Experience 

                                                              PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Education
Post Baccalaureate: Visual Arts Education, 2014-2015 Eastern Michigan University - Ypsilanti, MI

• 3.89 GPA

• Graduated Magna Cum Laude K-12 Teaching Certification

Bachelors of Fine Art: Drawing Concentration, 2010-2015 Eastern Michigan University-Ypsilanti, MI
 

• Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Associates Degree: Liberal Arts Degree, 2007-2010 Washtenaw Community College - Ann Arbor Michigan

• MACRO Seal Honors 2007-2010

Associates Degree: Liberal Arts Degree, 2007-2010 Washtenaw Community College - Ann Arbor Michigan

• MACRO Seal Honors 2007-2010

Awards
Won the “Best Emerging Artist” Award at the Holiday Art Show, EMU 2015
Certifications
K-12 Art Education Certification
CPR Certified
GIA Certified

Exhibitions

Monthly Exhibitions with Goldenstein Gallery, Sedona AZ, 2017-present

31 Female Artist: Surrealist Show. Sedona Art Center, Sedona AZ, 2020
Feminine Vibration Goddess Circle Exhibit, Sedona, AZ, 2016
Life and Decay, Two-Person Exhibition, Ypsilanti, MI, 2015
Holiday Art Show, Convocation Center, Eastern Michigan University, 2015
IGG Pop-up Art Auction, Ypsilanti, MI, 2015 Huron Street Gallery
Local Art Show, Port Huron, MI, 2015
Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, MI, 2015
Sharpened, Senior Show Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, 2014
Arts and Craft Show, Fenton, MI, 2011
Student Art Exhibition, Washtenaw Community College, MI, 2010 


WORK HISTORY
Sales Associate & Assistant Art Director, 05/2017 to Current
Goldenstein Gallery – Sedona, AZ
Votes Sedona's Best Art Gallery since 2012
 

• Maintained records related to art sales, commission & lay aways.

• Prepared outgoing shipments and coordinated with art shippers for larger deliveries.

• Worked collaboratively in team environment with staff and over 60 local & regional artists.

• Prepared sales slips, sales contracts & certificates of authenticity.

• Updated computer inventory listings, website display, & artist records.

• Maintained 12 satellite exhibits by cleaning, re-hanging, stocking gallery advertisement material and selling to clients.

• Helped organize, prepare and set up for gallery events such as the First Friday Art Walks, Coffee Talks, Artist in Residency program & visiting artists.

• Managed gallery phone calls, emails & follow ups with clientele base.

• Customer deliveries and artwork installation to help close a sale.

• Updated and maintained all social media platforms. 

Art Sales Consultant, 10/2015 to 05/2017
Renee Taylor Gallery – Sedona, Arizona

• Achieved personal sales goal of $1000-$5000 in retail sales daily.

• Developed and maintained merchandise displays in all three locations

• Participated in bi-weekly sales meetings to enhance product knowledge, sales techniques and business skills

• Provided enthusiastic customer services through greeting, helping guests find the right piece, building rapport and achieving in store sales or customer follow up orders.

• Corresponded with clientele using technologies such as picture messaging, email, follow-up calls and video

• Continued education through becoming GIA certified and completing online merchandise training.

• Assembled customer profiles through data-entry to maintain records of their purchases and interests thoroughly and quickly

• Verified new inventory through checking-in, pricing and merchandising art and jewelry

• Maintained proper care procedures with art handling, installation, cleaning and packaging for shipment.

• Processed cash and credit payments rapidly and accurately.

• Placed special merchandise orders for customers.

Manager/Lead Instructor, 11/2012 to 2015
Painting Escapes – Plymouth Michigan​

• Trained hired staff to perform managerial duties and classroom instruction.

• Taught painting classes, created class calendar, answered phone calls and emails, inventory and stocking,

• Maintain social media pages

• Relocated from Michigan to Arizona to manage second Painting Escapes location

• Painted, documented, and maintained over 300 paintings for business portfolio in both gallery locations

• Maintained business-to-business relationships within customer base of several hundred independent retailers, galleries, hotel concierges and restaurants to increase company sales

• Developed professional business relationships with the Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Bureau and Diamond Resorts in Sedona AZ

• Created and updated procedural documents for employee hiring and training, customer out-reach and advertising

• Facilitated contractual and administrative tasks with customers to effectively maintain a consistent flow of income for the business.

 
Student Teacher, 01/2015 to 04/2015
Elementary and High School Lincoln Consolidated School District – Ypsilanti, MI

• Created lessons with incorporation of high-engagement activities and social interaction to encourage

• Development of analytical and artistic skills

• Collaborated in team effort to enhance interdisciplinary curriculum for over 500 students at both schools

• Integrated classroom management techniques with teaching approaches to optimize disciplined learning

• Developed lessons with strategic integration of tactile, visual, and textual elements with deference to various needs of diverse learners

• Versed in educational technology and virtual conferencing.