Design + Illustration
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Experience

June Sidwell Fenniman, 1995 to present
Design/Illustration/Faux Finishing, Owner, New York, NY
Book design, CD packages, catalogs, newsletter, corporate identity packages, books, promotional products, signage, logos, invitation packages, restaurant identities and menus. Design of various household objects, canvas floor cloths, faux finishes, etc. Clients include SUNY Purchase Neuberger Museum of Art, NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital, MHA of Westchester, The JFM Group, The Olana Partnership, The Bottomless Closet, Thomas A. Fenniman Architect, West New York of CT, Inc.

Lyons Marketing Communications, 1995-98
Advertising, Freelance Art Director, New York, NY & Wilmington, DE
Creative Director working with fashion oriented clients on projects involving print, package design, in-store promotions. Clients include Fila, Inc., Italian Trade Commission, Candies Shoes.

Bowne Business Communications, Inc., 1994-95
Financial Printer, Freelance Art Director, New York, NY
Art Director for an in-house design department specializing in annual reports.
All production is fully electronic, from design through prepress.

The Edelman Group, 1994
Advertising/Design, Sr. Senior Art Director, New York, NY

Responsible for supervising all aspects of the studio’s art department, clients include Chemical Bank, Chase Bank, AT&T, TNT Worldwide, Van Eck Securities.


Reese, Tomases & Ellick, Inc., 1992-94
Advertising Agency , Art Director, Wilmington, DE

Art Director for DuPont ANTRON® Commercial Carpet and Bathrug Collateral account. Responsible for the design, illustration, and photo direction/styling of the print collateral, exhibits, and interactive disc production.

Black Bear Studio, 1990-92
Design/Illustration Studio, Owner, Designer/Illustrator, Wilmington, DE

Responsible for every aspect of running my own business, i.e. account service, estimation, design, illustration, type specification, Macintosh operation, mechanical production, disc preparation for printing, press proof and billing. Logos, corporate identity, menus, CD packages, brochures, newsletters to quarterly reports. Clients include The DuPont Company, Hercules Incorporated, W.L. Gore & Asc., Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington Medical Center, and various local restaurants.

Ross Design, Inc., 1990-92
Advertising/Design Studio, Designer/Illustrator, Project Collaboration, Wilmington, DE

Dionisi Studios, Inc., 1988-90
Design Studio, Wilmington, DE, Senior Designer/Illustrator

Responsible for art direction, design and illustration of a variety of jobs from concept
thru printed piece.

Southam Associates, Inc., 1986-88
Advertising Agency, Wilmington, DE, Designer/Illustrator

Responsible for design/illustration of a variety of jobs from concept thru printed piece. Clients included Atlantic Aviation, The DuPont Company, Wilmington Trust, Delaware Development, Wilmington Medical Center.

Barron Associates, Inc., 1984-86
Advertising Agency, Wilmington, DE, Designer/Illustrator,

Responsible for design and ad work for DuPont fishing line products, W.L. Gore, etc.

E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 1980-84
Wilmington, DE, Commercial Artist, In-house Graphic Design Dept.

Education

Delaware Art Museum, 2 year scholarship in fine arts
University of Delaware, design and fine art
Philadelphia College of Art, graphic design, signage, hand lettering, carpentry
University of Delaware, Continuing Education Graphic Design Certificate Program

References

Walter B. Melvin Architects, LLC, Jennifer Murray
Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY, Tasha Wynne
Lawrence Community Health Services, Moira Lillis
Lawrence Hospital Center, Rosanne Alonzi
Mental Health Association of Westchester, Inc, Constance Moustakas
Historic District Council, Simean Bankhoff

Honors

1995 PDN/Nikon Self-Promo Awards
1990 IABC Merit Award
1994 Philadelphia’s Art Director’s Club
1990 ADDE Merit Award
1994 ADDE Awards, 5 awards
1990 Strathmore Paper Gold Award
1993 ADDE Merit Award, 3 awards
1990 International Typography Award
1992 ADDE Merit Award, 3 awards
1990 Non-Profit Organizations, “Best of Show”
1992 Print Magazine Design Annual
1990 Non-Profit Organizations, “Best of Category, Museums”
1991 ADDE Merit Award, 8 awards
1989 International Typography Award
1990 IABC Gold Award
1989 ADDE Award, merit

Publications

“First Comes Love” by B.Proud Photography 2012
25 Years of Caring, The Jansen Hospice Story 2009
The Pennington School Cook Book 2009
Interiors Magazine, December 1993, The Carpet
Menu Design 5, by Judy Radice, 2 menus
American Corporate Identity, Volume 8, logo design
Print Magazine, August 1992
U&lc Magazine, June 1986
“Lady Letters” miniature book, Rebecca Press, publisher, 1986

 

Activities

The Chapel School, Volunteer
Bereavement Center of Westchester, Volunteer
Jansen Hospice, Volunteer
Lawrence Home Care, Volunteer
Advertising Club of Delaware, Board member, 5 yrs.
Advertising Club of Delaware, President 1992-93
Upper West Side Chamber of Commerce, Member
Chairman of the ADDE Awards, 1990, 1991

And then some

Skiing, quilting, sewing, cooking, painting on a canvas or a house, glass mosaics, antiquing, chasing after my 2 sons