Ashlyn Arthur

Student-led, non-profit that empowers non-traditional high school students from all walks of life to express themselves through various forms of art (i.e. visual, photography, sewing, creative writing, sculpting, etc.)

• Co-founded TTP during the sophomore year of high school when I discovered that there weren’t any dedicated clubs for high school students in my online charter. Knowing that there must be other non-traditional students who love the arts as much as I did, I created a presentation that I pitched to my school administration, proposing a new art club.
• Diverse membership has doubled every year since inception; we now have 40+ members from across the country.
• Hosted club meetings and fostered a community amongst strangers across the nation.
• Spearheaded a fundraiser that raised $2500 allowing us to double our printing of TTP (40% more than what was initially projected); additionally, remaining funds were gifted to 2 graduating members so they could afford their art supplies.
• Negotiated with printers to print hard copies of TTP that were then distributed to several bookstores and venues throughout the Los Angeles area.
• Community impact club members voted to support “Cards for Hospitalized Kids”; we have created over 500 hand-made cards for this organization over the past two years.

Even Steven Post Production is a small film & tv post production company which works to transform raw film and video footage along with audio into a polished, finished product. This encompasses editing, sound design, visual effects, color correction, and more.

• Supported staff members in their daily tasks such as answering phone calls, returning emails and filing which reduced workload burden and allowed for increased focus on higher-priority assignments.
• Gained valuable experience working aside film & tv editors by learning how to use Final Cut Pro (editing software), as well as Premier Pro Adobe to design layouts for advertisements and DVD covers.
• Expanded technical skills by assisting in bookkeeping - learned how to create and maintain spreadsheets in Excel as well as how create invoices in Quicken.

Kirk School is a small, private elementary school that serves PreK-5. Their mission is to educated using a child-centered philosophy that promotes STEAM.

• Assisted with special events and programs from clean-up crew at the annual Pancake Breakfast, and face painter during Kinder Circus to ushering attendees at the Winter concert.
• Supported engaging, fun, and smooth-running events by helping with organization and planning.
• Facilitated various art and science projects with children at all grade levels.
• Supported teachers by grading papers and prepping projects