Learn About a Dedicated Contemporary Visual Artist
Employment
2013 – 2020 30 Works of Commissioned Art
100+ fine arts works executed. Two of my oil paintings donated to worthy causes, one of them for auction. A poetry collection written in the last 5 years; working on a 2nd poetry collection.
1969 – 2002 Public High School Mathematics Teacher, Bronx, NY.
Miscellaneous Employment
2002 – 2006 Realtor
1993 – 1994 Publisher, Writer, Sirken Publications
1990 – 1990 Computers/Mathematics Teacher, Pre-College Institute at Lehman College; Consultant for Star Schools Project, CCNY Graduate School of Education
Education
C.C.N.Y., New York, New York
1972 M.A., Mathematics Education
1969 B. S., Mathematics; Minor: Education
Includes study in Drawing and Mechanical Drawing
65+ additional college credits, which include poetry study under the late Professor Robert O’Clair at Lehman College in the seventies. Also, studies at The Guitar Workshop in Roslyn, NY in the seventies. A sabbatical study for art at SUNY at Purchase, NY in 1993 for in Life Drawing and Painting; Local Pottery Classes (2003); Life Drawing at HVMOCA in Peekskill (2019-2020)
Affiliations
Sierra Club; World Wildlife Fund; Audubon; VFW; AARP
Interests
Tennis; Walking; Travel; Reading; Family and Friends
Personal
Date of Birth: 1947 in NYC
Marital Status; Married to Elsa; two adult daughters
Residence: Putnam County, NY
Amplified Bio of Michael L. Sirken
Cell Phone: (914) 299-4041
E-mail: [email protected]
Employment Highlights
1969 – 2002 Teacher of Mathematics
1988 – 2002 Teacher Mentor for the New York City Mentoring Program
1989 – 1990+ The Star Schools Project: Telecommunications and computers to teach science and mathematics. My students wrote mathematical papers that were uploaded to program headquarters principally on the “Connectany Unit.” Computer-generated art was a by-product of these endeavors. Additionally, I conducted teacher training as a consultant in the summer of 1990 for this project at the Graduate School of Education at CCNY.
1990 – 1990 Mathematics taught via computer games in the Pre-College Institute at Lehman College