Courtney Marίa Savoy

 csavoy@alistgraphics.com

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EDUCATION                 Masters Program in Art Education at George Washington University

2008-current 

 

BA in Art, Emphasis in Graphic Design, Hampton University

Graduated with Cum Laude and with dept. honors graduate

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE               DC Public Schools Teacher- Coolidge SHS. A DC teaching fellow(DCTF). Teach all art mediums in class. Head and founder of the art club. Track & Field Coach Fall 2008-Present

 

A List Graphics, LLC. (alistgraphics.com)CEO and president of a team that provide all the most popular graphic desires and business solutions. alistgraphics.com Summer 2007 – Present

 

University Of Maryland College Park Instructor. Teach beginning painting while focusing on the American history of past artist in the pre college arts alive summer session. Summer 2006-2007

 

Optima Business Solutions. Work with a development team creating web-based applications.  Specialize in front-side graphical-user-interface. Also create graphics for advertisement banners and signs. Summer 2003 – Present

 

American Geophysical Union.  Worked in the graphic and composition dept editing TIFF and ESP images for author layouts. November 2005 – January 2006

 

Intern, MHZ Open TV Graphic Specialist.  Developed TV show with team called “Open”. Worked on content team and as graphic specialist on website http://open.tv. Summer 2002

 

INROADS Intern, Lucent Technology. Worked on special projects and created PowerPoint presentations for groups of 300 and 400. Summer 2000

 

 

SKILLS                        Computer Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Quark Xpress, PowerPoint, Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, InDesign, HTML, xHTML, Flash, Dream Weaver, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe premier, Adobe Illustrator, FrontPage and Excel.

Art Experience: drawing, painting, and printmaking.

Giving Presentations

 

HONORS AND

ACTIVITIES            Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

                                   Americorps candidate

                                      New DCPS Teacher of the year nominee

National golden key honor society/ Cum laude graduate

INROADS intern

Art Shows: Can a Sista Rock A Mic 2008, Art&Life 2008, Café Asia Harlem review winter 2007, Hampton University Sophomore Review, spring 2002; Hampton University junior review, spring 2003; Gallery in the Alley at Hampton University, spring 2003; Dismal Swamp show, fall 2002.

Won design contest for Hampton University’s Summer Session Bulletin

Verizon Black College Art contest contestant.                               

 

REFERENCES

Available upon request