About
Amira Rasayon received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, MD. She majored in Environmental Design (currently called Architectural Design) with a Minor in Art History, and a concentration in Illustration. Specializing in graphics design and production, she has served as the exhibit designer on several exhibitions, done promotional advertisements that have been featured in the Washington City Paper and The Express and has designed event graphics, and designed way-finding signage for the National Museum of American History.
For three years, Amira has taught high-school students, grades 9-12th in the arts at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC. She has also taught teens in summer youth art programs; teaching digital photography, graphic design, and museum related courses. She has collaborated with neighboring schools and lead student related projects and exhibits that have been held at the Kennedy Center and the District Architecture Center (DAC) in Washington, DC.
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In August of 2017, Amira took up another career opportunity as the Graphics Technician at Washington D.C's newest museum the Museum of the Bible. Responsible for overseeing and designing all the large scale graphics for the museum and multiple Special Exhibits, Amira was the environmental graphic designer for two of the grand opening Special Exhibits, The Living Dead and the Stations of the Cross exhibit. She was also the designer for the Noblewoman and the Bible: Seven Stories from the House of Stolberg exhibit that recently opened in July of 2018. Serving as the project manager for graphics on the projects as well, Amira directly communicated with the curators, vendors, and was responsible for coordinating graphic production and install for the successful grand opening.
Previously, Amira was an Exhibits Specialist and Graphics Designer at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Exhibits Production and has worked as a Graphic Designer within the M-NCPPC. During her tenure, she designed the Smithsonian Garden's Common Ground permanent infographic signage on display around the garden terrace of the National Museum of American History, promotional materials for the 2016 Museum Day Live! Campaign, and various other designs for a range of projects.
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She was last at Smithsonian Exhibits (SIE) where she worked as an Exhibits Specialist with the Graphics Production team. Now she has returned to Smithsonian National Museum of American History as an Exhibits Specialist.
Amira has been accepted into multiple juried exhibitions and galleries in Queens, New York, and the Maryland area. In 2016, her work was on display at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center in Washington D.C. She has also shown work at the DCAC, the Kaplan Gallery at the VisArts Center in Rockville, MD, the Prince George's African American Museum and Culture Center in North Brentwood, MD, and at the Reagan National Airport. Her photography artwork echoes a modular sense of time, as she documents public social events and conceptually highlights identity.
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Maryland & the DC Metropolitan Area
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