JACK PURCELL
jackpurcell38@yahoo.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Art teacher at Frontier Regional High School, Amherst, MA, September
2002-present
Teacher for after school art program, Hampshire Regional High School,
Westhampton, MA, Oct. 2001– Feb. 2002
Art teacher, Woodland Academy, Ware, MA, Sept. 2000 - Dec. 2001
Instructor, Young PeopleÕs Institute, a fine arts summer camp, Old
Saybrook, CT, 1996 – present
Facilitator and instructor, comic book creation workshops for
students (sometimes educators) via the public library and school systems
throughout New England , 1992 - present
Free-lance comic book inker, Heavy Metal, Brainstorm Media,
Acetylene,... 1995 - present
Art Director, Escape Custom Software, 1999 - 2000
Special Events Coordinator, Words and Pictures Museum, Northampton,
MA, 1997 – 1999

ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Illustrator of Best Buy character used in storeÕs TV
advertising
Speaker at the Norman Rockwell Museum on comic books in
education March 2002
Creator and publisher of an independent comic book, The Cape
#1
Free-lance illustrator for Daily Hampshire Gazette
Cover and interior illustrator for the Springfield and Valley
Advocate 1999 ÒBest ofÓ issue
Artist of commissioned illustrations for New Jersey Fireworks
Published in other magazines including Propaganda World
Service, Digi and Forty-3
Numerous exhibitions of illustrations in single and group shows
EDUCATION and CREDENTIALS
Teaching certification grades 5-12, 2002
16 week practicum completed at Amherst Regional High School ,
2002
Post graduate teaching coursework, Westfield State College,
Westfield, MA, 2001 - present
B.A. in Illustration, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA,
1996
A.D. in Fine Art, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA,
1992
Northampton High School, 1988