After a design career in home-base Seattle as well as
Boston and New York- where clients included Estée
Lauder, Philip Morris, K3 (Amtrak) and Good Morning
America - I now live in Athens, Greece.
POET
Published in BuzzWords /England, February/March 2001
2nd prize winner, Bard of the Forest Poetry Performance
Competition, Lymington, New Forest, England, October
2000
1997 to present: Coordinate and produce the monthly
English language poetry series at Compendium Books,
Athens
Poetry
Coordinator, Compendium
Books 1997 to Present. Select
featured readers for monthly readings, write all advertising
copy and secure newspaper coverage as well as perform
my own poetry on occasion. (Poets and Writers,
November 2001)
Kathimerini (English edition) One Man's Fur Coat...
Full-page
feature article, October 1, 1999.
Hellenic Times, 30 feature articles, January
through December, 1998. Includes stories on life in
Greece, profiles, literary features including essays
on Poetry and translation. Fourteen weekly "Community
Pages" of local and European Community issues such
as Privacy, Family Issues, charities and foundations.
Octopus Fishing in Ancient Epidavros
16-22/1 My Summer with Babis Part I
6-12/2 My Summer with Babis Part II
13-19/2 Greek Food and the God of Hospitality
27-5/3 Philoxenia Transplanted: Nana
Loiselle in New York27/3-3/4 Tolo, Athens Playground April-No Longer the Cruelest
Month for Poetry 10-16/4 Faces from The Markets at Argos
& Napflion 10-16/4 The Moving Finger Writes,
But... 1-7/5 Mandra: Village Life Today
15-21/5 Kirsti Simonsuuri: Poet, Scholar,
Writer 19-25/6/98 The Gang at Lefty’s: A
Village within a Village in Athens 3-9/7 Translation of the Century...
24-30/7 Plotting a Course for
Adventure: How- And Why- to take a Yachting Holiday
7-13/8 Warm Hearts and Skillful Women
7-13/8 Modern Issues: The Right
to Privacy/ Community 14-20/8 Paradise is Where You
Find It: The Birthing of a Book 14-20/8 The Future of the Family
(The Child is Man’s.../ Community 21-27/8 International Orthodox
Christian Charities/ Community 28/8-4/9 Importing an Automobile
into Greece/ Community 4-10/9 Protecting Privacy/ Community
11-17/9 Protecting Privacy II:
The Cultural Side of the
Conference/ Community 18-24/9 Reach Out and Touch Someone/
Community 25-1/10 The Bills You Pay/Community
9-15/10 Books, Books and More
Books/ Community 16-22/10 Care Hellas- Helping Children
Build Futures for Themselves/Community 23-29/10 Cookies in Candyland/
Community 30- 5/11 Xenophobia/ Community
12-18/11
The Athens News, Short Story, published Summer
1998.
EDITING
Kathimerini, Freelance Copy Editor, vacation,
etc. fill-in. Dec. 1998. Hellenic Star, Freelance Copy Editor, Feb. March,
April 1999. Private clients. To Present. Edit, with some
re-writing, short stories and novels. Samples available.
*1993-1997 Seattle, Washington
Poet Regularly featured poet at Seattle poetry
venues: readings at: The O.K. Hotel, Barnes and Noble
books, Mercer Island Arts Council, The Globe Cafe, Kismet
Cafe, Writers Reading Time series, etc ...
Macintosh Computer Design and Desktop Publishing
Includes clients Marine Guard, SuperWater (Business
Manuals), Dancing Cat Productions, among others
*1985-1993
New York, NY
FREELANCE
ART CLIENTS
Macintosh Computer Design and Desktop Publishing
1992-1993: Shearman and Sterling (International Law
Offices) (Desk-Top Publishing); Time Warner: Time, Money,
and Entertainment Weekly magazines (word processing)
1990-1993: Jordan Education Media (Twentieth-Century
Fox's educational posters and teaching aids for FernGully,
the movie); Giorgio's hair salons; ZWET-RUITEN floral
importers; St. Bartholomew's Church
PUBLISHING/ PRINT PRODUCTION
Design, paste-up and mechanicals for brochures, newsletters,
books, yearly reports, newspapers
Smith Personnel (Freelance Art Agency) 1987-1989:
Among Others: Alaine Type; Bergdorf Goodman; DC 37 News;
Field Art Studios; Great Scott Advertising; K III Publications
(International Thompson Transport Press/AMTRAK); International
Nickel Company (INCO); Marris Graphics; McGraw Hill
Publishing; The New York Observer; On-Line Software;
Scott Printing; Upper East Side Resident (News); Warner,
Bicking, Fenwick Advertising
Cableview Publications Art Director (3-10 days
/month). 1986-1988: Dallas/Houston Cable TV Guide, High
Net Satellite TV Guide. Paste-up, mechanicals, layout;
supervised art production (up to ten artists)
DESIGN
Includes airbrush, sculpture, model building and screen
printing (color mixing and matching, color separations
and screen making)
CD-ROM Designer-Writer CD-Rom Completed
December 1, 1999 for the SealCoat Corporation The Thessalonki
Sewage Treatment Plant and SealCoat Environmentally
Friendly Marine Antifouling Products. Written in Greek
and English. Combines photographic stills and video
footage, company logos, newspaper and magazine articles,
etc. to tell the story of the SealCoat Corporation's
environmentally friendly products and how they are being
used on a public design project in Thessaloniki. I designed
and oversaw the project, its direction and overall "look;"
selected graphics and photographs; researched, developed
and wrote story lines, including scientific and technical;
did photography for one section; supervised 2 translators
(from English to Greek) and one computer operator.
ABC-TV Good Morning America Graphics Department,
1987-
1989. Selected and procured photos for use on show,
worked with writers, producers, and Paintbox artists
Estée Lauder 1986-1988. Designed and printed
T-shirts, invitations, menus, signs, banners. Sculpture
design and manufacture: 1) Eyezone Repair Gel: product
enlargement currently on display in seven world markets.
2) Soft sculpture Fiber Optic "flowers'': table
decor on display in Kenya after eight-country tour.
Philip Morris Banners for traveling anti-discrimination
display
Titan Foods Hand cut, airbrushed signage in Greek
and English
A.I. Friedman Art Supplies. Designed 9-color
T-shirt. Designed and installed window display.
Boston Massachusetts 1982-1985
Freelance artwork, custom design and screen printing
Designed and built 2-color, 3 platen t-shirt printer;
fabric printing tables for yardage and smaller pieces;
light table for on-going freelance business, employing
up to 8 people part time and one full time. Designed
artwork, printed and manufactured custom screen-printed
textiles, t-shirts, tote bags, fabric lengths, license
plates, aprons, painters' caps curtains, business cards,
brochures and posters
R. Bullowa, Screen Printer / Color Tree Boston,
Boston Massachusetts, 1981-1983 Master Dyer/ Plant Manager Supervised all operations
of the Boston-based studio/ manufacturing facility.
Responsible for creating new color lines and color formulas
and supervising dye baths for all-cotton fashion accessories
and clothing; designed T-shirt art, liased with /color
Tree's retail locations. Aggressively sought wholesale
clientele; recruited and hired employees
Seattle Washington 1976-1981 Freelance artwork, custom design and screen printing
Designed and screen-printed fabric lengths, wallpapers,
totes, t-shirts and posters. Built fabric printing tables
for yardage. Hired two part time employees and one full
time with as many as ten additional employees on a per-job
basis
Quilt Exhibits, Seattle Washington, 1975-1978
Originator and Producer. Exhibited personal collection
of antique quilts in Washington State and Arkansas with
Bicentennial recognition. Researched, bought, sold quilts.
Designed, produced and sold (including wholesale) exhibition-related
posters and cards; developed all advertising and public
relations, securing coverage in all major newspapers,
radio and television stations in the areas of exhibits.
Reviewed in Artweek. Coordinated all aspects of exhibits,
including liaison with sponsoring groups, printers,
framers, show personnel; designed and hung small exhibition
spaces (large exhibits designed and hung by Thom Adkins)
City of Seattle and United Way of Seattle, King County
1972-1975
Grantsman/Planner. Negotiated budgets with Federal
and State agencies to procure moneys, developed and
monitored nutritional program for the elderly, worked
with Mayor's office and City Council for approval.
WRITING
Includes Grant Proposals, Business Proposals, novels,
articles, business correspondence, brochures, copy writing
Publications: The Vinegar Book, Brown Bag Books, Seattle,
Washington, 1981
EDUCATION
Jackson College for Women (Tufts University) B.A.
Boston Museum School of Fine Arts - Various art classes
toward degree
Factory of Visual Arts, Seattle, Washington - Screen
printing and print production
Seminars - Management by Objective, Time Management,
Sales
Eleni
Vainas in Seattle in 1976.
Eleni
Vainas in Seattle in 1976.
Quilt
Jacket from her private collection made out
of cigar ribbons.