Chandler Dayton, Resume

Profile

Studio Artist, Mixed Media Sculpture
Recent graduate of San Francisco State University Digital Video Intensive Course, Media Studies Program, Downtown Center.
Tech savvy Mac and Windows user. XHTML/CSS, Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, Flash 8, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Microsoft Office.
Detail oriented, excellent writer, good communication skills.
Mature Professional with 20 years diverse experience in Art, Education and Internet Design.

Sierra Arts Foundation Solo Exhibition “Awash” 2005 South Valley Library, Reno, Nevada
Contemporary Arts Collective at the Arts Factory, “Pause” 2005 Concurrent Solo Exhibition with Sharyn O’Mara
Nevada Arts Council OXS Office Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2004
Missoula Museum of Art, Solo Exhibition, Missoula, Montana 1999
Clark County Libraries, Solo Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada 1998
Various individual and group shows 1981 to present

Seoul International School, AP Studio Art, 3D Design, Ceramics, 2007-08
The Alexander Dawson School, Las Vegas, Nevada K-8 Arts Specialist, 2002-2005
Nevada Arts Council Artist in the Schools Program, Roster Artist 1997 to present
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon Visiting faculty in Ceramics, 1997-1998
Montana State University Graduate Teaching Assistant 1983-1986

Certificate in Digital Video 2005, San Francisco State University Media Studies Program
Master of Fine Arts 1986, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Bachelor of Fine Arts 1981, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

Filmed and edited three documentary shorts:
“Managing Wilderness, Zion National Park”, 2005-06
“Hug Em & Slug Em”, 2005
“Medicine” 2005
Assistant Editor for “Special Circumstances” Producer Marianne Teleki; Editor, Shirley Thompson
Camera and Boom for several local productions.
Film Arts Foundation TILT Intern, Web Development

Mac OSX and Windows
Software: Photoshop/ImageReady, GoLive, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro 5, DVD Studio Pro 4, Flash Pro 8, BBEdit, Transmit FTP, some ProTools experience, learning AfterEffects, InDesign
Programming: XHTML/CSS, Javascript, CGI and PHP mail forms
Video Cameras : Sony PD150, Canon XL 1, 2

Gas & Electric Welder, Table Saw, Band Saw, Drill Press, Jointer, hand-held woodworking tools
Plaster techniques : mold making for pressing or slip casting, wax casting, direct modeling
Mold making techniques using silicon rubber, latex, dental gel
Kilns: Electric, Gas, Wood, Primitive, Salt
Clay techniques : Throwing, Slab construction, Casting, Coiling
Hand paper making with Asian Fibers

Flash for the Web, Digital Media Academy, Stanford University, Aug. 7-11, 2006
New DV Filmmaker with Bill Tunnicliffe, July 3-16,2005 The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine
Doug Jeck and Richard Notkin at Pottery Northwest, Seattle, Washington September 2004
"Garden Papers" with Mary Hark at Peter’s Valley Craft Center Layton, NJ July 2004 (Papermaking with local and Asian Fibers)
Summer Arts Institute at Alexander Dawson School, Las Vegas Presenter and Participant , Nevada Arts Council, August 2003
Nevada Arts Council Grant Writing Workshop in Las Vegas, 2003
HTML/Web Design Course at Montana State University, MSU Continuing Education February - March, 2000

Visual Arts Honorable Mention ~ Nevada Arts Council 2005
Artist Fellowship Professional Development Grant for Educators ~ Nevada Arts Council 2004
Professional Development Grant ~ Montana Arts Council 1999
Individual Artist Fellowship Award ~ Montana Arts Council 1988