Gretchen Martin

Owner - Little Pearls Studio

artist/writer/actress/entrepreneur

Featured Guest - Designing Your Future - Skylink Television

Appearance on a half-hour television program highlighting the art and design industry from an insider’s viewpoint, featuring discussions with successful artists and designers.

Guest Host - Craft Lab - DIY Network series/HGTV

Appearance as a guest host on “Craft Lab,” a half-hour television program on the Do-It Yourself (DIY) Network, guiding a tutorial on how to work with cast resin and what is involved in making a resin-cast bobblehead.

Design and Editorial Director - Acting for Real - Lifestand, Inc.

Completed writing, editing and typography of text including insertion and editing of photographs for 309-page book entitled Acting for Real by Thom McFadden, an accomplished character actor and coach. Learned Thom McFadden’s philosophy to assist with writing material, researched self-publishing and selected self-publishing company for author’s manufacture and distribution of product under his own publishing company. Also assisted in creating marketing materials including press kits, endorsements, and e-books. Designed e-book covers, worked with other designers and oversaw development of website, contributing text and designs and approving overall. Located fulfillment center and coordinated payment processing and made book available on Amazon and other major resellers.

Artsbridge Scholar and Creative Drama Teacher, UCLA Artsbridge Program

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Artsbridge Scholar chosen to teach Creative Drama for 3rd and 4th grade students. Preparation included supervised instruction at UES, UCLA’s campus Elementary School. Program culminated in teaching unsupervised programs under the scholarship in two different classrooms, 3rd and 4th grades, at Westwood Charter Elementary School.

University of California, Los Angeles - School of Theater, Film & Television

Bachelor of Arts