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Education- BFA in Art with minor in Art Education- Murray State University, Murray, KY 1982 - Since graduation, 75 additional credit hours in computer technologies, design, and art education beyond degree as well as dozens of seminars and workshops. MEd in Instructional Technology at SIU-Edwardsville -May '01. Also- 30 graduate hours in Theological Studies, no degree program.
Summary of Qualifications- 20 years experience in design of multimedia, internet development, production of educational media titles and art and museum exhibitions. Prolific illustrator/photographer/animator/composer. Extensive experience in all phases of art direction and production, project management and administration, budgeting and cost specification.
Hardware- Macintosh and PC, multi format cameras, Oxberry animation stand, computer peripherals, digital cameras, digital audio/video recording hardware (as well as all shop tools and analog art production tools!)
Macromedia Suite: Director, Authorware, Flash and Dreamweaver- Have taught all
Adobe Suite:Photoshop, Premiere, AfterEffects, Acrobat, Pagemaker
Apple Suite: Final Cut Pro,DVD Studio Pro, Quicktime, QTVR, Hypercard
Other: Media 100, Filemaker Pro , MS Word/ Powerpoint, Designer's Edge,
and many others including knowledge of cross platform concerns and Windows
Languages- Lingo, HTML, Javascript, Actionscript
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Macromedia Authorized training- Litton PRC-St.Louis
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Workshops, Seminar Training
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Senior Instructional Designer, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, Missouri 10/96- present
Summary: Instructional Design, Multimedia Development, Training and Staff Development
Experience: I facilitate workshops and training programs for faculty and staff to learn to use and create interactive media on job and in classroom. I have a leadership role in the analysis of needs, goals, resources, constraints and alternatives in the development of multimedia instructional materials and provide leadership on collaborative projects. I design and develop instructional technology tools and implement them in classroom setting. I also establish protocols for evaluation of instructional technologies in the educational environment. I provide hands on training for faculty and staff in new media and instructional technologies. I model lifelong learning and am frequently requested to sit on college technology committees, a chore that requires discernment...
Adjunct Faculty, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, Missouri 8/98- present
Summary: Instructor of Multimedia Production and Internet Literacy
Experience: I teach a completely online course offered through the college which was developed by PBS and the University of Delaware on Internet Literacy (IS 577). I customize and update the course and teach it each semester. I administer a busy listserv and threaded discussion area in conjunction with this course and work individually with students over the net. I also am instructor for a variety of courses offered in the college's Multimedia certificate program -a.) "Multimedia Production"(MCM137). It is a four credit hour course and in it's context I teach Macromedia Director as the primary authoring tool. Additionally, I have designed and taught b.) Macromedia Flash (MCM219) and c.) designed and teach Computers in Education (EDU 102) for our Teacher Ed program since the Spring of 2001.
Exhibition Designer, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
11/89 - 9/96
Summary: Managed large, detailed projects as Exhibition Designer for the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Responsible for objective based designs for all exhibitions.
Experience: Research, design, and preparation of 6-10 exhibitions yearly. Supervision of overall exhibition program and production assistants, production planning and implementation of museum educational goals. Art direction, photography, graphic design. LAN administrator, Macintosh training and support to staff. Art courier and on site staff representative for travelling exhibitions. Audiovisual and multimedia production, responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining department's Web site. Utilized Authorware Pro and MM Director to create docent training materials and educational media and websites to supplement exhibitions. Began converting collections catalog to digital format as well as creating user friendly interface to collections database for scholarly research. Involved in Internet design as well as CDRom projects. In absence of curatorial staff, dealt with curatorial issues.
Other responsibilities: Maintain internationally known permanent collection of Spanish Masterworks and sculpture garden. Interacted frequently with world class institutions. (The Prado, MOMA, Met, Library of Congress, Marlborough and so on). Frequent consultant to other departments on design and computing matters.
Freelance Designer/Artist- self employed
12/87- 11/89
Summary: Designed exhibits and audiovisual presentations for trade and government exhibitions. Built museum, architectural, mechanical and topographic models. Graphic design, illustration, photography of models, facsimiles and prototypes. Designed visual media for law firms for use in court cases.
Experience: Audiovisual media for court cases (Employer confidential) . Several architectural models, including a major riverfront reconstruction master model for HFC Corporation, Louisville, KY... Mechanical models of boom cranes for use by FMC-Linkbelt Corp....Topographic modelling of beachhead from geologic survey data for U.S.Army... Complete refurbishment of seven architectural models for Humana Corporation.... Architectural masterplan design and model for Ethnic Museum, Louisville, KY....Exhibit for Indiana Dunes State Park...Racetrack facilities model for HFC Corp. Baltimore division... Worked on stadium model used by sponsor of Superbowl XXIII halftime competition "Finger Flick Football"...Trade show exhibit for Ford Motor Co. ...Graphic design, graphic arts darkroom, silkscreen for Leonard Kik and Associates exhibit house, Louisville,KY.
Art Direction and Design, Memphis, TN
1983-1988
Summary: Oversaw department in-house art production studio for Memphis Museums Foundation. Produced large scale programmed multimedia presentations for educational and entertainment purposes that were marketed worldwide to hundreds of colleges, universities, schools, and museums. Full charge of art department, photographic facilities, development and maintenance of slide archives. Responsible for print media and marketing materials design, show sales production. This endeavor was so successful it had to be incorporated into a private foundation as it endangered the umbrella department's non profit status.
Partial list of productions-marketed internationally
Japan: Reflections of Time (Sponsored by Richards Medical Corp.) ... Death of the Dinosaurs ... Starlit Nights ... Astrology: Fact or Fiction? ... A Season of Light ... Israel: 4000 Years and Home (sponsored by the William B. Tanner Company, Inc.) ... Cosmic Believe it or Not! ... Egypt's Eternal Skies (sponsored by the Commercial Appeal and Robert F. Sharpe and Company) ... Netherlands: Vision of Light (sponsored by Dillard's Department Stores, Inc.) ... Land of the Southern Cross (Sponsored by Holiday Corporation) ...On the Shoulders of Giants
Other shows that were not marketed...
Astronomy of Ancient Mexico
"LaserRock" and "LaserSphere"- Laser Light shows incorporating 65+ projectors, 24 screens, original artwork , special effects,smoke, both classical and rock music (alternately), and laser animations with the most powerful display of lasers in one sustained site in the U. S.
All Systems Go!- a history of manned space flight
Elvis: Legacy in Light (featuring the constellation Elvis)
Voyager (complete with original models)
Energy in Motion (sponsored by Federal Express) and numerous planetarium star shows.
I created the following unproduced shows and scripts-
Via Galactica (Interstellar travel with lots of original models)
The Dynamic Earth (geology) ,
Passages in Time (later adapted into Chronos : Marking Time, a cbt module created in Authorware)
Impressions- a look at art and visual perception.
The Play- poetry and images in two parts
Represented in many group art exhibitions since 1982. (media-sculpture and drawing)
Taught art in public schools 1982-83.
Designed and taught Childrens' Art Workshops. 1980-82
Member CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts)
Performances at a variety of Coffeehouses and functions.
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL LIST OF FACILITIES THAT
HAVE USED THE SHOWS I PRODUCED AT THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE .
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DOZENS OF VENUES FOR EXHIBITIONS I HAVE DESIGNED.
MUSEUMS Back to TOP
SCIENCE PLACE II, DALLAS, TX
MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE, HOUSTON, TX
KANSAS CITY MUSEUM
GATES PLANETARIUM, DENVER, CO.
CENTER OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, DES MOINES, IOWA
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.
CUMBERLAND MUSEUM, NASHVILLE, TN
WICHITA FALLS MUSEUM
STATE MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA, HARRISBURG, PA
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SCIENCE CENTER, SAVANNAH, GA
MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, MACON, GA
DISCOVERY PLACE, CHARLOTTE, N.C.
NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER, GREENSBORO, NC
SCIENCE CENTER, ORLANDO, FLA
LAKEVIEW MUSEUM, PEORIA, IL
ROANOKE VALLEY SCIENCE MUSEUM, ROANOKE, VA
MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, DAYTONA, FLA
DISCOVERY CENTER, AMARILLO, TX
MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHWEST, MIDLAND, TX
LOUISIANA ARTS AND SCIENCES CENTER, BATON ROUGE, LA
NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER, WINSTONSALEM, NC
BISHOP PLANETARIUM, BRADENTON, FLA
SCIENCE MUSEUM, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
PAULUCCI SPACE THEATRE, HIBBING, MN
ERIE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, ERIE, PA
BUHL SCIENCE CENTER, PITTSBURG
LOUISIANA NATURE AND SCIENCE CENTER, NEW ORLEANS
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES Back to TOP
ADRIAN COLLEGE
TEXAS TECH UNIV.
FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE, LANCASTER, PA
WEST VIRGINIA UNIV.
IDAHO STATE UNIV.
UNC CHAPEL HILL
COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS, EUREKA, CA
SFASU, NACADOCHES, TX PHYSICS DEPT. SLN
COOKE CO., TX COMM. COLLEGE
CLARK CO. COMM. COLL, LAS VEGAS, NEV.
DICKINSON COLLEGE
DAVIS ELKINS COLLEGE, ELKINS, WV
CHEMEKETA COLLEGE, SALEM, OR.
MUSKEGON COLLEGE
CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
SLIPPERY ROCK UNIV.
UNIV. OF LOUISVILLE
UNIV. OF ARIZONA
BOB JONES UNIV.
IDAHO STATE UNIV.
UNIV. OF ARKANSAS LR
CLARION UNIV. OF PA.
SAN JOAQUIN COMM. COLLEGE
FINDLAY COLLEGE
LORAS COLLEGE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS Back to TOP
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, NEW WILMINGTON, PA
MAHOPAC, N.Y. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HERNANDO CO., FLA. SCHOOLS
TAUNTON, MASS. SCHOOLS
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. SCI. MUS.
PORT CHESTER, NY SCHOOL DIST.
RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DIST., HILLBURN, NY
DEERFIELD ACADEMY, MASS
CRANBROOK ED. COMMUNITY, MICH.
PORTSMOUTH, VA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BETHLEHEM, PA, SCHOOLS
MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY
HARRISON NY SCHOOLS
EAST PENN SCHOOL DIST., EMMAUS, PA
WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL, EAST AMHURST, NY
JACKSON, MICH., PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LONGWOOD CENTRAL DIST. MIDDLE IS. NY
LAKE CO. FLA. SCHOOL DIST.
PORT NECHES, TX, IND. SCHOOL DISTRICT
CITY OF MISHAWAKA, INDIANA
VA. BEACH CITY SCHOOLS
READING PA. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NOTE: THE FOREGOING IS A PARTIAL LIST OF FACILITIES THAT
HAVE USED THE SHOWS I PRODUCED AT THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE