Experience

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  Barbara feinman millinery

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2011

  Milliner

  ● Fabricated and designed custom hats in East Village boutique focused on hand-crafted fashion headwear for men & women, from bowlers to bridal hats.● Followed sewing patterns and woodblock techniques to create unique pieces that elevate a wardrobe to the next level. ● Business is now named East Village Hats

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  Freelance

  Jan 2009 - now

  ● Weston Theater Company: Graphic Designer for Seasons 86, 87, 88, 89● The Realm of the Senses: Theatrical World-Building for Social Activation. HowlRound, Devising Our Future series, August 2021● A Love Letter to Voyeuristic Acts: 600 Highwaymen’s A Thousand Ways. HowlRound, NewCrit series, April 2021● ParentCo Product Reviewer, 2017● Mural Arts @ 30. Philadelphia Mural Arts, 2014. ● Miss Rockaway Armada: Let Me Tell You About a Dream I Had. Philadelphia Art Alliance, 2011 ● Flynn Theater , Burlington, VT● Lost Nation Theater , Montpelier, VT● Shelburne Community School , Shelburne, VT● Essex Middle School , Essex Junction, VT● Gifft Hill School , St.John, USVI● Mural Arts Philadelphia , Philadelphia, PA● Arts Connection , New York, NY● Morse School, Cambridge, MA

  • Freelance Writer & Content Creator

    Sept 2017 - now

  • Teaching Artist & Stage Director

    Jan 2009 - Sept 2017
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  Mural arts philadelphia

  Apr 2011 - Oct 2011

  Mural artist & team lead

  ● Functioned as one of the lead artists within a team of 13 muralists and 31 students, integrating collaborative design process practices● Painted and installed a 100’ x 30’ mural to the side of a building in downtown Philadelphia: How to Turn Anything into Something Else, chosen by The Guardian as one of the top 10 murals in the city● Supplied tools and knowledge for students to access and understand collective art-making as a practice● bit.ly/muralartsmissrockaway

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  The miss rockaway armada

  May 2011 - Sept 2011

  Visual and performing artist

  ● Commissioned by Philadelphia Art Alliance as part of The Miss Rockaway Armada, an international artist collective, to create a non-traditional exhibit featuring several sculptural elements composed entirely from recycled and salvaged materials: a flotilla of boats, several parades, Vaudeville-like performances, and an installation of a building-wide exhibition. ● “Let Me Tell You About a Dream I Had challenges conventional notions of proper museum display, decorum, and community engagement in traditional settings while addressing pressing environmental issues associated with renewable resources and the handmade” Show less

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  90.1 wruv fm burlington

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2017

  Radio show creator & host

  ● Co-host and co-creator of weekly 2-hr long radio variety show aired live.● Actively remixed popular culture and historic recordings to generate a “social commentary audio cocktail”● Generated community engagement through weekly prompts and created content based on submitted audio (Soundsmith Originals)● Archive available at: soundsmithradio.org

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  Vermont stage company inc

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2017

  Director of education and festival director, vermont young playwrights

  ● Produced Vermont Young Playwright’s Festival, a months-long school residency program culminating in a multiday event featuring the reading and/or production of more than 44 student plays annually, employing over 50 regional actors and 14 teaching artists. ● Secured over $40,000 in contributed income, doubling the highest annual contribution in the 23-year history of the festival● Increased scholarship opportunities 30%● Grew VYP individual student participation 70% to 400 students● Increased VYP school participation 28% to 25 Vermont schools● Curated and moderated insight discussions with visiting NYC-based artists● Designed custom playwriting curriculum and licensed to partner theaters (Weston Playhouse)● Partnered with The Flynn & The Young Writers Project on event management, digital skill-share modules, and content delivery● Developed innovative feedback loop, collecting data and narrative to support future funding and assess efficacy of program offerings Show less

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  Essex high school | essex, vermont

  Jul 2016 - Sept 2023

  ● Created and taught engaging, relevant, and adaptive in-school Performing Arts curriculum, meeting state proficiency standards and inclusive design measurements; Grew Theatre Arts & Film Studies year over year; Hired and collaborated with several national and international multi-disciplinary arts professionals as teaching artists in a dynamic curriculum--> Theater (Foundations), Advanced Theater (Place & Community), Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Building Worlds on Stage, Unified Adaptive Movement, Film Appreciation: Early Cinema to Now, & Film Appreciation: Animation.● Theater strand leader of the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA), offering mentorship with student capstone projects, programming workshops engaging youth face-to-face with local and national artists, and connecting students with career-forward internships● Cultivated supportive relationships with students through dedication to differentiated strategies, social-emotional learning, and innovative, collaborative lessons within project-based curricula● Engaged in continuous professional development: Culturally Responsive Teaching, Universal Design for Learning, Social-Emotional Learning, Psychology and the Learning Brain, Confronting Whiteness in Hollywood, Equity Audits for School Culture + Hidden Curriculum, Essential Understandings of Indigenous People of VT, Restorative Justice, and Conflict Resolution● Licensed as a Professional Educator through Vermont Agency of Education’s rigorous Peer Review Portfolio process (bit.ly/APerryTeaching) Show less ● Produced Vermont Drama Council State One-Act Festivals, two-day events featuring 10 theatrical productions with over 270 student participants from across Vermont--> Delivered a profitable event on a $20,000 budget--> Managed logistics for student, artist, and adjudicator housing, event catering, and transportation--> Introduced professional development seminars for peer educators● Vermont State Drama Council Council Secretary● Transformed after-school drama club into an award-winning, ensemble-based youth theater training program with a 3-show season, nurturing an ensemble-company-led culture of inclusion ● Increased number of tickets sold by 42% over a one-year period (2016-2017)● Grew annual operating budget 98% to $42,000 over 5 years--> Supported significant capital improvements, employment of professional creatives, growth, and development of artistic leadership team, and enhanced overall organizational strength● Increased contributed income 94% over 5 years to support traveling productions● Expanded student program participation exceeding any other school-affiliated program, club, or sport● Propelled young artists into noteworthy BFA programs (PACE, HARTT, Boston Univ., Emerson, SCAD)● Acquired the rights to, and performed the US theatrical premiere of, A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.● Oversaw the design and implementation of all marketing materials including show art, promotional copy, print ads, social campaigns, website, and program notes. Segmented audience database for targeted email marketing campaigns Show less

  • Fine Art Teacher

    Aug 2019 - Sept 2023

  • Festival Director and Theater Director

    Jul 2016 - Aug 2021
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  Resource: leap program for the blind and visually impaired

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2019

  Podcasting instructor & editor

  ● Empowered blind and visually impaired students ages 16 - 24 with complex technological skill sets to increase their opportunity for gaining independence, confidence, and workplace strategies for success● Collaborated on systematic techniques for technology integration, including editing software Audacity● Planned curriculum across a wide spectrum of student experience and skill level● Generated PSA radio ads featuring students that promoted the beneficial outcomes of participation in the LEAP program to donors and to the larger community● Created a series of podcast episodes in collaboration with the students in each class Show less

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  Future tactics

  Sept 2022 - now

  Director and producer

  Director, writer, and producer with a team of Vermont-based & and Vermont-adjacent creatives generating site-specific experiences with radical public intimacy and interactivity in mind.● Partnerships have included Middlebury College’s Environmental Studies Community Engagement Lab,Burlington City Arts, and Signal Kitchen● Managed all planning and implementation logistics of several sold-out events: -- Scheduling, reservations, and day-of crowd flow -- Communications with supporting partners, collaborators, and guests -- Budget, insurance policies, and funding through private donations and grants -- Location scouting, determining site-specific potentials and challenges, setting and surpassingobjectives/outcomes of interactive artworks -- Designing all publicity materials including invitations, performance materials, and swag -- Recent projects: The Crowded Table (‘23), Tarot Taxi (‘22), The Field Project, A Public Health Initiative, (‘21) Show less

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  Middlebury college

  Sept 2023 - now

  Special events manager

  Design and execute events to advance relationships with and for the Middlebury alumni network, faculty, donors, and community partners.