Resume

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Rebecca O'Neil
Columbus, OH
rebecca@rebecca-oneil.com

Education

• Master of Library and Information Science
  Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, December 2006
  
• Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude with Honors
  Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio, June 2002
  Dual Major: Art, Concentration on Printmaking
                      English, Concentration on Nonfiction Writing
  Minor: French
  
• Study Abroad, Dijon, France, January-June 2001.
  
  

Honors and Awards

• The Lillian Frank/Earl Hassenpflug Visual Arts Endowed Award, Otterbein College, 1999-2002
  
• Art Department Talent Award, Otterbein College, 1998-2002
  
  

Bibliography

• "Hybrid: A Ferret Press Little Art Book," Ferret Press, 2004. Drawing selected for publication.
  
• "Summer reading at library branches out beyond books," Westerville News and Public Opinion, Daniel Brownstein, 2 June 2004.
  Photograph of 'Forest Trails' mural.
  
  

Selected Commissions

• "Innocents in Indonesia" book cover, personal commission, 2007.
  
• "Flippo the Clown" banner, Flippo Roast, Columbus, Ohio, October 22, 2004.
  
• "Wind Dancer" watercolor, personal commission, 2004.
  
• "Burgundy Sky" painting, personal commission, 2004.
  
• "Forest Trails" mural, Youth Services Department, Westerville Public Library, 2004.
  
• "Harry Potter Owl," mixed media, Alcott Elementary School, Westerville, Ohio, 2003.
  
• "Barn Animals" mural, Youth Services Department, Westerville Public Library, 2003.
  
• Children's program illustrations, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 2002-2004.
  
  

Professional Affiliations

• Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, Member, 2005-present.
  
• Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry, Member, 2004-present.
  
• Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio, Member and volunteer, 2002-present.
  
  

Related Work Experience

• Youth Librarian, Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio, August 2005-present.
  
• Youth Associate, Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio, October 2003-August 2005.
  
• Art Print Acquisitions, Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio, March 2003-present.
  
• Artist-Member, Children of the Future, Greater Columbus Arts Council, January 2003-September 2003.
  
• Media Display Coordinator, Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio, 2002-2003.
  
• Student Art Gallery Co-Director, Otterbein College, 1999-2002.
  
  

Selected Volunteer Experience

• Ohio Art League, Juried Exhibitions, Columbus, Ohio, 2004, 2005.
  
• Artist, Short/ROY Community Art Day, Columbus, Ohio, 2003-2007.
  
• Charter Artist, Via Colori Street Painting Festival, Columbus, Ohio, 2003, 2004, 2005.
  
• Artists-in-Schools Preview Night, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio, 2003.
  
• Children's Area, Columbus Arts Festival, 2003.
  
  

Selected Exhibitions

• Exhibition @ Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio, July 2007.
  
• Final Fridays on the Square: Stuart's Gallery 1879, w/Laura O'Neil, Nelsonville, Ohio, March 2007.
  
• Exhibition @ The First Unitarian Universalist Church, Columbus, Ohio, June-August 2005.
  
• Out of the Box: Ohio Art League at the High Road Gallery, Worthington, Ohio, June 2005.
  
• Exhibition @ Church of the Messiah, Westerville, Ohio, January-February 2005.
  
• 24th Summer: Various Works (Solo Exhibition), Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio, 2004.
  
• Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Acock Building, Columbus, Ohio, 2003.
  
• Senior Exhibition, Battelle Fine Arts Center, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio, 2002.
  

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