About the Artist

Edelweiss S. Calcagno,   Kensington, MD

LATEST EXPERIENCE Towson University Towson, MD August 26 2016 to present Assistant to head of the Art Department Making sure everything is ready for entrance of new MFA students. Preparing documents for head of the department. Organizing midterms and final exams for MFA students. Introducing artist and student to Towson University. University of Maryland College Park, MD January 2015 to June 1st 2016 Volunteer monitor in: Printmaking / Screen Printing / Etching Making sure that the machines are functioning for the students to be able to use them. Help student when they encounter problems. Advise students in their work and help them solve the difficulty that they encounter. University of Maryland College Park, MD August 2015 to October 20th, 2016 Tutor in Italian and French and Art Teach Italian, French and Art to students who encounter some difficulties in either subject. Teaching students grammar, vocabulary, proper pronunciation, reading. Correcting exams and compositions, translations and interpret. Teaching drawing, paintings, and mixed media. Frame bridge Laham, MD 15 December 2015 to 31 December Seasonal job: In art, finishing, hardware, packaging and shipping departments. EDUCATION Fall 2016 to Present Towson University, Towson, MD Working on Masters in Fine Art. 2014 to Present University of Maryland College Park, MD 06/07/2016 Bachelors CUM LAUDE degree in Fine Art. GPA 3.867. Working on Art History Bachelors (1classes left), Italian Bachelors (4 classes left) and French Bachelors (10 classes left). 163 credits earned by fall 2016. Scholarships – Cesarina Horing Award – Italian Cultural Society. Deans list: Honor Spring and Fall Semesters, 2014, 2015. Spring 2016. Member of the Italian Honors Society, as from Spring 2016, at University of Maryland. 2010 to 2016 Montgomery College Takoma Park, MD 08/01/2016 Associate Degree in Fine Art CUM LAUDE. Member of Phi Theta Kappa. Member of Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian Honor Society. Recipient of 2012 and 2013 Dr. Harry Harden Jr. Student Academic excellence Award. Deans List: Honor Spring and Fall Semesters:2011, 2012, 2013. 2001 to 2003 Italian Institute for Art and Restoring Art Rome, Italy High Distinction in Restoring Paintings on Canvas and Wood. 1999 to 2001 Academy Constantin Meunier Brussels, Belgium Certificate with High Distinction in Paintings and History of Art. 1989 Baccalaureate at the European School in Languages Brussels, Belgium Fluent spoken languages: Italian, French and English. OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCES AND JOBS Montgomery College Tacoma Park, MD January 2013 to December 2015 Physics Department: creation of outdoors sculptures and painting representing the Solar System and Pluto in walking parkour of the planets. Montgomery College Tacoma Park, MD January 2013 to May 2013 Phi Theta Kappa: tutor of high school students, teaching them to sand wood for a sculpture representing one of the planets in the Solar System parcour of Montgomery College. Ophelia Vintage, Rockville, MD: creation of sculptures, accessories and jewelry steam-punk style art. Honors Internship - partnership with AHCMC (Art and Humanities Council of Montgomery County), Silver Spring, MD, 2012. Controled condition of the art piece, evaluatee safety and repair requirements to preserve and display artwork; updated database for inventory and survey of Public Art (sculptures, paintings and murals outdoors and indoors, in Silver Spring, Takoma Park and Rockville. Volunteer, Restoration and conservation of original artworks, paintings and murals, created by prisoners incarcerated in Washington, DC, for Phi Theta Kappa project. Staff Volunteer - Montgomery Art Association, Silver Spring, MD, 2007- 2010. Staff volunteer, assist with painting exhibitions. Private contractor and consultant in Italy, Belgium, and USA from 1998 to present. Art restoration. Restored paintings, frames, small sculptures for private collectors. Projects included cleaning and restoration of paintings by Anthony Quinn. Worked for the European Union, the Parliament and law firms in Brussels from 1994-2002. Secretary trilingual (English, Italian and French) and assistant various directors, doing also translations and interpreter for these companies. COMPUTER SKILLS AND OTHER Power point, photoshop, Microsoft words. Types 220 letters/per minute in English, French and Italian. EXHIBITIONS, ARTICLES, AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS Contemporary Art Gallery Online 4th place in Competition on Colors prints with exposure on their website. University of Maryland annual exhibition, June 1st, 2015, August 31st, 20

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