Stella Duren
Artist, student, and professional float builder
Goals
I want to attend a professional art program to develop my art skills, with the goal of being hired into a career in conceptual/visual development after completion of my BFA.
Education
St Paul’s Episcopal School
Class of 2024
GPA: 3.9
Experience
Production Artist, Mirth Industries
June 2023–present: Mobile, AL
Sculpting and painting large-scale
figures on Mardi Gras floats.
Curioptica Creations
June 2022–present: Birmingham & Mobile, AL
Independent artst/vendor in boutiques & festivals, selling original drawings, prints, art dolls, & jewelry.
Toomey’s Mardi Gras
January–March 2023: Mobile, AL
Stocking and customer service in a
seasonal retail sales environment.
Awards & Extracuriculars
2023 National Honor Society Inductee
2022 National Art Honor Society Inductee
St Paul’s Marching Saints
July 2019–present; French Horn
St Paul’s Players
August 2022–present
Crew, set & prop construction, acting, singing
Student Alliance for Empathy (SAFE)
August 2020–present
Founder and president, diversity club
2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Regional Awards
Gold Key, Sculpture. Silver Key, Painting
2023 Alabama Thespians Festival
Superior Rating, Costume Design (Macbeth)
Various Local and Regional Art Competitions
2019–2023
First Place, second place, and honorable mention awards; digital media, collage, painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media
2023 Outstanding Junior, St Paul’s Band
2020, 2021, 2022 Outstand Art Student
St Paul’s Episcopal School
Curioptica 