Moriah LeFebvre
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A., Studio Art, May 2010 with Highest Distinctions
Cumulative GPA 3.85
University of North Carolina School of the Arts:
Winston-Salem, NC. August 2001-May 2003. I applied and
was accepted to UNCSA after my sophomore year of high
school. At sixteen yeras old I left home and moved to
Winston-Salem to pursue my passion. I devoted two years of
rigorous study to drawing, design, sculpture, and art history,
in addition to meeting all state-required general education
requirements. My artistic exposure and training was very
broad, diverse, and intensive. My training culminated in a
senior thesis (a multi-media retrospective) displayed for a
week in the campus gallery and open to the public. I
graduated from UNCSA in May 2003.
HONORS
UNC Dean’s List:
Chapel Hill, NC. 2008-2010. Named to the UNC Dean’s
List for the following semesters: fall 2008, spring 2009, fall
2009, and spring 2010.
Tau Sigma National Honor Society:
Chapel Hill, NC. 2008. Became a member of the Tau Sigma
National Honor Society (which recognizes the academic
achievement of transfer students.
AA Academic Achievement:
Durham, NC. 2008. Honored by Durham Technical
Community College for Associate of Arts
Academic Achievement.
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Nomination:
Durham, NC. 2008. Nominated by Durham Technical
Community College for the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship.
Superior Achievement Award:
Durham, NC. 2006-2007. I was placed on the President’s
List for superior academic achievement at Durham Technical
Community College.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and
William Magnum Fine Art:
Durham, NC. 2003. Recieved a Certificate of Merit for
Excellence in Visual Art.
North Carolina State Fair:
Raleigh, NC. 2002. Won first place in “Arts and Photography”
in the state; won a $200 art education scholarship.
National Art Honor Society:
Durham, NC. 2000. I was inducted as a member of the
National Art Honor Society in November 2000.
TRAINING
Duke Center for Documentary Studies:
Durham, NC. August 2007. I participated in the “Literacy
Through Photography” program. I was trained in the LTP
methodology (brainchild of Wendy Ewald) so that I could
take my own students through the process.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Commissioned Portraiture:
Durham, NC; Winston-Salem, NC; Wilmington, NC. 2001-
present. I was commissioned to do my first portrait in 2001.
In the years since then I have completed many commissions
(in varying frequency). I have gained a breadth of
professional experience this way.
Urban Renewal Project:
Durham, NC. January 2008. I was hired by Drakeford &
Associates to illustrate the proposed renovations and
transformations of three properties in inner-city Durham.
Upon completion, my illustrations were attached to the
grant proposals submitted to the city.
Dr. Phail Wynn Commission:
Durham, NC. December 2007. I was commissioned by
Durham Technical Community College’s Support Staff
Planning Committee to do a portrait of outgoing president
Dr. Wynn. The portrait was given to him to honor him upon
his departure and to thank him for his decades of devoted
service.
Walltown Children’s Theater:
Durham, NC. June-August 2006; June-August 2007. I spent
two summers teaching at WCT, a nonprofit program aimed at
providing underprivileged youth with access to the arts.
WCT classes primarily include the performing arts, but in an
effort to broaden their focus, the co-directors hired me as
their visual art teacher. I was responsible for taking
inventory, ordering supplies, and designing curricula. I
taught classes to groups of kids ranging in age from 4 to 12
years old, incorporating a variety of approaches in a variety
of media (ranging from sculpture to self-portraiture). Each
session culminated in a gallery showing of the children’s
work that I orchestrated.
SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
Inter-personal communication skills with children and
adults, public speaking, team-building skills, competence in
a range of artistic media, experience designing age-
appropriate curricula.
Motivation, dedication, tirelessness, committment to
serving the community, empathy, diplomacy.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
Moriah LeFebvre's Portfolio 
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