CV/Resume

Skills

2D animation, 3D animation, and illustration

Procreate, ToonBoom Harmony, Cinema4D, DragonFrame, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Cloud,

zoom, Discord, Twitch, Slack, Google Suite and Microsoft Suite

Typography Certified, Illustrator Certified, Linkedin

Education

Master of Fine Arts, Illustration, 2023 - Present

Savannah College of Arts and Design

            SCADNow, Honors

Dual Bachelor of Fine Arts, Animation/Illustration and Drawing/Painting, 2019

Minor: Art History

State University of New York at Fredonia

Dean’s List, Honors, Cum Laude

Arts of Italy Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, May 2017

GPA: 4.0, Dean’s List, Honors, Summa Cum Laude

Associates in Liberal Arts, 2016

State University of New York at Orange County Community College

GPA: 3.52, Dean’s List, Honors, Magna Cum Laude

Conventions and Exhibitions

Something Blue, Emerge Gallery, NY, Virtual, 2023

In Black and White, Emerge Gallery, NY, Virtual, 2023

Senior Show: Processus Imperium, 2019

Rogal Art Gallery, Colour, 2019

ArtForum, Artists Alliance Club Exhibition, The Show: Unity, 2019

KingCon at Haverstraw’s King’s Daughters Public Library, 2018

NYSSSA, New York Summer School of Arts, Faculty Exhibition 2018, 2019

Fredonia Student Creative & Research Exposition, 2018, 2019

Museum of Cartooning and Comics Arts Festival, 2018          

Salon Les Questionables, 2017                  

Fredonia Student Showcase, 2017

W/M Exhibition, 2016, 2017      

ARTiculate Student Art Show, 2016

UnchARTed Student Art Show, 2015         

Harriman Student Gallery Student Showcase, 2014

Film Festivals and Juried Contents

Scholastic Art Awards Juror for Digital Art, Invited Courtesy of OCAA (Orange County Arts Alliance), 2023

Echelon Student Film Festival Inc. (Juried), 2020

The New Film Festival (EC Media Group LLC.), (Juried), 2019

Josiah Media Festival, (Urban-15), (Juried), 2019

Music Shorts Film Festival (Online Festival), (Juried), 2019

Lift-Off Sessions Film Festival (Online Festival), (Juried), 2019

Awards

SCAD Achievement Grad Scholarship, 2023

eLearning Graduate Scholarship, 2023

Second Place in the New Film Festival, Transformations, 2019

Best Editing Award, Fredonia Film Society Festival, Transformations, 2019

Excellence in Community Service, Leadership Award, 2019

Senior Challenge Scholarship, 2019

Edwin J. & Rachel Dietz Scholarship, 2015

Iris Stedener Scholarship, 2015

Alumni Ambassador Award, 2013

Related Artistic Experience

Caricature Artist, Angry Orchard, Extra-Terrestrial Disco, Walden, NY, 2023

Future Teacher’s Incubator Fellowship (FLI), Zoom, NYC Virtual, 2020

Community Engagement Intern, Esports and Game Design Collective (EGD Collective), Discord, NYC Virtual 2020

Learning Assistant, 2018 - 2019

Visual Concepts, Advanced Animation, Intermediate 2D Animation

Painting Instructor, Painting with Seniors at St. Colombian, 2018-2019

Animation Intern, WomenWorking.com, NYC Virtual, 2018

Caricature Artist, Habitat for Humanity Volunteer, 2017

Employment History

Independent Artist 2013 - Present

• Created custom commissions for customers

• Attend Galleries, Exhibitions, and Juried Events for myself and or other artists

• Distributed stickers and prints via websites Society6, inprint, and Squarespace

• Research and data collection for illustration and animation projects

• Effective communication: engaged in confident social and professional interaction; presentation and writing

• Innovation, problem-solving, and ideas generation

• Organizational, delegation, and collaborative skills

Storm King Art Center New Windsor, NY 2022 - Present

Visitor Services Attendant

• Engage with visitors to provide an experience with Storm King’s initiative
• Approach ever visitor interaction with empathy, and professionalism
• Monitor areas of the site primarily by foot and enforce site rules
• Respond proactively to safety issues
• Assist with traffic control, parking, booth/point of sale, and/or bike rentals
• Provide support with public programs and private events including set up/break down
• Attend mandatory training sessions throughout the season to learn about Storm King’s featured exhibitions, safety awareness, policy and

procedures, and general information
• Maintain a clean and safe environment including supporting housekeeping by moving or picking up trash as needed
• STAR Award Recipient - “Outstanding customer service, pleasant to work with, team player”

Michael’s Arts and Crafts Middletown, NY, Seasonal 2021 - 2023

• Custom Framer/Associate

• Provide quality customer service and knowledge of basic crafts

New York Summer School of the Arts, School of Visual Arts Albany, NY

Co-Head Residence Life Counselor, 2019

             Previously: Residence Life Counselor, 2018

• Schedule changes, shift management

• Plan productive and creative activities for NYSSSA Students

Arts & Crafts Moore (ACMoore) Middletown, NY, 2014 - 2020