Create and supply handmade ceramic planters, approximately 12 per batch, sold at Mis Plantitas on aconsignment agreement.
Design and create original art to then sell to customers, experimenting and utilizing different forms, colors, and ideas in order to do so.
Observe supply and demand needs of the store, creating new pieces to adhere to customer satisfaction.
Ceramics Artist
Buchanan Center Of The Arts
04.2023 - Current
Create and supply unique ceramic artwork- approximately 10 to 12 pieces per batch - for the Buchanan Center gift shop, working on a consignment agreement.
Communicate with store owners and managers to properly monitor supply and demand of artwork, and making new work based off of customer satisfaction and/or concerns.
Design and create unique and individual ceramic works (providing vessels such as mugs, bowls, planters, casserole dishes, etc.), while utilizing and experimenting with different forms, colors, and ideas.
Distributions Manager
Monmouth College Courier
09.2021 - 05.2024
Coordinated and delivered approximately 250 newspapers per batch to various campus locations.
Implemented effective and efficient routes to ensure timely distribution.
Observed and managed stock levels to ensure proper amounts of papers were in their respective areas.
Established and maintained relationships with professors, faculty, and students across campus to optimize placement and visibility of newspapers.
Dog Sitter
Eric J. Toriumi
06.2017 - 04.2019
Followed pet care instructions, dietary needs, and medication regimens.
Maintained a clean and organized space for all pet sitting tasks, including cleaning up after the animals as needed.
Enhanced client satisfaction by providing attentive and personalized care for their dogs.
Contributed to clients peace of mind by sending regular updates on their pets, including photos and videos.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Fine Arts
Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL
05.2024
High School Diploma -
Cary-Grove High School
Cary
05.2020
Skills
Communication
Customer Service
Artistic Capabilities
Attention to Detail
Client Relationships
Critical and Creative Thinking
Related College and Volunteer Experience
Pipe Major of the Monmouth College Pipe Band (August 2023-May 2024): Efficiently organized, led, and instructed bagpipers and drummers during rehearsals and formal events such as parades, football games, and ceremonies within the town of Monmouth and on-campus.
Bagpipe Instructor of the Monmouth College Pipe Band (March 2023-May 2024): Taught beginning bagpipers how to properly care and maintain their instruments, learn how to read music, how to have the correct form and posture for the instrument, and how to play beginning embellishments and tunes.
Involvement in Theatre Department (August 2023-May 2024): Active participant in multiple productions; The Little Mermaid (April 2023, costume and creative teams), The Seagull (October 2023, stage management and creative teams), Peter Pan (November 2023, creative team and tech crew).
Boy Scout Merit Badge University (March 2023): Co-taught a combined lecture and studio class to middle and high school students; teaching them the elements and principles of art, beginning drawing techniques, and assisted and critiqued their finished project in order for them to earn their art badge.
Volunteer Studio Assistant (January 2023-May 2024): Voluntarily cleaned and organized ceramic studio, followed recipes to make clay and glaze as needed, and helped in keeping a well-kept atmosphere for students to learn in.
Teacher's Assistant (January 2023-May 2024): Volunteer TA for the ARTD-261 (Wheel-Thrown Ceramics class). Demonstrated and taught a variety of techniques to use on the wheel while adding in-depth descriptions, taught students proper organization and cleanup methods for the ceramics lab, and aided in assistance to students as they learned and practiced.
Bagpipe Instructor for the Dundee Scottish Pipe Band (June 2018-December 2019): Volunteer intermediate instructor for the pipe band, teaching students how to read sheet music and perform beginning tunes on chanter.
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