Edie Everette résumé

Professional Profile 
Versatile and accomplished artist, educator, writer, and cartoonist with over a decade of experience in art instruction, cultural journalism, and commercial illustration. Proven track record of delivering engaging community art education and publishing insightful arts journalism for prominent Pacific Northwest publications. 

Teaching Experience 

Art Instructor | Gage Academy of Art – Seattle, WA | 2013 – Present 

  • Develop curriculum and instruct diverse student groups in cartooning, storytelling, drawing, sketching, illustration, and zine-making. 

Watercolor and Drawing Instructor | Ben Franklin Crafts – Monroe, WA | 2023 – Present 

  • Design and facilitate community-based workshops focusing on foundational watercolor techniques and drawing skills. 

Intro to Cartooning Instructor | King County Library System – Online / WA | 2024 

  • Designed and led interactive virtual cartooning workshops specifically tailored for teen audiences. 

Illustration Workshop Instructor | Amazon Expressions Lab – Seattle, WA | 2018 

  • Facilitated specialized illustration workshops focusing on creative concept design. 

Workshop Instructor | Seattle Art Museum – Seattle, WA | Before 2017 

  • Led community art workshops aligned with museum exhibitions and public programming. 

Journalism, Essays & Art Criticism 

Contributing Essayist & Columnist | The Herald – Everett, WA | 2019 – Present 

  • Write regularly featured cultural columns and personal essays on community, nostalgia, and changing local infrastructure. 

  • Selected Publications (2024–2026): 

  • "Forum: Return of the swimming pool Mermaid" (June 2026) 

  • "Forum: You can literally hear the changing culture of libraries" (April 2026) 

  • "Forum: Littering seems to be on the rise; let’s become ‘Litter Gitters’" (March 2026) 

  • "Craving a smoke, taking stock, paring things and moving on" (2025) 

  • "Why pick up a penny when it’s only worth a thought?" (2025) 

  • "The magic created behind branches of a weeping mulberry tree" (2025) 

  • "‘Whole lotta love’ for becoming a teenage Led Zeppelin Fan" (2025) 

  • "‘Stand-up Cult’ follows muffin tin liners, not one-liners" (December 2024) 

  • "With each blackberry plucked, the quandaries mount" (2024) 

  • "You get one shot at ‘first reaction’ to a song; enjoy it" (2024) 

  • Historical Contributions (2019–2022): Published 8 cultural essays. 

Art Critic & Feature Writer | Art Access Art Guide – Seattle, WA | 2000 – Present 

  • Publish comprehensive exhibit previews, artist features, and gallery reviews for the Pacific Northwest arts community. 

  • Selected Features (2024–2026): 

  • "Edie’s Art Adventure: R. Bruce Inverarity and Everett DuPen at Cascadia Art Museum" (Mar-May 2026) 

  • "Kathy Ross: ShadowLight at Fogue Studios & Gallery" (Mar-May 2026) 

  • "A Grand Center for Arts & Culture: Field Arts & Events Hall" (Jan-Feb 2026) 

  • "Come visit these Edmonds gems" (Nov-Dec 2025) 

  • "Through the Light: The Sublime in Contemporary Northwest Art" (Sept-Oct 2025) 

  • "Hi Fructose Invitational 2025: Celebrating 20 Years of New Contemporary Art" (June-July 2025) 

  • "Museo Summer Exhibitions" (2025) 

  • "Museum of Northwest Art, Ceramic Invitational" (Mar-Apr 2025) 

  • "Eva Funderburgh and Mary O’Toole at J. Rinehart Gallery" (Jan-Feb 2025) 

  • "Schack Turns 50!" (Nov-Dec 2024) 

  • "Fay Jones History Lessons and David Poleski" (July-Aug 2024) 

  • "SOLA: Support of Old Lady Artists" (Mar-Apr 2024) 

  • Historical Contributions: Published 16 features (2019–2022), 4 previews (2018), and 4 previews (2017). 

Weekly Cartoon Columnist | Seven Days: Vermont’s Independent Voice | 2013 – 2018 

  • Created and published a weekly, single-panel cartoon column. 

  • Key Milestone: Provided the cover illustration for the "Love & Marriage" special issue (2018). 

Cartoon Columnist | Hyperallergic | 2014 – 2016 

  • Created and published a regular bi-monthly cartoon column for the Brooklyn-based international art magazine. 

Bi-Monthly Columnist | Pyragraph | 2013 – 2015 

  • Authored and illustrated the bi-monthly cartoon column "I Am an Artist." 

Selected Exhibitions, Residencies & Public Art 

  • Solo Exhibition, References & Reflections: Mixed Media, Taproot Theater’s Kendall Center (May 12 – June 21, 2025) 

  • Group Exhibition, VALENTINE, Graphite Arts Center – Edmonds, WA (Jan 10 – Feb 15, 2025) 

  • Artist in Residence (10th Anniversary), Bellevue Arts Museum (2015) 

  • Printmaking Residency, Centrum – Port Townsend, WA 

  • Featured Lecturer, The Art of Charles Burchfield, Gage Academy of Art – Seattle, WA (2017) 

  • Commissioned Illustrator, Haz Matters Comic Book, Public Art 4Culture and King County (Published in English and Spanish to raise household hazardous waste awareness) 

  • Exhibitor / Table Artist, Short Run Comix and Arts Festival – Seattle, WA (Multiple years, including 2017) 

  • Exhibitor / Table Artist, Emerald City Comicon – Seattle, WA 

  • Fashion Design Participant, Seattle Recycled Arts Festival Fashion Show 

  • Co-Instructor, Children’s Art Workshops with Kevin Pattelle, Start Up Event Center 

 Selected Publications & Illustration Commissions 

  • Book Serialization: Embarrassing Blow-up Doll Dates (12 editions sold via Elliott Bay Book Company, 2018) 

  • Magazine Features: Seattle Magazine (Full-page cushion design feature) 

  • Editorial Cartoons: American Thinker (3 cartoons published) 

  • Cartoon Contributor: Psychiatric Times 

  • International Editorial Illustrations: Society and Doolittle magazines – Paris, France 

  • Literary Journals: 3Elements Literary Review (Issue #24, featured drawing titled "Adrift") 

  • Literary Non-Fiction: Bridgette Shade (Short non-fiction published) 

  • Book Illustrations: Going Elemental: The Essentials of Success by Chris Richardson and Randall