6501 SW 100 Street . Miami, FL 33156 . joannam@ufl.edu
| EDUCATION | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education |
| with a minor in art history and a specialization in painting | |
| University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida | |
| Expected Graduation Date: Spring, 2005 | |
| EXPERIENCE | |
| Summer 2004 - Current | Director at "the gallery" at the J. Wayne Reitz Union, Gainesville, Florida |
| ~Organize and execute 5-7 gallery exhibitions a semester | |
| Spring 2004 | Lawton Chiles Elementary School Volunteer Gainesville, Florida |
| ~Volunteered with Ms. Nancy Sams's art classes | |
| ~Assisted with the direction of the Tile Wall Project. | |
| Service in the Swamp Art Director, Gainesville, Florida | |
| ~Organized and conducted a lesson plan for 100+ students from Bishop Middle School. | |
| Delta Phi Epsilon Standards Board Director, Gainesville, Florida | |
| - Presides over a board that makes decisions concerning compliance or infractions of behavior standards that come before the board. | |
| Fall 2003 | ArtFest Exhibitor, Gainesville, FL |
| - Exhibited and sold handmade candle holders at the J. Wayne Reitz Union. | |
D'Lightful
Designs Co-founder, Gainesville, FL |
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| - Co-founded a business that made a 700 percent profit during the holiday season. | |
| Big Gators Little Gators Art Director, Gainesville, Florida | |
| - Responsible for designing and producing promotional posters for the mentor program. | |
| Norton Elementary School Volunteer, Gainesville, Florida | |
| - Volunteered with Ms. Corky Ashcraft's art classes. | |
| Duval Elementary School Volunteer, Gainesville, Florida | |
| - Participated in the Artrageous Readers program. | |
| - Created and implemented a lesson plan based on numerous books read with students on art and family. | |
| PK Yonge Developmental Research School Volunteer, Gainesville, Florida | |
| - Co-founded the PK Yonge Animation Club, an after school program that teaches students ages 10-17 how to create low-tech and high-tech animation. | |
| Spring 2003 | Semester at Sea Vicarious Voyager S.S. Universe Explorer |
| - Corresponded with Ms. Linda Henderson's students via mail and packages sent from each country visited. | |
| - Traveled to and through The Bahamas, Cuba, Brazil, South Africa, Tanzania, South Korea, India, Japan, British Columbia, and Alaska through the University of Pittsburgh on an ocean liner equipped as a university. | |
| - Studied the arts and cultures of the countries visited, along with completing 12 credit hours. | |
| Downtown Arts Festival Volunteer, Gainesville, Florida | |
| - Worked in the Imagination Station with the children of Gainesville residents on numerous art projects. | |
| Spring 2002 | Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art Volunteer, Gainesville, Florida |
| - Volunteered in the museumâs art education department in preparation for the museum's family weekend. | |
| Stephen Foster Elementary School Volunteer, Gainesville, Florida | |
| - Volunteered with Ms. Linda Henderson's art classes on a school beautification project. | |
| Fall 2001 | Student Government Assistant Director Gainesville, Florida |
| - Assisted the Director of Public Relations in numerous projects related to the University of Florida. | |
| Summer 2001 | Sephora Sales Associate, Miami, Florida |
| - Sales associate in a multicultural environment. | |
| - Enabled the company to exceed itâs monthly sales goal for the first time. | |
| - Created displays and managed the majority of transactions during operating hours | |
| Spring 2001 | Alachua County Housing Authority Volunteer, Alachua, Florida |
| - Traveled to Alachua, Florida once a week to mentor disadvantaged children through the Backyard Recreation Program. | |
| ACHIEVEMENTS | |
| Fall & Spring 2001 | Dean's List |
| Fall 2000-Present | Bright Futures Scholarship |
| - Received 75 percent tuition from the State of Florida. | |
| ADDITIONAL SKILLS | Working knowledge of Spanish |
| Familiar with Microsoft Word, HTML, Adobe, and PowerPoint | |
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