: About Me

Terese Hartjoy is an artist and writer. She blogs her journey to a sustainable lifestyle at Thorne's World and authors Simply Green, a daily sampling of environmental news and tips as well as feature articles covering environmental issues for Blog on Smog.

Education

1988 Degree - Computer Graphics; Platt College, Ontario, CA
1987 Degree - Graphic Design; Platt College, Ontario, CA
1985 Degree - A.A. Fine Arts; Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA

Skills and Abilities

* Macintosh proficient
* Journalistic writing, copywriting, proofing, polishing and editing; fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
* Graphic Design from conceptual stage to camera ready art. Proficient in Quark Express, Microsoft Word, Appleworks, Adobe Illustrator, Aldus Page Maker, Adobe Photoshop, and various writing, layout, desktop publishing, paint and drawing programs.
* Graphic design from conceptual stage, logo/product/company ID design, layout to camera-ready art.
* Rendering and illustration - all media.
*26 years experience designing, creating and installing stained glass windows, doors and entryways, lamps, boxes, wall and window hangings and mixed media, and three-dimensional sculpture.
*Aproximately 16 years experience creating ceramic art, sculpture and wheel-thrown pottery. Operation of all related equipment, kilns, and machinery.

Experience

1994 - present Staff writer, editor, and proofreader for Say It Write, a writing and editing service.
www.sayitwrite.biz
1999 - present (in process) Untitled Allegorical Trilogy. Fiction
2005 (unpublished) Daily Diety (A Modern Pantheon of accessable Gods & Goddesses)
1986 Feature article for La Ceramique Moderne, Paris, France: "The Art of Investigation"
1984 -1985 Feature Writer for Victor Valley Magazine, News and Retrospect column for Ceramics Monthly Magazine , Columbus, Ohio
1983 -1985 Assistant Editor and Staff Writer for the Victor Valley College Catalogue, Victorville, CA.
1981 -1985 Assistant Editor and Staff Writer for The Rampage newspaper, Victorville, CA.
Articles included: "Sex Barriers," "CTA/District Contract Struggles," "Ken Ferguson" (profile), "Don Reitz, A VVC Workshop."

(A brief) Employment History

As with most struggling artists, I have held numerous and various jobs ranging from food server to journalist to home care provider to telephone psychic counselor. I have also, over the years, held several positions more within my field, such as Paste-up/Layout Artist, Window Display Artist and Painter, Art Lab Technician and Instructor's Assistant, Life Drawing Model, and Stained Glass Production Worker, Designer and Studio Manager, as well as owner/operator of A Hartjoy Design, Graphics and Stained Glass Studio.

Inspired by my first published writing success at age 15, I began my career as a journalist/columnist in earnest 25 years ago. During that time I have been a free-lance and staff writer; proofreader, copywriter and editor; technical writer and illustrator; and paste-up/layout artist.

Awards and Scholarships

2005 1st place, Mixed Media, Victor Valley Museum, Apple Valley, CA
2002 1st place, Nighttime Light and Color Display, Crossroads Renaissance Festival, Corona, CA
2001 1st place, Nighttime Light and Color Display, Crossroads Renaissance Festival, Corona, CA
1998 Best of Show, Womanspirit Winter Solstice Festival, Long Beach, CA
1997 Best of Show, Womanspirit Summer Solstice Festival, Long Beach, CA
1995 Best of Show, Womanspirit Winter Solstice Festival, Long Beach, CA
1986 Art & Travel Award, VVC Art Department
1985 Award of Excellence, Ceramic Artists' Group, Apple Valley, CA
1985 Artist of the Year Award, VVC Art Department
1984 Artist of the Year Award, VVC Art Department
1984 Academic Achievement Award, VVC Art Department
1984 Nora Reiner's Art Award, VVC Art Department
1984 Shirley Antunez Memorial Art Scholarship

Shows and Exhibits

2005 Victor Valley Museum, Apple Valley, CA
1997 - 2003 Pasadena Waldorf School, Pasadena, CA
1995/2003 Crossroads Renaissance Festivals, Palm Springs, Orange & Corona, CA
1995/99 Womanspirit Summer & Winter Solstice Festivals, Long Beach, CA
1994 Gene Kleinsmith Memorial Exhibit, Apple Valley, CA
1991 Guest Lecturer, Art Dept., Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA
1989 Represented in Clay in Context, a multi screen/sound presentation, Paris, France; Rome, Italy
1987 Ceramics Plus...?!, Private Show, Earth Majik, Hesperia, CA
1986 One Woman with Clay, Private Show, Spring Valley Lake, CA
1985 VVC Annual Art Dept. Exhibition, Victorville, CA
1984 Represented in Clay USA, a multi-screen/sound presentation, NCECA Conference, Boston, MA
1984 High Desert Artists, Victorville, CA
1984 VVC Student Artist Exhibition, Victorville, CA

My passion is ...

Art in any form.

I know too much about ...

grief.

My parents always told me ...

that I could do anything.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be Queen of the world.

My favorite memory ...

changes daily.

Why I write ...

Because I love words.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I'm reading "House of Leaves" by Mark z. Danielewski and listening to "Haunted" by his sister, Poe.

My first job ...

Ceramics Lab Assistant.

My best moment ...

the birth of my daughter.

My inspiration ...

Magick!

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