BIO / CV
BIO
I am a Pittsburgh based writer, photographer and illustrator. I'm available for tour, events, portraits and commissions. For queries, contact me at hello@clarewelsh.com
EDUCATION:
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania, BA in English, BFA in Studio Art (2013)
- University of New Orleans, MFA in Creative Writing (2017)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Offbeat Magazine, photography and writing intern
Worked in the magazine office writing articles, music reviews and other arts related content. Assisted senior writers with big stories. Interviewed musicians, researched and made calls to cull information for in-depth features. Trained in Word Press interface and SEO. Archived articles from old print issues for the web. Worked as an event photographer for concerts, festivals, parades, etc., and made galleries of about 20-30 photos per event.
New Orleans Jazz Museum, photography intern
Photographed jazz concerts and events, worked with the social media director to make compelling imagery for the museum
Angela King Gallery, Art Consultant
Assisted in hanging shows, wrote copy for events, communicated art history to clients, grew, updated, and maintained the gallery social media presence, and sold artwork.
SOLO SHOWS:
- BEASTS, Audiowood Analog Living, New Orleans, LA (2015)
- Poem A Day, Audiowood Analog Living, New Orleans, LA (2015)
GROUP EXHIBITS
- 3rd Annual Photography Exhibit, The Artist's Hand Gallery, Indiana, PA (2019)
- Unfixed Skin, The Dragonfly, New Orleans, LA (2019)
- Trouble, Kebab Gallery Space, New Orleans, LA (2016)
- Native, Kebab Gallery Space, New Orleans, LA (2014)
- NGAR Exhibition, Kipp AnnexGallery, Indiana, PA (2013)
- Show for International Education Week, The Commonplace Coffee House, Indiana, PA (2014)
- Print Exchange, Carnegie Mellon University, White Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (2013)
- Print Exchange, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kipp Student Gallery, Indiana, PA (2013)
- Permutations, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kipp Student Gallery, Indiana PA (2012)
instagram: @clarewelsh
email: hello@clarewelsh.com
PUBLISHED
Words:
- McSweeny's
- BWDR
- NPR
- Rust+Moth
- Sampsonia Way
- Infection House
- Tilted House
- Salt Hill
- Gigantic Sequins
- Massachusetts Review
- Fine Print Paper
- The Coal Hill Review
- Puerto Del Sol
- Cagibi
- Twyckenham Notes
- Sundog Lit
- Peauxdunque Review
- The Raw Art Review
- The Midwest Review
- Waxing & Waning
- Poets Reading the News
- The Ekphrastic Review
- Nailed Magazine
- Offbeat Magazine
Pictures:
- The New York Times
- Lenscratch
- Dark Beauty
- The New Delta Review
- Don't Smile
- Offbeat Magazine
- Viator
- Bayou Magazine (print)
- Pressure Life
- Salt
- UNO press
- Book: Chimeras