Professional Experience:

1980 to present-Art Director/ Designer/ Consultant/ Illustrator/ Proprietor of Ice King Design. Design, illustraion, multimedia productions, print design, and art direction. Produce high-quality design along with a consortium of photographers, production artists, and subcontractors for all aspects of print and on-line design and production work.

Partial Client list:
Routledge Press, New York
Crossing Press, Freedom California
Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, California
Taligent, Cupertino, California
Mind in Motion, Champaign, Illinois and Strasbourg, France
The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
De Roos, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Thomas Kirshner Seminare, Augsburg Germany
University of Indiana Press

April 1995 to June 1997-Art Director Apple Computer, Cupertino California. Developed and implemented art programs for technical documentation, provided leadership, knowledge and problem solving in many areas, including systems, applications, print design issues, html design and advanced pre-press. Designed and produced a wide variety of materials for trade shows, conferences and other high visibility venues. Oversaw and trained contractors to maintain style consistency and coherence over very large suites of books.

1989 to present-Instructor, University of California Extension, Graphics Certificate program. Teach a variety of classes, specializing in typography design and production, computer skills on the Macintosh computer, and Adobe Illustrator for advanced students.

August 1987 to 1991-Technical Director, Earthshare. Tour California schools with multimedia program sponsored by Ventana Wilderness foundation designed to teach children about our relationship to planet Earth.

1984 to 1991-Customer Representative, E-mu Systems. Provide technical and systems level help over the phone. Design product manuals, technical manuals, presentations, direct mail products, engineering drawings, point-of purchase displays, inserts using Adobe Illustrator, Aldus PageMaker, and a variety of other programs.

Education

BFA Summa Cum Laude Augusta College, Augusta Georgia. Received many honors including a Governors internship from the Governor of the state of Georgia. Administrative assistant in a Public Arts Agency.

Awards and honors

Governor's intern, Athens Georgia 1979
Visions of the scribe, for Illustration 1995
Gail Rich Award, 1997

Performances and productions

In the Crook of my Arm, June 1998 Premiered sections from new work based on Sufi ecstatic poetry
An Evening With Anna Halpern, February 1998 Performed work with students and company in a show with choreographer and healer, Anna Halpern
I Just came to rest my mind, December 1997 Choreographed new work for Students for the Cabrillo Fall Dance Concert
Company of Strangers 1997, Repetory evening of performance art at the Henry Mello Center, Watsonville California
Theatre Artaud, 1997 Participated in the popular fundraiser, performance art marathon
Subtle Body February 1995, Wrote directed and performed in Multimedia performance about the human body and how we inhabit it.
Boundary Conditions May-November 1993, Bulkhead productions; wrote and performed monologue about death and our conscious and unconscious responses to it.
The 23 Sexes, October 1992; performed newly rewritten work and designed slide, video and special effects projection for this sold-out show.
Outside Blake's Window 1991-3, Tandy Beal & Company; projection design and set design for Evening length critically acclaimed dance work.
Bartelby 1991, Shaefer and Stern productions; Set and projection design for premier of a commissioned dance concert based on a Herman Melville story.
Living Memories 1990, New Music Works; Edited sections of Video, designed set pieces and produced slide dissolve segments for performance art piece.
Earthshare 1989 Toured with this lauded show about the environment as technical director and slide designer.
The 23 Sexes 1989, Wrote, produced and performed technical multimedia at the Bulkhead Galley in Santa Cruz.
Love Lies 1989, Wrote and performed interactive work with multimedia support.
A Gay Evening in May 1989 Lighting Designer for the now legendary variety show.
Steel Heel 1988 Extra for this action adventure film shot in Santa Cruz.
Comforts of Home Production assistant to professional film crew shooting on location in Santa Cruz.
The Diadem 1987, Wrote and directed "community performance art" at the Actors theatre, Santa Cruz. Action based on experiences and improv.
Earthshare 1986, Toured with the first "Earthshare" program about the environment when it was brought to schools in the Northern California Area.
Bridges 1986, Written out of improvisation and the personal experiences of five local actors, this critically acclaimed piece used a rotating bridge.
Dream Theater 1985, Appeared as thirteen different characters, and wrote and directed five separate vignettes for the acclaimed "Eighth Wave of the Dreamer" at Cabrillo College.
Man in the glass Booth 1985 Appeared in this award winning play, also produced by Cabrillo College.
The Long Christmas Dinner 1985 Appearance in this Thornton Wilder play about a never-ending dinner.
Ritual for the twenty first Century 1984, Multimedia performance in conjunction with sculptural installation at the Dancing Man Gallery, Santa Cruz.
Electric High 1983, Worked with children and teenagers to create an exciting drama about blame and acceptance based on their own experiences.
Halflife 1983, Produced and directed several video segments for the world premiere of the Rick Foster's play about nuclear energy.
Rites 1983, Wrote and directed critically acclaimed New-music opera.
Future Visions 1982 Wrote, directed and performed in performance art and theatre based on the future.

References

Tandy Beal, Tandy Beal & Company 408-429-1324
Larry Goldfarb, Mind in Motion 408-423-5277
Wendy Chapkis, University of Southern Maine 207-775-2618
Eric Stern, Shaefer & Stern Productions 408-429-6054
Ronn Reinberg, Santa Cruz Dance Gallery 408-427-0464