Jennifer Awes    
    awejen@bethel.edu    
         
Education:   B.A., Technical Theatre, 2003, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN.    
         
Professional Experience:        
    Art:    
    “Four Corners and the Cathedral: A Study of Light and Place,” Local Color’s First Annual Juried Plein-Air Art Project, July - Oct., 2005.    
    Illustrator of Hooray for Minnesota Winters, Questmarc publishing, 2005    
    Fellow in Post-Baccalaureate Art Program, Bethel University, fall 2004.    
    Cover art for Life in Body journal, Cathedral Hill Press, fall 2004.    
    Designed and created album art for Wesley Burdine’s “This is How I Discovered Gold,” 2003.    
         
    Published Articles:    
    Avenues: Saint Paul’s News and Arts Monthly, Vol. 33, No. 3, Oct. 2005, “Capturing Cathedral Hill on Canvas,” p. 27-28.    
         
    Exhibitions:    
  2005 -"Altered Books", Metropolitan State College, Minneapolis, MN, Sept.    
    -"Four Corners and the Cathedral: A Study of Light and Place," Oct.-Nov.    
    -"Bookish", Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN, July-August.    
    -"Stations of the Cross", Louvin Gallery House of Mercy, St. Paul, MN, April.    
    -"A-K Bring a Hotdish", Bethel University Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition, 9th Street Entry Gallery, St. Paul, Feb.-Apr.    
    -"City Seen", The Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, Dec.-Feb.    
         
  2004 St. Paul Art Crawl, Fall.    
         
   2003  "Grafted," Bethel University Thesis Exhibition.    
    St. Paul Art Crawl, Spring.    
         
    Theatre:    
    Bethel University, St. Paul, Production Manager, May 2004 – present.    
   
Stepping Out, Oct.-Nov. 2005, Set Designer and Scene Painter.    
   
Scotland Road, Oct. – Nov. 2005, Set Designer and Scene Painter.    
    Technical Assistant, January 2000-May 2003.    
   
Zoo Story, Jan. 2004, Set Designer and Scene Painter.    
    Hodge Podge Theatre Company at the 4th Street Theatre, St. Paul, Aug-Sept. 2005    
   
The Importance of Being Earnest -Set Designer and Scene Painter.    
    Fringe Festival, Aug. 2005    
   
American Blue Jeans -Scenic Designer.    
    Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Minneapolis, Sept. 2002 – Nov. 2002, Intern; Dec. 2002 – present, Production Technician per diem.    
   
Hamlet -assisted scenic artist, set crew and prop master.    
   
Circus of Tales -assisted scenic artist and prop master.    
     Melete: A Women’s Art Collective, Set Designer and Scene Painter.    
   
 
Literature of the Oppressed, July 2003    
   
 
Illumination, Jan. 2002    
   
  
Feminine Fire, Nov. 2001    
     Hey City Theatre, St. Paul, Production Technician.    
   
 
Smokey Joe’s Café, Feb. – Apr. 2001    
   
 
Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding, Jan. 2001    
         
 Volunteer Work:        
    Free Arts Minnesota, Program Volunteer, Summer 2004 – present.    
    St. John’s Hospital, Surgery Waiting and Spiritual Care, Nov. 2003 – Oct. 2004.    
     Woodland Hills Church, Infants and Toddlers Childcare, Feb. 2003 – July 2003.    
    Twin Cities Crisis Nursery, Childcare, Fall 1999.