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Magda Janicki



Phone: 978 761 2981
Email: mgjanicki@massart.edu
URL: cargocollective.com/magdajanicki

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Magda G. Janicki
         
  Education  
  Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, Massachusetts
Fine Arts 3D, Concentration: Sculpture

(previously Studio for Interrelated Media)
2013
 
  Skills & Coursework  
  Installation skills – Including technical (equipment), organizational (dealing with public space, communication), and spatial planning

Adobe Illustrator, Elements
Rhino
FileMaker Pro
Welding
Final Cut Pro
 
  Work Experience  
  Moldmaking and Casting – Professor’s Assistant
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, Massachusetts

» Helping demonstrations and guiding students in methods of life-casting and object-casting, tackling mold-making from various angles and using a variety of materials that include alginate, plaster, silicone and urethane foams, plastics, and rubbers.
 
Sept 2012 - Current
  In-gallery Media Intern
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

» Maintained media equipment in the galleries such as iPods, touchscreens, and projectors. Recorded and organized an inventory of what equipment the New Media department had. During the three months, the Ori Gersht exhibit was underway. I shadowed the researching of appropriate equipment for the show and installing it.
 
May 2012 – Sept 2012
  Worker Ant
FTX Timberframing Project, Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, Virginia

» Had participated in a team to cut and raise raw lumber into parts of a timberframe structure. Skills required include knowledge of tools, techniques, capability to work with a team, and ability to follow directions and read blueprints. During the trip, had been exposed to how raw materials are converted into a structure. Had also been exposed briefly to how raw iron is converted into ore and used at a self-sufficient blacksmith shop.
 
Apr 2012
  ‘Re-Store’ Clerk
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, Massachusetts

» Volunteered to manage a school-integrated material swap-shop.
 
Jan 2012 – April 2012
  Department Curator
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, Massachusetts

» Organize the Sculpture Dept’s involvement in the All School Show. In charge of making decisions that represent MassArt’s sculpture department. Networking and planning skills were required in hosting the jurying process, hosting the opening, and maintaining organization among artists during the couple-month long process. Installation of work in the gallery included a fundamental understanding of lighting, architecture, equipment, conceptual understanding of presentation of the work (i.e. how the gallery ‘unfolds’ as you walk through).
 
Nov 2011 – Mar 2012
  Artist
Haystack Mountain School of Craft
Deer Isle, Maine

» Participated in collaborative art-making with a group of MassArt students during a four-day excursion.
 
Oct 2011
  Teaching Assistant - 'Invention Zone'
Eliot School of Art
Boston, Massachusetts

» Guided a group of children aged 8 - 12 to create simple electronic projects.
 
June 2011
  Selected Shows, Awards, and Commissions  
  Food Safe Molds commissioned by Pastry Chef Jared Bachellor, L’Espalier, Boston
 
Oct 2012 – Current
  Wrong Hole, Pt 1 – Student Life Gallery, MassArt, Boston
 
May 2012
  All School Show, Sculpture – Student Life Gallery, Massart, Boston
 
March 2012
  Haystack Exhibit – Artists’ Residence, MassArt, Boston
 
November 2011
  All School Show, SIM – Godine Family Gallery, MassArt, Boston
 
March 2011
  Ongoing Exhibition – Green Side Up Gallery, Allston
 
2010- 2012
  Collaborative Show – Gallery 119, Lowell
 
Oct 2010
  Opening Show – YesOuiSi, Boston
 
March 2010
  5/5 Collegeboard AP Art Portfolio
 
2009
 
  Shirley Lavoie Scholarship (run by Chelmsford Art Society)
 
March 2009
 
  Scholastic Art & Writing – Gold Key Portfolio
 
January 2009
 
  Scholastic Art & Writing - Silver Key
 
January 2009
 
  Scholastic Art & Writing – Honorable Mention
 
January 2009
 
  Art Allstate Participation
 
May 2008
 
  Scholastic Art & Writing - Silver Key
 
January 2008
 
  Scholastic Art & Writing - Honorable Mention
 
January 2008