WORK EXPERIENCE

Office Manager:                   Ducks Unlimited                     Rancho Cordova, CA     9/05-8/06                  (916) 852-2000

As Office Manager I handled building maintenance issues and worked with service providers for janitorial, landscaping and building repairs. I backed up the receptionist and Executive Assistant when they were out of the office. I coordinated articles for the “Flyways” section of “Ducks Unlimited Magazine.” I was also responsible for all Pacific Northwest offices graphic design needs. Later when the website needed major revamping I was reassigned to do graphic design full time and assisted the Outreach Director in all PR design needs. In August of 2006 all Ducks Unlimited outreach positions were eliminated and I was laid off.

Personnel Manager:            CSU, Sacramento                    Sacramento, CA              7/03-12/04                (916) 278-6989
 Management of Annual/University Fund Supervisors and Student Fundraisers: Process payroll and other personnel documents; Recruitment of Annual Fund Student Fundraisers; Employment interviews and other recruitment activities. Community outreach. Assist the Annual Fund Director with planning of calling sessions, meetings, retreats and employee moral boosters. Assist with direct mail design. Advise on web page design. Design of recruitment posters and other signage. Design of moral and statistic posters in the call center.
Administrative Assistant:   Hewlett-Packard Company   Roseville, CA                  12/4/00-04/11/03     (800) 386-1115
 Provide administrative support to a team of Service Contract Administrators. Run reports from the HP intranet and format them, create team web page and post to HP intranet, process outgoing mail and FedEx, digital filing, order office supplies and reserve conference rooms. I also developed a system for creating contract documentation as a binder on CD ROM for sending to customers. Was hired as a permanent employee after working 3 months through a temp agency.
Administrative Director:      MatrixArts                               Sacramento, CA             1/1/00-12/31/00
Managed membership and volunteers, assisted the Marketing Director, when needed, with graphic design, assisted the Development Director with creation of fundraising forms and administrative documents. Managed the building maintenance. Composed and formatted the member's newsletter. Managed the Gallery on Saturdays. I have a history of membership and volunteer activities with Matrix from 1992 to 2002.
Freelance Graphic Design:  Self Employed                         Citrus Heights, CA         2/99-8/00                 (916) 729-7632
 Fulfilled graphic design needs for various clients, some of them were regular publications and others were on an as needed basis.

Office Coordinator:              Access Sacramento                Sacramento, CA             2/95-2/99                  (916) 456-8600
Office management, managed volunteers, supervised data entry of member files, scheduled classes and instructors, provided front desk and office support to the Executive Director, Ron Cooper, provided graphic design support to organization, including creation of business cards and networked stationery, created newspaper advertisements, designed and edited monthly newsletter, coordinated events and designed support materials for some programs.

916.729.7632
phare-camp@imp-s.com

7236 Cross Drive
Citrus Heights, CA

I cut my first tooth on a paintbrush in my Mother's studio, where I learned to draw and paint. My whole life has been in an art studio. When I was a little girl I would sit and make paper dolls, designing outfits for them as I watched my Mother paint. Now I like to use the computer as an art tool. I will sketch my ideas, scan them and then play with the digital images till I determine the composition and colors I will work with. Sometimes while playing around I will create collages of my photos, sketches and ready-made computer clip art. I print the final plans, do a painting of the image and/or transfer the digital print to wood for black & white or multi-color woodcut prints. I try often attempt to convey socially relevant and socially conscious dialogue in my art through the use of humor.

I love to correspond on line with other woodcut artist around the world and am a member of barenforum.com, a worldwide woodcut artist's Internet forum. I regularly participate in print exchanges with these same artists.

I am currently working to finish my Masters in Fine Art.

Education  Undergrad and Grad Classes                                   CSU Sacramento                                                    Bachelor of Fine Art Degree

Advanced PageMaker & Illustrator                         Sierra College                                                       Professional Growth
Color Theory                                                               Sierra College                                                        Professional Growth
Using Macintosh Computers                               UC Davis Extension                                                 Professional Growth
Fine Art & Graphic Design                                     El Camino College                                                  AA Degree
Commercial Art                                                   Montgomery County JVS                                           Career Preparation

Software   Windows

MS Office 2003                                                               WordPerfect                                                     Fine Print pdf pro
Adobe Illustrator                                                      Adobe PageMaker                                               Adobe Photoshop
MS Front Page                                                                  Internet                                                          HP Proprietary Applications

Macintosh
MS Office 98                                                                  FileMaker Pro                                                   WordPerfect
Adobe Illustrator                                                     Adobe PageMaker                                                Adobe Photoshop
Internet                                                                         Adobe Pagemill

Mentors      Craig Antrum                                                               Yolanda Phare                                                    Rachel Stonecipher
                        Esteban Villa                                                                Carol Wagner                                                    Maximillo Garcia

Exhibits      Austin Art Museum                                     Austin, TX                 1992                    Auction & Fundraiser

Limner Gallery                                               Soho, NY                    1994                     Emerging Artists International
Kagawa Kenmin Gallery of Prints              Kanagawa Japan       1995                     International Independent Exhibition
Phantom Galleries                                        Sacramento, CA         1995 & 96           A Confederacy of Printmakers Goes Public
Luna's Café                                                   Sacramento, CA         1997                    The Print and the Passion
Native American Community Center        Sacramento, CA         1998                    Upstairs @ the Gallery (grand opening)
Matrix Arts Gallery                                      Sacramento, CA         1992-99               Body Matrix (annual members show)
Altares Del Mundo (annually)                  Sacramento, CA         1994-2005           A Celebration of Remembrance
WEAVE                                                        Sacramento, CA         1999                     Phoenix Show
Tower Gallery                                              Sacramento, CA         1999                     Tower Tower
Gallery 54                                                     Sacramento, CA          2000                     Grand Opening and Monthly Shows
SMUD Lobby                                             Sacramento, CA          2000                     Spirits and Spaces
Barton Gallery Annex                                Sacramento, CA          2000                     Fundawear 2000
KVIE                                                            Sacramento, CA          2005                      KVIE Art Auction
Center for Contemporary Art                  Sacramento, CA          2002                      Art Furniture Salon
Dia de Los Muertos                                 Sacramento, CA           2006                      Space 15