Ethan Hawes Portfolio

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CONTENTSCONTENTS


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EDUCATION

Parsons the New School for Design (August 2010) - New York, NY

Major: Communications Design (BFA) / Culture & Media (BA); Minor: Gender Studies

duPont Manual Magnet High School - Louisville, KY

Communications/Media Arts Magnet Program

3.4 GPA; 2000 SAT; 29 ACT

Editor-in-Chief of nationally award-winning Crimson yearbook (2007-2010)

- Gold Crown award from Columbia Universitys Scholastic Press Association

- Pacemaker Finalist award from the National Scholastic Press Association

Captain/President of regionally award-winning Policy Debate team (2008-2010)

- Top Speaker award at Jefferson County Debate League tournament

WORK

Freelance Graphic Designer (November 2007 present)

Ive worked as a graphic designer for several years. My work includes print, web and identity.

Server, Skyline Chili (May July 2010) Louisville, KY

Pay: $2.13/hr

General server duties in a high-volume diner-style restaurant chain

Cashier, Premier Cleaners (July 2008 April 2009) Louisville, KY

Starting pay: $7.00/hr; Ending pay: $8.00/hr

Emphasis on customer service

Food production worker, Subway Salads & Sandwiches (July 2006 July 2008) Louisville, KY

Starting pay: $5.15/hr; Ending pay: $7.00/hr

Some night manager/shift leader duties, including handling closing register work

ACTIVISM

Co-Chair, Outreach Activist Committee, Statewide Fairness Coalition (January Ju

I was the co-chair of a committee dedicated to a rethinking of queer activism

emphasis on youth and rural communities.

Youth Team Leader, National Equality March (August October 2009)

As a youth team leader for Octobers marriage equality march on Washington,

managed the National Equality Marchs Facebook page. Duties included inter

queer students and youth with the intention of interesting them in attending th

Volunteer Graphic Designer, Fairness Campaign (May 2008 present) Louisville,

In the early days of my work as a volunteer designer for Louisvilles decades-

Campaign, I did some basic work on fundraising appeals, print materials, etc.

involvement in the Campaign deepened, I became their main graphic design

on several branding/ad campaigns.

SKILLS

Well-versed in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign CS5, etc

Proficient knowledge of all Microsoft Office programs

Great with most point-of-sale systems

I can operate most dSLR cameras and have experience with lighting

REFERENCES

Chris Hartman, Director of Fairness Campaign 502 640 1095

Carol Hammerbeck, Family friend, Psychiatrist 502 264 1369

Ellen Si tes, Family friend, Teacher assistant 502 724 0740

[email protected]

mobile: 502 235 0844

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COLLATERAL

Tabloid-size poster for local o

September 2009


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COLLATERAL

Tabloid-size poster for a Kentu

All branding for the Illuminatio

done by me. April 2009

Tabloid-size poster for a River

Derby event. April 2009


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COLLATERAL

Postcard mailer for Fairness Campaign

fundraiser. July 2009


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OTHER PRINT

Three samples of business cards made forfreelance customers over the years.


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OTHER PRINT

Front fold of an inviation to an American Civil

Liberties Union of Kentucky event. July 2009

Postcard mailer invitation to poetry slam/birth-

day part y.


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OTHER PRINT

Cover to personal design proj


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GENDER AND

SEXUAL

EXPRESSIONIN A

MULTIREGIONAL

COMMUNITY

them to find identity and purpos

husbands and children.

Misconception: that South

subscribes to the view of femin

by Friedan in The Feminine My

examination of the reality and s

expectations in Louisville, a city

both Northern and Southern tra

that this was not the case.

The subject is a counterex

expectations regarding Louisville

women. Katie dropped out of tra

school at 17, works 9-5, lives in

householdone in much disarr

religiously. When I took her port

January she was unknowingly t

pregnant; she has decided to g

for adoption. Katie is in no way

view of femininity, yet receives

denouncing her lifestyle, even i

enveloped in traditional views o

considering the beliefs in my co

had inadvertently stereotyped it

superimposed on Katies portra

from Mary Wollstonecrafts A V

the Rights of Women, a philoso

primitive, representative of Katie

the unique ways gender is expressed in my own

community. Id generally taken it for grantedlike

the foreigners to Louisville so justly lamented

by our citizens for the pigeonholing of our

citythat my hometown conformed to societys

traditionalist standards, particularly those

regarding sexuality and gender. I was wrong. Ive

chosen to explore the prejudices I once had of

my own city through a display of my communitys

tolerance regarding gender expression and

identity. This exploration is done via a series

of three portraits, each representing a different

aspect of the spectrum of beliefs, ideals, and

expectations I have recently discovered to be

true or untrue of my community.

The photographs progress from

archaic philosophies to modern ones, each

representative of the subject of each portrait.

Each piece is overlayed by a gradient, a running

symbol referencing the fluidity of gender and its

pertinence in our lives. Not highlighted are the

qualities or actions the subject embodies that

escape traditional gender expectations and roles.

PORTRAIT ONE - KATIE

1963: Betty Friedan hypothesizes that women

are victims of societal expectations requiring

Louisville Kentucky is an enigma of a city.

During the ten years I resided there I saw most

of what it has to offer. Louisville has been called

both the southernmost Northern city

and the northernmost Southern city in

America. Both its location and culture

transcend stereotypes of either region,

and this is one of the things I have

recently discovered to be appealing

about my hometown. Southern:

indulgence is essential, and indulge we dosoul

food, cowboy boots, and Derby festivities will

always have a place in my heart. Northern: a city,

defiant of the countrys pigeonholing of the state

its located in, with citizens just as eager to flaunt

their citys Southern charm as they are to defend

its subtle Northernness and booming urban

development.

Much of my concentration over the past

few years has been on gender issuesI have

volunteered for many a related organization

and amateurishly studied the subjectbut only

very recently did I think to seriously consider


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PORTRAIT TWO - SEAN

Transphobia is becoming the last queer discrimination problem:

in a country where five states have legalized same-sex marriage

and the repeal of the mili tarys Dont Ask Dont Tell policy

is planned within the year, there are many battles yet to befought, but transphobia is one of the most monumental ones.

While the subject, a Louisville high school student, is neither

transgendered nor transsexual, he is still affected by transphobia

due to misunderstandings of gender issues. Sean crossdresses,

with varying degrees of seriousnessboth for midnight

showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show and for casual

days at school. The surprise? The struggle between tradition

and acceptance of queerness is ending; even in a community

where both Northern and Southern culture have been patently

transphobic, the subject received little to no criticism for his

clothing choices during any point in the school day. While Sean

did receive some reactions to his attire, the majority of opinions

suggested a sea change toward a society more accepting of

untraditional gender expression.

The table superimposed on Seans portrait is the Bem Sex

Role Inventory, a 1971 test created to explain how individuals

have come to use gender as an organizing category for many

aspects of their lives.


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PORTRAIT THREE - MARY AMANDA

The third and last portrait in this series is a hopeful one,

and one that brings this series full circle (suggested by

the blue of the gradient that matches the hue in the first

piece). The subject of the portrait is queer; she does not

pin down her sexuality, but has only been romantically

involved with women. Amanda has been a Louisvillian

for all of her life, and, unknowingly, has been protected

by some of the most comprehensive anti-discrimination

legislation in the country.

In October of 1999, Louisville, led by local human

rights group Fairness Campaign, became one of the

first Southern citiesand one of the first cities in the

countryto enact legislation prohibiting employment,

housing, and public accommodations discrimination

based on sexual orientation and gender identity: a fact

that many queer Louisvillians, including myself, are or

were once unaware of. This legislation is unique for

two reasons: the first, that it included protections for

transsexual and transgendered people so early in the

battle for queer rights; the second, that it happened in

a community so many people consider to be extremely

conservative.

CONCLUSION

Throughout the process of creating this

Ive both confronted several stereotypes

known in my community and delighted in

redeeming qualities. Louisville, Ive foun

that cannot be easily labeled as conser

accepting or intolerant. Reflected in my

not an ideal acceptance of everyone as

there evidence of a city predisposed to d

and hatred. Reflected in my community

collection of beliefs, ideals, actions, and

parallel a country diverse in opinion, yet

change first instigated by Wollstonecraft

now reinforced by contemporaries as va

band Le Tigre (whose song F.Y.R. is sup

Amandas portrait) and queer theorist / n

Edelman. The burden of progression tow

tolerant, and even embracing society, is

on any one group of activists or hopeful

individual in a society soon to recognize

differences in opinions of gender expres

and identityits fundamental beliefs are

acceptance, equality, and love.

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