Experience

PT Gallery Assistant, Piermont Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY, 2006-2014

Describing work to patrons, answering phones, researching, working as a gallery guide, attending openings and selling work to prospective art buyers,

Exhibits, Opening and Closing, Cleaning, Setting Up and Dismantling Helping Artists and Buyers

PT Sales Expert/ Key Holder, Abigail Rose and Lily Too, Piermont, NY, 2013-2014

Opening and Closing Store, Assisting MOD, Sales, Creating Visual Displays, Inventory, Pricing,

Banking, Administrative and Marketing Responsibilities, Cash Transactions, Awareness, Daily Reports,

Customer Satisfaction, Errands, Business Relationships, Counters, Creative Concepts,

Teacher’s Assistant, Art School at the Old Church, Oradell, NJ, 2013

Aided Class of 20 with setting up and clean up of watercolor class

Mirrored teacher in actions with the class and helped to show emphasis on cleaning while staying with the standards of the school and the many children and teens.

Shelve Reader, River Vale Public Library, River Vale, NJ, 2009-2012

Assisting library staff with many duties including shelf reading

Aiding in new set up of Library and helping with Children’s room while organizing books and craft hours

Program Coordinator, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY, 2007

Aiding curator and staff with exhibitions and acquisitions, researching artists and their work,

Handling daily administrative functions including mail, answering phones, typing correspondences, retrieving and filing slides and other materials, setting up art shows, attending meetings and keeping minutes, scanning, photocopying, co-creating pamphlets

Art Teacher, YWCA, Haworth, NJ, 2004-2005

Creating a safe and nurturing environment with an emphasis on early childhood learning, hands- on art projects; i.e., art, painting, collage, story time, assisting children during lunch, indoor and outdoor activities

Education

Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ, B.F.A. Painting, 2004 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, F.A.V. 2001

Skills

Knowledge of Macs and PCs, Word, Excel, Power Point, iWork, Adobe Photoshop CS7,

Adobe Illustrator CS7, print and photo scanning, digital and SLR photography, media and technologies