Louissa Chanin

louissachanin.com
louissachanin@gmail.com
201-744-5004

Education

University of Michigan
Masters of Social Work

• Concentration in Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, & Substance Abuse
Fashion Institute of Technology B.S. in Fashion Business Management

• Minors in Art History, Latin American Studies, Ethics and Sustainability

Sept 2024 - Dec 2025
Ann Arbor, MI

Sept 2019 - Dec 2021
New York, NY
GPA: 3.96
Summa Cum Laude Presidential Scholar

Studio
Affiliations

Ann Arbor Potters Guild

Vistiting Potter

• Dedicated myself to getting comfortable throwing with porcelain, continued to develop my personal surface design style, explored glaze formulation, and grew my knowledge base of studio management and maintance.

• I trained in a host of key studio competancies and partook in their record-breaking 2024 winter sale.

Clay Work Studio

Independent Studio Artist

• Continued my hand building and wheel throwing work, primarily with a mixed stoneware/porcelain clay body.

Personal Home Studio

Creator and Sole Member

• Outfitted a small home studio for wheel throwing and handbuilding. In addition to my creative work, I stacked kilns, ran firings, reclaimed clay, conducted all studio
cleaning, and managed waste water.

Turning Earth Studios

Member Artist

• Spent a minimum of 15 hours per week self-teaching wheel throwing while continuing to hand build on occasion.

Brooklyn Clay

Outside Firer

• Self taught hand-building in my home studio while glazing and firing at Brooklyn Clay.

Feb 2024 - Present
Ann Arbor, MI

Sept 2023- Dec 2023
Ann Arbor, MI

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
Vinalhaven, ME

Jan 2023 - May 2023
London, UK

Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
Brooklyn, NY

Art & Design
Experience

Nenes Babies

Chief of Design

• Executed the design of all patterns, garments, and packaging materials for the company’s launch line of more than 50 products

• Planned, crafted, and scheduled social media content for the company’s Facebook and Instagram

• Oversaw all matters of visual brand identity and collaborated with internal and external teams, to maintain brand consistency across company initiatives

Jan 2023 - Nov 2023
Remote

Other
Creative
Experience

Fleur Bakeshop
Baker and Pastry Prep Cook

•Crafted high-quality product for our daily assortment and developed new product offering based on seasonally available produce

Nightingale Restaurant
Pastry Prep Cook

•Prepared and plated daily menu items and components according to restaurant procedures

Salt Restaurant
Pastry Chef

• Planned, developed, and executed frequently changing dessert menus for a 40-seat New American Fare restaurant

Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
Whitefish, MT

Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

Vinalhaven, ME

Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
Vinalhaven, ME