CV

Current Employment 

Technical Abilities

  • Mac and PC
  • Adobe Creative Suite – Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Lightroom
  • HTML, XHTM, CSS
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • E-commerce websites – Magento and WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Social media marketing, email marketing, Hootsuite
  • Knowledgable of offset printing and digital printing processes.
  • Digital photography.
  • Old School Programs: Quark, Pagemaker, CorelDrawl
  • If I don’t know it, I can learn it!

2003 to Present:

Graphic Designer/Artist for MT Publishing Company, Evansville, IN.

Oversee the design and layout of community history books and civil service historical yearbooks, managing several projects at various stages at once. Duties include, but not limited to: all aspects of design and layout for historical books, pre-press set-up for direct to plate printing, proofing, getting quotes from vendors for printing of promotional pieces, design of promotional pieces for targeted marketing, input on marketing strategies, liaison between printing company, our company and client, customer service to both clients and customers, filing of copyright for clients, design and maintenance of company e-commerce web site using a Magento platform and WooCommerce, coordinating social media and e-newsletters for company, order entry and on occasion shipping of books, along with general office duties of answering the phones, taking orders, and general customer service. 

Websites

www.canvasandconversation.com

www.mtpublishing.com

www.eviethelitterdog.com

www.rkcraiglaw.com

2014 to Present: Owner/Artist of Canvas & Conversation. A mobile paint party experience. I bring the paint and you bring the wine. Involves not only leading paint-n-sip events, but event planning, working with various venues and fundraising through art and art workshops.

2015 to Present: Independent Brand Partner Neora – Network Maketing

Past Related Professional Experience

Among what is listed below, I have also worked “Beer Girl” at local baseball games, a receptionist at a hair salon, a tutor, a retail worker and other various odd jobs throughout college and graduate school.

2002 to 2009: Adjunct Instructor of Art

University of Southern Indiana, Brescia University, Owesboro Community College, and Vincennes University

  • Graphic Design I and II
  • Photography I
  • Art Appreciation
  • Woodworking
  • Sculpture
  • Art History: Impressionism & 20th Century Art.
  • 2-D and 3-D Design 

1999-2002: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Indiana State University, 

Indiana State University.

  • 2-D Design
  • Drawing 1 & 2

 

1999-2001: Woodburn Graphics, Terre Haute, IN. Graphic Artist

Responsible for prepress setup of digital files for 2 color and 4 color   printing, including  composition and typesetting. 

1998-1999:  Leed Selling Tools, Evansville, IN. Graphic Artist

Responsible for layout and design of fabric sample cards and books for furniture corporations, including electronic setup of design files for  client approval and prepress applications. 

1997-1998: Graphic Artist. 

University of Southern Indiana,  Student Life Office, Evansville,  IN, 

Duties included a variety of tasks from organizing material for the Student Life Calendar of Events to flyers and promotional pieces for students, student clubs and organizations and the Student Life office.    

1995-1997: University of Southern Indiana, Art Department, 

Student Worker. Duties include general office support for faculty and staff. 

Education

MFA May   2002 

Emphases in Woodworking/Studio Furniture/Drawing/Sculpture 

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.

Bachelor of Science     May 1998 

Art and Communications emphasis in graphic design and advertising – magna cum laude, Presidential Scholar, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN.

Indiana Academic Honors Diploma    1994

New Washington High School, 

New Washington, IN. Valedictorian. 

Internships

Fall 1997: Oswald & Associates, Evansville, IN, Internship in Graphic Design, Creative Department.

Summer 1996: Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, KY, Internship in Graphic Design, Marketing Department

Exhibitions

2007– Faculty Shows at University of Southern Indiana & Brescia University

2006 – Faculty Shows University of Southern Indiana & Brescia University

2005 – Owenboro Community & Technical College Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition.

2004

  • Midnight Gallery, Jasper IN.
  • Hopkinville Community College Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Hopkinsville, KY.

2003

  • Vincennes University Faculty Exhibition, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN.
  • 2003 Fine Art & Photography Exhibiton, Evansville Art Guild, Audubon Park Museum, Henderson, KY.
  • Synchronicity, Evansville, IN, Invitational Show.
  • Working Together Show, Evansville, Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN, Juror: April Vasser Dean, Director of the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art


2002

  • Towers I, Louisville Visual Art Association at the Watertower, Louisville, KY. Invitational
  • 9th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Jasper Arts Center, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN. Juror: Claudia Hammer, Louisville, KY.
  • Off Grain, Spring Street Gallery, Jeffersonville, IN. Featured Artist
  • The Art Source, Spring Gala, Indianapolis, IN. Invitational
  • MFA Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.
  • Indiana State University Student Exhibition. (juried) University Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. Juror: Michael Watts, Director of the Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University , Charleston, IL.

2001

  • 8th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Jasper Arts Center, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN. Juror: James Grubola, Art Department Chair and Professor of Fine Arts, University of Louisville.
  • 57th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN. Juror: Thom Shaw, Cincinnati, OH.
  • THE BOX (National invitational exhibit of artists’ interpretation of “THE BOX”) Images Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY.
  • 2001 College Art Association Regional Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, The Great Space, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
  • Indiana State University Student Exhibition. (juried) University Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. Juror: Timothy van Laar, painter, author, educator, University of Illinois,Champaign, IL.
  • 2000 Hulman Center Student Union Show, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
  • Arkansas Celebration of the Arts 2000 Sculpture Exhibition. (invitational group exhibition) Hot Springs Civic & Convention Center, Hot Springs, AR.


1999–  Hulman Center Student Union Show (invitational) Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.
1998

  • “Free Me”, Greenway Project, Outdoor Sculpture, Pigeon Creek Greenway, Evansville, IN.
  • Student Art Exhibition, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN.Juror: Julius Friedman, Images Freedman Gallery, Louisville, KY.
  • Two Women, Two Views (two person show with Laura Tower).U C Art Gallery, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN

1997

  • Group Show, Audubon State Park, Henderson, KY.
  • Group Show, UC Art Gallery, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN.Student Exhibition, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN. Juror: Steve Mannheimer, Herron School of Art.
  • Artist Collaborative Show, Fine & Hatfield Gallery, Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, Evansville, IN.
  • Seminar X, New Harmony Contemporary Gallery of Art, New Harmony, IN.

1996– Student Exhibition, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN.


1994 – Louisville Visual Art Association, Water Tower Children’s Free Art Classes Student Show, Louisville, KY.

1994, ‘92 & ‘91 9th Congressional Art Show, New Albany, IN.

1991-94 New Washington High School Student Exhibitions, New Washington, IN.

Grants/Awards


2003

  • First Place for Sculpture, 2003 Fine Art & Photography Exhibition, Evansville Art Guild, Audubon Park Museum, Henderson, KY
  • Honorable Mention for 3-D Work, Working Together Show, Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN.


2000-2002 Graduate School Tuition Scholarship, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.


2001

  • M.J. Egy & Assoc.’s Primary Metal Executive Search Merit Award, 57th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN.
  • Information Sciences Purchase Award & Hulman Center Merit Award. Indiana State University Student Exhibition, University Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.


2000

  • Graduate School Dissemination of Research Grant, Indiana State University. (Travel expenses)
  • Art Department Travel Grant, Indiana State University.


1999 Provost Purchase Award, Hulman Center Student Union Exhibition. Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.

1997 Best of Show & Ellen Wedicking Memorial Award, Student Exhibition, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN.

1994-1998 Presidential Scholar, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN.