CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2005 MFA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Integrated Electronic Arts
Areas of Specialization: Digital video, documentary, community media
2001 BA, Vassar College (Phi Beta Kappa)
Media Studies / American Culture
Areas of Specialization: Media education, community media
TEACHING
2008-2010 Visiting Lecturer in Art, Williams College (Williamstown MA)
Full time position at selective liberal arts college. Courses include Junior Seminar: Methods in Contemporary Art Practice, Making Video Art, Participatory Media Production, Advanced Video Post Production, and Topics in Nonfiction Film/Video.
2006-2008 Visiting Assistant Professor of Video/New Media, Hampshire College (Amherst MA)
Full time position at progressive liberal arts college dedicated to interdisciplinary learning, close mentorships between faculty and students, and innovative pedagogy. Courses included Introduction to Media Production, Introduction to Video, Advanced Video Post Production, Internet Art, Video and the Internet, and Topics in Video: Sex, Reproduction and Motherhood. Curricula, which were largely driven by student-initiated projects, reflected equal emphasis on hands-on production techniques and history/theory of new media arts.
Also organized several visiting artist lectures and workshops.
2005 Master TA, RPI
Selected as one in twelve of all graduate students at RPI to train incoming graduate students in all aspects of being a Teaching Assistant, including pedagogy, grading, diversity, and Institute policies.
2004 Teaching Assistant, Media Studio: Digital Imaging, RPI
Responsible for curriculum, grading, attendance, and teaching introductory imaging, including photography, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver.
2003 Teaching Assistant, Media Studio: Audio/Video, RPI
Responsible for curriculum, grading, attendance, and teaching introductory audio and video production, including post-production in Premiere, iMovie and Final Cut Pro.
2003 - 2005 Video Instructor, The Ark
Wrote curriculum and taught a variety of after-school and summer programs for at-risk youth in video production and web design. Responsible for reporting to funders and organizing public screenings of student work.
1999 - 2003 Video Instructor, Children's Media Project
Wrote curriculum and taught a variety of after-school and summer programs for at-risk youth in video production and graphic design. Responsible for grantwriting, organizing public screenings, outreach, staff supervision and budgeting. Full time position.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE [FILM PROGRAMMING, ORGANIZING, & FREELANCE VIDEO PRODUCTION]
2010-11 Programmer, Flaherty NYC Series at Anthology Film Archives
2003 - 2009 Core Producer, Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center
2005 - 2009 Core Organizer/Programmer, The Sanctuary for Independent Media
2002 - present Freelance video documentation, video editing, DVD authoring, graphic design
2003 Director/Editor, He Said She Said: Sex and Consent at College *Collaboration with Vassar College Sexual Assault Violence Prevention program & Children's Media Project
2003 Script Supervisor/Continuity, Lumina Films
RECENT VIDEO WORK
2011 DOCTORED! [in progress]
2009 Untitled Lydia Pinkham film [in progress]
2009 Untitled Phoebe Snetsinger film [in progress]
2010 The Voyagers 16:30
2010 How To Write An Autobigraphy 4:00
2009 The Commoners 12:30 *Collaboration with Jessica Bardsley
2008 Sittin' on a Million 26:30 *Collaboration with Annmarie Lanesey
2008 ART NOT TERRORISM *Collaboration with Hudson Mohawk Indymedia
2007 The Wren 4 minutes *Collaboration with Jessica Bardsley
2007 She used to see him most weekends 4:00
2007 Men Seeking Women 4:15
2006 Six Common Occurrences, Illustrated 3:00
2005 The Abortion Diaries 30 minutes
2005 Sometimes I get lost Experimental 1 minute
2005 Famous Lunch 03/28/05 9 p.m. 2 minutes *Collaboration with Thom Stylinski
2004 We Are The Littletons: A True Story 10 minutes
2004 Kitsch is a beautiful lie 2 minutes
2003 The Waiting Room 7 minutes
2003 Independent Media in a Time of War 28 minutes *Collaboration with Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center & Democracy Now!
2003 Women's Fast For Peace 28 minutes *Collaboration with Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center
2002 Connect 1 minute
AWARDS / HONORS
2009 "Most Badass!" (Sittin' on a Million) Iowa City Documentary Film Festival
2006 Audience Award, "Best Documentary" (The Abortion Diaries), New Orleans International Human Rights Festival
2006 "Best Documentary (Student)" (The Abortion Diaries), Carolina Film and Video Festival
2006 "Spirit of Communication" Award (The Abortion Diaries), Choice USA Generation Celebration
2005 2nd Place, "Best Narrative Short" (We Are The Littletons), Athens International Film and Video Festival
2005 First Prize (We Are The Littletons), Bryant University Student Film/Video Festival
2004 "Best True Story" (We Are The Littletons), Luksuz Festival of Cheap Film
GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS
2008 NYSCA Individual Artist Grant
2007 Experimental Television Center Finishing Funds Grant
2007 LEF Moving Image Fund Grant
2006 NYSCA/IFP Distribution Grant
2005 Puffin Foundation Artist Grant
2005 Master TA Fellowship, RPI
2003-2005 Graduate Fellowship, RPI
2003 Dutchess County Arts Council Film/Video Fellowship
2001 AmeriCorps Education Award
SELECTED SCREENINGS (*Denotes solo screening)
2005-present *200+ community screenings of The Abortion Diaries in 42 states
2010 Dallas Video Festival Dallas TX
2010 Experiments in Cinema Albuquerque NM
2010 Aurora Picture Show ("It's Not You, It's Me") Houston TX
2010 *Millenium Film Workshop, solo screening
2010 Rooftop Films NYC
2010 Director's Lounge, Berlin
2010 Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota FL
2010 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula MT
2010 Athens International Film & Video Festival, Athens OH
2009 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Hot Springs AR
2009 Dallas Video Festival Dallas TX
2009 "Lessons in the Sky: A Filmic Tribute to Audubon" Dia Art Foundation NYC
2009 Impakt Festival Utrecht The Netherlands
2009 Antimatter Film Festival Victoria BC Canada
2009 video_dumbo, Art Under the Bridge Festival Brooklyn NY
2009 SloMo Horror Film Festival @ ATA San Francisco CA
2009 Images Festival Toronto ONT
2009 Experiments in Cinema v4.2 Albuquerque NM
2009 EYEAM Women's Memoir Film series @ Anthology Film Archives NYC
2009 FLEX (Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival) Gainseville FL
2008 TVFILM Series, WMHT NY
2008 FilmColumbia Chatham NY
2008 "Best of EyeAm" at Anthology Film Archives NYC
2008 video_dumbo, Art Under the Bridge Festival Brooklyn NY
2008 *"Sittin' on a Million" at Spectrum 8 Theatres Albany NY
2008 *World premiere: "Sittin' on a Million" The Sanctuary for Independent Media Troy NY
2008 Athens International Film & Video Festival Athens OH
2008 Black Lily Women's Film & Music Festival Philadelphia PA
2008 Hampshire College Film/Video Faculty Screening (Amherst Cinema) Amherst MA
2008 Images Festival Toronto ONT
2008 Female Eye Film Festival Toronto ONT
2008 "The Trojan Pony Show" at ISSUE Project Room Brooklyn NY
2008 "The Trojan Pony Show" at Time and Space Limited Hudson NY
2008 "The Trojan Pony Show" at The Rendez-Vous Turners Falls MA
2008 *Alternative Cinema, Colgate University Hamilton NY
2007 Cucalorus Film Festival Wilmington NC
2007 Siren: An International Film Odyssey Ithaca NY
2007 EyeAm, Episode 12 on Manhattan Neighborhood Network
2006 Cucalorus Film Festival Wilmington NC
2006 New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival New Orleans LA
2006 Carolina Film/Video Festival Greensboro NC
2006 Ruffino Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art Mexico City
2005 Video_DUMBO, Art Under the Bridge Brooklyn NY
2005 AFI FEST Los Angeles CA
2005 *Time and Space Limited Hudson NY
2005 *The Sanctuary for Independent Media Troy NY
2005 *Artists Television Access San Francisco CA
2005 Seattle International Film Festival Seattle WA
2005 San Francisco International Film Festival San Francisco CA
2005 MOMA Documentary Fortnight NYC
2005 Athens International Film Festival Athens OH
2005 Women in the Director's Chair Chicago IL
2005 video:series, Goliath777 Brooklyn NY
2005 hi/lo Film Festival Oakland CA
2005 Independent Festival of Digital Arts Berkeley CA
2005 Ms. Film Festival Touring
2005 Gadabout Traveling Film Festival Touring
2005 *Motherhood @ Ayers Loft Gallery Lowell MA
2005 *Performing Video @ 312 Gallery Canada
2004 *Corner Brook Women's Centre Canada
2004 Select Media Festival Chicago IL
2004 Rotterdam International Film Festival Netherlands
2004"Going Underground," InterFilm Berlin Germany
2004 Media That Matters Film Festival NYC & online
2004 Freedom Cinema Festival Park City UT
2004 Art in General Video Marathon NYC
2004 "Against the Wall" @ Santa Fe Art Institute Santa Fe, NM
2004 "60Seconds:1800Frames" @ City Without Walls Newark NJ
2004 Bryant University Student Film/Video Festival Providence RI
2004 Luksuz Cheap Film Festival Slovenia
2004 International Show of Video Art at Alcoi Spain
2004 New Filmmakers Series @ Anthology Film Archives NYC
2004 LadyFest Bay Area San Francisco CA
2004 LadyFest Texas Austin TX
2004 Reel Venus Film Festival NYC
2004 Best of Reel Venus Film Festival @ The Tank NYC
2004 CineWomen NY @ Pioneer Theater NYC
2004 Emerging Filmmakers @ Little Theater Rochester NY
2004 "Axlegrease" Cable Access Show Buffalo NY
2004 New Screen Broadcasting, WRCF-TV Channel 29 Orlando FL
2003 Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago IL
2003 Resistance Cinema NYC
2003 Art in General Video Marathon NYC
2003 "International Shorts" @ California State University Chico CA
PANELS / LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
2009 Moderator, The Juche Idea (Dir. Jim Finn) Flaherty NYC Screening @ Anthology Film Archives, NYC
2009 Artist Talk, "Historical Documentary and the Problems of Forgetting" Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY
2008 Artist Talk, "The Secret Lives of Women: A Feminist Documentary Practice," Colgate University, Hamilton NY
2008 Media Activism Workshop, NEPAJAC Peace and Sustainability Conference, Albany NY
2008 Video Editing Basics Workshop, The Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy NY
2008 One Minute Movies Workshop, Workman Arts & Images Festival, Toronto ONT
2005-8 Over 40 lectures at colleges and other community spaces nationwide with The Abortion Diaries
2005 Panelist (grantmaking) for CTCNet Youth Visions program
2003-7 Juror, Hamptons International Film Festival, East Hampton NY
2005 Panelist, Youth Media Panel, CTCNet Conference, Cleveland OH
2005 Artist Talk, Artists Television Access, San Francisco CA
2004 Artist Talk, Digital Café, Children's Media Project, Poughkeepsie NY
2004 Guest Lecture, "Independent Media in a Time of War," SUNY Albany Department of Women's Studies
2002 Guest Lecture, "Independent Media in a Time of War," Vassar College Media Studies Institute
PUBLICATIONS (WRITING)
2010 "An Interview With Jim Finn" Brooklyn Rail May 2010
2010 "An Interview With Jim Finn" INCITE! May 2010
2010 "An Interview with Jacqueline Goss" INCITE! August 2010
2008 "Mame Faye & Other Myths from the Golden Age of Prostitution," On The Issues August 2008 ed.
2006 "Fit the Script? Abortion in Pop Culture," Our Truths / Nuestras Verdades, Issue No. 2
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