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QUALIFICATIONS 

• Twenty-five years of experience in designing, sewing, patternmaking, draping and custom fit 

• Twenty years experience in costume designing, wardrobe coordinating, and personal styling

•  Nine years of college level teaching experience 

 

COURSE WORK 2021

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​Kate Taylor, Stylist of Taylor Made Coaching, LLC

• Business of Style VIP Course

• Business of Style Course

• Virtual Styling Mastery

• Stylist School with Stylist and Mentor Kate Taylor

Jay Shetty, Find Your Passion and Purpose Course

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EXPERIENCE 

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Medea's Creations, LLC,  Santa Fe, NM 2016- present

Designer, Stylist, Tailor, Owner

• Provide reliable and quality service to clients in styling and tailoring

• Deliver friendly, supportive expertise in the area of design, styling, and custom fit

• Create long term valued customers through word of mouth and timely turnarounds
   

 ​Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Performing Arts Department, Santa Fe, NM

Costume Shop Supervisor and Technical Faculty 

• Supervise 5-8 student employees in building four productions per academic year 

• Drape, pattern, cut, tailor, and sew costumes for each production 

• Participate in all costume fittings with designer, delegate notes to staff 

• Assist in teaching 16 students per semester in basic sewing and production practicum 

• Maintain shop inventory, supervise production purchases, track budgets 

• Oversee backstage wardrobe crews, strikes, and costume stock room 

• Participated in year long reaccreditation process at the university 

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California College of the Arts, Fashion Design Department, San Francisco, CA 

Draping & Patternmaking Instructor 

• Taught Draping and Patternmaking classes Levels 1, 2 & 3  

• Prepared and facilitated classroom demonstrations for 15 students per class 

• Submitted grades, attended faculty meetings, participated in curriculum retreats 

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Ballet San Jose of Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA

First Hand & Stitcher  

• Hired to organized and fit 120 Boston Ballet’s Firebird to San Jose Ballet Company 

• Participated in all fittings with Costume Shop Manager 

• Supervised assistant staff and delegated sewing notes to costume shop 

• Patterned and constructed costumes, completed costume fitting notes 

• Kept costume inventory, attended dress rehearsals, met deadlines ​
   

University of New Mexico, Department of Theater and Dance, Albuquerque, NM 

C​ostume Shop Supervisor & Lecturer 

• Taught Costuming Class of 20, Managed work-study staff of 7 

• Produced 2 main stage productions, 1 dance show, 1 small stage show 

• Balanced budget, ordered supplies, maintained equipment & costume stock 

• Worked four years in shop prior as stitcher and taking relevant course work as student 

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Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico 

S​titcher  ​

• Hand sewing and Industrial machine sewing of costumes

 

​COSTUME DESIGN

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Some Girls, Directed by Gail Springer, Greer Garson,Santa Fe, NM 

Good People, Directed byScott Harrison, Santa Fe Playhouse, Santa Fe, NM 

Middletown, Directed by Gail Springer, Greer Garson, Santa Fe, NM

The Odd Couple, Directed by Robert Benedetti, Greer Garson, Santa Fe, NM

The Rainmaker, Directed by Michael Ray Wisely, Contra Costa Civic, El Cerrito, CA

Half Lives, Directed by Peter Tamaribuchi, The Black Box Oakland, CA

The Bacchae, Directed by Judyie Al-Bilali, UMass (MFA) Amherst, MA

Romeo Juliet, Directed byJames Vesce, UMass (MFA) Amherst, MA

So Far, Directed by Ed Golden, UMass (MFA) Amherst, MA 

 

EDUCATION 

 MFA,​ ​Theater: Costume Design, ​University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

           Graduate Assistantship: Three year program

 BAFA,​ ​Art Studio: Small Metals, ​University of New Mexico,Albuquerque,NM
            New Mexico Scholars: Four Year Scholarship

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