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I AM  a creative professional whose imagination resides at the intersection of nature and human nature. Some places this work has shown up include:

 

 

  • Banét@ 110h! Creative Services Studio for Compelling Dwelling and Excursionary Art, owner..

  • Santa Fe Studio Tour, Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau, Santa Fe, NM, host site.

  • Represention, InArt Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

  • Represention, New Mexico Museum Foundation: New Mexico Creates, Santa Fe, NM.
  • Participating artist, visual arts workshop facilitator, University of New Mexico Arts-in-Medicine,Albuquerque, NM.
  • Feature artist, UNESCO city of Santa Fe Creative Tourism, featuring The Journey Stick Experience, (highlighted at 2010 Governors’ Conference on Tourism), Santa Fe, NM.

 

EMPLOYMENT/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • Banét@ 110h! Creative Services Studio, owner, Santa Fe, NM and Charleston, SC.
  • Participating artist, Avila Earth Spirit Galleries, locations including Albuquerque, NM, San Francisco, CA, Phoenix, AZ, and Denver CO.
  • LiveStrong Creative Center Arts-in-Healthcare Program, in partnership with YWCA Rio Grande, Finalist, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Resident artist and chief memory keeper for 60-yr. imagination icon, Doodlets, Santa Fe, NM.
  • Facilitator, The Journey Stick Experience, Society for the Arts in Healthcare International Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Facilitator, Arts and Medicine Cancer Journey Experience, physician-sponsored, Clarian Hospital practice, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Facilitator, Visual Arts Workshop, Symposium of Integrative Medicine Professionals, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Participating artist, University of New Mexico Arts-In-Medicine Program, Albuquerque, NM.

EARLIER:

  • PreciousMettles Gallery, Historic Arts&Theatre District,Owner/artist/member, Indianapolis Downtown, Inc. (IDI), Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Assn.(IDADA). purveyor/consultant/creator of commission design/creative director for ongoing merchant development, gallery openings, and Arts Council events; frequent workshop host for thematic events, combining copper projects and personal growth; award-winning art; membership, International Society of Experimental Artists; solo exhibitor status; permanent collection status; liaison with Indianapolis Arts Council and multiple national external project development firms on collaborative projects; work is at work on six continents, thus far; Indianapolis, IN.
  • Independent Contractor, Avocational work evolving into a deep-dive vocation into expressive arts; developing into preciousmettlesart, with inaugural cornerstone client, American Cancer Society (Relay for Life). Indianapolis, IN.
  • Director, Zionsville Food Bank, Zionsville, IN; community outreach position responsible for large-scale operation linking needs between the need to receive assistance and the need to learn the joy of extending beyond self, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Beltone Hearing Care, Indianapolis, IN; business research and development, strategic marketing, client services, franchise business co-ownership; Indianapolis, IN.
  • Independent Contractor, IWOC (Independent Writers of Chicago), Chicago, IL; desktop publishing and special projects, earning clients that have included Chicago Tribune, United Airlines, and United Way of Lake Forest (IL), Chicago, IL.
  • Cordage Paper Co.,strategic marketing specialist: advertising agency liaison advising on elite print communications, specializing in affiliate development, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Wm. H. Block’s, Indianapolis, IN 1976-1982; member, Federated Stores, $3 million annual advertising budget. Copy Writer; Copy Editor, five report-to’s; Copy Chief, six report-to’s, responsible for text aspect of daily, seasonal and special theme collaborative ads; Production Manager, 12 report-to’s, responsible for release of the ‘product’ for  all print advertising; Manager, Print Communications, 14 report-to’s, and liaison responsible for all external support print  services; Manager, Research, Trend Spotting and Development of Special Projects; responsible to the V.P., Sales&Marketing; Asst. Advertising Manager, 18 report-to’s, responsible for collaborative merchandising/ advertising ROI strategies; Indianapolis, IN.


EDUCATION: Ball State University: Journalism/Advertising; Who’s Who, Amer. Colleges & Universities; editor, Verbatim (campus magazine).

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT:

  • Written Communications, area of emphasis developed within the traditional higher education pathway.
  • Desktop Publishing and Print Presentation.
  • Cross-Media Art Forms: Weaving, Silversmithing, Jewelrymaking, Silk Screen, Origami, Calligraphy, Literism, Batik, Raku, Encaustic, Etching, Embossing, Tailoring, Quilting, Collage, Mixed Media, Relief Printing, Assemblage, ongoing.
  • Metal Arts apprenticeship: welding, torching, brazing, and sandblasting onto multiple metal surfaces; individualized fellowship program with master craftsman.

WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP YOU REACH YOUR GOAL & EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, THIS MOMENT?

I mirror. My gift lies in perceiving and using the art of communication in a way that benefits you. It begins with listening: research, both academic and intuitive. Show and tell follows - in any format, on any surface, using any medium, creating any piece or any event - to share what the listening reveals. Training is ongoing, unconventional and inventive, through the lens of discovery; questioning, wondering, flipping, turning, reversing, shadow dancing, miniaturizing, magnifying, translating, transposing… ultimately allowing the elements to perform improv.

How can what I reflect for you help meet your needs and accelerate plans and possibilities you may have yet to imagine?

 

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT ~ CREATIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ~ COMMUNICATIONS ~ VISUAL EXPRESSION ~ IDEA MAVEN ~EVENT FACILITATOR