Caressa Givens

Tour MPS schools as a representative of the WI Bicycle Federation, educating young people about safe and confident cycling practices in accordance with state and nationwide cycling and motorist laws.

I worked with communities in need of basic access to transportation, managed the social media platform as well and print and digital campaigns (conceptualization and production), and spearheaded the rebuild of the current website completed in 2017.

I worked with communities in need focusing on transit access
I also worked in a creative team to develop digital and print campaigns
managed social media, and re-built the current website in 2017.

-Research and create lesson plans for high school level artists
-Weekly school days spent in the classroom educating
-Create provided projects along side student artists
-Attend regular meetings involving student artists and citywide public art projects
relating to topics such as social justice, land stewardship, and neighborhood
preservation.

I've had the great opportunity to work with public artist and former professor Jill Sebastian on a project commissioned by the University of Madison Wisconsin.

Union South is a beautiful addition to UW-Madison the building has been designed to last longer than myself and it has many eco friendly features.
As a team member I aided in sculptural building for the unions's hearth piece and also contributed many hours to the development of the northeast entrances etched glass prairie scape.

Each piece of glass had been hand cut from a mask and etched onto the large glass window panes. http://cwerks.tumblr.com/page/7

Hosted a diversity of activities from gallery shows, to performances, and book releases.
Along with three others, I co-managed the space in public relations, curatorial function, and preparatory function.

rode and promoted CCR as an ambassador to the city by bike.
Performed daily duties such as maintained bicycles, web inquiries, design projects, public relations, and scheduling.

- Historic restoration (commercial and residential).
- Painting: trompe l'oeil, commercial and residential interiors, faux and fine finishes.
- Wood, plastic and metal fabrication; trade shows, commercial kiosks.
- Large format print preparation an installation.
- Digital image correction, photo documentation, and web-promotion.
- General office duties, filing accounts, phone inquiries, and appointments.

Milwaukee Inst. of Art and Design

-Set up and take down of temporary exhibits (involves use of hand and power tools, AV, lighting,etc.
-Packing and shipping of art works
-cataloging permanent collections
-preparing labels and insurance/liability contracts for artists and their works