Hi, I’m
Maura Bordes Cronin
Providence
Summary
Industrious Surface Designer and Colorist offering 20 years of textile experience looking to collaborate on new projects with a diverse team. Versed in sales, problem solving, merging ideas across different disciplines, color analyst and matching.
Overview
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Marvalina Clothing
Owner
01.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with clients, resulting in repeat business and referrals.
- Work with cut and sew contractors and designers to develop clothing collections
MOON TIDE DYERS, INC
Co-founder and Owner
01.2006 - 01.2023
Job overview
- Design, cut and sew, dyed a line of contemporary clothing for women
- In-house colorist and fabric dyer
- Established a brick & mortar in Providence
- Evaluated market trends to identify emerging opportunities and inform strategic decision making.
DAVID BROOKS, INC
Colorist Consultant
01.2000 - 01.2008
Job overview
- Ensured color consistency with fabrics by conducting thorough quality control checks on final outputs.
- Accurately matched product colors to standards in collections and communicated to factories regarding changes.
- Collaborating on color naming for specific collections.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Curatorial Associate
11.1998 - 12.1999
Job overview
- Assisted implementation of commissioned works with artists including Ellen Driscoll and Liza Lou, maintained slide registry of artists commissions
Downey Side Families for Youth
Social Service Caseworker
10.1991 - 03.1998
Education
University of Massachusetts At DartmouthNew Bedford, MA
Master of Fine Arts in Fiber Arts and Textile Design
05.2003
University Overview
Thesis: Thesis in public installations and urban land use in coordination with city government
Guilford CollegeGreensboro, NC
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
05.1991
University Overview
Minor: Art
Skills
- Color and design expertise
- Unconventional problem solving
- Relationship Building
- Textile Colorist
Residencies
- 2002-2004, NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, Artist in Residence with Perquimans County Blueway/Greenway Project, One year, Artist residency creating temporary and permanent site-specific public artwork, Grant aware of 50K
- 2004-2005, FORREST HILS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND, Artist in Residence with Forrrest Hills Cemetery, Site-specific work involving the landscape of the cemetery and families involved with the cemetery to create a living history of the site
- September 2001, FULLER MUSEUM of ART, Artist in Residence with Plouffe Elementary School in downtown Brockton, MA, Worked with 6th graders to develop ideas for public art installation at abandoned storefronts. Created handmade books about revitalization
- March 2000, Residency in vacant storefront at Arcade building in downtown Providence, Collected used clothes from local thrift stores and shoppers in mall and made into one-of-a-kind wall hangings
Awards
- Barbara Eckart Emerging Fiber Artist Scholarship
- Graduate Assistantship Award to Gallery Director
- NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS ART and COMMUNITY LANDSCAPES
Publications
- Perquimans Weekly, "EMC linemans help art project" March 30th 2005
- Carolina Country "Art Project Takes Flight" March 2004
- Chowan Herald "Connecting to the Past" March 9th 2005
- Watercolors: People, Land, and Water (Virginia Pilot journal), "Community Art on the Rise in Perquimans County" March 2005
- Daily Advance "Hertford Public Art Topic of Talk" February 11 2005
- Perquimans Weekly "Art to Highlight Trailheads, History" Feb 2 2005
- Virginia Pilot "Art on Tap in Hertford this Weekend" February 11 2005
- US Department of Interior Support Grows for Interpretive Art Along Trails January 2005
- Art in the Public Interest,"Restoring and Re-Storying Community Landscapes" Community Arts Network
- Rivers Trails and Conservation Assistance Serving Communities Annual Report 2004
- National Training Trails Partnership, "Linear parks benefit from environmental public art programs" December 28 2004
- Virginia Pilot "Float to Promote" October 6 2004
- Perquimans Weekly "Floating Down the River" October 13 2004
- FiberArts Textile Legacy September/October 2004 Review
- Ch. 6 Evening News New Bedford, MA "Efforts to Save Morse Cutting Tool" May 2003
- Brownfields Conference 2003 Portland, OR October 2003
- Poster Presentation of Bridging a Brownfield (Site-specific work created in 2003)
Timeline
Owner
Marvalina Clothing
01.2023 - Current
Co-founder and Owner
MOON TIDE DYERS, INC
01.2006 - 01.2023
Colorist Consultant
DAVID BROOKS, INC
01.2000 - 01.2008
Curatorial Associate
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
11.1998 - 12.1999
Social Service Caseworker
Downey Side Families for Youth
10.1991 - 03.1998
University of Massachusetts At Dartmouth
Master of Fine Arts in Fiber Arts and Textile Design
Guilford College
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
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