Jonqui Albin
Arts Enrichment EVENTS & CLASSES

Planner - Promoter - Coordinator
www.jonqui.com 707.338.8629 jonqui@jonqui.com PO Box 640, Sonoma, CA 95476

Experience Highlights

Edu-Event – Planner, Marketer, Producer
Write, design publicity and marketing materials. Make contacts, coordinate setup, breakdown, food, vendors and volunteers. Performed administrative duties.
ROCK ROSE STUDIO, Sonoma, 2006-Present: facilitate and promote weekly drawing groups and classes. Devised and implemented loyalty programs: created website with member web gallery and model gallery. Setup how-to demos by local artists before drawing groups, featured artist program, holiday member show and sale. Wrote and designed ID branding image graphics, website, flyers, email messaging and forms.
PAC Sonoma ARTS COUNCIL, Sonoma, 2010-Present Education Committee, Member, teacher.
ADEPT INSTITUTE, Santa Rosa, 2004-2005: Coordinator, Publicist for professional CE training, publishing: event MC, wrote and designed marketing materials, performed admin duties and customer service.
IMAGE SCENE MARKETING, San Francisco, Sonoma, 1994-2002: Planner, Coordinator, Promoter and event MC: created “Internet Catch-up Salons” that won Press Democrat photo interview from publicity efforts. Placed radio interviews and PSAs and calendar listings. NORTH BAY MULTIMEDIA ASSOC. and Sonoma CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: panelist and key speaker for groups and training groups.

Creative Content – Artist, Designer, Illustrator
Background in fine art and conceptual multimedia event design, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, 20-year experience. Won juried competitions. Exhibited in galleries, nightclubs and hotels. I am a nationally published illustrator, graphic artist and web designer. Produced infotainment TV programs and multi-media event installations.
PAC Sonoma ARTS COUNCIL, Spring 2010: member show, wire shadowbox.
CURRENT WORK in light/shadow wire art and floor/wall designs. Recent invitational shows.
GRATON GALLERY, Spring 2006: Figurative floor sculpture and wire portrait mobile, drawings. HEALDSBURG, HAMMERFRIAR GALLERY, Spring 2006: Wire portrait mobiles.
SEBASTOPOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS , Spring 2006: Figurative floor sculpture installations, wire portrait mobiles, and ink brush drawing on paper.

Art Workshop Activities – Teacher-Leader
Inspired and motivated kids and adults with highly personalized and interactive programs resulting in satisfaction, fundraising, product sales, referrals and repeat attendance.
PAC Sonoma Arts Council Spring & Summer 2010: art workshops and summer camp program.
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS, Sonoma, April 2010: spring break Cartoon Theater class/activity and demo.
OAKMONT ART ASSOCIATION, April 2010: wire drawing 2-session class, rave reviews.
RILEY STREET ART SUPPLY, Santa Rosa, Summer-Winter 2006: Cartoon Class + Theater Party Character design intro and scripting interactive curriculum designed for ages kids to senior.
SEBASTOPOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Life Drawing Group, Assistant Facilitator.
CHARLES SCHULTZ MUSEUM Education Room and local schools, Spring 2005-06: Cartooning classes and demos of large-scale original Peanuts concepts for groups of 15-125, all ages.

Event Entertainer – Quick Portrait Artist
Roving Easel Guest Sketching. Draw adults, kids, babies and pets, 5-10 min. each. Hired hourly. Paymet per peice goes to the fundraiser, tips go to the artist.
HEALDSBURG 150TH CELEBRATION, August 2010: street fair and parade
CLOVERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, May 2010: annual art fair
SANTA ROSA CITY KIDS, Summer 2006: Julliard Park benefit
SEBASTOPOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Spring 2006: annual art auction

Job Skills & Training
Experienced artist, teacher, facilitator, publicist and event promoter-coordinator. Proposal and copywriter, speaker-presenter, intermediate-advanced computer user, tech support and trainer. Work in Adobe PhotoShop, InDesign, DreamWeaver and MS Office, Word, PowerPoint and Excel spreadsheets. Setup and maintained data in ACT, Goldmine, QuickBooks, Excel and several industry specific softwares.

Professional Development & Affiliations
Continued Ed: Santa Rosa JC, CA: Biz Communications and Management, Computer Art and Design. Calif. College of Arts, Calif. Institute of the Arts, Riverside University, CA. Job trained: Schultz Museum, Adept Institute, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Contract Biz Tech Support, CA., Member Sebastopol and Healdsburg Drawing Groups and Shows, CA., Former member/presenter, North Bay Multimedia Association.

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