Mary Pattavina

EDUCATION
M.A. Apparel Design
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

B.F.A., Painting and Studio Art
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2004-Present Designer and owner of Pretty Good Things
Internet boutique: www.prettygoodthings.com

2010-2012 Sales Associate and Window Display Artist
Gomez Art Supply, Lincoln, NE

2010-2012 Adjunct Instructor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department: Textiles Clothing and Design
Courses: Product Development II

2007-2009 Graduate Teaching Instructor & Assistant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department: Textiles Clothing and Design
Courses: Product Development II, III

2004-2006 Insurance Industry employment

2002-2003 Illustrator, Daily Nebraskan, Lincoln, NE

2002 ESL teacher, Eun Tae Preschool, Seoul, Korea
Assisted daily English lessons for children ages 4-9

2002 Studio Assistant, Assistant Professor Santiago Cal, Department of Art and Art History, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2012 I-Make/U-Buy: Textiles in the Electronic Retail Age, Lincoln NE.
Panel Session: Starting your On-line Business:  From Practical Considerations to Elegant Solutions

2009 24th Annual Heartland Conference for Free Enterprise, Lincoln NE
Panel Session: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Journalism and Textiles

2009 Graduate Student Showcase, Lincoln NE
Presenting: Arts of Fashion Submission

HONORS AND AWARDS
2009 CEHS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
2009 Second Place Graduate Student Award, TCD Biennial Juried Student Exhibition
2008 Arts of Fashion Foundation 2008 Selected Candidate
2007 ‘Fan Favorite’ Project Montage Design Competition
2007 Third place, Project Montage Design Competition
2006 Third place, Cedar’s Home for Youth Power of the Purse fundraising competition
2003 Entry Fee Award, 17th UNL Undergraduate Studio Art Competition
2002 American Business Women’s Association, Lincoln Charter Chapter scholarship

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012: "I-Make, U-Buy": Textiles in the Electronic Retail Age
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln

2011: "Whipstitch"
Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE

2010: "Component Parts"
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln

2009: "College Night at the Sheldon"
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE

2009: "TCD Biennial Juried Student Exhibition"
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2009: "Threads: New Work in Textiles and Apparel"
Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE

2008: "Arts of Fashion 2008 Fashion Show"
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

2008: "Pulse: fashion show"
UNL Centennial Ballroom, Lincoln, NE

2007: “Making the Meaning: Globalization and Labor in Textiles”
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2007: “Tugboat Presents:”
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO

2007: “First Friday Fashion”
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln NE

2007: “Select Cuts”
Jewish Community Center Gallery, Omaha, NE

2007: "2006-07: Biennial Juried Student Exhibition”
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2006: “Tugboat Presents: The Sheldon"
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln NE

2003: "Select Drawings"
J. Finnegains, Lincoln, NE

2003: "Capstone Senior Exhibition"
Eisentrager/Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE