Matthew Lawrence                                                    

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Education

Rhode Island College
BA, Anthropology (2004)

Projects

Not About The Buildings                                       
Providence, RI (2006-present)
Founder 
Personally oversees all event planning, marketing, copywriting, web development
and photography for a small literary events organization.

Headmaster                                                          
Providence, RI (2010-present)
Founding Editor
Co-editor of a biannual print publication featuring writing, photography, illustration
and painting.  Oversees distribution, marketing, and ad sales in addition to curatorial
and editorial duties.

Writing

Providence Daily Dose                                          
Providence, RI (2007-2010)
Covered news and events for blog, three-time winner of Best Local Blog awards in
Rhode Island
Monthly and the Providence Phoenix.

Carnal Nation                                                        
San Francisco, CA (2009-2010)
Wrote safe-for-work news about sex for popular East coast correspondent for a
popular California-based website that "strives to inform and entertain without being
pornographic or offensive."

Providence Monthly                                               
Providence, RI (2005-2007)
Wrote monthly art column for local magazine;  occasionally wrote features and
styled photo shoots.


Curatorial

Personal, Jesus                                                
New York, NY (2011)
Online gallery of work curated for the Frank Moore Archive at Visual AIDS.

World of Queercraft                                           
Providence, RI (2009)
An eight-artist exhibit at of queer-themed art at Craftland, a Providence 
store/gallery.

Uptown Top Rankin                                           
Providence, RI (2008-2009)
An occasional apartment gallery located in a quiet Providence neighborhood.

Pet Fashion Week                                            
New York, NY (2008)
A dog-themed video festival shown at New York's third annual Pet Fashion 
Week.  Curated with Jason Tranchida.

The Library Show                                             
Providence, RI (2007)
An eleven-artist exhibit at Providence's Firehouse 13.  Designed to replicate 
a library, the show also incorporated work by high school students and sixteen 
nights of programming.

Radio

BSR                                                                     Providence, RI (2005-2010)
Programmer for The World's Slowest Dance Party and The Pop Chart, two 
shows at a Providence community radio station.


Video

Who's Wearing The Hat Now?                               Chicago, IL (2009)
A video tour of Providence, Who's Wearing The Hat Now? is an interactive 
project that screened as part of the Without You I Am Nothing show at Chicago's 
Green Lantern Gallery.

Man Does Not Create.  He Discovers.                    Olympia, WA (2004)
Video about celebrity and queer identity, which screened at the Homo-A-Gogo 
Festival in Olympia, Washington.

Employment

Brown University Bookstore                                   
Providence, RI (1999-2008)
Buyer/Staff Assistant
Ordered merchandise; Hired, trained and scheduled sales staff; photographed
products for online store; assisted mail order department, and dealt with students,
faculty, parents and alumni on a daily basis.