Thesis Screening May 17th

Curriculum Vitae

artistic and professional highlights

· exhibited films, videos and installations at the MoMA, Warhol Museum and the Mattress Factory

· curated tour of French filmmaker Rose Lowder (February 2011) in Boston, New York and Chicago

· interned with the Harvard Film Archive and WGBH's Antiques Roadshow

· worked with communities and nonprofits to communicate mission through the moving image

education

2011 Master of Fine Arts, Film/Video, Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA

1996 Bachelor of Arts, German University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Minor in Political Science
Certificate in Western European Studies
Study abroad 1993-1994 - Vienna, Austria Art History, Architecture
Cum Laude

employment

Film Library Manager, MassArt Film Department

2009- Present

· Update inventory of over 1,500 16mm, Super 8 and DVD film titles

· Organize faculty lending system

· Repair, clean and maintain 16mm films and equipment

Teaching Assistant MassArt Film Society, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

2010 (September-December)

· Assist in projecting 16mm, Super 8, and Digital Video for weekly screenings

· Facilitate visiting artist lectures and screenings

· Review student papers and keep attendance

Intern, Special Collections Harvard Film Archive

2010 (May- November)

· Assist in inspecting and cataloging film prints for archiving

· Clean, repair and inspect 35mm and 16mm film prints

Web Development Intern, WGBH, Boston – Antiques Roadshow

2010 (May – August)

· Assist in development of video for website – Season 15

Instructor, Super 8 Camp, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

2010 (July)

· Taught Super 8 filmmaking to 14-17 year olds

Program Director, Community Design Center of Pittsburgh

2003-2009

· Taught continuing education classes in residential hisoric preservation to Realtors

· Presented program at National Trust Convention in 2005

· Developed and implemented multi media marketing strategy

· Expanded program scope statewide

· Initiated program licensing

· Updated program materials and initiated website

· Coordinated Pittsburgh Design Fair for House and Garden in 2007 & 2008, attracting 50 exhibitors and 1500 participants

·Managed a full time staff of 2

Developed and implemented technical assistance contracts with non-profit and for-profit sector

Films and Videos

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Selected screenings/exhibitions/residencies/publications

2011

FLUXspace, Philadelphia; Beautiful Secrets

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Beautiful Secrets

The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA; The Films of Tara and Gordon Nelson

The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA; Catharsis (cinematic installation)

Cuts and Such, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; A Pattern Language, DV

Rose Lowder Film Tour, USA (Boston, Milwaukee, Chicago, New York); Curator

8 Fest, Toronto, Ontario Canada; Snow, 43rd Street Treelapse, Super 8

2010

Mono No Aware, Brooklyn NY; Catharsis (cinematic installation)

Aspect-EZ, Boston MA: Strangely Funny; Everything is HAUNTED!, DV

(on DVD Compilation)

Video Underground Screening Series; Snow, Super 8

Jefferson Presents...Finale, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh PA; Snow, Super 8

ACRE Artists Residency Screening, Steuben, WI; Everything is HAUNTED!

Provincetown Art Association and Museum; A Pattern Language, 16mm

Video Underground; Curator, The World as We See It: Super 8 Travel Films

MassArt Film Society: The Films of Tara and Gordon Nelson

Artist Resdency, Cape Cod Modern House Trust

Doran Gallery, Boston; Catharsis Multi-media installation

Video Underground Summer Series, Boston MA; Re-Synch, 16mm

Super 8 Club Screening Series, Jamaica Plain MA; Marathon Super 8

A Feast of Rose Lowder: 16mm films 1976-1989; Curator

2009

SCREEN @ MIT, Cambridge, MA; Journey/Destination, Super 8 B&W

CAUGHT LOOKING, PNC Park, Pittsburgh PA; Jumbotron, DV

Matchwood Festival, Braddock PA; Cosmic American Honeymoon, Super 8

Jefferson Presents, Pittsburgh PA; 43rd Street Treelapse, Super 8

Museum of Modern Art, New York; River, 16mm dual projection

Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh PA; FishFilm (with Gordon Nelson); DV

2005

The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA; The Light of Text (with Gordon Nelson)

looping film installation

2004

Curator, UNHABIT, Multi Media Installations on Penn Ave, Pittsburgh PA

publications
«The Experimental Experience in the Films of Rose Lowder» Paul Sharits.com, Articles on Art, 2011

Artists' Statement

I make art that investigates the psychological space of creativity in search of the imagination. How does our sensory experience of the world work with our memories, expectations, ideas and emotions to create meaning? I am motivated by the study of human perception as both the filter through which we experience the world, and the mechanism that makes it meaningful.