Education | Professional Experience

Education

Professional Experience

• Dean of the largest of five schools; responsible for 10 departments (2 of which have 4 units each) and two language institutes; 220 full-time faculty, approximately 300 adjuncts; enrollment of about 5000 students; acts as leader for academic, inter-university and public responsibilities of professional school offering a BA with multiple majors and 8 MA degrees.

• Planned and executed a new model of an arts institute at Arizona State University, Tempe. Responsible for strategizing residencies, commissions, symposia, public events and advocacy from the President’s Office as an interfaculty and community bridge to Phoenix and region.

• Advisor on international arts component to Beyond/In Western New York, a regional biennale moving to a new international status. Oversaw 14 institutional arts partners and was responsible for commissioning new public works.

• Consultant: worked with the Director, Curatorial, Program and Design teams to develop long-range strategies and goals for installations and exhibitions in an expanded museum renovation by Frank Gehry.

• Act as leader for academic, inter-university and public responsibilities of professional school offering a terminal MFA degree.
• Oversee graduate curricula for Divisions of Writing, Visual Arts, Theater, Film, Digital Media and instruction for 3,000 undergraduate students in Columbia College, General Studies and Barnard College.
• Oversee all full-time (48) and adjunct faculty (192), and employees.
• Responsible for annual budget and fundraising.
• Oversee public events such as film festival, MFA Thesis exhibition.
• (2003) Acted as Executive Coordinator for “Midnight’s Children:” a large related humanities festival and symposia, digital archives, and the production of a play by Salman Rushdie with the Royal Shakespeare Company of London in Glasgow, Salford, Norwich, Milton Keynes, Leeds, Bath, Birmingham, Nottingham, Aberdeen, London, Ann Arbor, & New York.
• (2003) Acted as Chairperson Columbia University 250th Anniversary Documentary by Ric Burns (New York, NY, 2001-2003),
• (2004) Curated ‘Sound Object,’ an exhibition of composer Marcelo Toledo’s piece Para Encuentro en los Abismos (For the Encounter in the Abyss), held at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies (New York, NY).

• Administrator of Graduate Degree and Continuing Education programs.
• Managed all employees and faculty.
• Initiator of all outreach and public programs; fundraising.

• Founded and administered new international biennial exhibition, including coordinating fundraising campaigns and educational initiatives.  Curated first international exhibition and wrote introductions for exhibition catalogues:
• Conceal/Reveal (1996) - Exhibition of international artists mapping the relation between visibility and obscurity in works of art.
• Longing and Belonging: From the Faraway Nearby (1995) - First International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Santa Fe.

• Curated section of “NowHere”, an international exhibition of contemporary art, and wrote essay for exhibition catalogue.

• Researched and curated contemporary art exhibitions; wrote essays for exhibition catalogues.  Completed seven exhibitions:
• A Group of Seven (1992) - A group exhibition to represent Canada at the Third International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Colin Campbell Retrospective (1991) – A three-hour selection of Campbell's video narratives, with scripts and photographs from twenty-years of work.
• PASTFUTURETENSE (1990) - An international exhibition investigating art that simultaneously makes use of abstraction and figuration. Co-curated with Gary Dufour.
• Magazine Series (1987-91) – Solo installations by international artists.
• Challenge in the Workplace (1989) - Selections from the collection and programs of First Banks Minneapolis.
• The Impossible Self (1988) - An international exhibition that investigated contemporary ideas of subjectivity. Co-curated with Sandy Nairne.
• Northern Noises (1987) – An exhibition of Canadian artists for the Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

• Wrote art journal texts.  Worked closely for two years with Krzysztof Wodiczko as agent/advisor.

• Curated exhibitions and wrote essays for exhibition catalogues for institutions in the United States, Europe, and Canada.  Completed eight exhibitions:
• 4 FRIENDS (1992) – An exhibition of four artists for the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• Devices (1991) – Group exhibition at the Josh Baer Gallery, New York.
• Un-Natural Traces (1991) - An exhibition of Canadian artists at the Barbicon Art Gallery, Barbican Center, London. Co-curated with Carol Brown.
• Barbara Steinman (1989) – A solo exhibition at Artists Space, New York.
• Abstraction in Question (1989) - Group exhibition for the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FLA. Co-curated with Roberta Smith and Joan Simon.
• On Track (1988) – an international exhibition for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta.
• The Play of History/Jeux d'Histoire (1987) – the video section "Local History" for opening exhibition of the Art Gallery at Harbourfront, The Power Plant, Toronto.
• Tony Brown: Day/Dreams (1986) - A solo exhibition of installations at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg.

• Summer teaching and research.

• Fellowship and writing

• Course delivered: “Independent Television and Video.”

• Curated exhibitions, produced media productions, and wrote essays for exhibition catalogues.  Exhibitions completed:
• Eric Fischl: Paintings (1985) - a solo exhibition organized for the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
• Space Invaders (1984) - Co-curated with Sandy Nairne for the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
• 1983 International Festival of Video Art  - SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Winnipeg, Manitoba,; Vancouver, British Columbia
• 1984 International Festival of Video Art  - SAW gallery, Ottawa, Ontario; (with tape showings, lectures and workshops in) St. John's, Newfoundland; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Montreal, Quebec; Toronto, Ontario; Winnipeg, Manitoba,: Calgary, Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia
• Kunstler aus Kanada (1983) – an exhibition of Canadian video art at Kunstlerhaus, Stuttgart, West Germany.
• Biennale of Sydney, Australia (1982) – a selection of Canadian art and installations.
• Correspondences (1982) – A group exhibition for the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, AB.
• Joe Sleep Retrospective (1981) – a solo exhibition at the Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax.
• Canada: Video (1980) – an exhibition of Canadian video art at the XXXIX Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, organized for the National Gallery of Canada.

• Courses delivered: “Canadian Video Art: Contemporary Canadian Art” and “Arts of the Twentieth Century.”

• Course delivered: “Criticism and Exhibitions.”

• The National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON);
• Dalhousie University Art Gallery (Halifax, NS);

Media Production Experience

• Consulting Producer

• Interviewer/ Researcher

• Consulting Producer

• Consulting Producer

• Co-writer

• Producer

A one-hour television production, in cooperation with Continental Video and the Foundation De Appel. Written and Directed by Joan Jonas. Starring Tilda Swinton

• Consultant/Producer