Louis Trapani

Current

• Owner at Art Trap Productions (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Director of New Media at JumpCon
• Media Art Coordinator at Long Island Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Services Network
• Supervisor / Art Director at Pearl Art

• Art Account Representative at Orange Front
• Assistant to Staff Artist at Oceanside Free Library

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Education

• School of Visual Arts

Recommended

1 person has recommended Louis

Connections

30 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

• My Website
• Twitter

Louis Trapani’s Summary

As a media developer in both conventional media and new media, I keep on top of new technologies and new ways of distribution of content. Having worked in visual mediums as well as audio/video mediums and trained in traditional art and commercial illustration, it has given me a great foundation in media communication.

Today, I am moving more and more in pioneering new media and staying on the cutting edge of independent production, audio and video podcasting, and more. It's a brave new world.

Louis Trapani’s Specialties:

Software:
• Dreamweaver
• Fireworks
• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Final Cut Pro
• GarageBand
• Soundtrack Pro
• FileMaker Pro
• iMovie, etc.

Hardware:
• Apple Macintosh (platform of choice) - Mac OS X
• Windows
• Linux
• various older hardware platforms

Technologies:
• Podcasting
• Audio/video production
• Graphic design
• Interactive technologies
• web design
• CMS, etc.

Traditional art:
• oils
• acrylics
• pastels
• mixed media, etc.

Louis Trapani’s Experience

• Owner

  Art Trap Productions (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Media Production industry)

  1994 — Present (14 years)

• Director of New Media

  JumpCon

  (Entertainment industry)

  April 2008 — July 2008 (4 months)

  Created, produced and hosted a new international podcast. Arranged and interviewed various actors/actresses and event organizers. Implemented and administrated interactive CMS website. Both the podcast and website were created from the ground up under very tight time constraints.

• Media Art Coordinator

  Long Island Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Services Network

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2001 — April 2008 (7 years)

• Supervisor / Art Director

  Pearl Art

  (Privately Held; Arts and Crafts industry)

  1991 — April 2000 (9 years)

• Art Account Representative

  Orange Front

  (Arts and Crafts industry)

  1988 — 1991 (3 years)

• Assistant to Staff Artist

  Oceanside Free Library

  (Libraries industry)

  1985 — 1988 (3 years)

Additional Information

Louis Trapani’s Websites:

• My Website
• Twitter

Louis Trapani’s Interests:

Technology, Art, Photography, Sciences, Filmmaking, Podcasting, Science Fiction, Equality, GLBT community and concerns, Biking, computers, Apple Inc., Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Podshock, Star Wars, etc.

Louis Trapani’s Groups:

Gallifreyan Embassy

•    PodCamp
•    4th Annual New Media Expo 2008

Louis Trapani’s Honors:

GALFOLI Honor for Long Island GLBT Community Work, 2002
New York State Citation for Volunteer of the Year, 1999
LI Voice - Best Activist, Best of LI, 1999
Volunteer of the Year - LIPP, 1999

Louis Trapani’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch