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Lucy Kindseth

Woodland Hills

Summary

Professional counselor with solid foundation in youth development and emotional support. Strong skills in active listening, conflict resolution, and mentoring. Known for collaborative approach, adaptability, and focus on achieving positive outcomes. Highly reliable, effective communicator, and skilled at fostering a supportive environment.

Overview

2027
2027
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Art Instructor

Sun Valley Youth Arts Center/Stone House
Sun Valley, CA
01.2025 - Current

Phone: (818) 252-4619

Employer: Jesus Rangel and Adriana Franco

  • Creating 8 week lesson plans with written instructions and demonstrations
  • Teaching a wide variety of classes and skills from mixed media to traditional art mediums
  • Setting up individual work stations for students
  • Completing 1hour and 30min workshops with students
  • Leading group/ family workshops
  • Setting up large community events
  • Maintaining cleanliness and organization
  • Developed engaging art curriculum tailored to diverse student interests and skill levels.
  • Collaborated with staff to evaluate program effectiveness, ensuring continuous improvement in teaching methods.

Teachers Assistant and Ceramic Lab Tech

CSUN California State University Northridge
Northridge, CA
01.2025 - Current

Phone: (323) 839-9103

Employer: Patsy Cox

Teachers Assistant:

  • Beginners ceramics class
  • Assist students with throwing, slab building, coil building, etching, underglaze, and glaze application
  • Directed students on firing processes

Lab Tech:

  • Mixing and reclaiming clay using a industrial pug machinery
  • Firing electric kilns
  • Loading/unloading and firing the kiln to correct specifications
  • Mixing slip
  • Maintaining kiln shelves
  • Supervising open studio hours for students
  • Maintaining the studio by mopping and whipping down surfaces
  • Cleaning tools and machinery after use
  • Restocking materials
  • Pressure washing studio space

Video Instructor

Movies By Kids
Calabasas, CA
01.2023 - 01.2024

Phone: (818) 705-6000

Employer: Kenneth Cosby, Mark

  • Orchestrating classrooms of 10 to 30 students
  • Fundamentals of story boarding and scrip writing
  • How to film cinematic angles and create action shots
  • Stunting training and safety
  • Acting coach
  • Practicing script and shot spacing
  • Costume making
  • Final production editing, sound, music

Art Instructor

Viewpoint School
Calabasas, CA
01.2022 - 01.2023

Phone: (818) 591-6500

Employer: Geena Brocca, Jackie Sanchez, Heather Kruse

  • Creating class curriculum and projects
  • Orchestrating classes of 30 children Tk - 5th grade
  • Assisting children with individual and group projects
  • Teaching techniques for multiple mediums and leading students through step-by-step instruction to complete projects
  • Responsible for instructing and finishing projects in an hour timespan as the classes would rotate every hour with a new age group
  • Instructing 5 classes per day
  • Safely escorting children to field trips such as Amusement parks, Theaters, Santa Barbara Zoo, etc

Child care

Athletic Society Kids Club
Canoga Park, CA
01.2022 - 01.2023

Phone: (818) 884-5034

Employer: Teri Ibrra

  • Supervising and ensuring the safety of children ages 6 months to 14 years
  • Prepare activities and crafts for children
  • Sanitizing and cleaning the room for each guest who visits

Art Assistant

Viridian Art
Tarzana & Agoura, CA
01.2021 - 01.2022

Phone: (818) 532-7878

Employer: Brownwyn Brik

  • Preparing the workspace for children
  • Assists children ages 4-12 with projects
  • Help Children to build a foundation for techniques and skills with pastels, oil paints, watercolors, and acrylic paints
  • Responsible for maintaining cleanliness in the stores and re-stocking materials
  • Assisting with sales
  • Traveled for afterschool programs outside of the studio classrooms

Counselor In-training

YMCA
Los Angeles County, CA

Phone: (818) 240-4130

Employer: YMCA

  • Responsible for overseeing ages 10-12 on campgrounds
  • Leading group activities such as snorkeling, rock climbing, rope swings, archery, and games
  • Ensuring safety protocols are followed for group activities

Ceramics Camp Counselor

Ceramics Camp
Hidden Hills, CA
01.2017 - 01.2017

Phone: (818) 331-9955

Employer: Jacqueline Stanford

  • Organized recreational activities for ages 6-10
  • Developed project for pottery activities
  • Assisted counselors in teaching, organizing, and developing kids in the camp environment

Babysitter

Child Care Services
West Hills, CA
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Prepared nutritional meals for children
  • Instructed children in cooking lessons
  • Safely transporting and escorting to museums and events
  • Implemented bedtime routines i.e., reading, bath time, etc.
  • Responsible for 4 children at any given time

Education

Masters MA - Ceramics & Sculpture

CSUN
Northridge, CA
01.2027

Bachelors - Art

CSUN
Northridge, CA
01.2024

Associates - General ED

Pierce College
Woodland Hills, CA
01.2021

High school - undefined

El Camino Real Charter Academy
Woodland Hills, CA
06.2020

Transfer - Fine Art

Laguna College of Art and Design
Laguna, CA
01.2020

Class - Ceramics

Jacqueline Stanford Pottery
Hidden Hills, CA
01.2017

Skills

  • Organized, Flexible, Communicative, Hardworking
  • Organizational and multitasking abilities
  • Creative, innovative, adaptable, supportive
  • Encouraging independent thought for adolescences
  • Fostering a safe and creative space
  • Responsive to individual learning styles and needs
  • Experienced in diverse media
  • Skilled in various artistic techniques
  • Passionate about fostering creativity
  • Customer service experience
  • Knowledgeable of computers
  • Leadership experience

    Technical Skills:

  • Ceramics
  • Sculpture
  • Welding
  • Wood shop
  • Mixed media
  • Watercolor
  • Painting
  • Engraving
  • Video short/editing
  • Charcoal
  • Oil painting

Accomplishments

  • Csun's Juried art exhibition 2025
  • Solo Shed Show CSUN 2025
  • Csun's Juried art exhibition 2024
  • Solo Shed Show CSUN 2024
  • Solo Shed Show CSUN 2023

Certification

CPR certified

Languages

English
American Sign Language

Timeline

Art Instructor

Sun Valley Youth Arts Center/Stone House
01.2025 - Current

Teachers Assistant and Ceramic Lab Tech

CSUN California State University Northridge
01.2025 - Current

Video Instructor

Movies By Kids
01.2023 - 01.2024

Art Instructor

Viewpoint School
01.2022 - 01.2023

Child care

Athletic Society Kids Club
01.2022 - 01.2023

Art Assistant

Viridian Art
01.2021 - 01.2022

Ceramics Camp Counselor

Ceramics Camp
01.2017 - 01.2017

Babysitter

Child Care Services
01.2017 - 01.2019

Associates - General ED

Pierce College

High school - undefined

El Camino Real Charter Academy

Transfer - Fine Art

Laguna College of Art and Design

Counselor In-training

YMCA

Masters MA - Ceramics & Sculpture

CSUN

Bachelors - Art

CSUN

Class - Ceramics

Jacqueline Stanford Pottery
Lucy Kindseth