Julia Gandrud 
julia@julialikesfrogs.com  

EDUCATION
2000-2006	Video editing and printmaking, Laney College and UC Berkeley, CA
2001-2004	MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1995-1997	BA Women Studies, Smith College, Northampton, MA 

ART TEACHING HISTORY
2007		Portrait Painting Instructor		DotArt
Giving multilevel painting and drawing instruction to high school students, with a final public showing in the streets of Dorchester, MA.

2007		Cartooning Instructor		Private Student
Teaching the basics of communicating a humorous idea through drawing, employing digital technology as aids. 

1996		Photoshop Instructor 		Northampton Button Man    
Taught Photoshop to the owner of a button making business.

GRAPHIC ARTS WORK HISTORY
2006-2007	Commissioned Painting and Drawing	 	Private Parties	
2004		Illustration – Release Print Magazine 		Film Arts Foundation	
2002-2003	Children’s Book Illustration – Freelance 		And the Moon Came With Us	
2000-2001	Web Illustration and Maintenance – FT		itsQuick
2000		Print Design – Freelance			Tricycle Exchange		
2000		Web Graphic Design – Freelance		LCI SmartPen	
1997		Writing and Illustration – Intern			Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
1997		Print Design – Freelance			Boston Irish Famine Memorial Society
1993		Translation and Illustration – FT			IACE Travel	

ENGLISH TEACHING HISTORY
2007		ESL Instructor 			Institute for Labor Studies and Research
Teaching students basic language skills through literature and film appreciation. 

2007		Instructor 			Dorcas Place Adult Learning Center
Taught students basic math. 

2007		Instructor 			Dorcas Place Adult Learning Center
Taught students computer literacy, from basic MS Word to Powerpoint presentations. 

2004		Test Prep Instructor 		Ivy West   
Prepared high school students for the verbal sections of the SAT. 

2001-2003	Instructor			Laney College  
Designed and taught semester long courses for adults with learning disabilities. 
Tutored learning disabled students in college courses: English, Art History, Math, and Statistics.

2001		Test Prep Instructor 		Princeton Review    
Taught Math and English for the GMAT – business school standardized entrance exam. 

1990-1991	English Language Assistant Instructor	Higashi Toyonaka High School	
Assisted regular teacher in conducting an English language class.

SKILLS
-Computer 
Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Illustrator, Freehand, Photoshop, Image Ready, Flash, HTML, GIFBuilder.	

-Film/Video
16 mm, 8 mm, hand processing, film animation stand, digital animation, digital still and motion cameras, various projection methods.

-Printmaking
Intaglio, relief, lithography, screenprint, monotype, letterpress, non-toxic printing, photopolymer plate creation.

-Painting/Drawing
Landscape, figure, anatomy, using oil, acrylic, watercolor, and drawing media.

-Language
Fluent in French, Japanese.