx
2012 California Elementary Art Educator of the Year, CAEA
2009- 2018 Eighteen classroom projects funded, Donors Choose
SERVICE
UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE - DEPARTMENT
2025-present University Library Committee Member, CSUN
2024-present Area Coordinator, Art Education
2018-Present Art Education Club Advisor, CSUN
2018-Present Subject Matter Advisor, Art, College of Education/Secondary Education, CSUN
2022-2025 Student Teaching Supervisor - Single Subject Art Credential Candidates
2021-2024 Educational Policies Committee Member
2018-2023 Curriculum Committee; Appointed Chair for 2019-21 and 2022-23, Art Department, CSUN
2018-2023 Integrated Teacher Education Program Committee, Liberal Studies Program, CSUN
2022-2023 Art Education Search Committee Member
2021-2023 NASAD Review Committee Member
2020-2023 Sustainability Champion for the Art Department
2019-2023 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, CSUN Chapter, Secretary
2020-2023 CSUNposium Research and Creative Work Symposium Judge
2022 CSUN Revitalize: Campus Care Recovery Program Multimedia Art Competition Judge
2021 Office of Community Engagement Research and Service Symposium Judge
2020-21 Academic Assessment Committee Liaison for the Art Department
2020 HERE Collaborate for Change Conference Facilitator
2020 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Awards Selection Committee for 2020-2021, MCCAMC, CSUN
2020 Academic Affairs Research Fellows Committee Member
2019 Distinguished Visiting Speakers Program Selection Committee for Fall 2019, MCCAMC, CSUN
2019 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Awards Selection Committee for 2019-2020, MCCAMC, CSUN
COMMUNITY
2021-present CSUN/CSULB Art Education ColLab: Mentoring Community of Practice for Beginning Visual Art Teachers, PI and Facilitator
Present Higher Education Working Group Member, Arts Education Partnership Network
Present CAEA Southern Area Director, California Art Education Association
2025 CAEA Southern Area Conference Organizer @ La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, California Art Education Association
2025 Peer reviewer - article proposal, Human Arenas (Springer)
2025 CAEA Nominating Committee for state board, California Art Education Association
2025 CAEA/CSUN SmART Day Coordinator, CAEA + CSUN Department of Art & Design
2016-2024 K-12 Innovation Collaborative Fellow
2024 Peer reviewer - article proposal, The Australian Educational Researcher
2024 Peer reviewer - article proposal, Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
2023-2024 A Study of the Reggio Emilia Approach: Connections to Art Education - PI and Co-Facilitator, Collaborative community of practice with Dr. Schroeder-Yu, Asst. Prof., Art Ed., UNM
2023 California Subject Examinations for Teachers® Art Subject Matter Art Standard Setting Panel Member, Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson
2023 Art Teacher Retention and Recruitment Task Force Expert Contributor, National Art Education Association
2021-2023 GAGE Scholarship Committee Application Reviewer, GSEP, Pepperdine University
2020-2023 Professional Learning through Research Committee Member, NAEA
2021-2022 CAEA Southern Area Events Chair
2016-2022 MOCA PD LAB co-creator and co-facilitator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2022 CAEA/CSUN SmART Day Coordinator
2022 Peer Reviewer, The Journal of Teacher Education
2021 Peer Reviewer, The Australian Educational Researcher
2021 Peer Reviewer - Translations, NAEA Publication
2021 Art Content Review Expert - 2021 Arts Materials Adoption, California Department of Education
2021 CSET Art Subject Matter Advisory Panel Member, Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson
2021 GAGE Scholarship Committee Application Reviewer, GSEP, Pepperdine University
2020 Peer Reviewer - article proposal, The Australian Educational Researcher
2020 Peer Reviewer - article proposal, Journal of Teacher Education
2018-2020 Regional Chair, CAEA
2017-2020 Conference Workshop Chair and Conference Committee planning member, CAEA
2019 Executive Board Nominating Committee, CAEA
2018 Peer Reviewer, InSEA World Congress
2018 Peer Reviewer, The Arts in Society - Common Ground Research Network
2018 SmART Day, co-coordinator of workshops
2017 Induction Program support provider, CSUN
2016 California Teaching Performance Assessments (TPA) Art Content panelist, California Department of Education
2015-2018 Chapter sponsor - National Junior Art Honor Society at Sylmar Leadership Academy, NAEA
2015-2018 Think, Sync & Drink visual art PD event co-creator and facilitator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2015 California Arts Assessment Focus Group panelist, California Department of Education
2015 CAEA “ Big Ideas” Curriculum contributor, California Art Education Association
2015 Curriculum writer, Grandes Maestros exhibit, For Teachers By Teachers , Natural History Museum, LA, CA
2014 -2015 Arts PD and Program Design Advisory Committees member, Arts Education Branch, LAUSD
2012 Art Program Director, Life Through Art Foundation (non-profit)
2011 Visual art department co-chair, Arts Education Branch, LAUSD
2010, 2005 ACT Program art education mentor , Otis College of Art and Design
2007-2009 Local District Arts Team, LAUSD
2007 Kindergarten Arts Curriculum Committee facilitator, LAUSD
2006 Instructional Materials Advisory Panel, California Department of Education
2005-2007 Arts and Literacy ELD program designer and co-instructor, Title 1 elementary schools, North Hollywood, CA
2004-2008 Arts Education Coordinator , NoHo Children’s Art & Poetry Festival, North Hollywood, CA
2004 - 2007 Arts Education Branch Action-Research/Curriculum Committee, LAUSD
WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS TAUGHT
2011-present SmArt Day PD, workshop facilitator - CAEA sponsored, CSUN
2011 Effective Practices Summer Institute, co-facilitator - arts integration for secondary teachers, LAUSD
2011 Comic Book Club, after school program co-facilitator, Coldwater Canyon Elementary School
2010-2011 Family Art Class, co-facilitator - art classes for families in English and Spanish, Coldwater Canyon Elem. School
2010-2011 Understanding History Through the Arts, salary point class co-facilitator, LAUSD
2009 Arts Cadre Chair workshops , co-facilitator, LAUSD
EXHIBITIONS & CREATIVE PROJECTS
2026 Postal Collage Project No. 15 Exhibition, The Shuman Block, Berkeley, CA and virtual
2025 Annual Halloween Exhibition, Carter Sexton, North Hollywood, CA
2025 Gnome Sick: 7 Slays til Mithras - Associate Producer, IMDB
2025 Postal Collage Project No. 14 Exhibition, The Shuman Block, Berkeley, CA and virtual
2024 Ghoulish Gallery Exhibition, Carter Sexton, North Hollywood, CA
2024 Under the Sea Exhibition, Carter Sexton, North Hollywood, CA
2024 Postal Collage Project No. 13 Exhibition, The Shuman Block, Berkeley, CA and virtual
2024 CSUN Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Part 2, Main Gallery, CSUN, CA
2024 Dawn of Don Damage - Associate Producer, IMDB
2023 Postal Collage Project No.12 Exhibition The Shuman Block, Berkeley, CA and virtual
2023 From Waste to Wearable: Collaboration for Sustainable Art and Fashion - co-curated student exhibition with Dr. Meiqin Wang and Vida Liu, CSUN West Gallery, CA
2022 Craft in Art Education: Exploring Communities, Traditions, and Contemporary Issues through Material Culture - co-curated student exhibition with Dr. Lynette K. Henderson, West Gallery, CSUN, CA
2022 In the Studio 8: CAEA Art Teacher Exhibition, SAC Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2022 Postal Collage Project No.11 Exhibition The Shuman Block, Berkeley, CA and virtual
2021 Postal Collage Project No.10 Exhibition The Shuman Block, Berkeley, CA and virtual
2020 Postal Collage Project No.9 Exhibition The Shuman Block, Berkeley, CA and virtual
2020 CAEA Southern Region Members’ Show, Virtual Exhibition
2019 InSEA Making Postcard Exhibition, InSEA World Congress, Vancouver, BC
2019 CAEA Teacher as Artist Exhibition, McClellan Center, Sacramento, CA
2019 Postal Collage Project No.8 Exhibition The Shuman Block, Berkeley, CA and Ramon’s Tailor, San Francisco, CA
2018 Postal Collage Project No.7 Exhibition The Shuman Block, Berkeley, CA and Ramon’s Tailor, San Francisco, CA
2017 In the Studio VII: CAEA Art Teacher Exhibition SAC Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2017 Full and Part (two) Faculty Exhibition Main Gallery, CSUN, CA
2016 In the Studio VI: CAEA Art Teacher Exhibition Mission Viejo Library, CA
2014 In the Studio IV: CAEA Art Teacher Exhibition SAC Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2007 Superheroes in the Classroom: Graduate Thesis Exhibit West Gallery, CSUN, CA
2000 Solo Photography Exhibit Upstairs Gallery, Ventura, CA
2000 Eighth Annual Women's Photography Exhibition PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
1999 Seventh Annual Women's Photography Exhibition PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
1999 Spring Photography Exhibition PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
1998 Sixth Annual Women's Photography Exhibition PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
1997 Alumnae Exhibition Drudis-Biada Gallery, MSMU, CA
1997 Senior Art Exhibition Drudis-Biada Gallery, MSMU, CA