EDUCATION
Art
Institute of Boston at Lesley University
present
Boston, MA
Attending this low residency program for my MFA in Visual Arts
1st semester mentor:Erick
Ingraham
Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts
1998 - 2002
Syracuse, NY
Won first place in Maxwell Citizenship Scholarship competition. Four
years on the Dean's list. Graduated cum laude with a 3.64 GPA. Received
BFA in Illustration.
Study
Abroad
Spring semester 2001
Florence, Italy
Intense semester studying Art and Art History.
Internship
Spring semester 2002
Museum
of Science and Technology, Syracuse, NY
Responsible for the complete redesign of their volunteer brochure.
WORK EXPERIENCE
N.E.V.A.
or New Expressions of Visual Art - 2002
- present
Raymond, NH
Owner
Sole Artist and owner of this freelance art business. For list of work
done through N.E.V.A. please see below under "Bibliography
of Published Work".
Currier
Museum of Art - August 2004 - present
Manchester, NH
Public Relations
Coordinator
Responsible for assisting the Manager of Public Relations and Marketing
in any and all tasks, including online event listings, press releases,
tracking press, etc.
Pride
Publications - September 2003
- August 2004
Stratham, NH
Publication Director
Responsible for the layout and design of a bi-monthly publication called
The Real Estate Guide.
McClain
Productions - May 2002 - September
2003
Epping, NH
Administrative Assistant,
promoter, booking agent and press secretary
Manage all daily office duties including answering phones, filing, mailing
promotional material, scheduling meetings, and updating database. Responsible
for all correspondence between clubs, festivals, press, and artist concerning
future engagements or interviews. Plan and draft appropriate press releases.
"Tales-To-Go"
Reading Program - April 2001 - August
2001
Exeter, NH
Americorps
*VISTA Summer Associate
Worked with children from low-income areas, promoting art and literacy
through story-time and book based arts activities.
The
Daily Orange - August 2000 - December
2000
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Art Director
Managed numerous artists, responsible for creating special illustrations
for each publication.
TEACHING
Drawing
Disney Workshop - March 2006
Concord, NH
This three hour workshop covered
the basics of drawing Disney cartoons for Freshman Highschoolers.
Career Day Presenter at Merrimack Valley Middle School
- March 2006
Concord, NH
I spoke to 5th graders
about life as a freelance artist.
Currier Art Center - July
2006
Manchester, NH
Introduction to Illustration,
Children's Book Illustration,Botanical Illustration, and Wildlife Illustration
Kimball Jenkins Estate - September
2005
Concord, NH
Illustration, Cartooning,
Drawing, and Painting
Private
Art Tutoring - June 2003 - November
2003
Raymond, NH
I tutored a talented
8th grader in a wide range of art techniques.
EXHIBITIONS
Currier
Downtown - February 8 - April 2,
2007
Manchester, NH
"For the Love
of Art" - Faculty and Staff Exhibition
Currier
Art Center - September 24 - December
1 , 2006
Manchester, NH
Faculty Group Exhibition
NH
Institute of Art - July 21 - August
18, 2006
Manchester, NH
NHIA Continuing Education
Exhibition
Art in the Park - June 22 - August
20, 2006
Portsmouth, NH
NHAA Prescott Park
Juried Art Exhibit and Sale
Children's
Museum - April 1 - May 14, 2006
Portsmouth, NH
12th Annual Families
First Art Exhibit
Children's Museum - January 18-
February 30, 2006
Portsmouth, NH
The original illustrations
from "Daddy's Girl" were displayed in honor of Black History
month.
Currier Museum of Art
- January 20 - February 20, 2006
Manchester, NH
New Hampshire Art
Association 58th Annual exhibition. My painting, St. Catherine was displayed.
Kimball Jenkins Estate - December
2005
Concord, NH
Faculty show. "Wayne",
and "Little Red Riding Hood" was displayed.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF PUBLISHED WORK
Fantasia Photography - March 2007
Bradford, NH
This photography
company hired me to illustrate part of their logo.
Quirked
for Kids Online Magazine - November
2006
Canada
This non-profit online
magazine hired me to create their logo.
NH
Healthy Kids - May 2006 & 2007
Concord, NH
This company hired
me illustrate the cover and a few pages inside of their Annual Report.
American Heritage, Inc. - April 2006
Chichester, NH
This company hired
me to create a logo, and design their letterhead and business card.
Bookzilla
- October 2004
Raymond, NH
This company hired
me to create a graph which would illustrate how their University book
exchange worked.
BookWorm
Books - March 2004 - May 2004
Washington, DC
I was hired by this
independent book publisher to do the illustrations for a full color,
32 page children's book entitled "Daddy's Girl". This book
will be released in the Spring of 2005.
Michelle
Mallette - April 2004 - June 2004
Raymond, NH
This individual hired
me to create unique, hand-made wedding invitations.
Karma
Rae Sawyer - January 2004 - April 2004
Berkeley, CA
This individual hired
me to create unique, hand-made wedding invitations.
FX Control Systems
- February 2003 - August 2003
Chichester, NH
A freelance engineer
hired me to help him develop concept sketches for the four large moving
mobiles he was designing for a Children’s Hospital in Honduras.
After the concept stage was completed I was hired to paint three of
the four mobiles, and to also create four informational display illustrations
that would compliment the viewers experience when viewing the mobiles.
McClain Productions
- February 2003 - July 2003
Epping, NH
Created national
and international ads for “One More Bridge To Cross”.
Ads appeared in Blues Revue
and Living Blues magazines,
to name a few.
McClain
Productions - “One More Bridge To
Cross” - January 2003
Epping, NH
Designed layout and
created artwork for the first independent album of an internationally
acclaimed Soul and Blues singer, Mighty Sam McClain. All advertising
materials for this album, such as posters and press kits were done by
me as well.
The Daily Orange
- January 2000 - May 2000
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Responsible for producing
daily editorial cartoons, spot illustrations, and feature illustrations
©
2005