CONTACT & RESUME

RESUME:

Award-winning Artist, Designer and Writer.

Career Statement: With over 15 years of experience in publications, Arts, events and culinary production, this creative and dynamic personality brings quality content across a variety of media platforms while facilitating smooth and efficient operations.

Relevant Skills:

Arts/event management, production and design:
- Designing aesthetic elements of events including lighting, sound, staging, multimedia.
- Producing scale drawings, color renderings, models, budget proposals, production calendars.
- Installing/implementing designs; carpentry, metalworking, rigging, electrics, painting/sculpting.
- Coordinating clients/vendors; scheduling travel and logistics.
- Managing/supervising crews; coordinating schedules, hiring, training/teaching.

Graphic Design/Publications:
-Fluent in Photoshop, InDesign (MAC or PC), Microsoft Office.
-Writing, editing, research; AP, APA, MLA styles.
-Layout and visual editing, proofing and printing.

Administrative/Operations:
-Scheduling, payroll and coordinating calendars.
-Reception, receiving and shipping.
-Sales, vendor relations.
-Organizing and stocking office/kitchen supplies.

Education:

Univeristy of Maryland, University College - Communications

Alpena Community College - Associates in Liberal/Fine Arts, Phi Theta Kappa, suma cum laude, May 2009

University of Maryland, College Park - Theatre Design major

Montgomery Blair High School - Academic/Arts, 1998

Publications:

[The Examiner] Arts & Entertainment writer, Urban Arts

[The Alpena News] northeast Michigan regional newspaper (letters to Editor)

[The Crosscut] Alpena Community College Newspaper (Editor)

[Student Press Law Center REPORT]Student Press Law Center - Fall 2006 - Present

[artrevolutionaries.com] April Issue

Theatres & Arts centers:

[Unstrung Harpist] (Tech Director/Designer, Genesis) Voted BEST DRAMA 2010 Fringe Festival Awards

[Bowie State University] Shakespeare's As You Like It, outdoors (First outdoor show in BSU history)

[Sitar Center for the Arts] (Scenic painting instructor)

[Granum Theatre, Alpena Community College] (Theatre Coordinator/TD, Adjunct Faculty)

[Thunder Bay Theatre] (Technical Director)

[Studio Theatre] (Master Electrician)

[Imagination Stage] (Master Electrician)

[Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center] University of Maryland (Electrician/Carpenter)

Washington Shakespeare Company (A.TD/Carpenter)

Metrostage (Carpenter)

Production Companies:

[RCI Sound]

[Swank Audio Visual]

Culinary Arts:

[Teatime Delicacies, Inc] - Catering / Bartending

[Thomas Edison High School of Technology] Restaurant Mgmt. Program

[Savory Cafe - Takoma Park, MD - Barrista/Server, Prep cook

Awards:

Best Drama for Genesis at the 2010 Captial Fringe Festival.

Michigan Community College Press Association 1st place Award for "Spare some change I can believe in?" Editorial cartoon - April 2010

Michigan Community College Press Association 2nd place Award for "Can we put our country first? Yes we can!" Editorial Cartoon - April 4, 2009

ACC Foundation Scholarship for 2009 for "2 Leaves" painting, oil on mattboard.

Alpena Community College Fine and Performing Arts Scholarship for 2008-09.

Nominated for Jesse Besser Award for 2009