HIRE ME!

Hi! If you've stumbled across this webpage & don't know me, I'm Nica Aquino & I'm currently available for paid full-time, part-time, or freelance work. I'm a visual artist, curator, & cultural producer with experience in communications, arts programming, photo & video, teaching grades K-12, & college guest lecturing. I would love a remote or hybrid communications job, but am up for almost anything right now. I'm currently based in Los Angeles, CA, but open to relocating. Let's work together!
Here are some things I'm available for & have experience in:

📲 COMMUNICATIONS:
  • ​Social media & digital community management
  • Social media content creation (photo, video)
  • Web administration
  • Email campaigns
  • Copywriting & editing
  • ​Content scheduling & communications strategy
  • Competent design & HTML skills
  • Analytics & communications reports, post-event reports
  • Digital & print media ad buys & asset coordination
  • Comedy, memes, GIF replies, banter, & sh*t posting

🎭 ARTS PROGRAMMING:
  • Exhibition curation
  • Performance production
  • Arts education (both as a teaching artist & producer)
  • ​Community engagement
  • Coordinating artwork loans
  • Gallery prep & art handling
  • ​Vinyl design & installation
  • Coordinating & managing day-of logistics
  • Trained in artist copyright laws
  • Artist management — I have worked with 100+ artists!

📷 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY:
  • Need a new LinkedIn headshot? Pregnant? Engaged? Have a creative vision? Tap into some sliding scale portraits for BIPOC, queer, disabled, & working class folks. I would especially love to work with other artists. Singles or couples only.
  • Event documentation (parties, music, performance, workshops, presentation engagements, etc)
  • Archival documentation (exhibitions, studio artwork, public art)
  • I can train on Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, & cataloguing.
  • My photography has helped local arts orgs get awarded grants. 😉
  • Email me your ideas & we'll talk rates.

🍎 TEACHING & EDUCATION:
  • 3 years professional experience teaching arts education to grades K-8, with additional experience independently producing art workshops for all ages.
  • 3 years of experience as an afterschool tutor & teacher for grades 6-12.
  • I've done lectures for all ages on careers in the arts, as well as college visiting artist lectures.
  • ​Public school office administration.
  • I would love to adjunct, teach or sub part-time, or work at your school's office!

💡 OTHER INTERESTS:
  • Animals, gardening, nature, traveling, exploring without a car, cooking, cartoons, comics, collecting physical media & antique junk, thrifting, subculture & vintage music, fashion & design!

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Want to know more about my employment or arts experience? Check out my resume, full artist CV, or LinkedIn.
What's the difference?
​My resume only has info on my past employment & wage labor experience. My CV has a full history of everything I've done from curatorial projects, exhibitions, lectures, performances, collections, awards & more.
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For queries about my services or to hire me, let's connect over email.