Teaching Portfolio

Dave Greber is an interdisciplinary artist with over a decade of experience in the field.  

Dave has extensive teaching experience (8+ years), mainly in higher education. He has experience teaching introductory level and upper-level digital design courses at Tulane University, in New Orleans. He has also taught motion graphics as a visiting artist at Southern Louisiana University. Currently, Dave teaches at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). He has experience teaching in-person, hybrid, and remotely.

Additionally, he has taught workshops for all ages, LARPs and technical orientations and software tutoring for established artists. 

A man with red hair and a beard, holding a coffee cup, is explaining something to two women in front of a display with a tea set, an apple, a potted plant, and a framed background projection of an animated scene.

Student Work Examples

Person in a shawl or blanket reading on a phone in a dimly lit room.
Colorful sticker on a white wall depicting animated grapes with a face, sitting in a pink bowl surrounded by purple circles.
A person with blue hair and piercings lying on grass with colorful reflections and digital effects.
Stylized illustration of a woman with long black hair, wearing glasses and a teal shirt, set against a red and black circular background.

MICA
New Media

Topics
Raster Images, Vectors for CNC applications, Keyframe-based animation, Video production

Software
Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere

Year
2023-2024

A collage of various graffiti-style and stylized text designs on a black background, featuring words like "Gabriel," "Hanna," "Mother," "Minor," "Vanguard," "Diva," "Reshape," "Dag,” and others in colorful, artistic fonts.
Anime-style drawing of a person with wild, white hair, wearing glasses with one eye visible, and a dark outfit with white trim, against a plain light-colored background.
Storyboard for a poster animation showing the sequential addition of colored chevrons into place, with detailed action descriptions and sound effects. The chevrons are black, yellow, red, and blue, arranged to appear as if they are growing into a stepped pattern.
Colorful collage highlighting typography trends for 2023, featuring bold black and white text, purple geometric designs, and a purple background with white and black text.

University of Maryland Baltimore County
Motion Graphics

Topics
Upper-level Motion graphics for graphic design majors

Software
Illustrator, After Effects

Year
2023

Mixed-media sculpture of a mermaid with orange hair, a blue top, and a painted face, sitting on a colorful chest with a large eye design on the lid, surrounded by crumpled paper and plastic, with a yellow and black staff and a small black device nearby.
A collage featuring black-and-white images of women interwoven with colorful clusters of grapes and abstract starburst patterns on a black background.
A complex, sci-fi style illustration of multiple levels filled with people working on advanced technology, computers, and machinery, with a central giant, stylized brain and a large digital screen displaying the word 'MASS' and various codes.

MICA
Contemporary Visual Languages

Topics
DEIJ-G, Identity, Collaboration, Conceptual projects

Year
2023-2024

Collage of drawings and cutouts including women, trees, and abstract shapes.
A scale with a face covered in words, with one side reading 'LOVE and the other 'HATE'. The background is red, and the face on the scale appears distressed or sad.
An abstract painting of a stain on the ground.

University of Maryland Baltimore County
Time-Based Media

Topics
Appropriation, Video Production, Post-Production, Video Art

Software
Premiere, After Effects

Year
2024-2025

Three fantasy-style paintings with a dark green and brown color palette. The left painting features a woman with long dark hair, her eyes closed, holding a tiny bee or insect in her hand. The middle artwork depicts a naked woman curled up inside a hollowed tree trunk, surrounded by glowing orbs. The right painting shows a woman with glowing eyes, with several hands reaching toward her, some holding small objects, all set against a green background.
Poster with character design sketches and notes, character sheets with colored illustrations, and a table with brochures or handouts.

MICA
First Year Independent Studio

Topics
Research, Prototyping, Iteration, Professionalism

Year
2024-2025

Display of a blue and gold shrine with a statue of Mary, surrounded by coins and ribbons, on a red cloth, with large red letters behind it asking about Mary and her wondrous grace.
White dress with gold embroidery on a mannequin and two cartoon-style face masks with pink hair on the wall.

Tulane University
Print-based Media

Topics
Book Design, Large Format Printing, Printing for Installation

Software
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop

Year
2020-2021

Colorful graffiti-style art in a bathroom with a silhouette of a person on the wall, vibrant gingham and checkered patterns on the walls and floor.
Yellow Hive vending machine with promotional poster of Beyoncé in a yellow outfit, offering snacks and drinks, mounted on a white wall.
Colorful round pins with an illustration of a woman's face and text around the edge, placed on a textured surface.
A large umbrella with a colorful design is set up outdoors on a patch of dirt in front of a brick building. A woman with pink hair, wearing a patterned top and black pants, stands nearby on a small staircase.
Indoor hallway with a large art piece on the wall featuring abstract shapes, lines, and black bird silhouettes. There are two women standing nearby, one with curly hair and glasses, holding a folder. Double doors to the outside are in the background with a brick arch window above.
A trash can wrapped in denim print with a sign that says "More Like High Waste" and a tissue on top, in a hallway near a fire extinguisher and hand sanitizer dispenser.

Tulane University
Digital Arts 100

Topics
Raster Images, Vectors for CNC applications, Keyframe-based animation, Video production

Software
Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects

Year
2017-2021

Two artistic posters are displayed on a wall. The left poster features surreal imagery related to 'The Moon', with a large eye, clouds, drugs, and plants. The right poster has a symmetrical abstract design with cherries, leaves, and lace-like patterns.
Two digital artworks. The left features abstract colorful butterfly patterns in front of a mountainous landscape at sunset, with tree branches overlay. The right is a stylized portrait of two women with the title "La Luna" underneath, set against a cosmic background with a crescent moon.
This is an artistic poster illustrating two smiling women, with overlaid colored syringes and measurement lines. The poster includes text indicating features such as "natural," "no chemicals," "expert approved," "pink mineral," "green kombucha," and "golden turmeric."
A collage-style poster with classical sculptures, colorful abstract elements, and text including "FART," "GUCCI," and various distorted words and images.