Fran Trainor
frantrainordesign@gmail.com



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Somerville, MA





  BIO  

EDUCATION

MFA, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1995
Concentration: Video and Computer Arts

BFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1988
Major: Sculpture, Painting, minor Art History


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Computer Arts Teacher (Summer 2006)
Charles River Creative Atsrs Program, Dover, MA

3-D Design I & II Instructor
(1993-1995)
RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, NJ

Artist in Residence/Faculty (Summer 1991-1994)
Exploration Summer Program, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Documentary video, Landscape Sculpture, Performance Art,
Modern Art History, Artists Writings, Documentary Art

Introductory Photography (1992-1993)
Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA

Internship Advisor (1992-1993)
Dynamy Inc. (College aged Intership Program), Worcester, MA

Special Education Art Teacher (1991-1992)
Hillside Resource Corporation (Adolescent Lock-up), Roxbury, MA

ART EXHIBITIONS

2007
Collision Twelve (Mini), MIT Stata Center
Cambridge, MA
Collision Eleven (C11), MIT Stata Center
Cambridge, MA

2006
Collision Ten (CX), MIT Stata Center
Cambridge, MA
Cape Collision One, Cape Cod Art Museum
Dennis, MA
Collision Nine, Art Interactive
Cambridge, MA

2005
(ongoing) Boston Drawing Project:
Bernard Toale Gallery,
Boston, MA
Collision Seven, CHANCE, Art Interactive,
Cambridge, MA

2004

Collision Six, Senses, Art Interactive
Cambridge, MA
i:move, Yale University Gallery
New Haven, Conn.
i:move, DTW Gallery
NYC

2003
Collision 5: The Next Dimension, Compton Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2002
Hypercollision, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA
Collision 3 in Super 3-D, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA

2001
Collision Squared, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Collision, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA


1992-8
The Family Project
Numerous private home commissions

1996-7
The Corporate Project, Carberry’s Bakery
Cambridge, MA

1996
What’s in a Name: Race and Class in the Contemporary Workplace
Documentary Video
Death in the Family, Dramatic Video

1995
The Thinking Wall, an interactive outdoor sculpture
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
The Parabolic Voice Machine, an interactive outdoor sculpture
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

1992-4
The Talk Shop, an interactive outdoor sculpture




PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Studio670repair.com (Owner, 2010-present)
Joy Street Studios, Somerville, MA
• Specializing in the restoration and sale of the Eames 670 Lounge and Ottoman.

Fran Trainor Restoration (Owner, 2004-2010)
Joy Street Studios, Somerville, MA
• Specializing in restoration and reproduction of Mid-Century Modern-
furniture and decorative arts.

Designer/Builder (2001-2007)
Shrager Sullivan, 2nd home/rental, Somerville, MA 2007
Kaufman House, renovation, Cambridge, MA 2004
Shrager Sullivan, kitchen design, Somerville, MA 2004
Denormandie Cottage, Lincoln, MA 2003
Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Consumer Display Design,2003
Shrager Sullivan, renovation, Somerville, MA 2001


Freelance Web Designer (2001-2003)
Resolutions, 2002-3 (www.resolutions2020.com)
Zoe Design 2000-1 (www.zoehome.com)
African Art In/Out context 2001, Wellesley College Art Museum


Senior Design Consultant/Vice President
Zoe Design, Inc., Boston, MA (1997 to 2001)
E-Commerce Web Design
• Expert knowledge of Web Design
• Design, development, and implementation of two company e-commerce web-sites: first site 1998, complete redesign 2000. This included all aspects of design from the conceptual look and navigation to all aspects of order fulfillment after the point-of-sale.
• Design, Development, and implementation of e-commerce marketing plan.
Marketing and Graphic Design
• Development and management of interior design consulting business
• Design of integrated graphic identity for marketing, merchandising, and e-commerce.
• Buyer, in close partnership with the owner.
Business Operations and Computer Networking
• Development, implementation, and management of a scalable computer network that integrates, in real time, the retail stores with the central office.
Interior Design
• Development, implementation, and management of home consultation and interior design services to increase sales of our furniture lines.
• Lead Interior Designer.


Technology Manager
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (1996-1997)
• Responsible for Information Technology and multimedia software support for faculty and students in the Departments of Visual Art, Art History, and Music.
• Supervisor of and support for Art Department class rooms, Sound and Image Computer Lab, Video Editing Suites, Photography Studios, Music Labs and Equipment Library.
• Audio/Visual support of campus wide special events, including academic conferences, special lectures, panel discussions, and small theater and music
performances.


Summer Fellow Rosebud Indian Reservation
Rosebud, South Dakota (1995)
• Assist in the Development and implementation of a drug and alcohol
treatment center with a 12-Step component-based in traditional
Lakota/Dakota spirituality.
• Assist in various spiritual rituals including the Sweat Lodge and Sun Dance.
• Participant in the first Sun Dance in over a century east of the Missouri River.


Program Consultant
Horizons Unlimited, San Francisco, Ca (1992)
• Tasked with setting up a Latino support network in San Francisco high schools with significant Latino populations.
• Successfully implemented a one period a week, for each grade (9-12), counseling session for Latino students to resolve academic and cultural issues.


Counselor
Cambridge Emergency Service Center,Cambridge, MA (1989-1991)
•Care and sheltering of drug and alcohol addicted homeless men and women.