Ray at Mainelyart Designs

Ray Lund - Teacher and Artist
29 Cleveland Street,
Saco, ME 04072
( 207) 710-4606
mainelyart.designs@gmail.com

SUMMARY
Outstanding visual arts educator
who taught kindergarten through
the university level and a multi-faceted artist
that has worked in both traditional arts
and in digital and new media.
Artistic works created in a wide range
of media using various subjects.

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC HONORS

M.F.A. Web Technologies/New Media
Academy of Art University 106 credits

M.S. Visual Arts Education
Massachusetts College of Art. 1985

B.S. Visual Arts Education

University of Southern Maine 1972

Honors:

• Graduated with MCA Departmental Honors
• Dean’s List (all semesters)
• Departmental Award for Master’s Thesis

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

· Designed and developed one of the State of Maine's premier arts program offering visual arts, theater, dance, and music. Program received numerous regional and national recognitions for its design, quality, and depth of arts activities. Designed concept for new arts center and worked with architects directly in construction design whereby six studio spaces and gallery surround a fully equipped auditorium. Design was emulated by architect at other Maine schools.

· In 1984 Thornton Academy visual arts program was chosen for inclusion in Getty Center for the Arts’ “Beyond Creating”, a publication identifying outstanding art programs that met high calibre standards and was published and distributed nationally.

· Designed and developed Saco, Maine's educational channel which broadcasted a wide variety of programing.

· Recipient of numerous regional and national awards for visual arts education efforts and for arts advocacy.

· Adjunct Professor of Visual Arts Education, University of Southern Maine and Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, Southern Maine Comunity College.

· While teaching participated in numerous art exhibits and twice won awards at the Saco Sidewalk Art Festival, Saco, Maine.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1974 - 2011 Art Educator, Department Chairperson, Thornton Academy, 438 Main Street, Saco, Maine.

• Created the arts department program, including visual arts, theater, dance, and music. This program received numerous regional and national recognitions for its design, quality, and depth. Arts programing takes place in an arts center facility based on a concept that I developed. The studio spaces and gallery surround an auditorium, facilitating arts collaboration.

• Other positions have included department chairperson, advisor for award winning yearbook and newspaper, advisor for creative literary/art magazine; coordinator for the gifted/talented program, and Art and Photo Clubs advisor.

• For 10 years, served as General Manager for TATV, Channel 3 - Saco, the only high school student-run station in the nation.

2025 Saco Public Schools Theme Committee

Established themes for two new elementary schools in Saco, Maine.

2014-2019 Design business at Fiverr.com/Mainelyart.

2012-14 Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, Maine.

1995 Design Consultant, Portland Design Team, Portland, Maine
Worked with this architectural firm on three occasions to develop innovative solutions for educationally based building projects.

1996 - 1998 Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., Lake Buena Vista, FL.; reader for the American Teachers Awards' applications.

1994 Consultant, Maine State Department of Education
Helped create the visual art components for Maine’s Learning Results, upon which the fine arts section of the Maine Educational Assessment Test was based.

1985 - 1990 Adjunct Professor of Art Education, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine
Taught Practicum in Art Education, Principles and Procedures in Art Education for student art teachers working on their B.S. degrees. Also taught Curriculum Writing for the Art Educators along with facilitating numerous art education workshops.

1984 - 86 Museum Educational Coordinator, Saco Museum, Saco, Maine.
Designed and established school and docent programs for the museum's collections.

1978-83 Printer and Graphic Designer for the town and schools of Kennebunk, Maine.

1973-78 Ceramics Instructor, Biddeford (Maine) Adult Education Program.

1976 Saco Youth Art Month Chairperson, Saco, Maine.

1972 - 1974 Art Educator, School Union 7, Saco, Maine
Taught grades K-8, moving from classroom to classroom. To facilitate this process I designed a mobile cart that would move from room to room with needed art materials, visuals, and display areas.

HONORS AND ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES

2025 Served on Saco, Maine's committee to develop themes for the new elementary schools to be built.

2014 First Place Award in Photography, 44th Annual Sidewalk Arts Festival.

2009 "Cable's Leaders in Learning Award" for the creation and management of TATV, the only student-run high school station in the nation, Washington, D.C.

2006 - Student Television Network (STN) Board of Directors. Wrote the bylaws for STN.

2009

2000 The 30th Annual Saco Sidewalk Art Festival dedicated to the TA Arts Department for creation and dedication of an Artist-In-Residence Program.

“We will be forever grateful to Art Teacher Ray Lund for his unselfish support support for our Festival. Thanks Thornton Academy and Ray Lund!”

1999 Recipient of Haystack School of Crafts’ fellowship to attend the summer’s teacher/craft institute.

1998 Recipient of Maine College of Art’s Teacher Fellowship to attend week long intensive studio offerings at Maine College of Art.

1996 York County Maine Art Teacher of the Year (March).

1996 Good Neighbor Award for community arts promotion from National Art Education Association and State Farm Insurance.

1994 Awarded Maine College of Art’s “Award for Public School Arts Education” for outstanding contributions to the arts in Maine, and for arts advocacy.

1994 Named ‘Outstanding Visual Arts Educator’ in the nation, Disney’s American Teacher Awards, Washington, D. C., during a live national broadcast, Washington, D.C.

1993 Wrote art exhibition reviews for the Journal Tribune, Biddeford, Maine, for their summer flyer series.

1992 Bronze sculpture class at Maine College of Art.

1992 Exhibited two paintings and 1 sculpture in a group exhibit of Maine art educators, Wiscasset Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine.

1991 Served on the ‘Per Cent for Art Committee’ to select artwork for the renovated Burns School, Saco, Maine.

1990 IBM’s ‘Maine Technology Teacher of the Year’ for creative and innovative use of computers in a visual arts program.

1989 National Art Education Association’s ‘Outstanding Program Standards Award’ for designing and creating an outstanding visual arts program, Washington, D.C.

1985 Named ‘Maine Art Educator of the Year’ by the State of Maine and the Maine Art Education Association.

1984 Named ‘New England Art Educator of the Year’ at the New England Regional Art Education Conference.

1984 Thornton Academy visual arts program was chosen for inclusion in Getty Center for the Arts’ “Beyond Creating”, a publication identifying outstanding art programs that meet student needs. This was published and distributed nationally.

1983 Served on the design and implementation committee to establish Maine’s Student/Craft Institute, Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, for Maine’s high school students.

1981 & Chosen Staff Photographer for Maine’s first ‘Teacher/Craft Institute’, Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine.

1982

1981 Co-Chairperson of Maine Art Education’s spring conference, “Words, Images, and Paper.”

1978 Award winner for Maine Education Association’s poster design competition.

1977 Third Place Ribbon at the Annual Saco Sidewalk Art Festival for sculptural piece, “Kathy”.

1976 Produced 500 mugs from Saco River clay for the Bicentennial Committee of Saco, signed and numbered editions.
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Articles on art and art resources have appeared in Design and Down East Libraries.

Art and Art Education workshops given throughout Maine and the New England area.

Ray Lund - Teacher and Artist29 Cleveland Street,Saco, ME 04072( 207) 710-4606mainelyart.designs@gmail.com

Ray Lund - Teacher and Artist
29 Cleveland Street,
Saco, ME 04072
( 207) 710-4606
mainelyart.designs@gmail.com