CV for
Johanna M. Bolton

Teaching, curriculum development, writing, rewriting, small press publishing, eBook development, cover design/art, illustration,
editing, text evaluation, project development, ghostwriting, photography, PowerPoint, &  very special DVD Slide Shows.

SELECTED EXPERIENCES

Teacher

* Hernando High School, Brooksville, FL; teaching Maine Biology & Physical Science. from 2007, Commercial Art, Drawing, & TV Production/Film-making from 2009.
* Central High School, Brooksville, FL; teaching Earth Science & Physical Science.  2004-2007
* Springstead High School, Spring Hill, FL.  Algebra teacher 2003-2004
* Springstead High School, Spring Hill, FL. Environmental Science teacher 2002-2003.
* Englishtown, an on-line accredited school specializing in English as a second language - ESOL.  2001-2002
* Fox Chapel Middle School, 1999 to 2000. 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Science teacher.
* Daytona Beach Community College Adult High School Program, FL, 1990 to 1998.  I taught G.E.D. (English, Social Studies, Science, Literature & Art, and Mathematics) and in the
High School Program,  Social Studies and Science.

Assistant Curator

Pioneer Florida Museum, Dade City, Florida, 1999.  This was a wonderful job where I did a little bit of everything from greeting the public and lecturing,  to webpage design.

Freelance Writer/Editor

* Barron's GED Book, 11th Edition; 1998 - I edited & rewrote the science section,  plus the science section for
* Barron's "Keywords for the GED."
* Barron's Educational Series, Inc. GED Computer Program - 1997 - I condensed &  organized Science and Math.
* I also  evaluated and edited an Math text for  Barron's Educational Series, Inc.

Owner/
Operator

KELTIC KNOTS Fiber Arts - 1989 to 2001 -  a company that sold equipment & supplies for the fiber artist including spinning wheels, looms, various unspun fibers & yarns, as well as dyes, books, &  other related items.

Author

 

* Mosaic 2010 - Anthology - 4 stories, 2010;
* Headstudies - 50 Years of Poetry, 2010;
* The City of Three Moons, science fiction, published by IDBPI, 2010;

* How to: Spindle Spinning, 2000; 
* Spinning Exotic Fibers, 1998; 
* Dreamcatchers, 1964; and
* A Book of Runes, 1964, all 4 for Laughing Horse Press
* The Alien Within, and
* Mission: Tori, science fiction novels, published by Del Rey/ Ballantine, NYC. 1988 & 1990. Translated into Russian & reprinted in 1996 as
* Star Kommandos &
* BNPYC CMEPTN
* Freelance feature writer; The Santa Fe Reporter, Inc. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1983 to 1988
* Writer, Editor: Subject: Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Responsible for 2 to 6 fiction & nonfiction publications/yr (fanzines) . 7/85 - 1/89.
* Author, Illustrator, Photographer: Santa Fe in a Day, a history and guide to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Stonehenge Press, Denver, CO, 1981.

Upcoming books:
Alien Within
(revised)
The Blood Line
The Pirate's Lady
God in the Machine
The Poodle Capers

 

See my writing page here

Art Director

The Santa Fe Reporter, Inc. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1983 to 1988. Awards in 1987 & 1988  for Black & White Advertisements; in 1986,   for Color Advertisements & Special Supplements, from the New Mexico Press Association.

Illustrator

from 1964; assignments included books for Paladin Press, Shamballa Publications, The Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies, all in Boulder Colorado; an appointment with the Archaeological Department of the Santa Fe National Forest to research and draw a number of reconstructions of a 14th century Anasazi pueblo. Also work for the College of Santa Fe, and for the Bureau of Land Management in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Illustrator, Editor

for the Santa Fe National Forest Land Management Team: general, technical, biological illustration; archaeological reconstructions. I received two awards from the US Department of Agriculture 1979 & 1980.

Artist

* Background paintings for a TV Christmas Special cartoon entitled Coots & Critters for Last Laff Studio, Deland, Florida, 1995.
* Cover painting for Marvel Comics - The Ren & Stimpy Show (The Elvis Cover), 1994.
* Layout animation for the TV cartoon shows Back to the Future and The Fantastic Four, and Timon and Pumba. For Last Laff Studio, Deland, Florida. June 1993.

Current Projects

I'm working on a re-write of The Alien With.  I'm writing a new novel titled The Blood Line (it's about an emperor, an assassin, and a vampire); God in the Machine a near future science fiction; as well as a historical romance called The Pirate's Lady.  I'm still working on my dictionary, plus an anthology of vampire stories called Of Mist and Moonlight: The Romance of the Vampire.  There is also another text book and a couple other things in the works.

 

SKILLS

ART
Painting in oils, watercolor, acrylic - PORTRAITS
Drawings in pencil, pen & ink, pastel, colored pencil.
Photography - Digital, professional
Digital art - Photoshop, PSP, more
WebPage design, Totally Awesome Gala Slide Shows.
Additive sculpture ... clay, bronze,
Fiber - fiber design & patterns,  weaving 
If I don't know how to do it now, I can learn.
The illustration to the left is an original acrylic painting of an Andalusian stallion.
WRITING
Just about anything from a love letter to a novel. Ghostwriting, editing.
If you want to see your ideas in print, contact me.

Please note: I'm not allowed to read unsolicited manuscripts, however, I am available to take writing assignments, and to help you get published.
MUSIC
I play flute, recorder, Celtic fiddle, autoharp. Used to perform with The Florida Harp Society.  Midi music.  Composition: a couple of my pieces,
Jamie's Song and The Keltic Knot, are included in the repertoire of the Florida Harp Society

   
EDUCATION
"The way some people use a library, I use college; they look up information in a book, I take classes."

Pratt Institute 

Brooklyn, NY. Major: Graphic Art & Illustration

Radford College 

Radford, Virginia  Major: Art Education

Richmond Professional Institute 

Richmond, Virginia  Major: Fine Art & Art History.

University of Colorado at Boulder  Major: Fine Art
College of Santa Fe 

Santa Fe, NM  Major: Visual Art, Biology, Secondary Education

Daytona Beach Community College 

Deland, Florida  Major: History

DEGREES
Bachelor of Fine Art, Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelor of Art, College of Santa Fe.
Maybe one day a PhD?
CERTIFICATION (State of Florida)  8-12 Biology,  6-9 General (Physical) Science, K-12 Art

 

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