Curriculum Vitae/Resumé
Steve Polston ǀ steve@stevepolston.com
2344 N. New Jersey St.
Indianapolis, Ind. 46205
317-966-1080
SOFTWARE, EDUCATION and SKILLS
HUBSPOT INBOUND MARKETRING CERT Oct. 2020; Inbound marketing, content creation and content management; project management; editorial calendar design; CMS (Red Dot, WordPress); LMS (Brightspace, Canvas and Blackboard); Adobe Creative Suites (Photoshop, InDesign, Bridge, Lightroom); PowerPoint; Word; Dropbox; Outlook; Google Docs
Photography (Master of Fine Arts) – film and digital
Teaching (IvyTech Community College) – classroom and online
Exhibition (museums and galleries)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct instructor – Ivy Tech Community College, Indianapolis; 2017 to current; Art Appreciation; Art & Culture; Intermediate Photography. Uses Canvas LMS. OLT Certification (2018). Uses ZOOM as teaching platform.
Adjunct instructor – INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Richmond, Ind., 1988-1989; Adjunct faculty, Journalism; instructed working journalists on law, ethics, reporting, writing, editing and design of campus newspaper
Co-instructor – FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF INDIANA, Hometown, Winter Term 1987
EXHIBITION
Monuments of the City, a fine-art landscape project for Bona Thompson Memorial Center, Indianapolis (March 4, 2016 – April 13, 2016)
Super-Duper Queer Show, IU Kokomo Downtown Art Gallery, portraits (May 2018)
Fruit Salad Show, Fletcher Place Arts, fine art print (June-August 2018)
Art Through The Lens, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY (October-November 2018, September 2023)
Spectrum LGBTQ Exhibition, Garfield Park Arts Center (September 2018, 2019)
Collectors Show Presenting Irvington Artists, Bona Thompson Gallery (September-November 2018, 2019, 2023)
GRANTS
Indiana Arts Commission 2016 Indiana Bicentennial Arts in the Parks grant ($3,000)
Indiana Arts Commission 2017, 2018, 2019 Arts in Parks grants ($3,000 annually)
EDUCATION
MS Digital Audience Strategy, Arizona State University – 2023
MAS Film & Media Studies, Arizona State University – 2020
MFA Academy of Art University – 2015
BA Journalism Franklin College of Indiana – 1987