protagonist
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Administrative Assistant, NY Operations. at Google
- Bartender at Burp Castle
- Bartender at Standings Bar
- Painter, Artist (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Advice Columnist at Statesboro Connect
- Art Reviewer at Block Magazine
- Story Board Artist at VH1 Viacom
- Bartender at SaraBeth's CPS
- Bartender at Anytime
- Studio Director at Novo Arts
- Painter, Muralist at Squarehead Painting Co.
- Museum Educator at Baltimore Museum of Industry
- Champion of Champions, Boston Cantab Lounge at Poet
- Gallery Assistant and Archivist at Boston University Art Gallery
- Education
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- Boston University
- McDonogh School
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Rachel Hyman’s Summary
skilled, compelling, wonderful.
Looking to make things better.
Rachel Hyman’s Specialties:
Fine Arts, Painting, Portraiture, Bartending, Writing Columns, Running Bars, talking about beer, making customers happy, helping places run smoothly, learning and thinking. Also, playing office, schedule meetings, task lists, space and seating, field trips, big party planning, making awkward people happy.
Rachel Hyman’s Experience
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Administrative Assistant, NY Operations.
Google
(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Operations. I support 7 managers, and bring the sunshine to the internal systems people. Among other various activities. I love it.
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Bartender
Burp Castle
(Food & Beverages industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)
Bartender at a Belgian Beer Bar in the East Village. Duties included hiring, scheduling, opening, closing, events management, and obviously, serving delicious beers from all over the world to some astounding clientèle.
Since Sept 08, I've left Burp behind for a job at Google. I still fill in shifts on occasion, and love the place with all my heart.
NY State Food Protection Supervisor Certified in 2007 -
Bartender
Standings Bar
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Food & Beverages industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)
Bartender at a Sports and Domestic Microbrew Bar. Host parties for College Alumni Groups and Professional Sports Fans.
NY State Food Protection Supervisor Certified in 2007. -
Painter, Artist
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Fine Art industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)
I am a realist figurative painter, and often work in other mediums. Please see my website at www.rachelhyman.com
I do commissioned work and sell my original work as well. -
Advice Columnist
Statesboro Connect
(Newspapers industry)
June 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 6 months)
Write on-going advice column, Ask a Bartender, for Georgia Newspaper. Topics range from drinks, to love, to fashion, to etiquette, and more.
I had to end the column due to time constraints. It broke my little heart. -
Art Reviewer
Block Magazine
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year )
Wrote art reviews for Williamsburg, Brooklyn newspaper.
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Story Board Artist
VH1 Viacom
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)
May 2005 — May 2005 (1 month)
Drew storyboard for VH1 programming, Maxim's Hottest 100 Women. Mainly women and cars, a showmercial.
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Bartender
SaraBeth's CPS
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Food & Beverages industry)
February 2005 — March 2005 (2 months)
Bartender at SaraBeth's on Central Park South. Dinner Bartender, opened restaurant.
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Bartender
Anytime
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Food & Beverages industry)
November 2004 — February 2005 (4 months)
Bartender at a bar and restaurant in Brooklyn, NY.
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Studio Director
Novo Arts
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Fine Art industry)
October 2003 — August 2004 (11 months)
Novo Arts is an arts consulting firm in Manhattan, with an in-house production studio. As studio director, I managed a studio of 8-15 artists and carpenters to produce commissioned art for banks, corporate spaces, restaurants and wholesale. I wrote and processed work orders, coordinated with clients, managed large scale installations and installed art work, maintained and organized large production studio, ordered supplies and taught techniques to studio artists, made a lot of art.
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Painter, Muralist
Squarehead Painting Co.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Fine Art industry)
May 2003 — September 2003 (5 months)
Muralist and commercial painter for a commercial painting outfit in Baltimore MD.
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Museum Educator
Baltimore Museum of Industry
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
November 2002 — April 2003 (6 months)
Taught labor and industrial history to students from first to twelfth grade and private tour groups.
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Champion of Champions, Boston Cantab Lounge
Poet
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year )
I was the poetry slam champion of the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge Massachucetts from 2001-2002.
I won the "Best Female Slam Poet" award in the 2002 Cambridge Poetry Awards.
The Cantab Lounge hosts the oldest poetry slam in Boston, and which has been renowned for it's skills in writing, not just performance. I was on the 2001 and 2002 Cantab National teams, and toured the region and the country doing performances, hosting workshops, and promoting the team through lectures, television and radio performances, and by contributing to the two published anthologies of our work. -
Gallery Assistant and Archivist
Boston University Art Gallery
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
September 1998 — June 2002 (3 years 10 months)
Gallery Assistant in University Art Gallery. Installed, un-installed, and shipped exhibitions. Assisted with catalogs and publications. Archived all press about exhibitions. Painted gallery walls. Office clerical work. Assisted artists and curators.
Rachel Hyman’s Education
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Boston University
BA , Painting, Poetry, Theory , 1998 — 2002
I was in the University Professors Program, but focused my studies in the visual arts, mainly painting, and in writing.
- Activities and Societies:
- Poetry Fanatics, Student Union Allocation Board, The Student Underground,
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McDonogh School
High School , 1992 — 1998
It was an awesome high school.
- Activities and Societies:
- Varsity Debate Team, Pres. Esperanto Club, Cardboard Boat Race 95-98, Art Club, German Club, Ragnarok Editor-in-cheif, Opinion Forum Editor of the Week, Yearbook Photography Staff, Rollins-Leuktemeyer Scholar, Field Hockey Goalie, Varsity Track and Field (discus, shotput). etc etc
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Rachel Hyman’s Websites:
Rachel Hyman’s Interests:
Painting, Commissioned Art, Art Consulting, Bartending, Bar Consulting, Writing - Journalism, Writing - Creative Writing, Bar and Restaurant Reviews, Art Reviews, Gallery Installation, Advice Column, Cultural Theory Column
Rachel Hyman’s Groups:
New York Home Brewers Guild, Standings Football Fantasy League, Block Magazine, Statesboro Connect, 2001and 2002 Boston-Cantab Poetry Slam Team
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Boston University Alumni -
Googlers & Xooglers
Rachel Hyman’s Honors:
EXHIBITIONS
2009 "New Work" Solo
Unison Arts at WSM New Paltz, NYC
2008 "Fade Out, Black In"
New York Studio Gallery Chelsea, NYC
2007 "The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe"
Apex art, curated benefit show Soho, NYC
2007 "Slide Slam"
Real Art Ways, juried group competition Hartford, CT
2006 "Reference Texts"
Jimmy's No. 43, solo show East Village, NYC
2006 "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"
Frere Independent benefit at the NY Academy of Arts and Sciences NYC
2006 "Collaging Kick in the LES"
Cuchifritos Gallery, invitational group show LES, NYC
2005 "We've come this far"
Tuttle Gallery, invitational group show Baltimore, MD
2004 "The Big Show"
The Creative Alliance's Patterson Art Center, invitational show Baltimore, MD
2003 "Artscape Juried Exhibition"
Decker Gallery at the Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
2003 "Mother's Portrait Show"
Center for Contemporary Art, national juried show Sacramento, CA
Rachel Hyman’s Contact Settings
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