Rachel McDonald

Art Director & Associate Editor at Taproot Magazine
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Portland, Maine, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Art Director & Associate Editor
      • 2021 - Present

      Art direction, brand management, and marketing for bimonthly print publication, brand, and marketplace focused on food, farm, craft, and community.

    • Assistant Editor
      • Jun 2017 - Jun 2021

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Gallery Director
      • May 2016 - May 2017

      Art direction, exhibition design, marketing & communications for fine art galleries.

    • Gallery Manager
      • Aug 2014 - May 2017

    • United States
    • Retail
    • Gallery Director
      • May 2016 - May 2017

      Art direction, exhibition design, marketing & communications for fine art galleries.

    • Gallery Manager
      • Aug 2014 - May 2016

      PhoPa Gallery exhibits (Pho)tography and works on (Pa)per, with a special focus on emerging Maine artists rarely seen in Portland. PhoPa is a collaboration among photographer Jon Edwards, independent curator Bruce Brown, and Maine Media Workshops + College (MMW+C).

    • Program Manager
      • Aug 2013 - Sep 2014

      Created programming, marketing, and brand standards for fledgling community arts organization. Created programming, marketing, and brand standards for fledgling community arts organization.

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Visitor Experience Associate
      • Nov 2012 - Aug 2013

    • Public Relations Intern
      • Sep 2012 - Nov 2012

    • Art Instructor
      • Jan 2013 - Jun 2013
    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Art Preparator
      • Sep 2012 - Sep 2012

      Assisted with installation and deinstallation of Biennial Exhibition. Assisted with installation and deinstallation of Biennial Exhibition.

    • Assistant to Curator of Visual Resources
      • Jan 2009 - May 2012

       Scanned images and slides for department's digital library  Edited scanned files  Scanned images and slides for department's digital library  Edited scanned files

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Rusack Coastal Studies Fellow
      • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

       Designed and executed independent art project combining cyanotype photography and watercolor  "Light and Water as Both Subject and Medium in Representations of Maine's Coast," Bowdoin College, solo show  Designed and executed independent art project combining cyanotype photography and watercolor  "Light and Water as Both Subject and Medium in Representations of Maine's Coast," Bowdoin College, solo show

    • United States
    • Performing Arts
    • Community Action Fellow
      • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

       Updated website, membership database, membership materials and ArtWalk brochures  Researched and proposed new system of membership levels and incentives  Implemented Google maps on website for monthly ArtWalks  Photographed events for web and archives  Updated website, membership database, membership materials and ArtWalk brochures  Researched and proposed new system of membership levels and incentives  Implemented Google maps on website for monthly ArtWalks  Photographed events for web and archives

Education

  • Bowdoin College
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Visual Art, Art History
    2008 - 2012
  • Holton-Arms School
    1999 - 2008

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