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Em Flaire

New York,NY

Summary

A French-American bilingual designer exploring the spaces where cultures meet, and leveraging materials and craft to communicate and create innovative spaces for collaboration. Passionate about working across mediums and bring technical making skills, research and curiosity to teams with the shared goal of creating a more equitable and vibrant world.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Fabrication and Installation Specialist

Powerhouse Arts
05.2024 - Current

Project based wood and metal fabricator for Powerhouse Arts.

  • Lead stone carver and metal worker on Otobong Nkanga's piece, "Cadence", at the MOMA. Project manager for stone fabrication, collaborated with 7 other departments across 5 countries and communicated progress internationally and under leadership of Art Domantay.
  • Lead welder on the Jenny Kendler "Other of Pearl" show on governors island, created 22+ metal pieces in 10 days with team of 6 people.

Studio Assistant Marisa Moran Jahn

Parsons School of Design
10.2023 - 05.2024

Marisa Moran Jahn, Head of Integrated Design,

Prototyping, research, archival photo editor

-Contributed to projects including;

  • Guggenheim New York- late shift event,
  • Carehaus Baltimore
  • National Museum of Public Housing Chicago
  • Johns Hopkins Structural Resilience Grant

Research Assistant Sam Mejias

Parsons School of Design
03.2022 - 05.2024

Sam Mejias, Dean of Art Media and Technology

  • Data collection of over 1300 entries over 4 months and social analysis Woke Media Project

Student Technician

Parsons School of Design
11.2021 - 01.2024
  • Hands on technical support for students and faculty with wood and metal fabrication (both ferrous and non-ferrous) making processes in E4 wood and metal shops. Supported roughly 200 students a week and 5 fulltime staff and facilities operators

Carpenter, Fabricator, Painter

Artistic Contractors
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Fabrication, carpentry (finishing focused), faux texture, assembly line, and painting themed environments, commercial spatial design.

Education

Integrated Design BFA - Spatial Design And Public Art

Parsons School of Design
New York
01.2024

Skills

Digital

  • Rhino (CAD)
  • Plasma cutting & CNC files
  • Adobe Suites
  • Research
  • Archival photo restoration

Physical

  • Woodworking
  • Metalworking
  • Ceramics
  • Printmaking
  • Painting

Certification

forklift certification

OSHA ladder training

Licensed tattoo artist

Special Experience

  • Head of welding on F.I.R.S.T Robotics team 2015-20 that competed nationally and won engineering award
  • 140 ft Mural now designated as cultural landmark in Jacksonville FL
  • Founding member of a mural LLC and branch of FIGMENT 501c3
  • Partnered with Cooper Square Committee CLT to design tools for leadership in housing activism with Gabriella Rendon
  • Two art pieces on Parsons website
  • National and Regional Scholastic art Awards 2015-2020

Languages

French
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Fabrication and Installation Specialist

Powerhouse Arts
05.2024 - Current

Studio Assistant Marisa Moran Jahn

Parsons School of Design
10.2023 - 05.2024

Carpenter, Fabricator, Painter

Artistic Contractors
05.2022 - 08.2022

Research Assistant Sam Mejias

Parsons School of Design
03.2022 - 05.2024

Student Technician

Parsons School of Design
11.2021 - 01.2024

forklift certification

OSHA ladder training

Licensed tattoo artist

Integrated Design BFA - Spatial Design And Public Art

Parsons School of Design
Em Flaire