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Lindsey Batchelor
Visual Artist & Art Educator | Lindseybatchelor1@gmail.com | 252-933-9922 | Art105studios.com/classes | Kinston, NC.
Professional Summary
Creative and driven visual artist with 8 years of educational experience within the visual arts, 2 years of teaching experience, and a lifetime of experimental practices as an artist. Recognized in magazines, academic journals, studios, and juried exhibitions for mixed media practices. Proven track record of starting up a studio business selling and teaching art. Adaptable art educator with a talent for patience and inspiring students to have an appreciation and love for the arts.
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Objective
Provide art education to students from levels K-12 on up. Teach students different areas of mixed-media art. Provide students with an open learning experience and help students learn different aspects of art in history. Inspire students to continue or discover a passion for the arts. Approach teaching with a kind manner to ensure every individual feels open to creating art, regardless of whether they feel they need improvement. As an artist, my objective is to continue to grow and learn new mediums. Continue to experiment with new ideas and find new challenges.
Professional Experience
August 2024 – Present | Art 105 | Artist
Continued professional development through planning classes, teaching visual arts, and owning a studio space. Manage social media postings to gain a bigger following for classes, keep up with trends to keep art sales current, and present work that represents me as a artist.
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May 2023 – August 2024 | Wine and Design | Artist
Maintained a professional persona while assisting customers in each class and walk-in, tracing canvases or setting up resin projects for the class, setting up brushes, setting up water cups, setting up easels, and any other materials required for class. Discuss wine and design rules for each class to ensure customers understand the basis of each class. Create a child-friendly environment during open-age classes and ensure learners are having a fun learning space. Assist and aid customers with art while also showing step-by-step how to create their desired Design.
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June 2023 – April 2023 | Ingram’s Upholstery | Apprentice
Professional persona while taking and writing down orders. Keep a clean workspace to ensure safety for coworkers. Tear down and prep furniture to ensure a good base before the sewing process. Provide any assistance needed by coworkers to ensure good time management. Assist with headliners and installation in different vehicles. Heavy lift materials for customers and my coworkers.
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August 2021 – November 2021 | Extreme Fear Scaregrounds | Makeup Artist & Scare Actress
Kept a sanitary workspace while providing makeup to each actor and actress, kept costumes organized, and assisted with modifications for each individual. Used safety codes to help ensure a safe environment for us as workers and the customers, checked in rooms to ensure everyone is in their station and didn’t need any makeup or costume touchups. Assisted with scare acting during busy nights, did my makeup, got into costume, and going to my assigned station for the night.
February 2018 - March 2020 | Galaxy of Sports | Health Member
Cleaned all components of the workspace to provide a safe and clean workout environment. Worked with Prestige to create and maintain gym memberships. Create a child-friendly environment to maintain professionalism. Cook for skating rink snack bar and follow food safety guidelines. Host and create a fun environment for birthday parties.
June 2017 – February 2018 | Ingrams Upholstery | Apprentice
Professional persona while taking and writing down orders. Keep a clean workspace to ensure safety for coworkers. Tear down and prep furniture to ensure a good base before the sewing process. Provide any assistance needed by coworkers to ensure good time management. Assist with headliners and installation in different vehicles. Heavy lift materials for customers and my coworkers.
January 2017 – August 2018 | Alternative Shop | Apprentice
Clean and sanitize all equipment before the piercer mentor. Took stock of all supplies in-store while managing the register. Create art projects for vendor shows and package them. Customers experience calming customers before getting a piercing. Sales rep for all things found in the store and was knowledgeable about each product.
Education
2021 - 2025 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Printmaking, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
2021 - 2025 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Art Education, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
2020 - 2020 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC.
2020 - 2020 | Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, NC.
2019 - 2019 | Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S) Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville NC.
2016 - 2019 | Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) Lenoir Community Early College, Kinston NC.
Degrees
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Printmaking Concentration
Magna Cum Laude Honors
Skills
Artist techniques: Mixed Media, printmaking, painting, drawing, ceramics, murals, pyrography, crochet, bookbinding, and much more.
Software proficiency
Adobe Creative Suite (photoshop, illustrator), Digital art (Procreate, IbisPaintX), Word, Google Slides, PowerPoint, Canva and Apple teacher certified.
Educational Activities
Secretary of the Printmaking Guild at ECU, Korean Art School teacher, SOAD After-school art program teacher, Wine and Design art teacher, Art 105 independent Art Teacher, and K-12 Internship experience.
Achievements
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honor Society Member: The National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
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Exhibition shows
Wayne Community College, Emerge Gallery, East Carolina University Gray Gallery, and Art 105 Studios.
Publications
Rebel Magazine at ECU, Renaissance Magazine at WCC, Future Education Academic Journal in Korea, Confronting Anti-Asian Racism in Art and Visual Culture Education at ECU.
Visiting Artist Collaborations with the ECU Printmaking Guild
Artists: Steve Prince, assisted with printing and decorating for his artist visit at ECU. Sean Starwars, assisted with printing his wooden relief blocks, Kidd Graves, worked closely to learn new skills for my sculpture project I was working on, and Cidney Cher, assisted with printing combined lithographic and screen-printed images.
Art educator and workshop assistant
Korean Art School, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Classes taught
Taught and presented a lesson on “Pollution in our ocean” and we made clay coral reefs, and I assisted in the “Old Korea from the Eyes of Four Western Artists” presentation. ​
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References
Art 105 Studios Owner: Brandon@bpotterphoto.com, Brandon Potter
Wine and Design Studio Owner: CrowleyCreationsCo, Regan Crowley
Personal Social Media Links
Art studio: Art105.com/classes | Art Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok: @sick_illustrations