Chris Jonas Employment Resume

Co-founder, Santa Fe Beehive, NM, December 2004-current.
Planning towards the creation of a large-scale artist services, resources and creative culture research center in Santa Fe.

Co-founder, Little Globe Productions, Inc, NM, January 2004-current.
Intermedia projects, BING, large scale performance productions.

Adjunct Faculty, College of Santa Fe Creative Music Program, NM, January 2005 -current.
Private saxophone lessons.

Graphic Designer / Video / Soundtrack Composer, Freelance, various projects, Santa Fe. January 2004 - current.
Website design, graphic design, video creation for artists, installations and documentaries, multimedia and effects design for video and film projects, soundtracks for installations, films and documentaries.

Curator/Director of Installation and Performance Arts, Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe, NM, December 2002-December 2003.
Creation of programming for two galleries and two performance spaces in experimental community-based art space and international presenting organization. Created monthly series (Open Process, Global Sonics, HAT Improvisation, CCA In Motion and others), regular visual and multimedia art shows and various performance festivals. Instigated new parternships with other regional arts oganizations, managed staff working in installation, tech, PR, calendar, web, curatorial, events management, research, archives, outreach, grant writing, interns, fundraising and budgetary.

Director of Marketing and Operations, WorkingWild, Inc., Santa Fe, NM, December 2001-December 2002.
Development of Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) start-up company. Participation in creation of overall company strategy, infrastructure, branding, overseeing graphic and web design, press, marketing, employee hiring and firing, administration and general management.

Graphic/Information Designer, Protection Technology Los Alamos (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Los Alamos, NM, October-December 2001.
Long-term Temporary Assignment in HR department of PTLA: information design, HR flow-charts and job manuals.

Assistant to the Director, Creative Center for Women with Cancer, NYC, Winter-Summer 2001
Administrative duties, research into and purchase of new computer equipment, participating in board meetings, correspondence, telephones, Internet, copy editing, general assistance to the director.

Office Manager/Registrar, Willem de Kooning Revocable Trust, NYC, Winter-Fall 2000
General management and maintenance of the office and art collection, inventory, database, business and computer systems administration, supplies, correspondence, copy editing, research, archives.

Assistant to Composer Anthony Braxton, Middletown, CT and NYC. 1996-1999.
Assistance to MacArthur Grant recipient, composer and Wesleyan University music professor, Anthony Braxton; Teaching (as a T.A.) of Wesleyan University music classes, conductor of Wesleyan Braxton music ensembles; Functioning as the vice president of the TriCentric Foundation, his non-profit organization which produces large projects, festivals, orchestra and opera performances. Organization of events, running of meetings, participation in development, funding and maintenance of the Foundation.

Administrative Director, Triquetra Journeys, NYC, 1993-96.
Specialized group trips to Peru, Bolivia and Southern France, workshops in North America. Accounting and taxes, projects development, advertising, graphics, general office management, writing and editing of pamphlets and travel materials.

New York Representative / Coordinator, Midwest Fine Arts, Services & Technology (MFAST), 1992-96.
Organization of shipping, and handling artwork for private collectors, galleries and museums in New York and New England areas. Supervision of installation and shipping crews for large traveling shows.

Preparitor, Galleries, Museums, Art Shipping companies, San Francisco and New York, 1986-2001.
Organization and installation of art shows, supervision of installation crews, management of gallery spaces and installation materials; specialist in packing delicate or difficult to ship works of art.

 

Education
New York University - School for Continuing and Professional Studies (Certificate in Multimedia/Digital Design), 2001.
CD and Web Media, Design and Multimedia.

Wesleyan University, CT (MA music composition / ethnomusicology), 1996-99.
Composition and installation arts.

New School for Social Research, Mannes College of Music, NYC, 1992-96.
Additional studies in composition, theory, conducting and performance.

Oberlin College, OH (BA Art History / Art Studio), 1984-88.
Painting, multimedia, contemporary art history, Italian Renaissance. Minor in music (jazz and composition).

 

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