Experience

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  PraxisEnPlace Inc

  • Greater Denver Area

  • Self-employed, multidisciplinary; present focus: writing & illustration, ...

    • Mar 2015 - Present
    • Greater Denver Area

    Adobe InDesign & ePub of source material, marketing 'stack', schematic for PrairiePug responsive app, trademark rights application, prototype & cost/resource/contact research for related products, existing website/blog consulting to make responsive & implement SEO, liaison to ...

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  Kansas City Kansas Community College

  • Wyandotte High School

  • Art Appreciation Instructor

    • Jan 2014 - May 2014
    • Wyandotte High School

    I taught Art Appreciation for College Credit to Wyandotte High School Students at the historic W.P.A. school. We used the beautiful school, immediate KCKS neo-Gothic Church + residential area, Greater KC and the Nelson-Atkins as "Teacher". I was very fortunate to have been given this op...

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  Paula Graves

  • Beautifully Challenging Hi Plains Ranch, Kansas...

  • Hi Plains Resident, Historic Structures Maintenance, Partner in Family Land S...

    • Nov 1982 - May 2013
    • Beautifully Challenging Hi Plains Ranch, Kansas...

    We Got'er Done with our work and family in 'the vast & isolated Deep Rural'...a good Group, a good choice. Chapter Two.

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  Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

  • Decorative Arts at the Worlds Fair 1850-1939.

  • Visitor and Security Services

    • Mar 2012 - Aug 2012
    • Decorative Arts at the Worlds Fair 1850-1939.

    We served in the galleries during this exhibit with primary purpose to protect the art.

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  Paula Adams Design

  • XIT Ranch, Lawrence, Wichita, Kansas City

  • Paula Adams

    • Jun 1996 - Feb 2011
    • XIT Ranch, Lawrence, Wichita, Kansas City

    -Residential design services: Seattle, Fort Worth, Meade, Liberal, Wichita, Plains. -Schematic Design and space planning for commercial in Meade and Liberal. -Kansas State Historical Society Consultant: http://www.kshs.org/p/historic-preservation-consultants/15681

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  Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture

  • Architectural Intern

    • Aug 2003 - Jun 2006

    Architectural Intern, schematic design, design development, construction documents, 3/4 of IDP, maintain NCARB file. Projects include: Bolton's Restaurant, West Jr. High, Osawatomie State Hospital, North High School (early fieldwork post construction), Derby High School Home Ec, Wichita Colle...

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  Citysearch

  • Research Assistant

    • Jan 2001 - May 2003

    This position entailed historical research and reconnaissance reports to the Kansas State Historic Preservation Office as contracted by the Kansas Department of Transportation. Specific Studies are available upon request, but most of my support was on rural properties West of Wichita on several K...

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  Thompson Architects, PA

  • Architectural Intern

    • May 1993 - Jun 1995

    Summer employment 1993, 1994, and June 1995-June 1996. Schematic design, real estate research, construction documents, SCCC space planning, Beautification Task Force, residential design, historical significance for ISTEA Phase II grant, Rock Island Depot and Mid-America Air Museum Project Archit...

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  Seward County Community College

  • Art History & Intro to Art Teacher, Professeur du francais, Grant Supervisor

    • Aug 1985 - May 1991

    I was in the Department of Humanities which covered all language and humanities studies. My degrees in French and Art History were employed in my 20s at this rural-based community college. This worked well with previous position as Director of the Baker Arts Center, as involved Liberal community ...

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  Baker Arts Center

  • Liberal, Kansas

  • Executive Director

    • Dec 1983 - Aug 1985
    • Liberal, Kansas

    I was an early "Executive Secretary" when the Baker Arts Foundation, hosting classes by guest painter/teachers, merged with the Liberal Arts Council. The former entity was an endowed building/board and former home of Irene Baker while the latter was the area local arts council non-profi...

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  Hallmark Cards, Inc.

  • Design Coordinator

    • 1982 - 1983

    Now later known as an "Art Director", we linked visual image (photography and/or art person/resource) with content from Editorial. The Creative Division Design Coordinator was primarily responsible for the overall look, balance and concept for seasonal lines in Ambassador Cards. Mockup...

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  Jack Rees Interiors/Bobby Smith and Karen Marcus

  • Kansas City, Missouri

  • Summer Intern, Interior Design

    • Jun 1980 - Jun 1982
    • Kansas City, Missouri

    I mention these women because I mentored with them during high school and college. They were friends and colleagues of my parents, so this was a privilege given to me by way of that connection. The way in which they conducted their business was Old School New Place, respecting time, money, quali...