colleen comerford ellis
   18 Cliff Avenue
   Scituate, MA 02066
   781 545 3308
   colleencellis@yahoo.com
   www.colleenellis.us
   www.abseeing.com

education
   University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2006
   Dartmouth, Massachusetts
   Master of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
   Thesis title: Social Change through Words, Objects, and Memory

   Rhode Island School of Design, 1986
   Providence, Rhode Island
   Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration

   Parsons School of Design, 1985
   Paris, France
   Five month study abroad, Communication Design

teaching
   Stonehill College, Fall 2011
   Easton, Massachusetts
   Visiting Lecturer
   Graphic Design Foundations, VPG 202, secs b + c
   Typography, VPG 303, sec a

   Emmanuel College, Fall 2011
   Boston, Massachusetts
   Visiting Lecturer
   Intro to Digital Process, arts 1407, sec 2 + 3

   Dar Al Hekma College, 2010—2011
   Jeddah, Kingdon of Saudi Arabia
   Assistant Professor Graphic Design
   Drawing 1, FDSG 1301, sec 4 (fall)
   Editorial + Book Design, GDES 3302, sec 1 (fall)
   Portfolio Management/Professional Practice, GDES 4304, sec 1 + 2 (fall + spring)
   Information Design, GDES, sec 1 + 2 (spring)

   Stonehill College, Spring 2010
   Easton, Massachusetts
   Visiting Lecturer
   Graphic Design Foundations, FA 202, sec A + B (fall + spring)
   A third section added for Spring, teaching all three: FA 202, sec A, B + C (spring)
   When I started teaching this course in fall 2007, there was only one section offered per    semester. Due to the success of the course, by the spring of 2010 there were three    sections offered per semester.

   Emmanuel College, Spring 2010
   Boston, Massachusetts
   Visiting Lecturer
   Introduction to Digital Processes, ARTS 1407, sec 1

   Stonehill College, Fall 2009
   Visiting Lecturer
   Graphic Design Foundations, FA 202, secs A + B

   Emmanuel College, Fall 2009
   Visiting Lecturer
   Introduction to Digital Processes, ARTS 1407, sec 2

   Stonehill College, Fall 2008–Spring 2009
   Visiting Lecturer
   Introduction to Digital Imaging, FA 203, sec B
   Graphic Design Foundations, FA 202, sec A + B

   Emmanuel College, Fall 2008–Spring 2009
   Visiting Lecturer
   Introduction to Digital Processes, ARTS 1407, sec 1

   Stonehill College, Fall 2007–Spring 2008
   Visiting Lecturer
   Introduction to Digital Imaging, FA 203, sec B
   Graphic Design Foundations, FA 202, sec A

   University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
   Visiting Assistant Professor
   Typography 2, DES 254, sec 5, Spring 2008
   Electronic Imaging 1, DES 283, sec 1, Fall 2007
   Typography 1, DES 253, sec 3, Fall 2007

   Bridgewater State College, Fall 2006–Spring 2007
   Visiting Assistant Professor
   Introduction to Digital Media and 4D Design, ARTS 104 –01 and–02
   Graphic Design 2, ARTS 361, sec 1
   Web Design + Advanced Web Art, ARTS 367–01 and ARTS 403–01—combined

   University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Spring 2006
   Instructor of Record, Teaching Assistantship
   Created syllabus for intermediate typography course
   Typography 2, DES 254, sec 4

   University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Fall 2005
   Instructor of Record, Teaching Assistantship
   Re-wrote Portraiture lecture to better reflect the range of artists who have contributed    to the genre, presented it to all Visual Language students
   Visual Language, FOU 115, sec 3

pedagogy
   More Writing, Deeper Learning: Tools to Increase Student Engagement in Academic    Work, Dar al Hekma College, December 2010
   Attend two-day workshop on Writing Across the Curriculum given by Dr. Chris M.    Anson, University Distinguished Professor and Director of the Campus Writing and    Speaking Program, North Carolina State University.

   Center for Teaching and Learning, Stonehill College, 2009
   Participate in Teaching Squares with two colleagues from different areas of the College:    Science and Math. It is a program that provides an opportunity to gain insight into one’s    teaching through a non-evaluative process of reciprocal classroom observation and    self-reflection.

publications
   Alphabets: A Miscellany of Letters, October 2010
   Introduction by David Sacks
   Black Dog Publisher, London, England
   Spreads from ABCing included in 240-page publication that includes 450 b/w and color
   illustrations. The book features letters of all shapes, sizes and alphabets ranging from
   Victorian classroom aides, to Dr Seuss’ ABC through to Peter Blake, Michael Craig-
   Martin, Tauba Auerbach, León Ferrari and Mira Schendel.

   ABCing: Seeing the Alphabet Differently (Mark Batty Publisher) New York, New York
   January 2010
   Wrote, designed, illustrated, and assisted in the marketing of a 64-page primer to
   seeing and understanding the visual world. The book dismantles the Latin alphabet,    shifting the focus from the subject, the letter, to the surrounding space. The Boston    Globe called it ‘thoroughly inventive’. The manuscript won an honorable mention from    the PEN New England Children’s Book Caucus. I also created a Flash-based website,    www.abseeing.com, for the book’s release, which the Boston Globe called ‘even
   better’. The site translates the 26 static illustrations into 15-second vignettes of a given    word’s meaning using sound and motion.

invited talks
   Artist Talk Series: Hekma School of Design + Architecture, March 2011
   Foundation Program, Dar Al Hekma College, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
   Present lecture on the field of graphic design from personal and professional    perspective to freshman art students.

   The College of Visual and Performing Arts, April 2010
   University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
   Share with senior graphic design students the process of writing, designing and    publishing my book ABCing: Seeing the Alphabet Differently.

   Sunday Afternoon Author Series, February 2010
   Scituate Public Library, Scituate, Massachusetts
   Present talk and exhibit on underlying ideas of ABCing: Seeing the Alphabet Differently.

   Visual Arts Career Round Table, 2009
   Alumni Hall at Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts
   One of eight art professionals invited to discuss their work and career path.

   Pen New England Children’s Book Discovery Evening, 2008
   Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
   One of four author/illustrators invited to discuss and read from their work.
   Work presented, The Alphabet: Looking Beyond the Letter (original title of manuscript).

selected exhibitions    last five years
   Tallahassee International 26th Annual Juried Competition, August-September 2011
   Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida
   Juried by Judy Rushin and Anne Stagg, faculty from FSU Art Department.
   The exhibition included 37 artists and 54 works selected from 320 artists and over 600    works. Two works chosen from Jeddah Series. Exhibition Catalog.

   An Exploration in Color and Design, National Juried Competition, October 2010
   LH Horton Jr Gallery, Delta College, Stockton, California
   Carrie Pilto, Assistant Curator, Painting & Sculpture,
   San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

   Axis Gallery 5th National Juried Exhibition, August 2010
   Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
   Joe Amrhein, Juror, Director of Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
   The exhibition included 35 works selected from over 600 images submitted. Exhibition    catalog.

   47th National Annual Juried Competition, May 2010
   Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
   David Houston, Juror, Chief Curator of Ogden Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana.

   12" x 12" National Juried Exhibition of Small Works, 2008
   Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Mufreesboro, Tennessee
   Dave Hickey, Juror, Las Vegas-based Critic and Curator. Exhibition catalog.

   Hands Off! International Juried Digital Photo Exhibition, 2007
   621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
   Robert Fichter, Juror, Photographer/Professor, Florida State University.

   New Art 2007, National Juried Exhibition, 2007
   MPG Contemporary, Boston, Massachusetts
   Raphaella Platow, Juror, Curator, Rose Art Museum, Brandies University.

   Southeastern College Art Conference/Mid-America College Art Association Members    Exhibition, National Juried Exhibition, 2006
   The Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee
   Eleanor Heartney, Juror, Contributing Editor to Art in America.

   Innuendo, Gossip, Lies, and Half-Truths, National Juried Exhibition, 2006
   Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
   Work was one of five chosen to represent show on exhibition invitation.

awards    last five years
   Massachusetts Cultural Council, Grant, 2010
   Scituate Cultural Council, Scituate, Massachusetts
   Awarded grant from local cultural council to support lecture and exhibition ($350)

   PEN New England Children’s Book Caucus, 2008
   Honorable Mention for the 2008 Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award
   For the manuscript "the alphabet: looking beyond the letter”

   Friends of Scituate Recreation, Grant, 2006
   Grant supported children who participated in National Turnoff TV Week through
   programs offered through the Scituate Recreation Department ($1200)

conferences
   1st Annual Design Symposium: Hekma School of Design + Architecture, April 2011
   Dar Al Hekma College, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
   Present three one-day workshops on theory of gestalt + the figure/ground relationship
   to undergraduates within the School of Design + Architecture.

   Typography Day 2011, March 2011
   National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
   Attend three-day conference on issues faced by type designers, type users and type    educators, including workshops dedicated to typography and calligraphy.

   Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, 2008
   Attend two-day conference. Exhibit poster design. Nashua, New Hampshire.

   Metaphor Taking Shape: Poetry, Art and the Book, 2008
   Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
   Attend two-day symposium

   Consuming Kids: Marketing in Schools and Beyond, 2006
   Attended conference, Wheelock College, Boston, Massachusetts.

professional experience
   Ellis Design, 1996–present
   Scituate, Massachusetts
   Principal
   Responsible for managing simultaneous projects focusing on brand identity, graphic
   design, illustration: Projects included:
• Tufts Health Plan, created event identity package for the Tufts Health Plan 10K for    Women,including event logo, race application, poster, counter card, runners’ and    volunteers’ tee shirt graphics, warm-up jacket embroidery art, Team Tufts Health Plan    logo and tee-shirt graphics (for six consecutive years)
• climbingshoes.com, an internet start-up company, designed brand identity, product    logo, website design, advertisements for national publications, stationery, sales and    marketing kit, and tee shirt graphics
• St Sebastian’s School’s Capital Campaign Fund, created identity, which included    campaign logo, 40-page book, stationery, and reception invitations
• Reebok, Sales Division, designed sales and marketing sell sheets for Footlocker
• Reebok, International Division, designed team uniform graphics, 1996 Summer    Olympics
   Additional clients include (partial listing): The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth;    Decker’s Corporation; Ralph Lauren Footwear; Salomon Sport; The Lyons Press;
   The South Shore Women’s Business Network; The Stride Rite Corporation; and the    donation of creative services to The Dianne Devanna Center for the Prevention of
   Child Abuse and Neglect; and to The Evan Henry Foundation, a foundation dedicated
   to aiding families with autistic children.

   Reebok International Ltd, 1989 –1996
   Canton, Massachusetts
   Senior Graphic Designer, Apparel Division
   Responsible for the design and research of all graphic materials within a specific sport
   category, enhancing and maintaining Reebok’s global visual identity
• Designed all graphics for Blacktop basketball category, the first basketball footwear
   line marketed exclusively for outdoor play. The success of the product launch    
   astounded not only Reebok but the entire footwear industry with total sales equivalent    to the fourth largest footwear brand in the world
• Created all sponsorship graphics for the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon and the Boston
   Marathon
• Collaborated with footwear and apparel designers insuring merchandising and    marketing graphics were consistent with Reebok’s global visual identity

   Turnbull & Company, 1988–1989
   Cambridge, Massachusetts
   Assistant to Design Director

   CIS Graphic Communication Inc., 1987–1988
   Cambridge, Massachusetts
   Junior Designer

   Alan R Liss Company Inc., 1986–1987
   New York, New York
   Staff Artist

service
   Hekma School of Design + Architecture, 2010-2011
   Dar Al Hekma College, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
   Program Advisory Committee Member
   Serve on five member committee, which included two outside design professionals,    exchanging ideas on how to shape the future curriculum of the visual communication    program. Meet 1x per semester and as needed.

   Text Book Committee Member
   Serve with four faculty members to discuss and determine current and future course    texts. Meet 1x per month.

   As the School of Design + Architecture was going through the accreditation process,
   I collaborated with the department Director, and other faculty, on curriculum planning,
   developing and writing. This process required the writing of thorough course materials,
   including the writing of detailed course learning objectives, outcomes, and project    rubrics.

   Stonehill College, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, 2009
   Assist Program Coordinator in the defining and writing of the Graphic Design Program    rubric.

   Scituate Arts Council, Co-Chair, 2006–2009
   Member of five person art council that reviews, discusses and distributes state monies    to individual artists and non–profit organizations who, through the arts, enrich the lives    of Scituate residents.

   University of Massachusetts Design Department, 2004 – 2005
   Organize bi-monthy informal critiques among MFA graduates students

   College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts, 2005
   Donate artwork in College-based fundraiser for The American Red Cross in support of    victims of Hurricane Katrina. Event held in conjunction with New Bedford’s AHA Night    raised over $2000

   Letter to the Editor, Scituate Mariner, June 2006
   Letter published in local newspaper responding to a proposal to install for-profit    satellite radio into all local public school buses (k–12). Spoke at school committee    hearing on the topic, sharing recent data on the affects of commercial culture on    children. School committee voted against the proposal.

   Scituate Public Elementary Schools, 2001–2010
   Docent Art Volunteer
   Every other month present a specific art historical period to a group of public    elementary school children through the use of readings, art projects, food, and music.

travel
   Four weeks in Sweden, developing artwork and writing, 2010
   Six weeks in Ireland, developing artwork and writing, 2008
   Four weeks in United Kingdom, developing artwork and writing, 2007
   Five weeks, Europe, developing artwork and writing as basis for artist’s book, 2006
   Two week art history tour, China, 2004

professional affiliations
   American Institute of Graphic Arts    
   College Art Association