MICHELLE RAINVILLE
SUMMARY
Michelle-of-many trades forging community through connection, communication,
creativity, and compassion. Particular strengths in providing empathy, patience, creativity,
as well as experience providing training, executive, administrative, marketing, and project
management support.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
CREATIVE, MICHELLE RAINVILLE;
WASHINGTON AND CALIFORNIA - PRESENT-2010
Creating stickers, apparel, paintings, small home goods, sculptures, and photography for
sale. Researching and creating content for personal and public usage. Graphic design:
branding, logo design and development, and marketing material creation. Online and
event sales and marketing.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE, LOCATIONS AND ART DEPARTMENT, INDEPENDENT;
LOS ANGELES, CA - 2015-2012
Creating props, designing and decorating sets, and making movie magic on the fly.
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;
LOS ANGELES, CA - 2014-2012
Lead workshops teaching fermentation style composting in various settings: one-oneone,
small and large group, corporate and private trainings.
FINISH CARPENTER’S APPRENTICE, INTEGRITY DESIGN BUILD;
MDR, CA - 2014-2013
Developed cutting and fitting skills, learned to precisely measure, and installed interior
trim. Built, installed, and mounted furniture and cabinets. Assisted in the renovation of
kitchens and bathrooms.
EDUCATION
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CA USA - 2017-2019
• Introduction to Electronic Prepress Techniques for Screenprinting - Training in Adobe Photoshop
and Adobe Illustrator
• Beginning and Advanced Screenprinting on Textiles
• Color and Composition - Two Dimensional Design
rainville.studio or michelleofmanytrades.com
LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA - 2011
• Foundational Drawing
• Web Design Basics: Dreamweaver
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, MA, USA - 1999-2003
• BA in Political Science with Public Policy focus
• Graphic Design
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Group Exhibition, Open Press Project, Kölner Graphikwerkstatt, Cologne, Germany
2019 Two-Person Art Exhibition, Buds and Bosses, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Group Exhibition, Little Acorn Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2011 Two-person Exhibition, The Good Hurt, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2011 Group Exhibition, Alice in Wonderland 2, The Hive, Los Angeles, CA, USA
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2017-2019 Cottage Co-Operative Nursery School, Instagram (creation of content,
photography and editing, and publishing with Jason Ballard)
COLLECTIONS
Open Press Project, Cologne, Germany
Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Private Collection, Manila, Philippines
TEACHING
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
REFERENCES ON REQUEST