Antonia Jane Cardella

I was born and raised in Albuquerque. I've been active in the arts my whole life. I've performed at Popejoy, the Hiland, the Adobe, the Vortex and ALT in musical and non-musical roles. I've written and illustrated children's books, designed costumes and sets, and done faux painting and murals for a living... PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS Writer and Illustrator; Two Fine Ladies Have a Tiff-Random House Two Fine Ladies: Tea For Three-Random House (Written under the name Antonia Zehler) Illustrator: Ben, Friends, and Heart-Tears-Desert Rose Press Barkley Unleashed-Dove Kids When You Ride Alone, You Ride With Bin Laden- New Millennium The Turtle Knight- Yard Dog Press Dinosaver Screensaver- Fiori Industries Cover and Interior Art for Crosswinds Weekly 1995-2005 Interior Art for NM Business Journal, Su Casa Magazine Writer: Book and Movie Reviews- Crosswinds Weekly 1995-2005 Technical Writing (Commercial Real Estate Appraisals) 2005-2009- Southwest Property Advisors; Brooks, Lomax, and Fletcher; Brooks Pearsall Zantow LLC Signs, Murals and Faux Painting: Billy’s Pub; Brian O’ Brien’s Pub; Enzo’s Avant Garde Salon; New Mexican Kennels; Acoma Elementary School; BirdSong Books Numerous residential projects Sculpting: Rough sculptures for Lance Pewter, Faerie Childe polymer clay sculptures for galleries, large scale ship’s figureheads for Brian O’Brien’s Pub Costume, Program and Set Design and Painting for Local Theatre Groups including: ACLOA/MTS; Albuquerque Children’s Theatre: The Adobe Theater; Albuquerque Little Theater; The Cell Theater; Dance Factory; Haden School of Ballet; and The Vortex Theater. ACT/Hayden: Mother Goose Is Loose; Round Eyed Rumplestiltskin; Goodnight, Snow White; Puss In Boots; Shoemaker and the Elves; Traveling Bandit Show The Cell and MTS: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Dance Factory: Whose Dream Is It, Anyway? MTS: Little Moon Theater; Tapestry; Rocky Horror Picture Show; Grease; Where’s Billy?; Cinderella; A Man of No Importance; Ragtime; Cabaret; Wizard of Oz; The Vortex: I Am My Own Wife; Elephant Man; Greater Tuna Waiting For Godot 1990-2008 Performer: (Featured/Leads) ACLOA/MTS: Baby-Woman #2; Brigadoon-Sandy; La Cage Aux Folles-Babette Revenge of the Garbage Monsters-Mayor; Nunsense Jamboree-Sr Leo; Follies-Sally; A Man of No Importance-Lily; The Adobe: Morning’s At Seven-Myrtle Sundown- “Death” ALT: Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas-“TJ” Child’s Christmas In Wales-Aunt Bessie Opera Unlimited: Miss Muffett, The Spider and Dr. Rice-Dr. Rice The Vortex: Assassins-“The Woman”/Emma Goldman Elephant Man- Mrs. Kendal Quintessence: Choral Artists of the Southwest: Mezzo-8 yrs, Michael Cooke, director Favorite Quotations: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, that which is essential is invisible to the eye. About Me: I'm a complex amalgam of creativity and practicality, with a core of kindness (and sometimes steel. when the mood hits me.)