Todd Stong Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia

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Greater Philadelphia Area

+ Teach SAT study strategies to classes of high school juniors and seniors through three-hour prep sessions.+ Build individual relationships by providing feedback on test performances and creating student-specific study strategies through emails and in-person meetings before and after class sessions.

Phoenixville, Pa

+ Taught introductory observational oil and acrylic painting techniques to a class of adult students meeting once a week through the Fall semester.+ Provided individual feedback and advice for future projects.

Pawtucket, Ri

+ Researched and interviewed artists in the Pawtucket and surrounding areas to write profiles on 26 works of public art.+ Created an interactive map using Google Maps application and Flickr, using original photos edited for a professional look.+ Began preliminary research on policy of implementation and upkeep of public art for general use by the Pawtucket city government.+ Assisted in various projects as needed around the office.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

+ Worked all hours of the day to build community for roughly 30 students at a time through orientation tours, facilitating weekly activities, mediating conflicts, and answering questions relating to Brown, college life, and the Providence area.+ Presented hour long lessons on time management and social skills as part of a weekly College Success Lecture Series and Beyond the Book Series.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

+ Taught technique and aesthetics for woodcut printing under Professor Leslie Bostrom, offering critique and artistic advice to students in a workshop setting.+ Provided general assistance to the professor while in the workshop.+ Lectured on pertinent art historical slide samples for an assignment in the professor's Drawing with Watercolor course.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

+ Maintained a safe working environment, assisting students with construction of canvas frames and any power tools available for use in the studio, such as the nail gun and table saw. + Carried out duties around the studio as requested by supervisors.

Providence, Ri

+ Selected by committee of high school students to serve as a mentor/teacher during afterschool hours. + Provided safe space for open dialogue on a variety of subjects such as class, race, and sexuality. + Designed and taught project lessons in drawing, painting, and creative writing, molding curriculum to specific student needs. + Advised and counseled seniors and juniors regarding college applications.

Brown University

+ Managed all major functions of a highly selective literary magazine, including: general on-campus publicity, recruitment and training of new editors, solicitation of submissions for magazine content, final selections for all content, copy editing, magazine design, and publication and distribution.+ Recruited 11 new editors from a field of 55 applicants.+ Solicited over 300 submissions for each of the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 issues.+ Led group meetings and managed financials for a $6000.00 budget.+ Trained 2 Junior Editors to take the reigns in coming semesters and direct the magazine according to their personal vision.

Brown University

+ Organized all major undergraduate events in the Visual Arts department, including Open Studios, the Annual Brown Student Exhibition, the Stairwell Painting Party, and assorted visiting artist lectures.+ Founded a Sketchbook Club with $300 budget per semester as a safe meeting space for students to practice drawing skills and relax at the end of the day with food and conversation.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

+ Filed student schedules and information, answered phone calls and walk-in inquiries, registered students for summer camp and regular classes, designed an advertisement for the Center's summer camp, and organized sales and summer camp schedules.+ Assisted other teachers in the studios and answered parent inquiries.+ Designed and taught 2-hour lessons on abstract expressionism to students ages 6-14.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Visual Arts And Literary Arts

Magna Cum Laude and with Honors in Visual Arts Studied abroad at University of Paris St. Denis in Fall of 2012.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: The Voice (Newspaper) -- Columnist and Copy Editor; Literary Magazine -- Chief Editor; Academic Showdown League.