Lecturer, personal assistant in the studio
Jitka is a graduate of the Department of Art at the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University. She studied for a Bachelor’s degree in Special Art Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Special Education. In her life she tries to gain experience in the field not only in the Czech Republic but also abroad. She spent 5 months in Sweden, 3 months in America and 1 year in Italy. In Italy, she also organized an exhibition for an artist with mental disabilities. She works as an instructor in the Open Art Studio.
STUDIES
2017 – present
Masaryk University, Brno, Master’s degree programme: Special Art Education
2013–2018
Masaryk University, Brno, Bachelor’s degree programme: Special Education
2013–2017
Masaryk University, Brno, Bachelor’s degree programme: Special Art Education
1 / 2016–5 / 2016
Mittuniversitetet Sundsvall, Sweden, Erasmus + study stay
2009–2013
Secondary School of Applied Arts and Higher Vocational School, Jablonec nad Nisou, specialization: Metalwork
WORK EXPERIENCE:
09/2016 – present
Open art studio, Brno, Masaryk University, individual art therapy for people with mental disabilities and autism
09 / 2017-09 / 2018
Casa Santa Chiara, Montechiaro Day Care Centre, Centre for People with Mental Disabilities, Italy
06 / 2016-09 / 2019
Camp Westmont, Work and Travel Program, USA
2016
Västermalms gymnasiesärskola IVS, Sweden, high school for students with mental disabilities, 4 weeks’ work experience
2016
Ljustadalens skolan, Sweden, primary school with special class for pupils with mental disabilities, 3 weeks’ work experience
2015
Elementary special school Ibsenova, Brno, 72 hours’ work experience
1 / 2015-06 / 2016
The project “Family is one of the inescapable conditions of happiness”, art therapy for a group of children with disabilities, Eliada Brno
1 / 2015-06 / 2017
Assistance to Lucie Němcová, girl with autism, painting, preparing exhibitions
2015
Camp for the support of people with mental disabilities, Brno, 7 days’ assistance to a mentally handicapped girl
06 / 2014-06 / 2015
Lipka, school facility for environmental education, Brno, working with a group of children 9-15 years old
2014
Splešťule camp, Lipka, school facility for environmental education, Brno, work with a group of 9-15–year-old children, 10 days
2014
Comenius Camp, Běleč, 7 days, assistance to families with children with mental disabilities, boy with Down syndrome
2010-2012
Scout Camp at Varta Semily Centre, Head of Girl Scouts (Girls 10-15 years old)
EXHIBITIONS:
Realization of the exhibition in Italy
Exhibition curator: Bc. et Bc. Jitka Novotná
2018 Ho fatto un quandro, Bar senza nome, Bologna, Italy
CLIENT EXHIBITION FROM THE ELIADA CENTRE IN BRNO
2015 The world through our senses – interactive exhibition, Small Hall of Břetislav Bakala, Brno
OPEN ART STUDIO CLIENT EXHIBITIONS
2019 ABS-TRAHERE / možnost a schopnost, Cafe Era, Brno
2017 Record of ideas, Café Práh, Ve Vaňkovce 1, Brno
2016 The Story of Otherness, RUV Gallery, Faculty of Education, MUNI, Brno
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