High School Design

Education:

MA in American Studies, California State University, Fullerton

- emphasis in Cultural Art History, graduated 2011, Summa Cum Laude, GPA of 4.0

- Thesis: “The First Counterculture Celebrity: Oscar Wilde’s 1882 North American Tour”

BA in Visual Arts and Theatre Arts, California State University, Fullerton

-Graduated 2004, Cum Laude, GPA of 3.78

- studied theatre arts abroad in 2004 at Trinity College, Wales

Experience:

Visual Arts Instructor, The Orange County High School of the Arts, 2004-2011.

- classes taught: art history, printmaking, mixed media art, figure drawing, basic drawing and painting, theatre costume and makeup design.

- art history instruction has focused on my MA area of expertise: cultural art history.

Visual Arts Instructor, The Bowers Museum and Orange County Museum of Art, 2011.

- visual arts workshop instructor for Community Outreach Programs.

Theatre Instructor/Costume & Makeup Design/Assistance, California State University at Fullerton & LA Stagecall, 2005-2008.

- taught makeup design for theatre, supervised makeup and wig designers for productions to ensure the design concept was successful.

- worked backstage for Beyoncé, U2, Elton John, George Michael, The Who's Tommy, etc.

The Eclectic Company, The Orange County Center for the Contemporary Arts, 2007-present

- putting on music and art shows, with band Joy Shannon and the Beauty Marks

Art Gallery Curator, California State University at Fullerton, 2002-2004.

- managed 16 shows a year in 2 galleries in the Titan Student Union

- managed budgets, show design, recruited artists, promotion, set-up.

- on the art acquisition committee that bought art works for the permanent collection

Publishings:

The First Counterculture Celebrity: Oscar Wilde’s 1882 North American Tour, (Oregon: Plain and Simple Books), 2011.

“Wilde in California,” Together Magazine, April 2011.

Published Albums of Original Compositions:

As in the Wilderness (2008), The Fisherman's Daughter (2009), The Opium Wars or Love in Lieu of Laudanum (2009), Orphan Kisses (2010), The Black Madonna (2010), The Wild and the Wonderful (2011), Out of my Dreams and into my Arms (2011), The Predator Instinct EP (2011).

Academic Conferences:

California American Studies Conference, 2010, presented “Tie-Dyed Tweed: The Influences of The

Lord of the Rings on 1960s Counter culture”

Comparative Drama Conference, 2011, presented “Oscar Wilde’s 1882 American Tour with Patience”

Art Shows (selected):

"A Pogo Is a Logo Upside Down" with Bale Creek Allen, Grand Central Art Center, June 2011.

“Predator Instinct”, {open}, Long Beach, CA, curator: Suzanne Walsh, March 2011.

“Ghost”, The Box Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, curator: Suzanne Walsh, Jan 2011.

Joy Shannon 10 Year Art and Music Retrospective "The Beauty Mark", Orange County Center for

the Contemporary Arts, April 2010.

“Classicism”, Bleicher/Golightly, Santa Monica, CA, curator: Joella March, Feb 2010.

"International Printmaking Exhibition", Stamperia del Tevere, Rome, Italy, 2009.

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