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Interest

Photography, yoga, cooking, gardening, travel, hiking, canoeing

Objective

Encourage and inspire students to discover and hone their artistic abilities, and gain a lifelong love and appreciation for visual arts and artistic expression; and enhance and compliment the core curricula of classroom teachers with pertinent art assignments. Model and nurture quality character traits, self esteem, a growth mindset, and a sense of community among students.

Work experience

July 2013Present

Art Teacher

Biscayne Elementary
  •  Provide effective visual arts instruction, incorporating art history, a variety of skills, techniques, and media, as well as character development, problem solving, and creative thinking processes.
  • Create and install backgrounds and stage decorations for schoolwide showcases three times per year, as well as design programs and flyers for the shows.
  • Curate and install end of year visual art showcase of student work.
Aug 2010June 2013

Photographer

Provine School Pictures/Leonards Studios
  • Directed, posed, and photographed up to 600 subjects per day
  • Managed multiple high volume school photo sessions per week
  • Completed daily associated documentation
  • Delivered and picked up packages and payments
  • Responsible for technical photographic equipment including set up and breakdown, transport, care and storage
Nov 2007Oct 2015

Assistant, Retouch Artist

Damon Photographic & GPL Studios
  •  Prepared photographic images for retail sale with state of the art digital enhancement techniques
  • Provided assistance with equipment & clients during studio and outdoor photo sessions
Aug 2005Nov 2006

Production Manager

Signature Studio
  • Provided customer service focused services including scheduling, follow up telephone calls, product ordering and quality control
  • Conducted sales appointments by assisting clients with image and product selection and payment arrangements
  • Performed clerical tasks
  • Managed inventory and shipping
  • Assisted photographers photo sessions with clients of all ages
  • Designed client albums and retouched images
  • Designed and assembled photographic sets

Education

Sep 2002Aug 2005

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Completed various Art History courses, including Survey of Western Arts I & II, History of Photography I & II, 19th Century Art, 20th Century Art, and Italian Renaissance Art
  • Completed numerous art courses in a variety of media including Drawing I & II, 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Color Theory, Survey of Computer Art Applications, Lithography, Graphic Design, and Etching
  • Completed numerous photography courses including Introduction to Photography, Intermediate Photography, Color Photography, Large Format Photography, Digital Imaging I & Digital Imaging For the Web, Landscape Photography, Portrait Photography, Commercial Studio Lighting I & II, Business Practices for Photographers, Opportunity in Photo Marketing, and Developing a Personal Vision

Certifications

Art K-12, Pre-K-3

Florida Department of Education

Member of

Northeast Florida Art Education Association

Portfolio

A compilation of some of the best student artwork created during my four years at Biscayne Elementary

This is a video demonstration I created for my students to introduce them to a project called Zentangle Hand

Personal Portfolio

A video featuring a series of my nature photographs taken after rainstorms

References

Rovenia Shaw                        Music Teacher, Biscayne Elementary2015-2016 Teacher of the Year District Semi-Finalist

I have had the opportunity of working closely with Rebecca at Biscayne Elementary for the past four years.  She is a team player and has a great rapport with the students. As well as delivering top notch art instruction,  she has been responsible for designing our stage for our annual Talent, Spring and Holiday Showcase, and has always done a phenomenal job.  She has excellent written and verbal communication skills, and is extremely organized, reliable.  Rebecca can work independently and is able to follow through to ensure that the job gets done.

Tammy Czigan                    Owner, GPL Studios

Rebecca has assisted me with both portrait and event photo shoots on location. She has proven herself responsible and trustworthy with handling expensive equipment. She presents herself professionally to my clients with her appearance, demeanor and communication skills.Rebecca’s strongest contribution to my business has been in her expert handling of very complex, detailed and technical support tasks with her retouch artistry skills. The processes were in a constant state of development and change, and Rebecca proved herself to be patient, flexible and a true team player.

Damon Fecitt,                      Owner, Damon Photographic

I’ve continued to work with Rebecca over the years because of her professionalism and the quality of work she provides.  I never have to worry about anything she has committed to do for me because I know it will be done efficiently and at the highest standards.