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Christine Cathers Donohue  is in her seventeenth year as a professional illustrator.  She began her career as an in-house illustrator at a Philadelphia based greeting card company.  After five years, she began her own freelance business working with clients: Taylor Corporation, Sunshine Art Studios, Inc., and Good Cause Greetings. Christine has a BFA from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her most recent works include commissions.                        

Exhibitions

        •Paintings on display at the Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA, April 2011-Present
         •"So Many Possibilities", painting on display, Markeim Arts Center,
           Haddonfield, NJ May 2011-Present
         •Solo Show, at Espressit Coffeehouse, Haddon Township, NJ, March 2011
        •"Stay with Me", Awarded Best in Show at The National Arts Program, Camden County
            Cultural & Heritage  Commission, NJ, December 2010
         •First Friday, Old First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, June 2010
         •First Friday, Haddonfield, NJ, September through December 2008
         •Collingswood Book Festival, Collingswood, NJ, October 2008

Recent Experience

        • Paintings on Commission, 2010 - Present
        • Participating member of Art Goes to School of Delaware Valley, Haddonfield 2009-2010
        • Sociey of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators (SCBWI) Member 2009
         •Attended Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) Winter Conference
           in New York and Regional Conference in Princeton, NJ 2009

Freelance
        •1998-2009, Greeting Card Clientele: Good Cause Greetings, Mixed Blessing,
         Sunshine Art  Studios, Oppenheimer Funds, Taylor Corporation

Employment        
        Burgoyne, Inc., Philadelphia, PA 1994-1999
         •Illustrated and designed greeting cards in a variety of styles
         •Directed freelance artists
         •Licensed transparencies from museums worldwide
         •Maintained art supply budget
         •Managed plans for brochures and flyer
         •Coordinated photo shoots
         •Monitored pre-press preparations including: edited match-prints, blue-lines,
           as well assupervised color correction on press

Education
          The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1993 BFA in Illustration