EDUCATION:
Santa Clara University, candidate for MA – Counseling Psychology with Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy Class of 2026
California College of the Arts, BFA – Painting/Drawing Class of 2019
Las Vegas Academy of the Arts High School, Visual Arts Major Class of 2015
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. Oakland, CA, August 2019- June 2022
Curatorial Assistant
Responsibilities Include:
-Answering, screening, and transferring phone calls
-Website maintenance
-Clerical duties (filing, data entry, creating paperwork for records and clientele)
-Organizing and overseeing shipments to clients both domestically and internationally
-Photographing and editing photographs of artwork for the website and clients in Adobe Photoshop
– Editing videos of 3-Dimensional works for the company’s YouTube channel using Adobe Premiere Rush
-Personal assistance to directors as needed
California College of the Arts Oakland, CA, May 2019- July 2019, May 2018-July 2018
Faculty Coordinator Assistant for PreCollege program
Responsibilities Included:
-receiving and sorting deliveries
-preparing campus and classrooms for upcoming program
-worked closely with PreCollege faculty to meet their needs as educators and to help program
run smoothly
-administrative tasks including developing spreadsheets, emailing, and assisting Student Coordinator
California College of the Arts Oakland, CA, June 2018-July 2018
PreCollege Classroom Assistant for Drawing and Painting classes
Responsibilities Included:
-exercising patience and empathy with students
-classroom management
-monitoring mandatory studio hours after class
-performing demonstrations of new mediums for students
-providing constructive criticism to students
HONORS/AWARDS:
Santa Clara University Merit Scholarship
Ted Doyle Scholarship
Creative Merit Scholarship
Henry Sugimoto Memorial Scholarship
EXHIBITIONS AND CURATORIAL WORK:
2019 Solo Exhibition Participant , The Space In Between, Hubbell Street Galleries, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2019 Group Exhibition Participant, Holy Hell!, Unity Spiritual Center, San Francisco, CA
2019 Group Exhibition Curator and Participant, Savoir Faire, Hubbell Street Galleries, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2021 Group Exhibition Participant, Small Works, Great Art, Ingleside Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Group Exhibition Participant, Celebrating Women, Ingleside Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Group Exhibition Participant, Soft Times Launch, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
-Microsoft Office
-interpersonal skills
-multi-tasking
-fast learner
-collaboration
-attention to detail
-creative problem solving
-patience and empathy
-classroom management skills
-conflict resolution
-communication skills
Skills
- art history knowledge
- attention to detail
- calendar management
- classroom management
- Collaboration
- conflict resolution
- creative problem solving
- Creativity
- critical listening
- Critical thinking
- critique skills
- drawing
- empathy
- fast learner
- Google Suite
- hard-worker
- interpersonal communication and skills
- Microsoft Office
- multi-tasking
- office administration
- painting
- passion for teaching
- printmaking
- research
- writing
Education
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August 2015-June 2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing at California College of the Arts
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Graduated with Honors
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September 2022-May 2026
Candidate for Master's in Counseling Psychology (Marriage and Family Therapy) at Santa Clara University
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August 2011-June 2015
High School Diploma at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
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Visual Arts Major
Experience
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June 2018-July 2018
PreCollege Classroom Assistant for Drawing and Painting classes at California College of the Arts
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Responsibilities Included:
-exercising patience and empathy with students
-classroom management
-monitoring mandatory studio hours after class
-performing demonstrations of new mediums for students
-providing constructive criticism to students -
May 2019- July 2019, May 2018-July 2018
Faculty Coordinator Assistant for PreCollege program at California College of the Arts
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Responsibilities Included:
-receiving and sorting deliveries
-preparing campus and classrooms for upcoming program
-worked closely with PreCollege faculty to meet their needs as educators and to help program
run smoothly
-administrative tasks including developing spreadsheets, emailing, and assisting Student Coordinator -
August 2019-present
Curatorial Assistant at Masterworks Fine Art, Inc.
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Responsibilities Include:
-Answering, screening, and transferring phone calls
-Website maintenance
-Clerical duties (filing, data entry, creating paperwork for records and clientele)
-Organizing and overseeing shipments to clients both domestically and internationally
-Photographing and editing photographs of artwork for the website and clients in Adobe Photoshop
– Editing videos of 3-Dimensional works for the company’s YouTube channel using Adobe Premiere Rush
-Personal assistance to directors as needed
To contact this candidate email clairenichols6@gmail.com
