Courses
FILM ANALYSIS / VIDEO ART HISTORY COURSES
New Media in Art (Art History 525)
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
Summer 2010, online course
Enrollment: 15
The Animated Film: Historical, Critical and Global Perspectives (Art History 440)
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
Spring 2010
Enrollment: 40
Film, Art, & Contemporary Theory: Experimental Film & Video Art (Art History 540)
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
Fall 2009
Enrollment: 40
This advanced seminar course provides a selective introduction to the history of artistic experimentation with film and video imaging technology. The course surveys work by video artists and avant garde filmmakers, critically viewing examples of media that use the tools and techniques of abstraction, appropriation, performance, and video imaging.
Introduction to Film & Video (Art History 220)
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
Fall 2009 (2 sections), Spring 2010 (3 sections)
Enrollment: 80
In this large lecture course, students learn to analyze the basic components of film – narrative, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, sound, genre – in order to understand how these various components combine to yield an overall sense of film form.
Video Art: History, Theory, and Politics (Art History 406W)
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Spring 2008
Enrollment: 14
This writing intensive course provided a historical survey of artistic experimentation with video imaging technology. Topics covered included relationships between art and technology, popular culture and television, social critique and identity politics, and institutional presentation and preservation of media art.
Introduction to Film Interpretation (Media Study 109)
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Summer 2005, Spring 2007
Enrollment: 30
In this course, students learned to recognize the techniques that structure our experience of cinema – narrative, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, sound, genre – in order to understand how these various components combine to yield an overall sense of film form.
MULTICULTURALISM IN MEDIA COURSES
Cinema & Identity: The Politics of Representation of “Difference” in American Film (Art History 440)
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
Fall 2010
Enrollment: 40
This course provides a systematic articulation between conceptions of individual and collective identity and the study of American film. The course examines how American film has represented following axes of identity: race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability.
The American Civil Rights Movement on Film (Media Study 305)
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Spring 2006
Enrollment: 30
This advanced film analysis course focused on the points of
intersection between moving image representation and the American Civil
Rights Movement. The course looked at well-known events from the Civil
Rights movement, as well as at radical resistance groups including the
Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, the United Farm
Workers, and the Weather Underground.
Immigration and Film (Media Study 213)
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005
Enrollment: 30 / 70 (team-teaching experience)
This film analysis course functioned both as an in-depth
investigation into the politics of representation of ethnic identity in
the United States, as well as an overview of various immigrant/migrant
experiences in America.
PRODUCTION / STUDIO COURSES
Beginning Video and Sound (Intermedia 2512)
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Fall 2008, Spring 2009
Enrollment: 15
This course introduces students to the fundamental techniques of digital video and sound production in the context of contemporary art and design practices. Technical information covered includes digital video editing (Final Cut Pro), cinematography, shooting, lighting, sound recording, sound mixing (Soundtrack), and an introduction to digital animation (Flash).
Digital Presentation for Artists (Art 119)
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Winter 2009, Spring 2009
Enrollment: 16
In this introductory course, students learn to use digital media tools to create new media artworks and develop methods for the presentation of art portfolios. The course concludes with a unit on independent publishing and the collaborative creation of zines.
Basic Digital Photography (Art 260)
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Fall 2008, Winter 2009, Spring 2009
Enrollment: 16
This studio course lays the foundation for study in photography by exposing students to the historical and practical developments in the art of photography. Students learn to use digital still cameras to make exposures, process images in Photoshop, and print photographs. Individual projects focus on photographing places and photographing communities.
Introduction to Digital Video Editing (Digital Film & Video 212)
The Art Institute of Portland, Portland, OR
Fall 2007, Winter 2008
Enrollment: 24
This course introduced the principles of video editing. Students explored the techniques, theory, and aesthetic considerations of the post-production process.
Introduction to Computer Art & Design (Visual Studies 250)
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Fall 2006, Spring 2007
Enrollment: 20
This hands-on survey offered the beginning artist/designer the opportunity to develop basic digital media skills. Software covered included Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Audacity, and Flash. The course introduced students to core concepts in new media theory.
Performative Actions (Visual Studies 473/573)
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Spring 2007
Enrollment: 13
As guest instructor, I developed a three-week unit for this graduate and advanced undergraduate studio course on performance art. I lectured on performance art practice during the 1960s and I evaluated a collaborative assignment about video and the presentation of self in everyday life.
Advanced Video Production (Media Study 441/503)
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Fall 2006
Enrollment: 6
This advanced video production course oversaw the realization of conceptually advanced video projects in documentary, music video, and installation. The course culminated in a final screening and exhibition at Squeaky Wheel, a local media arts center.
COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS / OTHER TEACHING
Maps, Drifts, Interventions and Inquiries: What (Else) Can Independent Media Do?
Portland Grassroots Media Camp, Taking place at Portland Community College
Co-facilitated with Kevin Van Meter, community organizer and graduate student in political theory at CUNY Grad Center, New York, NY
September 2008
Participants: 20
This workshop introduced participants to a number of techniques gleaned from community organizing and interventionist art traditions. Participants were involved in producing their own maps, drifts, and inquiries with the intent of creating participatory and dialogical media.
Flash Essentials
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Continuing Education, Portland, OR
Spring 2008
Enrollment: 15
This course focused on teaching the basics of Flash with an emphasis on generating images, creating simple and complex animations, and basic interactivity.
Digital Art and Animation: From Flipbooks to Flash
New York State Summer School for the Arts, Taking place at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Four-Week Intensive Summer Course, July 2007 & July 2008
NYSSSA is a program for high school students in New York State who show exceptional promise in the field of Media Art. This intensive summer course covered the basic history and theory of computer art and animation. It also provided instruction in the use of a variety of digital media tools to produce 2-D designs, flipbooks, frame-by-frame animations, and interactive works.
Digital Video Editing Weekend Workshop
Squeaky Wheel Media Resources, Buffalo, NY
Summer 2006, Fall 2006, Winter 2007, Spring 2007
Enrollment: 4 – 8
This workshop introduced the basics of digital video editing with Final Cut Pro. This intensive weekend workshop covered logging and capturing, creating titles, importing graphics, audio editing, and working with timelines.
Digital Video Editing Six Week Course
Squeaky Wheel Media Resources, Buffalo, NY
Spring 2007
Enrollment; 5
This workshop included the material covered in the Digital Video Editing Weekend Workshop while adding more information about audio, special effects, and compositing.
Digital Video Production Four Week Workshop
Squeaky Wheel Media Resources, Buffalo, NY
Fall 2006
Enrollment: 5
Students interested in all modes of video making learned the basics of video production. Topics included storyboarding, framing, movement, lighting, and sound recording.
Principles of Video Production Ten Week Course
Select Sound Studios, Kenmore, NY
Fall 2006
Enrollment: 6
This ten-week course introduced the beginning video-maker to the fundamental techniques of digital video production. The course covered camera operation, storyboarding, production design, composition, lighting, audio recording, editing, and DVD authoring.