Honors and Awards

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2018          Grantee: Potawatomi Grant: The Memory Project,                                Wisconsin Art Education Association

2016          Grantee: Potawatomi Grant: Family Heritage Cookbook,                      Wisconsin Art Education Association

2014          Grantee: Hilgos Award: Creating Arts Programming with                      Older Adults with Memory Impairment, School of the Art                     Institute of Chicago

                  Grantee: Graduate Travel Award, Graduate Dean's                                Office, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

                  Nomination: Student Leadership Award, School of the                        Art Institute of Chicago

2013          Invited Speaker: Closing Statements, George Roeder                          Master’s Symposium, Department of Art                                                Education, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

 2012         Dean Scholarship, The School of The Art Institute of                            Chicago.

                  Faculty Grant, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago.

2011          Recognition of Excellence: City of Austin, Austin Parks                          and Recreation Department: History, Arts, Nature                                Division.

 2010         Best in Show: Door County Art School-Foundations                              Emerging Artist Juried Competition,                                                      Fish Creek WI.

                  Artist in Residence: Palmas De Mamre Finca, Nicaragua                      and Costa Rica.

2009          Honors Degree: University Honors College: UW-                                  Milwaukee Honors College.                          

                  Commencement Honors: Senior Honors Ceremony and                      High Honors Major: UW-Milwaukee.

2008          Winner: Cultures and Communities Program Scholarship                    award: UW-Milwaukee.

2007          Winner:  George and Julie Mosher Honor’s College                              Scholarship Competition: UW-Milwaukee.

                  Winner: Student Cinema Action Network Annual                                  Exhibition: UW-Milwaukee.

2006          Winner: First Annual Liberal Arts Essay Contest:  WI State                    Dept. of Education.                     

                  Winner: George and Julie Mosher Honor’s College                              Scholarship Competition: UW-Milwaukee.

                  Winner: Polanki College Achievement Award, Harriet                          Gostomski Memorial Award: Polish                                                          Community Center of Milwaukee.

2005          Recipient: Peck School of the Arts Foundation                                      Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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Publications

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• Urbanek, Jennifer (September 2017) School Arts: Advocacy/Action. Place-Based Story Quilts. Retrieved from: http://www.schoolartsdigital.com/i/853606-september-2017

• Urbanek, Jennifer. (Feb/Mar 2017). Art Matters: Intergenerational Summer School. 59(1) NAEA News: Advancing Art Education. Retrieved from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01606395.2017.1271667

• Urbanek Jennifer. (November 2016). Cultivating Creative Confidence Through Conversation: Talking with Your Children about Their Artwork. Downtown Montessori Academy’s Monthly Parent Newsletter.

• Urbanek, Jennifer. (December 2015). We Be Monsters: An Exploration of Intergenerational K-12 Art Programming in Milwaukee. 57(4) NAEA News: Advancing Art Education. Retrieved from:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01606395.2015.11666277?needAccess=true

• Urbanek, Jennifer. (April 2015). Creating Caring Connections: Intergenerational Art Making on the North Side of Chicago. 57(2) NAEA News: Advancing Art Education. Retrieved from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01606395.2015.11518718?needAccess=true

• Urbanek, Jennifer. (Fall 2006) The Liberal Arts; Preserving Humanity. 92( 4) Liberal Education,  Fall 2006 Retrieved From: http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/22972335/liberal-arts-preserving-humanity