SOLEDAD SANCHEZ VALDEZ

desarrollarte@yahoo.com

+1 (814) 826-5110 Cell

 

CAREER OBJECTIVE to produce and facilitate aesthetic experiences that inspire creative thinking and innovation, raising awareness of the potential of the arts for human development and growth.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, USA MFA Scenic Design, 2015- 2018

ISTITUTO DI MODA BURGO MILAN, ITALY Fashion Illustration Techniques, 2012

UNIVERSIDAD FEMENINA DEL SAGRADO CORAZON, LIMA PERU Diploma in Art Therapy, 2006 – 2007

PONTIFIC CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERU BFA in Visual Arts with major in Sculpture, 1986 – 1992

Fine Arts Work

Sculptures in wood, mixed media, and acrylic resin. Ceramics, drawing and illustration

Exhibitions

Solo and Group exhibitions, 1986- 2014

EXPERIENCE

Teaching experience

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA  School of Theatre and Dance,Visiting Instructor in Scenic Design, 2018 –

PONTIFIC CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERU  Faculty of Visual Arts, Assistant Teacher, 2004 – 2015

Figure drawing, Human anatomy for the artist, Rendering techniques, Composition principles, Modeling and Sculpture techniques, such as: wood and stone carving, wax, resin, and clay modeling and casting,  ceramics

MAD FASHION SCHOOL IN LIMA, PERU, Fashion Design Illustration Teacher, 2006 – 2015

Figure drawing, Illustration and Rendering techniques

Institutional Service

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND DANCE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, Season Selection Commiteé, Member, Jan 2019-

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, School of Theatre Director Search Commiteé, Member, Feb – Apr 2018

Projects and Social work

Design, production, and coordination of Development through the Arts Project, designed for the child and adolescent population of the rural community of Lagunas, Lambayeque Peru. This interdisciplinary workshop was developed in twelve monthly sessions of fine art and performance art activities to enpower identity and social interaction, and funded by ECOPRO, Switzerland, 2006.

THEATER EXPERIENCE

Set Design

STOP KISS Scenic Design, USF Tampa Theatre 2, April 2019. Directed by Dora Arreola and produced by USF School of Theatre and Dance

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Scenic Design, USF Tampa Theatre 1, November 2018. Directed by Douglas Hall and produced by USF School of Theatre and Dance

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Scenic Design, PSU Playhouse Theatre, April 2018. Directed by Darcy Evans and produced by Penn State Centre Stage

TWELFTH NIGHT Scenic Design, PSU Pavilion Theatre, November 2016. Directed by Steve Snyder and produced by Penn State Centre Stage

Theater Production experience

PENN STATE SCHOOL OF THEATRE

MFA THIRD YEAR Paint Artist, Spring 2018. Teaching Assistant and Prop Artisan, Fall 2017. ARGONAUTIKA, Props Master, Fall 2017

MFA SECOND YEAR Teaching Assistant and Prop Artisan, Fall 2016 – Spring 2017. HAIR, Props Master Assistant, Spring 2016. BE MORE CHILL, Props Master Assistant, Fall 2016

MFA FIRST YEAR Paint Artist, Fall 2015 – Spring 2016. TITANIC, Painter Artist Assistant, Fall 2015

FREE LANCE WORK Model building of the white model for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Set design by Michael Schweikardt, Portland Center Stage 2016 

AWARDS

CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Theater,  Penn State University College of Arts and Architecture, 2018

DATA VISUALIZATION AWARD: The Scenic Design Creative Process, Penn State University, University Libraries Data Learning Center, 2018

THIRD PRIZE GRADUATE EXHIBITION AWARDS: The Scenic Design Creative Process Research Poster Option in Arts and Humanities -Theater, Penn State University 2018

FIRST PRIZE OF THE SALON REGIONAL DE AYACUCHO ON THE FIRST NATIONAL BIENNALE OF ART OF LIMA, Huamanga Ayacucho Peru, 1998

REFERENCES

Dan Robinson dir2@psu.edu  (814) 863- 8591

Marc Powers mpowers@usf.edu (813) 974-3867

Milagros Ponce de Leon  mxp62@psu.edu  (814) 863-1455

Jason Winfield  jjw302@psu.edu  (814) 865-0426

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