K. Rose Sargent

 

 

 

Objective  

To be a happy, impassioned person. To know myself, and make a life for myself doing something that I love, while surrounded by those who support me.  To be productive, but also to be able to relax and enjoy myself.  To make wise choices.

 

Qualifications

I work well with others. I make a real effort to be positive and supportive. The last several years of my life were devoted to confronting my fears, anger and finally sadness, then putting myself back together, getting healthy, quitting bad habits, learning to respect myself, and improve my quality of life. Despite a history that reflects a real lack of commitment, I have had the same amazing best friends for 20 years, and throughout my entire life I have always painted or otherwise expressed myself visually. All the experience behind me has made me the person I am today, and IÕm taking my life in the right direction.

 

 

Education

1978-1979 Pre-School, Agassiz School, Jamaica Plain, MA

1979-1980 Kindergarten, J. M. Curley School, Jamaica Plain, MA

1980-1984 First-Third Grade, Trotter School, Roxbury, MA

1984-1986 Fourth-Fifth Grade, Hennigan School, Roxbury, MA

 

1986-1987 Sixth Grade, The Learning Project, Boston, MA

1987-1993 Seventh-Twelfth Grade, Milton Academy, Milton, MA

Diploma awarded.

1993-1994 Freshman Year, Brown University, Providence, RI

Math Major

1997-1999 Two More Years, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

                  Fashion Design Concentration

2005-?       Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Painting Major

Printmaking Minor

 

 

 

                   

Experience

9/02-9/05   Waitress, Miracle of Science Bar and Grill, Cambridge, MA

Full-time employee for 3 years; integral part of Team Miracle. Responsibilities include: waiting, running, bussing, doing dishes, and everything else imaginable, for 13 tables, all while smiling. Longest and best job IÕve had.

 

10/04-5/05 Receptionist, MIT Tennis Bubble, Cambridge, MA

Checking IDÕs, taking calls, re-aligning an important revolving door, and dealing with eccentric clientele.

 

4/02-5/02   Baristress, Tealuxe, Cambridge, MA

I had this job for only a couple of weeks, but I hadnÕt worked the whole previous year, so it was pretty significant. Responsibilities included selling tea, stocking tea, cashiering, smoke breaks.

 

1/02-3/02Cocktail Waitress, Silhouette Lounge, Allston, MA

Worked as a back-up waitress for a friend of mine.  Responsibilities included: cocktail waitressing for a crowd of regular drinkers. I specialized in hustling, costumes, and appealing to a diverse clientele.

 

11/00-7/01 Waitress, MikeÕs City Diner, Boston, MA

Full-time employee for almost 1 year.  Responsibilities included: waiting, running, multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment, eating lots of eggs and bacon.

 

9/00-11/00 Scouting Director, Barbizon School of Modeling, Boston, MA

Three months of absolute torture. Responsibilities included: cold calling, soliciting, and empty-promise making. I did get along well with my co-workers, and it was an interesting experience.

 

5/99-5/00   Studio Intern, Western Textile, NYC, NY                                                    

Worked part-time while attending school, and full-time after leaving. Responsibilities ranged from color matching, to hand painting pattern templates, fabric research, and storyboards, and getting lunch for everyone.

 

6/98-8/98   Caretaker, Grandparents, Bedford, MA

Summer Situation. Responsibilities included: Cooking, grocery shopping, driving, being 23 and living with grumpy post-surgery grandparents.

                 

            9/97-5/99   Nude Model, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Worked part-time, for 2 years, while attending school.  Modeled for life drawing, and anatomy classes. Responsibilities are self-explanatory.

 

11/96-9/97 Assistant Manager, Oilily, Chestnut Hill, MA

Full-time employee for 10 months, a long time for me. Started in sales and graduated to assistant manager. Responsibilities included: Commission based sales at a high-end childrenÕs clothing company, displays, scheduling, customer service, babysitting. I got along well with the staff, especially my boss, who was very supportive of me, and encouraged me to return to school. 

 

9/96-10/96 Exotic Dancer, The Glass Slipper, Boston, MA

Had this job for 3 weeks. One of the most surreal months of my lifetime. My ÒresponsibilitiesÓ or quite possibly, ÒirresponsibilitiesÓ, included; flirting with patrons, teasing, and convincing them to buy drinks for me, dancing on stage in 20 minute sets, solo, about 7 times over the course of an 8 hour shift, from 11am! to 7pm. All that while smoking 2 packs of cigarettes (at work), walking (and dancing) in extremely ridiculous high heels, drinking champagne, fending off perverts, and being scared out of my mind.

 

9/96-9/96   Hostess, Sonsie, Boston, MA

Had this job for about a month.  Really a bad match for me. I was the hostess, which involved dealing with a lot of very difficult, snooty people for very little money.  Oh, and having to dress up.  I hated this job.

 

5/96-9/96   Nanny, Newton, MA

Took care of my infant godson for 4 months.  Responsibilities included: being responsible for a tiny personÕs life, feeding, changing diapers, burping, singing lullabies. This job made quite an impression. I had a long way to go.

 

5/95-5/96   Sales Associate, Allston Beat, Boston, MA

Worked here twice for 6 month stints. Responsibilities included: executing competitive commission based sales techniques, feel cooler, dying my hair pink, and wearing latex pants. I was the #1 Salesperson for most of my tenure.

 

9/94-5/95   Waitress, CafŽ Paragon, Providence, RI

I had this job for about 7 months, after taking a Òleave of absenceÓ from Brown. Responsibilities included, waiting, bussing, bartending, cappuchining, getting fired and subsequently rehired 12 times by certifiably insane boss, getting sent home for not wearing mini-skirt, being burned by cigarettes of drunk European patronage dancing on tables. In short, lots of money, long shifts, learning about money and sacrifice and sexual harassment.

 

9/94-5/95   Apprentice, Richard Fishman, Providence, RI

Worked alongside Richard Fishman, Head of Brown UniversityÕs Art Department, and former president of Ralph LaurenÕs jewelry line. Responsibilities included, mechanical drawings, presentations, chain work, polishing metal and resins, learning about the process, from design, to critique, to fabrication, and mass production. This job taught me a lot about right-brain vs. left-brain. I realized that I did NOT want an art-related job that didnÕt involve creative control.

 

92-94         Stockperson, Crate & Barrel, Chestnut Hill, MA

Worked on an almost all-lesbian team, unloading the trucks at 7am, unpacking, storing, restocking, packaging and mailing. This was a job I had during X-mas and summer vacations.   Learned the value of a dollar making minimum wage.

 

91-95         Camp Counselor, Creative Arts at Park, Park School, Chestnut Hill, MA

Worked 4 summers from age 16-20. Responsibilities included, assistant teaching and teaching of painting, mixed media, clay work, improvisational drama, and costume design.

                 

Interests

Spending time with friends and cats, thinking, listening to music, sketching, watching movies (mostly documentaries), reading (mostly memoirs), cooking dinner, and eating it in bed.