CARRIE ANN REITZ
flourybaker@msn.com
www.cupcakesbycarrie.net
OBJECTIVE__________________________________________________________________
Looking for an Apprenticeship/Assistant, Entry Level Position
Creative & Hands-On Work, Airbrushing, Designing, Molding, Casting,
Sculpting, Character Artist, Creature Conceptualizing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE__________________________________________________
Lifestyle Designer, Creature Construction and Food Stylist TBD
Owner and Operator of “CUP CAKES BY CARRIE” Presently Closed
Home Business Rivervale, NJ
Decorating and selling freeform cakes made entirely of cupcakes
Head Cake Decorator 2003-2011
A&P Supermarket Old Tappan, NJ
Air brush, Icing, Edible Sculpting
Lead Visual Merchandiser 2003 Season
Nordstrom Paramus, NJ Full time, temp. position to decorate/strike interior for Christmas
Kindergarten Teacher 1998-2003
Montessori Learning Center Park Ridge, NJ
Developed “Science through Art” curriculum
Assistant Supervisor 1989-1995
Spectrum for Living Closter, NJ
Provided care for seventeen multi-disabled people
Delegated and motivated staff
THEATRE ACTIVITIES___________________________________________________________
Perform as puppet “Trudy Trueheart", weekly at KIDVENTURE 2007-2011
Janis in “Miracle on Main Street” 2006
Comic relief in “A Christmas Tale” 2004
Pascack Bible Church Hillsdale, NJ
Member of Bergen County Players 2002-2004
Props “Go West” Oradell, NJ
Assistant Stage Manager “1776”
Set Décor “Pinocchio”
Original Founder/Director 1997-2011
“King’s Ambassadors Puppet Theatre” (now known as KIDVENTURE)
Originally used puppets designed, sculpted and built by team of teens
Actor, Voice Actor, Stage Manager & Designer, Writing Consultant, Writer Pascack Bible Church Hillsdale, NJ
Costumer and Makeup Artist 1989-1996
Pascack Valley High School Hillsdale, NJ
EDUCATION____________________________________________________________________
Nyack College Nyack, NY 2002-2003
Center for Montessori Teacher Education
The Village School Glen Rock, NJ 1999-2001
Lesson Plan “Albums” were used as models for training teachers
School of Visual Arts Film/Animation NYC 1992
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES______________________________________________________
Sculpting Sewing Knitting Cooking Kite flying Scrabble Voice Overs
Bento Kyacking Using Power Tools Paper Crafting Rubber Stamping
