Coroflot

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EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin, Madison. Ph.D. in History of Textiles, 2013

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI 2004
Bachelor of Fine Art, Dean’s List, high honors

3 month Research Grant from the Kansas City Artists
Coalition on Mata ni Pachedi in Ahmedabad, Gujarat,
India 2004-2005

Brown University, Religious Studies, fall 2003

Scholarly study of art and religion in Greece and Italy 2002

Independent Study in Sculptural Printmaking and Textiles
2001

State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
1999-2001 BFA Sculpture program, Honors Program

ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE

Soulful Media: Entrepreneurial business, Madison, WI 2004-present
Freelance business: digital video editor, film maker, graphic design and contempory textile designs. Filmed in India, Switerland, France, England, and America for productions. Recently completed "Dora Collection" a limited edition clothing made with a textile community in India.

Teresa Moorehouse Howley, Sculptor, Ithaca, NY 2000-present
Manager: Negotiate and delegate business contracts. Web Design. Construction and exhibition of artist’s bronze/marble work. Develop and augment production methods/materials.

SHOCK Designs: entrepreneurial business, Providence, RI 2003-2004
Design and implement textile productions for corporate and local textile businesses. Services include embroidery for clients and sock design for DeFeet International.

Bemis Center for Contemporary Art: Omaha, NE Summer 2003: Internship: Multi-tasked working with the 10 artists-in-residence and eagerly fulfilled responsibilities for the gallery and the business. Assisted the residency director and delegated with the president of the board. Updated databases for their Annual Art Auction and maintained a 5,000 volume library.

Department of Decorative Arts, RISD Museum: Providence, RI 2002-2003: Assistant to the Associate Curator: Archived jewelry objects. Catalogued and researched wallpaper. Assisted Museum Conservator with textile and furniture conservation for On The Wall wallpaper by contemporary artists exhibtion. Assisted with the preparation of Zigzag Chairs and Wobbly Mirrors, 20th century furniture exhibtion.

John Mathews Limited, East Greenwich, RI summer 2002. Assistant model/mold maker: Internship: Fabricated limited edition toys and maquettes for Nickelodeon and DC Comics. Characters include the Justice League, Batman, and SpongeBob Squarepants. Meticulously preformed and strategized all technical processes including preparation of rubber molds, sculpting, resin casting, and all finishing and presentation work.

Carol Wax, Printmaker, Brooklyn, NY 2000-2002: Freelance apprentice: Supported and assisted in the production of 500 prints.

FILM MAKING EXPERIENCE

Feature length film "Beyond the Mist of Avalon" shot in America and England. 2004-2007.

1 hour documentary film commission: "Trancing the Inner Landscape". National distribution, 2006.

20 minute documentary film "The Eyes of Om", 2006

30 minute documentary film "Divine Connection", 2006

Short documentary film: "Soul Print" shown on the CALS website for UW-Madison

Short documentary film: "ABC School", shoot in India. 2006.

Freelance Audio/Video work for Fingerlakes Video Productions, Ithaca, NY. 2006 includes Wedding Videography and other functions.

50 minute documentary film production and interview. "Living in God", 2005.

27 minute documentary film production shot in India. "Unconscious Eloquence: an Exploration of Textiles of the Mother Goddess". 2004-2005

Short documentary film production shot in India." Toy for Textile". 2004-2005.

Video Production of the Black Madonna in France, 2004

Additional Videography shooting in Switzerland, Netherlands, and Germany. 2004.

Media Resource Center, RISD: Providence, RI 2003-2004.
Audio-Video technician. Performed campus-wide Audio-Video set-up. Problem solved equipment with professors and students. Video Editor for students and faculty.

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE

Very experienced with Final Cut Pro, Live Type, DVD Studio Pro (taught these programs to editing students and professors at RISD) Experienced: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, InDesign, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Dreamweaver, Motion. Proficient with Mac and PC.


AWARDS

Univeristy of Wisconsin, Madison. University Fellowship for Ph.D. $15,720, 2006-2007.
Kansas City Artists Coalition: Lighton International Artists’
Travel Grant, $4,500. Awarded September, 2004
Northbrook Public Library. 1st place, Purchase Prize,
October, 2003
The American Scholars National Honor Society 2001: Award
of Achievement
Olympics of the Visual Arts State Art competition
Collaborative 1st place Sculpture award, 1999

LECTURES
Textile Society of America. "Textile Narratives and Conversations: 10th Biennial Symposium" Toronto, Ontario, Canada. "Unconscious Eloquence" screening. October 11-14, 2006.

Community School of Music and Arts. "Unconscious Eloquence" screening and lecture. March 3, 2006 & March 19, 2006.

Arjun English School, Ahmedabad, India. "Mata Ni Pachedi" textile lecture and screening of "Unconscious Eloquence". December 15, 2005.

Richan Nagar Society, Ahmedabad, India. "Mata Ni Pachedi" textile lecture and screening of "Unconscious Eloquence". December 14, 2005.

Wisdom's Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies, Hector, NY. Screening and talk about "Living in God", "Unconscious Eloquence", Toy for a Textile" November 21, 2005.

Kansas City Middle School for the Arts, lecture on India, screening of "Toy for Textile" film and textile creation for the Kansas City Public Library.

Kansas City Artists Coalition, lecture about Mata Ni Pachedi and screening of "Unconscious Eloquence" and "Toy for a Textile". October 19th, 2005.

Foundation of Light. Lecture on Mata Ni Pachedi and screening of "Unconscious Eloquence". September 17, 2005.

Cornell University. Earth Based Spirituality Organization. Guest lecture: "Mata Ni Pachedi" March 9th, 2005

PUBLICATIONS
Star Gazette, newspaper. Elmira, NY. "Artist to talk, screen film on devotional art from India" Thursday March 16, 2006.

Ithaca Journal: Ticket, newspaper. Ithaca, NY. "CSMA's 'Coming of Age' Exhibit Celebrates Women and Girls". Thursday, March 2, 2006.

Cortland Standard. Cortland,NY. "Exhibit Celebrates Women and Girls". Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006.

IndianExpress, newspaper. India. January 2006.

Ahmedabad Times, newspaper. Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India January, 2006

Art: Kansas City. September through November 2005. Pages 31 and 64.

KC Magazine. October 2005. page 134.

American Craft August/September 2004 issue. Description of my research grant to India from the Kansas City Artists Coalition.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Kansas City Artists Coalition, Charno Gallery, Kansas City,
MO Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost: Fiber and Video Installation, October-November 2005

Leidenfrost Vineyards. Hector, NY.
Mood Paintings. July 2000.

Leidenfrost Vineyards. Hector, NY.
Isadora Leidenfrost: Retrospective, July 1999

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Makeready Press Gallery & Gallery 214 Art Space. Montclaire, NJ
"Quilts for Art Sake 5." December 2006.

Womongthering: Festival of Women's Spirituality. Poyntelle, PA. June 2006

Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY. "Coming of Age: Women and Girls". March 2006.

Brandeis University, Women's Studies Research Center in conjunction the Boston Conference for the National Women’s Caucus for Art. "Vital Voices: Women's Visions". February - March 2006.

Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence,
RI Senior Sculpture Show. March 2004

Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, IL
Verses, Volumes & Vision: Art and the Written Word. October 2003.

Makeready Press Gallery & Gallery 214 ArtSpace, Montclair, NJ Quilts For Art Sake 11, October 2003.

Alternative Gallery Space, Providence, RI
ASBESTOS: RISD Sculpture, May 2003

Leidenfrost Vineyards. Hector, NY.
Teresa Moorehouse Howley and Isadora Leidenfrost. August, 1998.

Leidenfrost Vineyards. Hector, NY.
An Image of the Center, July 1998

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Institute of Design Library, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. 2005.
South Asian Collection of Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY. 2005
Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO 2005
Cornell University Alternatives Library, Ithaca, NY 2004
Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, IL 2003
Dryden Highschool Main Entrance, Dryden, NY 1999

RESIDENCIES
Tasara Center for Creative Weaving. Calicut, India. December 2004.