kara gordon 3714 collingwood ct. midland, mi 48642 989.430.9020 kara.s.gordon@gmail.com karagordon.com @kayessgordon
education
art, design & writing experience
Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Candidate for Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2014
Seventeen Magazine, New York, NY Art Intern, May—August 2013
Major: Communication Design Second Major: English Maryland Institute College of Art Pre-College Tuscany Program
Castel del Piano, Italy, Summer 2009
honors Washington University in St. Louis
Dean’s List: Four semesters Robert and Carol Loftus Scholar 2011–2012, 2012–2013 The Harriet Schwenk Kluver Prize Excellence in Writing 2011 Kenneth E. Hudson Scholar 2010–2011
selected publications Atria Books
Contributor to The Books They Gave Me, Jen Adams, 2012 Bruno David Gallery Publications
“Swimming in the Margins,” Joan Hall: Marginal Waters, 2012 Essay, Katharine Kuharic: Working in the Lou, 2012 “Dream World,” Judy Pfaff: Recent Work, 2012 “A Single History,” Hung Liu: Za Zhong Paintings, 2011
skills
Proficient in Adobe CS6 InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop; proficient in Microsoft Office; experience with WordPress, CSS/HTML
extra curricular activities Washington University in St. Louis Varsity Swimming and Diving Swimmer, August 2010—Present
University Athletic Association All-Academic Recognition, 2011–2013 Catholic Student Center Member, August 2010—Present
Assisting with liturgical services, student outreach AIGA St. Louis Member, September 2012—Present The Slaughter Project Dancer (Apprentice), June 2012–May 2013
Posse Comitatus, artistic direction by choreographer Cecil Slaughter and video artists Mark Tribe and Chelsea Knight, September 2012 Abandon, directed by Cecil Slaughter, March 2013
Collaborated with Mike Reddy, Design Director, in creating an in-house font, published in the September and October 2013 issues. Put together book for presentations, concepted stories and mastheads, created mock-ups, pulled photos, redesigned spreads, and prepared for photoshoots. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY Extern, March 2013
Shadowed Lisa Sharkey, Senior Vice President and Director of Creative Development for HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide. Read manuscripts, wrote up pitches and selected quotes for covers. EmDash Imprint, St. Louis, MO Intern, June—August 2012
Worked directly for printer/publisher Ken Botnick, assisted with digital book layout of Vision and the Visual–ITT-B, uploaded photographs and copy to Wordpress website, redrew printed images from Diderot encyclopedia in Adobe Illustrator for watermarks, treated handmade paper. Island Press, St. Louis, MO Volunteer Student Worker, June 2012
Worked directly with Arthur L. and Sheila Prensky Visiting Artist, world-renown printmaker Trenton Doyle Hancock, for his 16-print series, 548 First St. N.E. and singular print DNA Footprint. Worked on typography and design of several prints, exploring manipulation of language and relationship between word and image. Student Life, St. Louis, MO Staff Writer, August 2010–Present Theater Editor of Cadenza, April–December 2012 Interim Design Chief, September 2013
Editor and writer for independent student-run newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis, writing and editing music and theater reviews, op-ed pieces, interviewing sources. Stepped in for Design Chief, managed and designed layouts. Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO Intern, June 2011—June 2012
Wrote interpretive and critical essays for catalogues, public relations and marketing announcements for exhibitions; designed catalogue layouts, edited and recalibrated images for catalogues and website; designed building-front; advised in curatorial decisions including gallery layout, director-artist communications.