M. Michelle Illuminato 102 East End Avenue Apt. #1 Pittsburgh, PA 15211 607.661.5300 illuminato@nextquestion.org http://nextquestion.org http://michelleilluminato.com Education 1996 1992 University of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin, Master of Fine Arts Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honors Selected awards, funding, honors 2015 2009 2009 2008 1999 1999 1998 - 1999 1997 1995 1993 - 1994 1993 Sprout Fund and Office of Public Art, Pittsburgh, PA Think Tank 4 Fellowship Award, Institute for Integrative Teaching, one of 12 nationally selected Fellows. MARK Professional Practice Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY Mellon Park, Katharine Seamans Garden, finalist, Pittsburgh, PA Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Grant Puffin Foundation Grant, New Jersey Research Fellow, Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University, invited and received support A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund, Pittsburgh Foundation. Best Special Event in Pennsylvania 1994, for Aliquippa Project, Pennsylvania Downtown Various support for Aliquippa Projects including: Heinz Foundation Grant, Mellon Bank, PNC, Tuscarora Plastics, Aliquippa Alliance for Unity and Development, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Key to the City of Aliquippa and May 15, 1993 named Michelle Illuminato Day for 24 Hours in Aliquippa. International exhibitions, projects, residencies 2014 2013 2013 2010 2008 2008 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2005 2003 2001- 2004 2001 1997 1994 1992 Cite des Arts Internationale, Paris, France, artist residency, (January – March) Internationales Waldkunst Zentrum (International Forest Art Center), Darmstadt, Germany, 6-week artist residency. Stadtgarten: Urbanität, Mobilität, Freiheit, Vogelfrei 10, Darmstadt, Germany Explor-art 2010: International workshop of territory exploration, AreaOdeon, Monza, Italy, one of 16 international artists from 14 countries, residency and exhibition. International jurors: Smack Mellon, NY, mARTadero: Cochabamba, Bolivia, Hangar: Barcelona Aksioma: Ljubljana, Slovenia, Kulturni Centar GRAD: Belgrade, Serbia, META: Monza, Italy Cite des Arts Internationale, Paris, France, artist residency, Project: SLIP (January) Cite des Arts Internationale, Paris, France, artist residency, Project: SLIP (June-July) Guide/Vodic, Kontekst Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia, next question + Kim Beck, (solo) Outside Project: Belgrade, Serbia. Cultural and exhibition program for artists from Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, and the Accademia of Fine Arts, Belgrade. Supported by U.S., Italian and Serbian cultural and educational organizations. I co-organized with Dejan Atanackovic (Serbia) and Edoardo Malagigi (Florence), traveled to Serbia in November to meet with U.S. Embassy and other organizations, raised nearly 20,000 in funding, facilitated a bi-lingual (Italian/English) studio workshop for students that culminated in exhibitions at a defunct 17th century bath house, the SKC radio station, and gallery at the Accademia of Fine Arts. Two weeks included: lectures, tours, studio workshop, social meetings, meeting with Major of Belgrade, boat ride on the Sava, and culminated in the exhibitions. MIX: Musical Swap Meet, The Cube (Art Caffe Kocka), Belgrade, Serbia. (solo, event) Paradise Garden, Vogelfrei 6, Kunstentdeckungen in Privatgärten, Darmstadt, Germany (invited, group) Living Statues/Statue Viventi, next question, La Corte Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy (solo) Outside Project: Florence, Italy, facilitated/participated, artist residency, group exhibition Due Settimane/Two Weeks, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano and Ballabio, Italy, artist residency and exhibition, Junk Is Back/La Spazzatura e Tornata, Organized residency with Maria Teresa Illuminato. Eighteen artists occupied/worked in large unused former cheese factory, Ballabio, Lake Como TransitARTen (Ways of Transit), Vogelfrei 5, Kunstentdeckungen in Privatgärten, Darmstadt, Germany Per Te, un Fotoromanzo, next question, researched, wrote, and ‘performed’ in Florence, Rome, Italy and IKEA, Los Angeles, CA, resulted in online version, poster-size prints and a photo-story book. Mapping Florence, next question, interactive installation, SACI, Florence, Italy The Bread Game/Gra Chlebowa, Skoki Palace, Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland, residency, exhibition The Exquisite Corpse, Project of Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland Progetto Cuspide, A.S.P.I.S., Cagliari, Sardegnia, Italy. Six-week community-based collaboration. Created works inspired by ex-distillery including a 200-foot long granite bowling alley, a giant periscope that looked out upon the community of Pirri, a live feed to a local café, and a nearly 1000-family bottle archive. Public projects 2015 2015 Lost + Found Factory, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood Revisited, trolley tour inspired by Mister Roger’s Neighborhood factory tours. Featured at Open Engagement, Pittsburgh, PA 2011-2012 2010 - on-going 2010 - on-going 2010 2010 2009 2009 2004 2000 1996 -1997 1995 - 1996 1993 -1994 1992 - 1993 Guide: Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie, NY Launched project on historic barge Public Meals: Local Table, self-initiated project, community meal from the bounty of local gardens. For fall 2011, will become community micro-funding event. Organize, committee, selection of proposals, co-cook. Alfred, NY Ruralscape, on-going research into ruralness. Includes: photography, guide book, videos, and salon event/s that will open the dialogue and artmaking opportunity to national artists and thinkers in 2012. (self-initiated, seeking funding) The DeTour Show, Invited to create live TV show for the much publicized art space, the Waffle Shop in Pittsburgh. Show included a number of guests including well-known documentarian Rick Sebak and acclaimed animator James Duesing. Wild Food Cook-Off, MK Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Selected as featured event for Open Engagement, the symposium of social practitioners. The public cooked foraged foods and competed in the event for the title, #1 Wild Cook of Portland. (solo, invited) Soapbox Workshop, Stations, Community School of Music and Arts Gallery, Ithaca, and The String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY Two galleries hosted the exhibition, with our project using the galleries and the space in between to walk and talk with local people. (group, invited) MidPoint, geographical midpoint performance, Danby, NY (self-initiated) AV Club, a project of next question, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, New York (solo) Invited to collaborate with 140 freshmen at Alfred University (before hired). 2 Degrees of Separation, a project of next question, included in Unlimited Partnerships, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Researched Buffalo’s southern neighborhood, conducted interviews and workshops. Culminated in 7-part installation, with listening stations, images, video, catalogue, and poetry reading by the Urban Girls. (invited, solo) A South Side Atlas/Spatial Investigations by Women and Girls, a project of next question, Brew House Space101, Pittsburgh. A cognitive mapping project that explored Pittsburgh’s South Side culminated in 7-part installation, listening stations, poetry reading by well-known Pittsburgh poets. Included the results of a 6-month workshop we conducted for young photographers from Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild (solo) Points of Entry, What do we win? The Neighborhood Game for All Ages, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh. Invited by curator Mary Jane Jacob for this 1.5-year project. Worked with 6 organizations and produced 4 public interactive installations and videos. (featured artist, book) Adopting Aliquippa, Aliquippa, PA, self-initiated large scale art project and event that involved 150+ artists and residents exhibiting visual art, poetry, experimental sound and film. Handed over to non-profit, and continued under the name Aliquippa Embraces the Arts for 11 years. 24 Hours in Aliquippa, Aliquippa, PA, self-initiated large scale art project and event that involved 150+ artists and residents exhibiting visual art, poetry, experimental sound and film. Exhibitions 2013 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2003 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000 2000 Exploding Boundaries, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred NY Ossuary Project (contributed work), Compendium 2012, Chazen Museum of Art, UW Madison, WI (group) bookMARKS, Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (November) 8 Hour Projects, Book Report, Penelec-Megahan-Bowman Art Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA (invited, group) The Game Show NYC, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY (selected) Ignition 4.0: Natural/UnNatural, The Fuse Factory, Electronic and Digital Arts Lab, Columbus, Ohio (selected, group) Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On, 523 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC (selected, group) Spectra, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, New York (group) To Let, Colonial Left, 111B The Commons, Ithaca, NY. Solo exhibition in downtown storefront (invited) And Their Allocation, ECONOMICS: Art Gallery at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (invited, small group) A Book About Death, The Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY, (large group, traveling show) XXXX, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY (small group) Some People Alfred, with Harrell Fletcher + Friends, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY (group) Double X, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Herberger College of the Arts, Tempe, AZ (invited) A.I.R. Birthday Bash, AIR Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (invited, group) Art In Transit, PAT buses & SPACE Gallery, a project of next question, Pittsburgh, PA (selected, group) 100% Centennial, Regina Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA, (invited, group) Five +, James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (invited, small group) Live Video Karaoke, Warhol Museum, Ti Amo, next question video/performance, Pittsburgh (group) War Room, Artist Image Resource Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (invited, group) Objects in/and Visual Culture, Zoller Gallery, Penn State, State College, PA (invited, group) Supervalitragilisticexcelluminaceous, Regina Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (group) I've got an answer / I've got an anthem, International Arts Group Exposition (I.A.E.) Laurelhurst Theater Portland, Oregon, USA (selected, group) Liddle Obsessioniddle / a virtual archive of kiddle kulture, Arizona State University West, Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Gallery, Phoenix, AZ (invited, solo) New Music and Arts Festival, Per Te, un Fotoromanzo, Bowling Green State University, Kennedy Green Room, College of Music, A project of next question. (invited, solo) Domestic Affairs, City Arts Venue, Springfield, Indiana (group) N-Space Gallery, SIGGRAPH, Invisible Places, Los Angeles, CA, next question, (invited, group) BGSU Faculty Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH (group) Suitcase Exhibition: Digital Secrets, Institute for Studies in the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ BGSU Faculty Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH (group) 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1996 1996 1996 1996 Space Explorations, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, (solo) BGSU Faculty Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH (group) Points of View, Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, next question (solo) Time’s Passages: the journey to (K)now, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA (group) Visiting and Adjunct Faculty Exhibition, Mesaros Galleries, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Alchemy, Oglebay Institute, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, West Virginia (group) Ten x 10 2, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Wood Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (group) Alchemy, Millworks Gallery, Inc. Akron, OH (group) JUNK, Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, The Workshop, Game project and exhibition (solo) Prints & Projects, Foreland Street Studio, Pittsburgh, PA Produced print and exhibition (invited, group) Alchemy, St. Vincent’s College, Latrobe, PA (group) Potentiality—Activate the Art, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (invited, group) The Handless Maiden, Marathon Center, University of Wisconsin Wausau, with Emily Blair (selected, solo) Books, catalogues, publications 2011 2011 2011 2009 - 2011 2009 2005 2001 - 2004 2003 2001 2001 1997 8 Hour Projects: Sustaining Practice, authors: Colleen Toledano, Darren Miller, Penelec~Megahan~Bowman Art Galleries, Alleghany College, Meadville, PA exhibition catalog Belgrade GUIDE, 2nd edition, letterpress cover, reprinted by next question at NY Center for Book Arts Donated By, by Michelle Illuminato and Brett Hunter, 101 pages, self-published State of Play, Integrative Teaching ThinkTank publication, contributing author, online /print (second edition) Frontiers, a Journal of Women’s Studies, Vol. 30, #1, Knowledge That Matters: Feminist Epistemology, Methodology, and Science Studies, Eds. Susan E. Gray, Gayle Gullett, contributing author, cover image, additional images: xv, 65-67, 78-82 Paradise Garden, Vogelfrei 6, Kunstentdeckungen in Privatgärten, Darmstadt, Germany Per Te, un fotoromanzo, a project by next question, printed and online versions TransitARTen, Vogelfrei 5, Kunstentdeckungen in Privatgärten, Darmstadt, Germany SIGGRAPH catalogue, N-SPACE Gallery Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA, website and CD. Unlimited Partnerships, CEPA Gallery, essays by Grant Kester, next question and other participating artists. Points of Entry, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Jeanne Pearlman, Mary Jane Jacob, contributing authors: Levi-Strauss, Daniel Martinez, Group Material, Fred Wilson, Michelle Illuminato, Ann Carlson, Lonnie Graham, RAM Publications, Los Angeles, CA Selected articles 2013 2013 2013 2013 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2008 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2003 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999 1997 1997 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 Kunstspaziergang auf fremden Rasen, Echo Online 8/17/13 2,6 Kilometer Kunst, Von Annette Kramer-Alig, Darmstadt Echo, 8/23/13 Performer auf de Rasen, Freizeit, 69 Jahrgang, Nr. 194, Frankfurter Rundschau, 8/22/13 Stadtgarten: Urbanität, Mobilität, Freiheit, Vogelfrei 10, Darmstadt, Germany Artists to Exhibit Creative Process, Cortney O’Brien, The Campus, V. 136 Issue 2, feature, pgs. 1, 5, photo 9/2 United States of Monza, Vorrei (Cultural Magazine), Monza, Italy, Simone Camassa 11/12 Arte Explor-art 2010: ecco I selezionati di AreaOdeon, il Cittadino, Monza, Italy Alessandra Sala, pg. 52, 10/14 Explor-art ad AreaOdeon, “Siamo pronti a crescere’, Il Cittadino, Monza, Italy, Alessandra Sala, pg. 51, 11/18 Le citta possibili di Explor-art, Il Cittadino, Monza, Italy, Alessandra Sala, pg. 50, 11/11 To AU Art Profs selected for International Workshop in Italy, The Alfred Sun, 11/11/10, pg. 9 ‘Open Engagement’ at PSU shines light on emerging art form, The Oregonian, Portland, OR D.K. Row,5/16 Storefronts as Art Exhibits, Tompkins Weekly, Volume 3, No. 40, July 13-July 19, pg. 1, Pamela Goddard Ruralscape, The Alfred Sun, 4/08 Five Plus, an exceptional exhibit by women artists, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Mary Thomas 10/12 Exhibition showcases striking imagery…, Kurt Shaw, Pittsburgh Tribune Review 10/05 Fall Arts Preview: Observe and imagine, Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/8 Art in Our Neighborhoods, Lynne Margolis, Pittsburgh Magazine, Spring Gender Identity…Showcased In Warhol Exhibit, Gina Frey, OIA Newswire The War Room, New People, Mollie McClelland, November issue, Pittsburgh, p. 18. Bowling Green Gets Linked, Art Voice. Art Papers Magazine, Review of 2 Degrees of Separation, Caroline Koebel, November Art Voice, Multiple Unlimited Collaborations and Urban Girls, M. Smith, June 8-14, 32 Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Points of View, Mary Thomas, July In-Pittsburgh review of Points of View, July Pittsburgh Magazine, November issue Tribune Review, Michele Orner, Lost in Space? Artists ask Women to Explore Beaver County Times, Hoops! In Pittsburgh, Manny Theiner, Space is the Place, Feature New Art Examiner, Richard A. Schindler, Democracy is Fun! Joseph Beuys and the Aesthetics of Activism The News, Fourth Annual Arts Festival in Aliquippa In Pittsburgh, Tey Stiteler, A Town Driven by Art, Feature cover In Pittsburgh, Chris Potter, Unlike the...public art, Points of Entry... 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1992 1992 1992 1992 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Donald Miller, Three Rivers Arts Festival Designs New Points of Entry The Observer, David Kaufman, Squirrel Hill Happening The Forum, Wausau, WI City Pages, Wausau, WI Patricia Wyckoff, Visual Art …out of the gilded frame ... of a video camera Wausau Daily Herald, Wausau, WI Sharon Piller, Review New Castle News, Trio of Works Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Donald Miller, Artists in Two Cities Work Magic Pittsburgh Magazine, Mike May, Art Editor’s Pick— Alchemy 1994 In Pittsburgh, Colleen McKay, Gnostics for the Next Century, Cover story The News, South Edition, Aliquippa, PA, Aliquippa Arts Festival Attracts… The Times, Beaver, PA, Torsten Ove, Folks give Aliquippa’s image artistic… The Times, Patricia Connelly Weekend Cover, Three feature articles, and map Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Donald Miller, Aliquippa Artwork Blooming In Pittsburgh, J. Decker, Adopting Aliquippa: Art as economic development engine The New Art Examiner, Chicago IL Chris Potter, Group A, Review The News, Ione Morgan, Changes taking place for downtown Aliquippa The Times, Saturday begins Adopt a Piece of Aliquippa project The Times, Bruce Antley, Looking for Volunteers, Community wants to... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Donald Miller, Fifty Years of Group A In Pittsburgh, Margie Romero, What you saw in Art 1993 In Pittsburgh, Margie Romero, Perfect 10’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Donald Miller, Art Festival Sparkles and Sputters The Beaver County Times, The Artist’s Life: Using Fantasy… Photos Beaver County Times, D. Utterback, Artsy Aliquippa: I Never Saw So Many People Here Beaver County Times, D. Utterback 24 Hours in Aliquippa, City Hosts Show... A1 Photo The New York Times, Barnaby Feder, Survival a Struggle in a Town the Steel Forgot, C1 Beaver County Times, Torsten Ove, Aliquippa on Parade... Greenwich Time, Greenwich, CN, Student’s Combine to Help City’s Renaissance Valley Tribune, Beaver Falls, PA, Art Project to Brighten Aliquippa, A1 Flash Art, Milan, Italy, Progetto Cuspide Review Il Gazzettino, Venice, Italy, Spazi vuoti recuperati dagli artisti Il Giornale dell’Arte, Milan, Italy, Sbarco americano e giocattoli cubofuturisti #120 La Unione Sarda, Cagliari, Dagli Stati con (grande)stupore... Selected radio + television 2006 2006 1997 1996 1996 1994 1994 1994 1994 1993 1993 1993 1992 1992 Belgrade Environmental News, Belgrade, Serbia, Guide/Vodic Project June, interview B 92 Radio, Belgrade, Serbia, Guide/Vodic Project interview WQED, Pittsburgh, PA, Sunday Arts Calendar, Producer: Susan Morris, The South Side Atlas CBS Radio, New York, National Broadcast, Osgood File (Charles Osgood) Producer, Susan Morris What do we win? WQED, Pittsburgh, PA Sunday Arts Calendar, Producer: Susan Morris. What do we win? WMBA Radio Station, Ambridge, PA, Talk Show with Sam Nicatero. Interviews from May - August WBVP Radio Station, Beaver Falls, PA, Four Interviews from June - August KDKA Television Station, Channel 2 News, Pittsburgh, PA Covered Adopting Aliquippa, July 30, 1994. WPXI Television Station, Channel 11 News, Pittsburgh, PA Covered Adopting Aliquippa, July 30, 1994. KDKA Television, Channel 2 News, Pittsburgh, PA Ralph Ionatti, 24 Hours in Aliquippa, Feature story. WPXI Television Station, Channel 11 News, Pittsburgh, PA Covered 24 Hours in Aliquippa, April 30 WMBA Radio Station, Ambridge, PA Talk Show with Sam Nicatero Vidiolina, Sardegnian News Program, Spotlighted, Progetto Cuspide. Tele Margarita, Venice, Italy, Spotlighted, Progetto Cuspide. Selected online sites 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 - 2011 2009 2009 2009 2009 2006 2002 Integrative Teaching International, Educators Showcase, featured educator, November 2011 http://integrativeteaching.org/educators-showcase/ PAUSE, Guide: Poughkeepsie Project, http://pauselab.org and Our Hudson http://www.ourhudson.org/ Ruralscape, http://ruralscape.tumblr.com Wild Food Cook-Off, http://wildfoodcookoff.com Studio Visits, lecture and talk show (educational project), http://austudiovisits.wordpress.com The Line Project (educational project), http://thelineproject.wordpress.com Soapbox Workshop, http://soapboxworkshop.wordpress.com/ Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Spectra, http://fosdicknelson.alfred.edu/exhibits/0910/spectra/ to Let, http://toletartprogram.blogspot.com Next Question, www.nextquestion.org Outside Project site, www.outsideproject.org LINKS Public Art, (educational project) http://digitalarts.bgsu.edu/links 2000 Unlimited Partnerships, CEPA, 2 Degrees of Separation, Essays by Grant Kester, and participating artists, www.cepagallery.org/exhibitions/Unlimited2/u2mainpage.html Lectures, panels + workshops 2015 2015 2015 2013 2013 2013 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2002 2001 2001 2001 2000 1999 1997 1996 1996 Three Rivers Arts Festival Public Art Panel, Lost & Found Factory, Pittsburgh, PA Learning to Notice, Conversation, Open Engagement, Pittsburgh Learning to Notice, panel chair, Foundations Art, Theory and Education conference Points of View, Grünes Kulturforum: Urbanität, Mobilität, Freiheit, IWZ Symposium, Darmstadt, Germany Hand-held Camera Obscura Workshop, International Forest Art Center, Darmstadt, Germany Ruralscape: A Report from Artists Working in Rural and Remote Places with Discussion of Strategies, Troubles and Delights. Open Engagement, organized panel for international conference on social practice, Portland, OR Art Work, Bergren Forum, Alfred University, Alfred, NY 8 Hour Projects, Allegheny College, Art, Sustainability and Community Panel Discussion, Meadville, PA Belgrade: Dexterity Games, Panel: Game Show Artists, Creativity, Play, and Imagination across Disciplines Conference, Columbia University, Teacher’s College, New York, NY (selected) Looking Backward while Moving Forward, Panel: Sweeping Changes in Foundations, Foundations Art Theory + Education Conference, St. Louis, MO (selected) The Trouble of Eating a Dandelion, Panel: Headlines, facilitated by Linda Weintraub, Open Engagement conference, other panelists: Brian Collier, Linda Wysong, Portland OR (invited) Integration of Research Methodologies in Art Practice and Education, Panel: Creative Research in the 21st Century, College Art Association Conference, Chicago, IL (selected) Artist Presentation, The Cambridge School, Boston, MA (invited) Artist Presentation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Smack Mellon, New York, NY, as part of MARK. Artist Presentation, Divergence, Convergence, Emergence: Expanding Cross-Disciplinary Creativity, Think Tank 4, Integrative Teaching, University of Georgia, Athens GA Artist Presentation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY Getting Off the Island: Creative ways to build bridges to the world beyond, Panel: Expanding Art Foundations Curriculum in a Post-Discipline World, Confluence: Foundation, Theory, Art and Education Conference, Portland Oregon (selected, copresented with Angie To) Artist Presentation, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (invited) Next Question: Listening, Bergren Forum, Alfred, New York Public Art + Mapping, Walking Prague: City as Set course, Marketa Fantova, Chase Angier, Alfred University NQ Listening, Situations + Interventions, Panel: Public Art in Action, SECAC / MACAA Conference Nashville, TN (selected) Artist Presentation, Cornish College of Art and Design, Seattle, WA Artist Presentation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Artist Presentation: Work of Next Question, Outside Project, Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia Artist Presentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Artist Presentation, Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia Artist Presentation, Columbia College Study Abroad Program, Florence, Italy Artist Presentation, La Corte Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy Artist Presentation, and 3 day sculpture workshop, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO Artist Presentation, Carnegie Mellon School of Art Lecture Series, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA The Work of Next Question, Panel: Collaboration and the Institution, MACAA Conference, Lincoln, NB Invisible Spaces, Artist Presentation, Panel: Embodied Spaces, SIGGRAPH Conference, , Los Angeles, CA The Work of Next Question, Studio Art Centers International, lecture series, Florence, Italy Artist Presentation and Discussion, Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, Carrara, Italy. (invited) Artist Presentation, Arizona State University West, Interdisciplinary Arts & Performance, Phoenix, AZ Collaborating with Next Question, Panel: Artists Non-Solo, Performance Studies International Conference, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK (invited) Panel Discussion with: Street Level Youth Media, Artists & Cities. Citywide Youth Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA What do we win? Process of Interactive Community, Art Madison Art Center, Madison, WI (invited) Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics, A Public Conversation: Daniel Martinez, Group Material, Fred Wilson, Michelle Illuminato, Ann Carlson, Lonnie Graham, Mary Jane Jacob. Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA Academic positions 2012 – Present 2006 - 2010 2003 - 2006 1999 - 2003 Head, Foundations Division, Associate Professor, Alfred University, NYSCC, Alfred, NY Assistant Professor, Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY Visiting Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Assistant Professor, First Year Program Coordinator, Bowling Green State University, OH