Gwendolyn Holbrow
Joomla, Website Design and Maintenance,
Print Design, Writing and Editing
508-872-2047
Gwendolyn Holbrow is a freelance web and graphic designer, writer and editor, with expertise in Joomla, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign and more. To see website, writing and video production samples, please click the links at left.
Experience
- Web Editor, Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, 2010-present
- Webmaster, Framingham Public Access Corporation, 2008-2010
- Writer for Art New England, Boston, MA, 2007
- Writer for artsMedia magazine, Boston, MA, covering the arts in New England, 2002-2005
- Writer for Middlesex Beat magazine, Shirley, MA, covering the arts in Middlesex County, 2001-2005
- Instructor of sculpture, drawing, painting and ceramics at the Danforth Museum Art School, Framingham, MA, 2001-2007
- Sculptor, 2001-2007
- Writer for Main City magazine, Frankfurt, Germany; feature articles and a monthly column on children and family issues for the English-speaking community, 1996-1998
- Editor, writer, design and layout for American Women's Club of the Taunus magazine, Oberursel, Germany, 1991-97
- Freelance graphic design, writing and editing in Frankfurt, Germany, 1990-1998
Software Skills
Joomla, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe PremierPro, Adobe AfterEffects, Apple Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Word, Power Point, HTML, CSS, XTML; some PHP and Drupal
Education
- HTML, CSS and Java at Framingham State College, 2008
- Video production at Framingham Public Access Corporation, 2007-8
- BA in Studio Art and Art History, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA, 2001; 4.0 GPA
- Certified in German as a Foreign Language by the Goethe Institute, 1998
- Commercial Art, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin
- BA in Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with working knowledge of French
Selected Awards and Achievements
- Make Way for Calflings, Boston Cow Parade, 2006
- Best of Show, Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, 2004
- Cheryl di Mento Memorial Art History Essay Award, Framingham State College, 2001
- Listed in Who’s Who of American Women since 2002; Who’s Who in America since 2006
- Artist's Valentine Grant Competition winner in 2003 and 2006
Community Service
- Framingham Public Access Corporation Board of Directors
- Elected representative to Framingham Town Meeting
- Framingham Standing Committee on Education
For samples and more information, please click on the links at left.
