Rainville Studio

Where Rainvilles share creative goods and services

Sam Michelle Rainville Art CV

SUMMARY

A multidisciplinary artist or polymath forging community through connection, communication, and compassion. Particular strengths in providing empathy, patience, creativity, as well as experience providing training, executive, administrative, marketing, and project management.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, SAM MICHELLE RAINVILLE, RAINVILLE STUDIO; WASHINGTON — 2023 – Present

  • Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Procreate, calendar, and email are daily.
  • Stickers, apparel, small home goods made for sale.
  • Sculptures, printmaking, painting and photography shown.
  • Developing content for personal and public usage. 
  • Graphic design: branding, logo design and development, and marketing material creation. 
  • Mural Design and painting.
  • Public art creation post inspirational community engagement planned and executed.
  • Leading Community Groups of all ages in activities.

ARTIST, GRAPIC DESIGNER, SCREEN PRINTER, MICHELLE RAINVILLE, MICHELLE OF MANY TRADES; WASHINGTON AND CALIFORNIA — 2014 – 2023

  • Graphic Design and Marketing
  • Small scale sculpture.
  • Jewelry
  • Papercutting

FINISH CARPENTER’S APPRENTICE, INTEGRITY DESIGN BUILD; CALIFORNIA — 2013 – 2014

  • Developed cutting and fitting skills, learned to precisely measure, and installed interior trim. 
  • Built, installed, and mounted furniture and cabinets. 
  • Assisted in the creation or renovation of kitchens and bathrooms.

PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE, LOCATIONS AND ART DEPARTMENT, INDEPENDENT; CALIFORNIA — 2012 – 2015

  • ART: Creating props, designing and decorating sets, and making movie magic on the fly.
  • LOCATIONS: Scouting and securing locations, solving problems with the public, researching permitting local to the area, and maintaining calm on set.

COMPOSTING EDUCATOR AND CO-FOUNDER, MOBOKASHI; CALIFORNIA — 2012 – 2014

  • Lead workshops teaching fermentation style composting in various settings: one-on-one, small and large group, corporate and private trainings.

EDUCATION

CITY OF REDMOND, REDMOND, WA USA – 2023 — Public Art Intensive East

BELLEVUE COLLEGE, BELLEVUE, WA USA – 2022 — 2023 — Three-Dimensional Design, Individual Projects in Art

CITY OF BELLEVUE, BELLEVUE, WA USA – 2021 — Bellevue Essentials 2021

PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CA USA – 2017 – 2019 — Introduction to Electronic Prepress (Illustrator/Photoshop) Techniques for Screenprinting, Beginning Screenprinting on Textiles and Paper, Advanced Screenprinting on Textiles and Paper, Color and Composition – Two Dimensional Design

LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA – 2011 — Foundational Drawing

BOSTON UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, MA, USA – 1999 – 2003 — BA in Political Science with Public Policy focus

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Downtown Seattle Art Walk – Fathom Gallery Guest Artist, Seattle, WA, USA

2024 10x10x10xTieton, Tieton, WA USA

2024 Miniatures Gallery at Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, WA USA

2024 “Geographies: Identity in Design” Mithun, Seattle, WA, USA

2023 Downtown Redmond Art Walk Redmond, WA, USA

2019 Seattle Punk Rock Flea Market, Seattle, WA, USA

2019 Group Exhibition, Open Press Project, Kölner Graphikwerkstatt, Cologne, Germany

2019 Event Art Showcase, Buds and Bosses, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2018 Group Exhibition, Little Acorn Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2011 Event Art Showcase, The Good Hurt, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2011 Group Exhibition, Alice in Wonderland 2, The Hive, Los Angeles, CA, USA

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2022 Three Dimensional Design, “Children’s museum woodworking tools”, Bellevue College Group Project, woodworking together to create a complete display – mallet, saw, nails, and chisels.

2009 — Present “Rainville works”, creativity while collaborating with Ren Rainville (paintings, sculpture, stickers, photography, construction, and dance).

2017 – 2019 Cottage Co-Operative Nursery School, School’s Instagram, collaboration with photo taking staff member, developing content, and publishing it.

COLLECTIONS

Open Press Project, Cologne, Germany

Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Private Collection, Manila, Philippines

TEACHING

2023 – Present: Girl Scout Meeting Troop co-leader of K-3 scouts

2023 – Present: Elementary School Library volunteer 

2023: Workshop leader – Subjects included: art, grief, collaging, memory, mental health, math, and science

2023: 2nd Grade Literacy Helper and Lunch Recess Assistant

2022: 2nd Grade Literacy Helper and Lunch Recess Assistant

2022: 1st Grade Literacy Helper and Lunch Recess Assistant

2020 – 2021: Kindergarten and 1st Grade Homeschool Teacher

2019: Parent Educator, Woodland Park Co-Operative Preschool

2017 – 2019: Parent Educator, Cottage Co-Operative Nursery School

2012 – 2014: Composting Educator, Mobokashi

2002 – 2003: Literacy Tutor, Boston University Initiative for Literacy Development

2001 – 2002: Teacher’s Assistant and Corps Member, Jumpstart Americorps