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Freelance Computer Grahics, Web and Multimedia Designer
New York, NY
I have worked on the internet for more than 12 years where I continue to assist a growing number of artists, educators, and business professionals in realizing their ideas on the Web and in New Media. |
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| COMPUTER
Multimedia
Digital Photography
Web Design
Illustration
Design-Layout
Typography
3D Graphics
Digital Video
Video Graphics
Quicktime
Animation
VRML
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FILM
Super 8, 16mm, Film Animation, Cinematography, Lighting Editing
Art Direction
digi8mm, miniDV, 3/4 1/2 8mm analog, Cinematography, Editing A/B Roll, Digital Editing, Sound, Analog/Digital
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CONSULTING
Curriculum and Facilities Planning, Teacher Training
Research and Development, Grantwriting
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| SOFTWARE
Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, iMovie, iDVD, Adobe Premiere, Sound Edit Pro, MMDirector, Strata Pro, AfterEffects, BBEdit, HTML, GoLive CyberStudio, Dreamweaver, Flash, Javascript, Illustrator, Painter, Pagemaker, Quark, MS Word
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AUDIO
Recording, Sound Design, Analog/Digital
35mm Color B&W, digital photography
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ART
Sculpture, Ceramics, Carpentry, Set/Props Design, Installation, Sewing Costuming, Fiber Art, Silkscreening, Printmaking, Illustration, Drawing
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Selected Technical History |
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Web Designer/Production Assistant Ken Kobland Films, New York, NY
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| 2003 |
Freelance Website Designer |
| 2002 |
Technical Production Assistant El Hierro Project for exhibition Documenta 11; Craigie Horsfield, producer. 4-screen 8+-hour projected installation about one of the Canary Islands; US Premiere - Whitney Biennial 2004 |
| 1987-88 |
Production Assistant Graphic Services, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
... computer design and layout for museum labels, signage and in-house publications |
| 1986-89 |
Communications Coordinator Experimental Film Coalition, Chicago IL
... developed pilot program on experimental filmmakers |
| 1986 |
Video/Film Technician International Historical Films, Chicago IL |
| 1972 |
Illustrator "Myths and Modern Man" by Barbara Stanford, Wash SQ Press, NY |
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1997-
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MANEZH SQUARE
In collaboration with Ken Kobland and Bill Waldman
This panoramic 'advent calendar' plays out an oral history of the last days of the Soviet Union.
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Awards: Nominated Top 50-Internationaler Kunstpreis 2001; Best of Fest-Thaw 98; Honorable Mention-Parsons International New Media Design Festival 98
Web Exhibits: SXSW 99; World Video Fest 98; conduit 98; ISEA 97; prix ars electronica 97; film+arc-Graz 97
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1995-
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THE CUP ... personal art site - Web journal
Web Exhibits: WAAW 98 - Women Artists of the American West; ISEA 97; prix ars electronica 97
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Exhibition: "Kindred Spirits"
Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO
"The Cup," digital inkjet print series, 1998
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| 1999 |
Once Before a Time ... art directed a children's film produced by Nancy Spanier Dance Theater and TellStarr Video, Boulder, CO |
1998 |
The Dress ... super 8 film/video |
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Four dresses represent seasonal changes: summer-glass fall-leaves winter-sticks spring-rocks ... the film portrays a female rite of passage as the character reviews the choices she has made (the dresses she has worn) while rummaging through her keepsake box.
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photo: still from The Dress
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1996 |
Edible Vegedibles, by Marion K. Sims (animated e-book, work-in-progress) |
| 1993 |
untitled ... documentary video of artist, Robert Meredith |
| 1990-92 |
Dog Story ... film/videotape document |
| 1988 |
agriculture ...16mm film |
| 1984-87 |
The Dress ... film-performance series |
| 1984 |
The Cow is D E A D ... 16mm animated film |
| 1984 |
Installation ... animated film installation |
| 1983 |
Still Life ... animated film installation |
| 1981 |
Satin Doll ... super 8 animated film |
| 1977 |
The Big Cheese ...16mm film |
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| 1989-90 |
This is Not a Love Letter
Randolph St. Gallery, Chicago IL and Ohio State University, Columbus OH
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my room... the wallpaper a photo album projecting over the walls within which films play and live vignettes occur ... the piece deals with a woman growing older and walling herself into her memories.
photo: Kitchen Kachina -
the 'old woman' costume
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1987 and 1985 |
The Dress:
The Dress of Glass | The Dress of Sticks | The Dress of Leaves
... solo performance series
Randolph St. Gallery, Chicago Filmmakers, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL; invited to perform as Emerging Talent in the Ceramic Arts for NCECA in St. Louis, MO
The Dress of Sticks Winter Carnival, Steamboat Springs, CO and Daley College, Chicago, IL ...solo performance |
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1986 |
Red Zone in Living Rituals BACA, Brooklyn, NY ... duet performance |
| 1986 |
Dog Story and The Cow is D E A D Lill St. Gallery, Chicago, IL ... solo performances |
| 1983 |
The Barbecue Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada ... happening |
| 1977 |
The Big Cheese for Myth & Fantasy Boulder Fine Art Center, Boulder, CO ... happening |
| 1976 |
Chic to Cheek Boulderado Hotel, Boulder, CO ... happening |
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MANEZH SQUARE nominated TOP 50
ctrl space" international \ media \ art award
ART DIRECTOR: E.JAY SIMS |
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BEST of the WEB 2000: Collecting
The Art Institute of Chicago Website
Review of the museum's on-line "Collections" guide.
WEB DESIGNER: E.JAY SIMS |
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Nominated Distinguished Teacher in the Arts, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
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| 1994 |
Art Education Fellowship, Center for Basic Education, NEA and Getty Foundation |
| 1990 |
Illinois Artist Fellowship, performance art |
| 1989 |
New Forms Regional Initiative for performanceThis is Not a Love Letter |
| 1985 |
Western States Regional Media Fellowship for film The Dress
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| 1985 |
National Dean's List |
| 1985 |
Emerging Talent, National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts |
| 1983-85 |
Scholarships, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada |
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Permanent Teaching Certification Art Education, State of NY |
| 1990-92 |
Art Ed Certification School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 1985 |
MFA School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1970 |
BFA University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
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2004-
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Art & Technology Teacher Bronx Expeditionary Learning High School, Bronx, NY; NYC Board of Education
High school general art, and art technology
Faculty Advisor - Yearbook, and The National Honor Society |
| 2004 |
Video Production Teacher P.S.A.s, Project Liberty, IS- 51, Staten Island, NY
Magic Box Productions - Nelle Stokes, Executive Director |
1991-
2004 |
Art & Technology Teacher The Dalton School, New York, NY
Middle school general art, and high school video-multimedia-digital art
View Student Work Samples
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| 1990 |
Visiting Artist School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Taught 4D in Undergraduate Foundations Program and 'sculptural' film |
| 1989 |
Visiting Artist Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH
Taught performance studies and a graduate seminar on representing artwork in the professional world |
| 1986 |
Director of Education Lill St. Gallery, Chicago, IL ... taught ceramics |
| 1984-85 |
Graduate Assistant School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL ... ceramics |
| 1978-83 |
Artist-in-Residence Visiting Artist Program, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA ... ceramics |
| 1977-78 |
Artist-in-Schools and Chautauqua Program Colorado Council for the Arts, Denver, CO ... ceramics and fiber installation |
| 1971-76 |
Ceramics Teacher Brimstone Pottery, Boulder, CO ... taught adults |
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| 1996 |
Exhibition Coordinator A Man and a Woman in the Last Great War ... WWII drawings at The Abby and Mitch Leigh Fine Arts Center, Dalton School, New York, NY |
| 1986 |
Director of Education Chicago Center for Ceramics Art, Chicago, IL ... ran not-for-profit ceramics education program for children |
| 1986-87 |
Admissions Recruiter School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL ... conducted portfolio reviews at pre-admission conferences and advised potential students about “How to Prepare Successful Art Portfolios” |
| 1980-83 |
Art Commissioner City Arts Commission, Ellensburg, WA |
| 1977 |
Conference Administrator Professionalism in Arts & Crafts, Boulder, CO |
| 1975-77 |
Gallery Owner Hot Pots Gallery, Boulder, CO |
| 1972-77 |
Non-Profit Corporation President Brimstone Pottery, Boulder, CO |
| 1971 |
Art Program Coordinator Multigraphis City Arts, Stillwater, OK |
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