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Catherine Villagran
Home: (626) 354-1964Cell: (626) 298-4053Email:
[email protected]
Objective: A position as an art teacher, an illustrator, a
surface pattern designer, a colorist, or a costume designer.
Capabilities: writing, organizing, drawing, etching, woodcut,
linocut,collage, ceramic, stone sculpting, wire sculpting, papier
mache, masks,glass, painting all mediums, mosaic, elevations,
costume design, make-upartist, Adobe PhotoShop for surface pattern
design, repeats, colorways.
Education
December 2004 Single Subject Credential in ArtCalifornia State
University Los Angeles (3.98 GPA)December 2002 Bachelor Degree in
Liberal ArtsAntioch University Los Angeles (4.0 GPA)Fall 2001 Art
major / Gifted programFall 1998 Santa Monica City CollegeSpring
1984 Film major
Spring 1981 San Francisco State UniversityCertification
June 2002 CBESTJune 2001 Certificate of Fine ArtMentor program
for gifted artists, Santa Monica CollegeJune 1998 Certificate of
Textile/Surface Pattern DesignOtis College of Art & Design
Teaching Experience
January 2009 Art Teacher
August 2007 Booker T. Washington Senior High School - Miami, FL*
Grades 9 through 12* AP 2D Studio Art, Intro to Art 1 & 2,
Drawing & Painting 1 & 2,Sculpture 1 included
Printmaking
December 2006 Art TeacherJuly 2005 Santee Educational Complex -
Los Angeles, CA* Grades 9 through 12* Intro to Art 1 & 2,
Painting 1 & 2, Sculpture 1 & 2included Printmaking and
Surface Pattern Design & Intro to Fashion DesignJune 2005 Art
Teacher (after school program)April 2003 Mt Washington Elementary
Los Angeles
* Grades 1 through 6. Mosaic murals.* Project created with the
PTA and aNeighborhood Matching Fund Grant.* Created design for
LAUSD and community approval.March 2003 Teacher's assistantJanuary
2003 California State University Los Angeles.* Task consisted in
training how to teach art in elementary schools andhelping teach
drawing, painting, sculpture and collage to future elementaryschool
teachers.December 2002 Curator and artist
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Group show "Children of the World"* Upstairs at the Market Art
Gallery, Los Angeles.November 2002 Curator and art festival
organizerApril 2002 Antioch University Los Angeles 30th
Anniversary.* Budget management, coordination of 40
artists,supervision of invitation and poster designs, public
relation andmailing campaign, curating of exhibit.Work
Experience
December 2000 Weekly interviews of Californian artistsNovember
2001 and art reviewsOn line magazine: rendezvousla.com* Links the
200, 000 members of the French community in Los Angeles.* Gets
about 100, 000 hits a month.1999-1994 Textile Design and
illustrations* Mattel ToysTask consisted in creating designs,
putting them into repeats andmaking color ways for Sleeping Beauty,
Jasmine, Tarzan & Barbie.* Disney Catalogue Division
International Style OutTask consisted in creating presentation
boards for theannual catalogue review by international teams.*
Style Guide Graphic Elements for Disney Consumer Products
Task consisted in creating trends for the nextyear products
guide to vendors.* Strategic Partners: repeats for medical
uniforms.* Fashion Initiative: creation of hundreds of
patterns,color ways and repeats for the textile industry.* Misaine
Inc: creation of lines of tableware.
1995-1984 Costume Designer* Tasks consisted in research, design,
budgeting,public relations, shopping & rentals, returns,
organization,fittings, presentations, alterations, continuity.* 13
features: Costumes for actors such as Albert Finney,Cathie Baker,
John Mahonney, Swoozie Kurt, Jeff Goldblum,
Randy Quaid, Bill Pullmann, Bill Paxton, Christine
Scott-Thomas.* 40 videos: Costumes for singers such as Michael
Jackson,Barry White, M.C. Hammer, Body & Soul, Michael
Jeffries, Thomas Dolby.* Over 100 national & international
commercialsClients: Pepsi Cola (Michael J. Fox), Mexican Tourism
(LindaRondstat), Kinko's copies, Michelob Beers (Eric Clapton) and
more.
Language French: Fluent. Spanish: Conversational
Art Exhibitions
2006-1992 34 national and international art exhibits in Los
Angeles and Paris, France.
AwardsSpring 2000 American Art Association Award for best
etchingFall 1981 Dean's List San Francisco State University
Travel Europe, Africa, South Pacific Islands, Mexico, United
States
Interests Reading, writing, poetry, philosophy, sculpting,
educational reforms,organizing art shows, museums, community
events, different cultures,
