Professional Experience
Dori Bartholomew Litzer honorably retired December 2015 from Linn-Benton Community College where she had been contracted faculty for 27 years.
Faculty for the Art Department at Linn-Benton Community College:
Curriculum taught at Linn-Benton Community College since 1988
- Art 115, Design: Composition
- Art 116, Design: Color
- Art 204, History of Art Survey Sequence: Ancient Art
- Art 205, History of Art Survey Sequence:
Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque Art - Art 206, History of Art Survey sequence: 17th-20th Century Art
- Art 102, Understanding Art
- Art 131, 132, 133, Drawing I, II, III
- Art 181, 281, Painting I, II
2015 – Professional Development Sabbatical Leave Award, Winter Term.
- Research thesis in painting, drawing and writing, “Ourselves, Our Environment and Modernism.”
Teaching Abroad
- Oregon International College Consortium Grant Recipient for Teaching: Florence, Italy, 2005
- Art 199, European Study Tour, 1997 (with LBCC in partnership with Chemeketa Community College)
- Art 199, European Study Tour, 1995 (with LBCC, in partnership with Chemeketa Community College)
1988-89 Adjunct Art Faculty, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR.
1987-88 Graphic Artist, Candalaria Elementary School, Salem, OR.
1987-88 Graphic Artist, Jary’s Florist Business, Salem, OR.
1987 Teacher, Art Department, Middleton High School, Middleton, WI.,Taught Computer Graphics, Drawing, Printmaking, Art Fundamentals)
1986-87 Gallery Assistant, Art Consultant, Broden Gallery, Madison, WI.
1981-83 Teacher, Art, Aquin High School, Freeport, IL.
1980-81 Adjunct Faculty of Art, Highland Community College, Freeport, IL.
1976-80 Teacher, Art, Orangeville High School, Orangeville, IL.
1975-76 Teacher, Art, Bay Lane Middle School, Muskego, WI.
1974-75 Teacher, Art, Dakota Elementary School, Dakota, IL.
1973-74 Teacher, Art, Norton Elementary School, Gary, IN.
Education
1986 Masters of Fine Art in Two Dimensional Art; University of Wisconsin, Madison
1978 Master of Art in Painting and Drawing; Northern Illinois University
1973 Bachelor of Science in Art Education; University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Academic Service
Art Department Chair, LBCC, 2013-2015
Art and Aesthetics Resource Team Committee member 2011-2015
Search Committee for contracted art faculty Benton Center, LBCC
Visual Arts Department co-chair 2012
Academic Affairs Council member 2011 to 2015
Fine and Performing Arts Department Chair 2011-13
LBCC Faculty Association Professional Relations Committee
LBCC Search Committee for the LASSHP Assoc. Dean 2011
Instructional Standards Committee 2010-2011
Curriculum Committee, LBCC, 2003-2010
Workload Task Force, LBCC, 2003-2006
Department Chair, LBCC Art Department, 1995-2003
President, LBCC Faculty Association, March, 1999 – March, 2000
Invited Speaker, American Women in Com. Colleges, ‘Women In Art,” 1999
Leadership Academy, LBCC, 1999-2000
Learning Outcomes Task Force, LBCC, 1999-2000
Faculty Chair of the LBCC Academic Affairs Council, 1997 -1999
LBCC Faculty Negotiations team, 1999.
Reviewer for the 6th edition of the Artforms, textbook, 1998, 1997
LBCC Faculty Appraisal Committee. 1998-2000
LBCC Art and Aesthetics Resource Team (Committee) 1998-2000
Instrumental in the initiation of the campus; A.A.R.T. Committee
President Elect of the LBCC Faculty Association, 1998-1999
Faculty Chairperson Elect of the LBCC Academic Affairs Council, 1997-1998
LBCC representative to the Chair Academy Leadership Conference, 02/1998
Liberal Arts and Human Performance Leadership Team, LBCC, 1996-1997
Oregon CC Arts and Humanities Administrators Council 1996-2000
Computer Resource Management Committee, LBCC, 1997-2000
LBCC Rep: Internationalizing the Curriculum Workshop: OSU 1996
Sub committee for AAOT sequence requirements, LBCC, 1995-1996
Seaside Wellness Team, LBCC 1994-1995
Curriculum Committee, LBCC, 1992-1994
Degree Waiver and Negotiations Committee, LBCC, 1992-1994
LAHP screening committee for the hiring of Associate Dean, LBCC, 1993
Oregon Arts Commission: Percent for Art, 1992-1993
Ad Hoc committee: Cultural and Global Awareness, LBCC, 1991
Invited Speaker, DaVinci Days Arts Festival, Corvallis, OR, 1989
Speaker, Great Artists Program, Salem Public Schools, Salem, OR. 1989-1990
Speaker, Art Appreciation Program, Madison Public Schools, Madison, WI. 1984-1987
Advocate for Arts Education 1973-present