Curriculum Vitae -
Profile
Video and digital art experience includes 17 years as an artist, producer, editor, camera person and production coordinator. Work includes gallery exhibitions, film festivals, independent and broadcast projects. Collaboration with grassroots organizations and larger institutions including the Getty Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Roosevelt Institute, Human Rights Watch International, among others. Organized FSTV’s national research and promotional campaign to increase awareness and viewer base. Recruited and maintained affiliate base for FSTV. Management of staff and interns. Teaching experience includes 15 years in Higher Education. Ability to work within time constraints, positive attitude, hard worker, able to work alone or in groups; experienced in working with public.
Experience
Assistant Professor | Digital Design, Visual Arts Department University of Colorado Denver, CO August 2008-Present
Teaching of upper and lower division fine arts computer imaging and motion graphics course in Digital Design a studio based program that focuses on screen based mediums such as motion graphics, web, interactive design, experimental video and experimental animation.
Multimedia Lab Coordinator | Digital Video, Motion Graphics Instructor, UCDHSC, Denver, CO January 2001-July 2008
Manage the multimedia computing labs for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Arts and Media including the purchase and maintenance of all computer systems, development and management of budget, hiring and management of department staff. Teaching of graduate and undergraduate level computer imaging and digital video classes.
Director of Operations Free Speech TV, Boulder CO June 1996- January 2001
Oversee all aspects of the station operations including community outreach, affiliate recruitment and negotiations, relationship builder with grassroots and corporate organizations, grant writing, purchase and maintenance of all in house computer based systems and video equipment, development and management of operations budget, management of department staff and interns, coordination of production team, management of in-house dubbing and affiliate shipping.
Computer Imaging and Video Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO January 1997- December 1999
Teaching of fine arts computer imaging and video classes. Assist students with technical and aesthetic aspects of computer imaging and video production. Demonstrate the communicative and expressive potential of digital and analog imagery.
Production Coordinator Free Speech TV, Boulder CO - March 1995- June 1996
Coordinate all in-house production to air on Free Speech TV (pre production through post production), scripting, including promotional spots, hot-line spots, and other interstitial material.
Education
MFA May 1994, University of Colorado, Boulder CO
Major course of study, Electronic Media
BFA May 1991, University of Colorado, Boulder CO
Independent Video Projects:
Work In Progress 2009
“Del 100”
An experimental documentary highlighting the life and career of writer of Del Plested.
Director: Craig Volk
Duties: Creative Consultant, Editor and Post Production Editor
Work in Progress 2009
“Untitled”
Project Description: A single channel video, which explores the impact of breast cancer on
women cancer survivors, their families and relationships.
Producer: Katie Stone and Michelle Bauer Carpenter
Duties: Director and Co- Producer
August 2009
“Project Education Sudan”
Project Description: A single channel video, Fund-raising PSA which documents the efforts of Colorado non-profit Project Education Sudan
Director- Aaron Kopp
Duties: Creative Consultant, Editor and Post Production Editor
December 2008
“Good Grief”
Good Grief is a seven-episode television pilot or mini series. The dramady takes place thirty minutes before closing time in a coffee shop located on a liberal arts/medical campus. Three Latina sisters and their brother own the coffee shop. Their brother is on military tour in Iraq and will be returning home to Denver, CO in the last episode.
Director: Craig Volk
Duties: Editor and Post Production Editor
May 2007
“Trinity ”
Trinity combines image metaphors, text and music that relate the apocalyptic nightmare, haunting military power and the twisted memories of the first atomic blast. Archival imagery juxtaposed with original footage shot at the Trinity Site in the White Sands Missile range in southern New Mexico display the fascination with the destructive power of the atomic bomb.
Producer: Michelle Bauer Carpenter and Vidie Lange
Duties: Co Producer, video and audio editor
November 2005
“The Tiny Tim Center”
Project Description: A single channel video, Fund-raising PSA which documents the early childhood education and therapeutic services available at the Tiny Tim center. Authored to DVD.
Producer: Michelle Bauer Carpenter
Duties: Video Producer, director, camera person, lighting, editing, audio and DVD authoring.
October 2003- May 2004
“Love Them and Lead Them”
Project Description: A single channel video, created for Tenderfoot Training- A three and 1 half hour comprehensive natural dog training video. Authored to DVD. Idea was pitched to Animal Planet.
Producer: Tenderfoot Training and Michelle Bauer Carpenter
Duties: Video Producer, director, camera person, lighting, editing, audio and DVD authoring.
September 2000
“Democracy Now/Crashing the Party”
Project Description: A single channel video, which documents the spirit and conflicts, involved with the protests at the 2000 Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
Producers: Michelle Bauer Carpenter, Brian Drolet and Jon Stout, Free Speech TV
Duties: Video and audio editor
July 2000
Nixon in China
Project Description: A collaborative single channel rear projected video used to enhance the performance
of the opera “Nixon in China”.
Producer: Michelle Bauer Carpenter and Alan Yamamoto
Duties: Video and audio editor
June 1998
“Fight the Right/ Making Democracy Work”
Project Description: A single channel video which discusses the importance of independent media, censorship, the power of television and media monopolies.
Producers: Michelle Bauer and Jon Stout, Free Speech TV
Duties: Video and audio editor
July 1997
“Alterations”
Project Description: A single channel or video/installation piece which addresses the surgical
alteration of women’s bodies and the concept of beauty within our society. This project combines projected video, computer generated images and objects. The video is a montage of image metaphors, surgery footage and related audio. The video dialogue consists of interviews from women, children and men concerning body image, diet, plastic surgery, and beauty.
Duties: Video Producer, director, camera person, lighting, editing, and audio.
April 1995- June 1995
“Right on Target/Left of Center”
Project Description: A single channel video or installation piece “Right on Target/Left of Center” addresses progressive media, censorship and funding cuts within in the Arts by the conservative right economically silencing alternative media.
Duties: Video Producer, director, camera person, lighting, editing, and audio.
June 1993- March 1994:
“Rule of Thumb”
Project Description: An experimental documentary, “Rule of Thumb” combines image metaphors and dialog that relate to the darker side of love revealing aspects of brutality and aggression in our society. Single channel video or installation piece.
Duties: Video Producer, director, camera person, lighting, editing, and audio.
October 1993- May 1994:
“Requiem for Stasis: Lifting the Curtain/Lifting the Veil”
Project Description: 15 minute video that explores the relationship of the interior and exterior of the feminine/body via sculptural installation and performance created by Antonette Rosato.
Duties: Video Producer, director, camera person, lighting, editing, and audio.
July-August 1993:
“The Bishop’s Cloak”
Project Description: Experimental documentary exploring the impact of the Catholic religion in the Southwest.
Producer: Vidie Lange
Duties: Post-Production Editor, re-cut and edit the final version of “The Bishop’s Cloak” including the addition of text and audio.
September 1992-May 1993
“Unreported Statistic”
Project Description: A personal documentary, “Unreported Statistic” reveals my personal experience with domestic violence. Through the use of non-related imagery, dialogue and statistics “Unreported Statistic” displays the harmonious world we seek, juxtaposed with the reality of domestic abuse.
Duties: Video Producer, director, camera person, lighting, editing, and audio.
May-July 1993:
“When Cultures Meet”
Project Description: 20 minute documentation of a dance performance addressing the issue of cultural assimilation and acculturation.
Duties: Video Producer, director, camera person, lighting, editing, and audio.
January-February 1993:
“Flight of Light”
Project Description: Documentation of a Holographic sculptural installation created by Ann MacArthur
Duties: Video Producer, director, camera person, lighting, editing, and audio.
July-September 1992:
“From all Walks of Life”
Project description: 12 Minute documentary for the Colorado Aids Project (CAP) confronting the many faces of aids. The documentary was used to solicit corporate funding for CAP’s annual event the Walk of Life. ( Raised $250,000.00 in corporate funding during 1993.) Producer: Cindy Cornelius
Duties: Camera person, editor, post-production editor, and audio.
January 1990-April 1991:
KBDI Channel 12, Denver CO.
Position Held: Assistant video editor, Camera person, internship
Supervisor: Carolyn Hales, Associate Producer
Project: Land Grant Documentary “Tierra O Muerte”
Duties: Edit rough cut versions of the PBS documentary, dubbing and logging of video tapes, Research, including library, telephone, also searching for photographs and archival film footage. Camera person for live television broadcast.
Exhibitions:
Trinity- 17 Days of Video- Richmond Center for Visual Arts at Western Michigan University curated by Adriane Little, Kalamazoo, MI
September 17-October 15, 2009
Her Life is my Teacher- Boulder International Film Festival, Boulder CO,
February 12-15, 2009
Duties- Post Production Editor
Good Grief - The seven episode mini series “Good Grief”
by Director- Craig Volk
Editor Michelle Bauer Carpenter
Broadcast Debue week of January 26- Feburary 3, 2009
on Rocky Mountain PBS Channel 6. Currently screening on the WWW from RMPBS.
Her Life is my Teacher- UCD Visual Arts Faculty 2009 Biennial Exhibition
January 22 – February, 2009
Duties- Post Production Editor
Her Life is my Teacher- Pune International Film Festival, Pune, India
January 8-15, 2009
Duties- Post Production Editor
Her Life is my Teacher- Denver International Film Festival, Denver CO,
November 13-23, 2008
Duties- Post Production Editor
Her LIfe is my Teacher- Continental Drift International Short Film Festival.
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. September 26- 28, 2008,
Duties- Post Production Editor
Trinity- Artist Educators, Marriott Gallery, Denver, CO, August - September 2008
Trinity- Moondance Internatioanl Film Festival, Boulder, CO, August 28-September 1, 2008
Columbine Award
Trinity - Santa Cruz International Film Festival, Santa Cruz, CA, May 9-17, 2008
Trinity- Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH, April 25 - May 1, 2008
Second Place Experimental
Trinity - Sedona International Film Festival, Sedona, AZ, February 27-March 1, 2008
Trinity- Santa Fe Film Festival, Santa Fe, NM, November 28-December 2, 2007
Trinity- New Mexico Film Expo, Santa Fe, NM, November 23-26, 2007
Trinity- Toast, an Exhibition and Reunion of the Art Community, University of Colorado at Boulder, Sibell-Wolle Art Gallery, Boulder, CO, October 5-6, 2007
Trinity- Taos Mountain Film Festival, Taos, NM, October 5, 2007
Trinity- UCD Biennial, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO September 13-27, 2007
Alterations- Marriot, Denver, CO., Fall 2005,
University of Colorado at Denver Faculty Exhibition.
Democracy Now/Crashing the Party- Santa Fe College, Santa Fe, NM., September 2000
Nixon in China- Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO., July 20, 2000
Collaborative- Symphony with projected video. Alan Yamamoto, Conductor
Rule of Thumb & Unreported Statistic - Free Speech TV, Broadcast to 50 U.S. Cities
January 1999.
Rule of Thumb - Free Speech TV, Women Series, Broadcast to 50 U.S. Cities
May 1998
Alterations- The Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Hardware/Software Littleton, CO., February 5 - March 5, 1998.
Rule of Thumb- Funhouse Cinema, Austin, TX. .December 12, 1997.
Rule of Thumb- ATA Our Bodies, Our Selves, San Francisco, CA. November 15, 1997.
Alterations- Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO., October 20 - November 13, 1997. Metropolitan State College Faculty Exhibition
Alterations- Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO., September 29 - October 26, 1997, Curated by Vidie Lange.
Alterations- Colorado Council on the Arts Exhibit, Grand Junction, CO., September 3 -24 1997.
Alterations- Colorado Council on the Arts Exhibit, Colorado State Fair, Pueblo, CO., August 14- 31, 1997.
Alterations- Colorado Council on the Arts Exhibit, Cherry Creek Arts Festival , Denver, CO., July 3 -8, 1997.
Rule of Thumb & Unreported Statistic - Metro State College Faculty Exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO., September 23 - October 17, 1996.
Right on Target/Left of Center- Collaborative Video Installation with Margaret Wagner
Invisible Dimensions: Art and Technology, UMC Art Gallery, Boulder, CO., June 3 - August 9, 1996.
Rule of Thumb - Free Speech TV, Justice Series, Broadcast to 55 U.S. Cities
May 5 - 11, 1996.
Right on Target/Left of Center- Collaborative Video Installation with Margaret Wagner
New York State Media Festival, Syracuse, NY., April 12 - 20, 1996
Rule of Thumb & Unreported Statistic - Free Speech TV, Broadcast to 55 U.S. Cities
January 10 - 17, 1996.
Right on Target/Left of Center- Collaborative Video Installation with Margaret Wagner
Faculty Exhibition Metropolitan State College Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO.,
November 20 - December 14, 1995.
Right on Target/Left of Center- Collaborative Video Installation with Margaret Wagner
Denver Performing Arts Complex, Temple Buell Theater Gallery, Denver, CO.,
September 29 - October 29,1995.
Right on Target/Left of Center- (Digital Imagery Only) Portraits in Cyberspace sponsored by M.I.T. displayed on the Internet. September 1995.
Right on Target/Left of Center- Collaborative Video Installation with Margaret Wagner
Edge, Denver, CO., June 23- July 9 , 1995.
Rule of Thumb- Glare Film and Video Festival, Sydney, Australia. 1995.
Rule of Thumb- Paris, France. April, 1995.
Rule of Thumb- Bug, Denver, CO. March 10, 17, and 24, 1995.
Rule of Thumb- American University, Washington, DC. December 3, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- Faculty Exhibition Metropolitan State College, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO. November 21- December 14, 1994.
Helix- Electronic Music Festival, College of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder, Collaborative- Electronic music, video and dance. Randy Macintosh-composer, Lena M. Line Choreographer, November 12 & 13, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- Video Installation, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO. October 24- November 17, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- Emerson College, Films from the Margin, Boston, MA. October 21 and 22, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. October 11, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre, Denver, CO. September 26-
October 2, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- Video Visions, Boulder, CO. September 7, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- UFVA Film and Video Festival, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. August 2-5, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies Re:Solution, West Hollywood, CA., June 30 and July 20, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- The 90’s Channel, Boulder/Denver, CO., Baltimore, MD., Los Angeles, CA., May 2-8, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- Boulder Art Center, Boulder, CO., April 29, 1994
Rule of Thumb- Video Installation, CU Art Galleries, Boulder, CO., March 28- April 5, 1994.
Rule of Thumb- Edge, Denver, CO., March 26, 1994.
Unreported Statistic- University Memorial Center Gallery, Boulder, CO., March 1993.
National PBS broadcast of Tierra O Muerte, Channel 12, Denver, CO., May 1991.
Unreported Statistic- New American Makers, Los Angeles, CA., April 1991.
Unreported Statistic- Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO., January 1991
A Comparison- Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO., January 1991.
Los Sombras- Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO., November 1990.
Los Sombras- Sony Video Contest, Los Angeles, CA., September 1990.
Los Sombras- Visual Eyes, Boulder CO., May 1990.
Curated Exhibitions:
Digital Visions 2009 - Digital Video and Animation Festival; A University of Colorado Student Show, King Center Concert Hall, Denver, CO., May 2009
Digital Visions 2008 - Digital Video and Animation Festival; A University of Colorado Student Show, Starz Film Center, Denver, CO., May 2008
Digital Visions 2007 - Digital Video and Animation Festival; A University of Colorado Student Show, Starz Film Center, Denver, CO., May 2007
Digital Visions 2006 - Digital Video and Animation Festival; A University of Colorado Student Show, Starz Film Center, Denver, CO., May 2006
Digital Visions 2005 - Digital Video and Animation Festival; A University of Colorado Student Show, Starz Film Center, Denver, CO., May 2005
Digital Visions 2004- Digital Video and Animation Festival; A University of Colorado Student Show, Starz Film Center, Denver, CO., May 2004
Digital Visions 2003 - Digital Video and Animation Festival; A University of Colorado Student Show, Starz Film Center, Denver, CO., May 2003
Digital Visions 2002 - Digital Video and Animation Festival; A University of Colorado Student Show, Starz Film Center, Denver, CO., May 2002
Digital Velvet- Digitally inspired artwork; A University of CO at Boulder Student Show, Edge, Denver, CO., May 8 - May 24, 1998.
Resolution: Coded Explorations - Computer enhanced artwork; A University of CO at Boulder Student Show, Edge, Denver, CO., April 25 - May 11, 1997.
Digital Paradigms- Computer enhanced artwork, Edge, Denver, CO., November 29- December 15,1996.
Cyber Codes- Artwork created using binary code, Edge, Denver, CO., May 3 - May 19, 1996.
Cyber Connections- Digitally inspired artwork, Edge, Denver, CO., January 19 - February 4, 1996.
Digital Depictions- Work inspired by the Cyber World Edge, Denver, CO., May 12-28, 1995.
Grants
2008 Colorado Council on the Arts, Council on the Arts Grant for Artists and Organizations CAM ArtsBridge
1997 Colorado Council on the Arts, Artists Fellowship Award
1996 Boulder Arts Commission, Major Project Grant
1994 Arts Innovation Award from the Colorado Federation of the Arts
1994 Dean’s Small Grant from the University of Colorado at Boulder
1993 University of Colorado at Boulder Fine Arts Department Project Grant
Awards
2008 Second Place Experimental – Athen’s International Film Festival, Athens, Ohio, May 2008
2008 Columbine Award for Peace – Moondance International Film Festival, Boulder Colorado
August 2008
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