Tina Swearingen Mackin
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About
For more than 15 years, I've been creating fine and graphic art for logos, business materials, stationary and note cards, posters, magazines, and, of course, wall hanging. In the past year, I've placed my art on zazzle and cafepress items, such as pillows, phone and tablet cases, etc. My customers have included individuals, interior designers, boutiques, galleries, artists, mid-size companies, small business owners and corporations, as well as, schools and charities (donations).
Qualifications and Skills:
Watercolor
Ink
Acrylic
Mixed Media
Beadwork
Adobe Photoshop
Enthusiastic and cooperative
Creative and imaginative
Resourceful and motivated
Responsible and deadline motivated
Other internet presence in addition to links above:
zazzle: www.zazzle.com/smackinart
cafepress: www.cafepress.com/smackinartgifts
Pinterest: smackinart
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SmackinArt
Twitter: @smackinart
ArtFire: smackinart -
Education
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B.S. Liberal Arts Communications, MarketingUniversity of Tennessee at Martin1986 - 1990B.S. in Liberal Arts, communications major and business marketing minor
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Gibson County High School1982 - 1986College Prep
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Experience
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Owner & artistSmackinArtJan 2008 - Present (18 years 5 months)Originals, prints & note cards of watercolors paintings; mixed media, collage & bead artist; knit & jewelry artist. I manage two online shops, etsy and artfire; I have images on products in online marketplaces, cafepress and zazzle. My website is www.smackinart.com
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independent contractor/freelancerTina Swearingen MackinOct 2011 - Aug 2012 (10 months)Grant research projects for Summit Academy & Sacred Heart Academy.
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partnerHighlands Art StudioMar 2010 - Aug 2011 (1 year 5 months)I have joined 6 other artists in forming Highlands Art Studio, a cooperative art studio on Bardstown Road in the Highlands of Louisville, KY. I still operate as SmackinArt Studio.
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ownerfreelance writing, editing , prMar 1995 - Mar 2001 (6 years)provided graphic design, writing, editing, public relations, event planning, internal communications, collateral materials for various businesses small (20 employees to large over 1000) as a fee based service
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Marketing & Public Relations CoordinatorBaptist Hospital EastlMar 1993 - Mar 1995 (2 years)produced employee newsletter, collateral materials for all hospital products, wrote press releases, handled media relations
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national accounts marketing coordinatorEaton Financial Corporation1990 - 1992 (2 years)Designed and wrote lease product collateral materials for national accounts, regional employee newsletter, national accounts marketing materials & letters, marketing reports, regional marketing flyers and corporate transition team newsletter & communication materials. Coordinated employee special events for national accounts marketing group & the Tampa regional office.
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Awards
"18" poster Today's Woman Magazine Birthday, Today's Woman magazine "Powerful Woman to Watch;" "Fierce" cover Underwired Magazine; "Environmental Meltdown" poster top 4, traveling exhibition ArtofPolitics; "Pursonal" art series featured WAVE 3 Sunrise; "I'm not Freesia" KWS Aqueous USA
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Affiliations
Women in Networking III Louisville, Kentucky; various etsy teams
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@smackinart, member since 2010