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Complete Resumé
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Education High School Valedictorian of the Class of 1966, Monmouth High School, Monmouth, Illinois. The American University. Washington, D.C., B.A. in Art Education 1970 University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Two years undergraduate study College Fine and Applied Arts. Cumulative grade point average: 3.58 on 4.0 scale. Honors Edmond E. James Scholar; Alpha Lambda Delta, freshmen women's honorary; Semester Honors
Post graduate University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado; 8 hours University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; 9 hours
Experience Graphic Art Graphic Artist, Slesinger, Yaranoff & Associates Advertising. Inc., Phoenix, Arizona. Member AAAA. 1979-1981. Position included concept development from sketchy layouts to final art. Client presentations. Finished products included 4-color, 2-color, and black-and-white ads for newspaper and magazine publications, posters, multi-page and multi-fold brochures and pamphlets, billboard art, letterheads, business cards, and other printed materials. Agency employed 4-5 artists who worked under the direction of the Art Director. Clients included Ramada Inns, Century Bank, KOY/KQYT. Wickenberg Inn. Gregory's Restaurants, Granada Royale Hometels, Triad, and the Phoenix Open. Chief Designer and Administrative Assistant for Adtec Advertising Co., Greeley, Colorado. 1973-1977. Mechanical illustrations for manufacture of electric plexiglas and neon signs. Creation of graphic images for customers and adjusting existing logos or trademarks for sign restrictions or needs. Drawings were used both by sales personnel and shop production. Also handled all office duties including full bookkeeping. Free-lance artist, 1977-1979. Designed and produced brochures, newspaper ads, logos. posters, letterheads, and other printed materials. This included layouts, ink comprehensives, paste up. writing copy, photography, overlays, and illustrations. 1972, graphic artist. Graphics Unlimited Eaton, Colorado. Duties included paste up, darkroom, plate making, flat making, camera. 1978, graphic artist, Empire Printing, Boulder, Colorado. Duties included paste up, typesetting on Compugraphic Jr., shooting PMTs. 1969, Illustrator Assistant, GS-4, Federal Aviation Administration. Washington. D.C. Duties included preparing visual aids, such as vu-graphs and flip charts, for govt. presentations. 1972, Illustrator, GS-5, Ft. Carson, Colorado. US Army. Duties included layouts and paste ups for local newspapers and posters for Special Services activities. Teaching 1970-1971, Art Teacher, grades 7. 8, 9, Champaign. Illinois. 1979, Instructor. University of Colorado, Boulder "Media 121", College of Environmental Design
1995-1998, Instructor. Trinidad State Junior College Walsenburg Center, including courses in Watercolor Painting, Drawing, Tioga General Art classes, and an Education class.
1996-1998, Facilitator, Children’s Art Workshop, La Veta. Art for children ages 5-12.
1999-present, instructor private watercolor classes, including several at the La Veta School of the Arts.
Hobbies & Interests Painting, gardening, sewing Solo Exhibits 2006 Koshare Museum, with one other artist, La Junta, Colorado 2005 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, the Citadel, Colorado Springs 2002 South Main St. Gallery, La Veta, Colorado 2002 Ryus Ave. Bakery, La Veta, Colorado 2002 YWCA, Southern Colorado Watercolor Society, Pueblo 2001 Parkside Gallery, La Veta, Colorado 2000 Exhibit of acrylic paintings, 1st Nat’l Bank in Walsenburg, Colorado 2000 Exhibit of Watercolors, Kaleidescope Gallery, Buell Children’s Museum, Pueblo, Colorado 2001 Exhibit of watercolors and acrylic paintings, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Pueblo, Colorado Juried and/or judged Group Exhibits 2008 Arizona Watercolor Association National Watercolor Exhibition 2008, Glendale, AZ 2007 Taos Nat'l Society of Watercolorists' 11th Nat'l Exhibit of American Watercolor, Taos, NM 2007 TALAS (Trinidad Area Local Artists Show), Trinidad, Colorado "Best of Show" 2007 Pueblo Art Guild Spring Show "Best of Show" professional category 2006 Spanish Peaks Arts Council (SPACe) Majestic Colorado Judge's Choice 2006 TALAS Best of Categories: Acrylic; Best of Categories: watercolor 2006 Trinidad Art League Critter's Show 3rd place 2005 Taos Nat'l Society of Watercolorists' 9th Nat'l Exhibit of American Watercolor, Taos, NM 2005 Pueblo Art Guild Spring Show 2nd Place, acrylics; 2nd Place, watercolor; 3rd Place, watercolor 2004 Town of Breckenridge Theatre Gallery, Breckenridge, Colorado 2004 Spanish Peaks Arts Council Majestic Colorado Judge's Choice and 3rd Place. 2003 Art at Christmas, Pueblo Bank & Trust, 14th annual show, Pueblo, Colorado 2001 Colorado Watercolor Society State Watermedia Exhibition, Colorado History Museum, Denver, Colorado 2001 Watermedia XII, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1999 Pueblo Art Guild Southwest Show, 1st place, watercolor; 2nd place, acrylic 1999 Santa Fe Trail Regional Art Show, Trinidad, Colorado. Best of Categories, acrylic 1999 Pueblo Art Guild Spring Show, Best of Show and 1st place, watercolor 1st place, acrylic 1995 Santa Fe Trail Regional Art Show, Trinidad, Best of Show Other recognition 1999 Watercolor painting of Millennium Holiday Tree chosen to represent “Colorado’s Gift to the Nation” project for the People’s Christmas Tree in Washington D.C. Donated artwork was used on a variety of products, notecards, T-shirts, posters, etc, to raise funds for the project. Commissions 1998 Murals: three floor-to-ceiling murals of the Spanish Peaks inside 1st Nat’l Bank in Walsenburg, plus 3 additional 4’ x 6’ murals depicting history of the area. Walsenburg, Colorado. Numerous commissioned paintings PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Pueblo Art Guild Spanish Peaks Arts Council, President and Gallery Director (volunteer), La Veta, Colorado |
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BUSINESS EXPERIENCE 1994 - present. Self employed artist, fabricating, distributing, and selling reproductions of own artwork. Creating and maintaining a website. Doing all record keeping, taxes, the advertising for own business. Maintaining databases of work that is available in numerous outlets. Photographing work. 1998 – present. Doing publicity, designing marketing materials for the Spanish Peaks Arts Council. Scheduling meetings and running the meetings for the Board of Directors and the Gallery and Exhibit Committee. Keeping current databases of members, organizations, artists, and publicity contacts. Printing mailing labels. Creating entry forms, posters, postcards, and covers for Gallery pamphlets. Compiling a new Gallery pamphlet for each new show. Organizing a schedule of shows. Maintaining the website 1988 -1993. Manager/Owner of Horizon Travel, Longmont, CO. Duties included bookkeeping, including payroll, ARC report, taxes, monthly statements and daily records/bank deposits. Hiring and training of new agents. All travel agent skills, including reservations through CRS with System One, selling vacation packages and cruises, all paperwork required. Began agency bookkeeping in 1985. Began learning agent skills in 1986. Three grown children, 2 sons, one daughter, all married. Husband, Robert Hill is an author, with 6 published novels.
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