Melissa Woods

572 Putnam Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139; (781) 591-9912; melissajywoods@gmail.com

Education

School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA

Post-baccalaureate Certificate; 2010.

Wellesley College Wellesley, MA

BA with honors
Major: Studio Art, 3.59; Minor: Philosophy; 2008.
Concentration: Drawing, Printmaking, Mixed-media, Installation

Work Experience

Clefnotes Concert Journal For The Arts Chicago, IL

Contributor March 2009 – January 2010
Writing articles for an internationally-distributed arts journal, containing updates on arts and culture happenings
throughout the world. Served as the magazine’s Boston liaison, sent on assignments to major art institutions in the Greater
Boston area, from museums to concert halls to performance schools.

Gallery 263 Cambridge, MA

Gallery Assistant/Art Scout/Blog Master March 2009 – December 2009
Traveling to studios and other art spaces in the Greater Boston Area to seek out new talent to represent and/or exhibit at
Gallery 263, a small non-profit art gallery. Also writing reviews of these discoveries on the gallery’s blog, booking music
and other performances for the gallery space, curating shows and miscellaneous other tasks to keep the gallery working
and successful.

The Somerville News Somerville, MA

Contributor/Intern February – October 2009
Writing primarily arts/ entertainment/ culture articles biweekly for Somerville’s top local newspaper.

The Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub Cambridge, MA

Server August 2008 – January 2009
Multi-tasking and conciliating agitated persons on all fronts, while remaining a bright, cheerful and efficient worker.
Duties include taking orders, serving food, and restocking materials necessary for restaurant and bar service.charge

Singapore National Library Board, Speak Good English Movement

Singapore
Creative Intern Summer 2007
Conceptualized and wrote the creative brief for the Speak Good English Campaign 2007, produced illustrations for central
campaign themes, and worked closely with professional illustrator and project manager to realize and effectively
articulate creative concept. Also researched, collated and analyzed previous campaign strategies to determine new
campaign’s approach, and performed administrative tasks essential to overall campaign cohesion and organization.

MonArt School of the Arts Seattle, WA

Childrens’ Art Teacher/ Office Assistant Summer 2006
Helped open two art schools in Bellevue and Mercer Island. After opening, prepared lesson plans, conducted art classes
for children ages 9-11, prepared art for display, and shared in designing and distributing marketing/publicity materials for
owner of franchise.

The Singapore Art Museum

Singapore
Curatorial Intern Summer 2004
Attended appraisal meetings, kept records and helped curate upcoming exhibitions.

Exhibitions

2010 The Post-Bacc. Show 2010, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Mission Hill Building, Boston MA
2010 Videre, Laconia Gallery, Boston MA
2010 SMFA Annual Juried Drawing Show (winner), The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Main Building,
Boston MA
2010 Figure It Out, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Mission Hill Building, Boston MA
2009 Artwork by Melissa Woods, The Lily Pad, Cambridge, MA
2008 Studio Thesis exhibition and site built installation, Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley, MA
2006 Onion, Jewett Arts Center Main Gallery, Wellesley, MA
2004 Featured Artworks by Melissa J. Woods, Coffee Talk, Honolulu, HI
2004 Student Art Achievement Award Winners, Neiman Marcus, Honolulu, HI
2003 Imitations of Kandinsky, Laser Eye Center of Hawaii LLC, Honolulu, HI

Other Activities

Habitat For Humanity

Helping with weekly construction of “simple, decent and affordable” housing for those in need

Davis Museum Student Association, Wellesley College

Art Department Student Representative, designed most flyers used for the organization’s public events

Aeolus Illustrator, Wellesley College

Illustrated for the Wellesley College literary magazine

Counterpoint Writer and Illustrator, Wellesley College

Wrote and illustrated for the Wellesley-MIT collaborative journal

Imua Iolani Arts and Entertainment Editor, Iolani School

Edited the Arts and Entertainment section of the Iolani High School newspaper. Introduced a “Featured Artist” blurb,
and wrote most music and movie reviews for the paper.

Skills

-Fine artist, with experience in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, metalworking, installation, video,
mixed media and digital media
-Speaks advanced Spanish, intermediate Mandarin and basic Italian
-Excellent writer; communicates concisely and effectively, loves proofreading and editing
-High energy, eloquent and friendly; well-suited to customer service and marketing/public relations
-Macintosh and PC; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash; Acrobat; Macromedia Dreamweaver; Microsoft Office
References
Phyllis McGibbon
Professor of Studio Art
Art Department, Jewett Arts Center
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
781 283-3364 (office)
pmcgibbon@wellesley.edu

Nicolas de Warren
Professor of Philosophy
21 Wellesley College Road
Philosophy Department
1-781-283-2993
ndewarre@wellesley.edu

Ms. Jennifer Yin

Director, Community Partnerships and Outreach
National Library Board, Singapore
+65-9-0664128
+65-6-3424410
jennifer_yin@nlb.gov.sg