ELIZABETH A. AMIDON       amipro@mac.com

                          http://www.lizamidon.net

EDUCATION:

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE: Merit Scholar; MFA Sculpture May 2006

SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE: A.A. Graphic Design: 98, Art: 00, Multimedia: 01

      UNIV. OF CALIF. SANTA CRUZ B.A.: BIOLOGY 1976

CERTIFICATE: COM TV Public Access Broadcast Production

Multi Media Software Skills: Illustrator, PhotoShop, PageMaker, Quark Express, PowerPoint, Dreamweaver and Flash and Interactive CD with Director.

      Video: Premiere, Final Cut Pro, After Effects.

      Audio: Cakewalk & Sound Forge.

Photography: Digital, Beg. and Advance Photography, Digital Darkroom and Color Management.

Art Classes: Collage, Drawing, 2D & 3D Design, Acrylic, Oil and Watercolor   Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Book Arts, Figure Drawing and Installation and Performing Art.

Art History: Medieval, Renaissance, Roman & Modern Art History, Understanding Art, Art Criticism and Art theory.

AWARDS:     Winner of the 1997 UCSB Date book Cover Design Contest

Finalist Photographer’s Forum Competition; Feb. 2000, Feb. 2004

WORK HISTORY: PHOTOGRAPHY, GRAPHIC DESIGN AND MULTIMEDIA

01/06-Present         SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

                      Adjunct Faculty; Photography

                      SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

08/99-12/99           Teaching Assistant; Digital Photography

                      SANTA BARBARA FAMILY LIFE MAGAZINE

01/99-05/99           Graphic Designer

                      LIZZIE A DESIGNS

04/98-Present         Self-employed Graphic & Design Business

WORK HISTORY: MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANT

                      PI BETA PHI SORORITY AT UCSB

09/87-Present         House Director

03/93-03/98           Financial Advisor/Bookkeeper  

                      UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA        

11/94–01/97           Assistant 2; Art Studio Department (Financial)  

01/88-06/91           Assistant 1; Geology Department (Financial)

WORK HISTORY: RETAIL AND MANAGEMENT

                      UNITS: LA CUMBRE PLAZA

04/88-09/88           Store Manager (Staffing and Training)       

                      GALLERIA SHOPPING CENTER        

09/87-03/88           Mall Manager (Advertising, and Business Management)    

12/85-03/88           Merona Store; Store Manager Buyer and Sales Clerk

WORK HISTORY: BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

                      DMA SYSTEMS

01/85-08/85           Manager, Quality Assurance; Computer Mfg. 

12/83-01/85           Manager, Process Quality Engineering; Computer Mfg.

                      AMERICAN HEYER-SCHULTE  

07/83-12/83           Regulatory Affairs Analyst; Medical Devices       

01/83-07/83           Biomedical Market Analyst; Medical Devices        

11/80-01/83           Procurement QA Supervisor; Medical Devices

                      COX-UPHOFF INTERNATIONAL

08/79-11/80           Marketing Product Supervisor; Medical Devices    

MCGHAN MEDICAL CORPORATION

07/77-09/78           Quality Assurance Auditor; Medical Devices        

07/76-07/77           Product Sterilization Supervisor; Medical Devices

WORK HISTORY: NATURAL SCIENCES             

                      COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

06/76-09/76           Agricultural Biologist

                      UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ

08/75-09/75           Teaching Assistant; Field Botany     

06/74-09/74           Researcher; NSF Grant    

10/73-06/75           Research Assistant; Pollination Ecology    

                      SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

09/76-12/76           Adult Education Instructor; Medicinal Edible Plants    

09/75-06/73           Teaching Assistant; Botany 1  

01/71-06/73           Lab Assistant; Botany Dept. Gardening and Greenhouse

                      HOPKINS MARINE STATION: STANFORD UNIVERSITY

01/70-01/71           Assistant Curator; Marine Botany Herbarium