Marcela Sinnett

Education:
2023-Expected date 2025 MFA in Studio Art, Georgia Southern University
2012-2016 BA of Fine Arts Animation, Savannah College of Art and Design

Gallery Exhibits
2024 ‘Cielo y Tierra’, Group Exhibition |  Savannah Cultural Art Center , Savannah, GA
2024 ‘Focus on Fibers’, Group Exhibition | Menino Arts Center, Boston, MA
2024 CVA Resident, Group Exhibition |  Quad Gallery, Chautauqua Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY
2024 CAT Gallery, Group Exhibition |  Savannah, GA
2024 Greener Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Savannah, GA
2024 ‘One by One’, Group Exhibition |  Gallery 2424, Savannah, GA
2024 B.I.G Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Statesboro, GA

Residencies and Workshops
2024 Chautauqua School of Art | Summer Residency, Chautauqua NY
2024-25 Tybee’s community Garden, Savannah, GA
Will lead a collaborative initiative with permaculture expert Ben Chaffee, Loop It Up, Sulfur’s Studio, and the City of Tybee to explore the historical and cultural parallels between El Salvador's indigo production and that of the American South, with a focus on developing educational workshops for cultivating, processing, and dyeing indigo.
2023 Quinta Esencia | Residency, S.S, El Salvador
I learned from local artisans with indigenous ancestry on various methods of indigo-based natural dyeing techniques from Nahuizalco.

Press
2024 Indigo II Mural Review: Tybee Beautification Association, Facebook Post
2024 Avritt Award in Research and Teaching: "Five Scholars Honored with Top Graduate Student Award," Georgia Southern Magazine
2024 Indigo I Mural Review: Tybee Beautification Association, Facebook Post
2024 Group exhibition review: "New Savannah Gallery 2424 hosts first group exhibition," Savannah Morning News, March 29, 2024.
2022 Savannah’s Storm Drain Project Review: ‘They’re our waters’: Savannah’s Storm Drain Art Project involves community in our waterways, Savannah Morning News

Grants and Recognitions
2024 Mural Contest for Georgia Reginal Hospital 2024 Nominee, Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Council, Georgia Southern University
•   Nominated by program directors to serve on the GSO Council, which supports scholarly activities, professional development, and social opportunities for graduate students across all campuses.
2024 Tybee Community Garden Grant, City of Tybee
•   Secured a Grant from the city of Tybee to host a community indigo dyeing event.
2024 Tybee Community Garden Grant, City of Tybee
•   Secured a Grant with the city of Tybee to design and paint 3 murals for the Tybee Beautification Project.
2024 Averitt Awards for Excellence in Graduate Research, Arts Department, Georgia Southern University
•   Awarded for my research on indigo in El Salvador and in the American South.
•   First recipient in the Arts Department to with this award.
2023 Tybee Community Garden Grant, City of Tybee
•   Secured a Grant with the city of Tybee to design and paint three signs for the Tybee Beautification Project.
2023 Illustration, We’Moon
•   I won a contest where my artwork will be featured on We’Moon 2024, a woman’s agenda that includes poetry and art from women worldwide.
2022 Savannah Storm Drain Contest Grant, City of Savannah
•   Secured a Grant with the city of Savannah to design

WORK EXPERIENCE
2024-2025 Fibers Guild of the Savannahs President
•   Preside over meetings and manage the Executive Committee.
•   Oversee key committees and guild departments, including events and programming.
•   Act as liaison with Oatland Island Wildlife Center and other partners.
•   Contribute to and approve the monthly newsletter.
•   Organize and lead board and member meetings; handle correspondence and maintain records.

2024-Present Georgia Southern University Instructor of Record
•   Instructed 2D Design and Color Theory and Drawing Observation
•   Created and designed two curriculum projects.

2023 Georgia Southern University Graduate Assistant
• Assisted in reading and grading papers for Art Appreciation class.

2023 Hot Hot Press Shop Assistant
• Assisted editioning on a 1917 Chandler and Price platen press.

2022-2023 Language Line Solutions Spanish-English Interpreter
• Assisted interpreting medical, financial, and legal calls.

2021 Hedera Illustrator
• Illustrated images for cryptocurrency company’s webpage.

2020 Dime Luna Author and Illustrator
• Illustrated and wrote a bilingual children’s book.

2020 Daniel E. Snyder Illustrator
• Illustrated book cover for architecture book The Tender Detail: Ornament and Sentimentality in the Architecture of Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright.
2019 Dame Darcy Illustrator
• Colored comic book pages for Frankencow.

2019 Carl Fougerousse Painter
• Painted stained glass windows for a church in Jacksonville.

2018 American School of El Salvador Substitute Art Teacher
•   Planned and taught art courses to beginning through AP levels.
•   Demonstrated techniques of handling different media
2016-17 Dragon English School ESL Teacher Penghu, Taiwan
•   Prepared and taught ESL courses to Taiwanese children ages 3-14
•   Created curricula for ten different classes.

2017 Dragon English School             Creator/ Teacher of Summer Camp
•   Developed and taught art-based curricula for a two-week camp
2017 Bang Bang Banana       Mural artist Penghu, Taiwan
•   and paint a storm drain mural.

Certificates
Mentorship Certificate             Georgia Southern University
120 hours TEFL Certificate           LOVETEFL
L3 Spanish-English Interpreter