Marianne Rodriguez Petit

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007 - present GREYLOCK ARTS, Adams,MA
Co-Director of Greylock Arts (http://greylockarts.net/) whose mission is to support interactive and new media arts. Located at the foot of Mount Greylock in Adams, Massachusetts, Greylock Arts presents exhibitions and talks; fosters community involvement and develops educational programs to facilitate a deeper public appreciation for emerging art practice. Recent exhibitions include interactive audio and light sculpture, immersive environments, and alternative energy powered art. Greylock Arts routinely hosts school groups; all of its events are free and open to the public.
1992 - present NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, TSOA - Interactive Telecommunications Program
Associate Arts Professor (2005-Present)
Coordinator: Technology and Social Justice Initiative (2003-Present)
Master Teacher (2001-2005)
Visiting Assistant Professor (1998-2000)
Adjunct Professor. (1992-1994, 1997-1998)
Courses include: Developing Assistive Technology (collaboration with the Occupational Therapy Department), Internships in Technology and Social Justice (through a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation), Assistive Technology: Workshop with Montefiore Children's Hospital, Video for New Media, Methods of Motion, Communications Lab, Creating World Wide Web Sites, and Social Applications of the Internet.

1991 - present TECHNOLOGY/EDUCATION CONSULTANT
Technology consultant, developer, and instructor to a variety of nonprofit organizations and projects including STEPS to End Family Violence, the Adaptive Design Organization, Inc., PASA (Positive Attitudes Solutions & Actions), The Fund for the City of New York, The Jacob Riis Settlement House, The Liberty Partnership Program at the School of Visual Arts, and Playing to Win.
1996 - 1998 THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK - Department of Art
Adjunct Professor
1991 - 1997 FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Director of the Internet Academy for Non Profit Organizations - The Center for Internet Innovation (1995-1997)
Instructor/Consultant to the Nonprofit Computer Exchange (1991-1995)
1994 - 1995 JACOB A. RIIS SETTLEMENT, INC.
Director of the Center for Technology

SELECTED PROJECTS: ANIMATION / INTERACTIVE / VIDEO / COMICS / PERFORMANCE
2010 Ada's Shop
An interactive window installation in collaboration with Matthew Belanger (site specific - Mid-Manhattan Library, New York)
2010 Not For Sale
An interactive storefront window installation by Ephraim & Sadie Hatfield exploring desire, consumption, and interaction mediated by the storefront glass (site specific - DownStreet Art, North Adams)
2010 The Struwwelpeter
A series of pop-up books based on the Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffman.
2009 Invisible Woman
Phenakitescopes, automata, pop-up books, and interactive dioramas.
2008-09 Recollecting Adams
Episodic web-based animation series using first person accounts and simple animation.
2003-09 When I was Three (www.wheniwasthree.com)
Animated cartoon series based on chidhood memories
2008 The Participatory Book Series
Comic book series based on blog-based questions and user-generated content.
2008 Lumens
Producer, An interactive light installation (re)connecting personal artifacts, histories, & communities.
2008 How Not to Write A Novel
Animated bookfomercial for book by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman.
2007 The Participatory Book Series
Comic book series based on blog-based questions and user-generated content.
2007 For Real: A webcomic documentary about immigrant lives in nyc
Created by trACINGS, LLC for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Comics drawn by Tracy White of trACINGS and Marianne R. Petit.
2007 The Incarcerated Mother's Program
An educational short film used in classrooms promoting the work of this nonprofit organization. Produced in collaboration with Joyce Klemperer and Laura Fernandez.
2007 The Adaptive Design Organization
A promotional/documentary short film for this nonprofit that creates adaptive equipment for children with disabilities from readily found materials.
2006-07 Music Videos: Marykate O'Neil
Music videos: "Past All the Stars" and "I Sleep With My Clothes On", "The Sky is Falling" for singer/songwriter Marykate O'Neil's "1-800-bankrupt" album.
2005-06 716 (www.716comic.com)
A semi-autobiographical comics series on the insanity of living in New York.
2006 People Make a Mess (When They Go)
Claymation video in collaboration with Matthew Belanger.
2006 The Saddest Thing I Own
A web repository of the Saddest Things people own in collaboration with Matthew Belanger and Elizabeth Mikesell (commissioned by turbulence.org funded by the Jerome Foundation)
2006 Comicable's Never-Ending Break-Up/Make-Up Storytelling Comic Book Generator
A flash-based comic book generator in collaboration with Dan O'Sullivan
2006 Project Untitled (Coming Soon)
A flash-based creature creation email game, in collaboration with Matthew Belanger
2005 STEPS to End Family Violence
A promotional/documentary for the non-profit organization, STEPS To End Family Violence, in collaboration with Joyce Klemperer and Sister Mary Nerney
2005 Snow & Other Music Videos
Music videos for singer/songwriter Lianne Smith ("Snow" and "For Old Time's Sake" - coming soong)
2004 Commencement of Joy
A series of animated videos based on the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Wallace Stevens, and E. E. Cummings and the music Chominciamento di Gioia by the Ensemble Unicorn
2003 14 Things in 14 Weeks
Fourteen objects made in fourteen weeks.
2002 The Rumi Poem Book
DVD project based on the poems of Rumi.
2002 Not your mother's dollhouse
Interactive audio/video pop-up dioramas in collaboration with Tom Igoe.
2002 Do you have a problem or are you always in pain?
Interactive audio/video sculpture in collaboration with Tom Igoe.
2001 The Animated Doodle Series
With audio doodles by Jeremy X. Halpern
2000 Satie Love Poems
("i carry your heart with me" and "gnossienne no. 1")
1998 - 2001 MERPY.COM
(Family-friendly website: new interactive/animated/musical stories each month)
1998 Solitaire - (http://www.turbulence.org)
1995 - 1997 The Grimm Projects
(The Grimm Tale: website, The Grimm Show: live video performances at various venues and festivals, The Grimm Rom: DVD prototype)
1993 - 1995 The Mutant Gene & Tainted Kool-Aid Sideshow
(CD-ROM and live video performances at various New York City venues)
1992 - 1993 ESMP (evolution of sensory and metabolic probabilities)
(live video performances at various New York City venues)
1991 "1000 Points (of Trash TV)"
(live video performances at various New York City venues)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 Ada's Shop - a collaboration with Matthew Belanger (UPCOMING -- Mid-Manhattan Public Library, New York NY)
2010 Illustrious (UPCOMING -- Eclipse Mill, North Adams, MA)
2010 Art at City Hall (North Adams, MA)
2010 Not For Sale - a collaboration of Ephraim & Sadie Hatfield (DownStreet Art, North Adams, MA)
2010 MoCCA ArtFest (New York, NY)
2009 Relics of Futures Past (Adams, MA)
2009 Another Island - Storefront Artist Project (Pittsfield, MA)
2009 Vivid Wonders of a Startled Imagination - MCLA G51 (North Adams, MA)
2008 Eclipse Mill Salon (North Adams, MA)
2007 The MySpace Show - MCLA Gallery 51 (North Adams, MA)
2007 MoCCA ArtFest (New York, NY)
2006 Dear Diary - The Autobiographical Comic Show - Athens Institute of Contemporary Art (Athens, GA)
2006 MoCCA ArtFest (New York, NY)
2005 Serializer.Net Showcase (www.serializer.net)
2002 Arte Digital - Museo de Arte Contemporanea (Havana, Cuba)
1999 Merpy.com Visits the Robeson Art Gallery - Rutgers University (Newark NJ)
One person exhibit
1997-1999 Echo Communications Group and Member Shows (Curatorial)
1998 Experimental Media Arts (Australia)
1997 New York Digital Salon - School of Visual Arts (New York NY)
1997 Reinventing the Box - Betty Rymer Gallery/The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
1996 Espace CD-ROM, - DrancyberCulture (France)
1996 FutureLessFuture (www.flf.org/FLF), essay by Donald Kuspit
1996 Postmodern Techno - Art & Science Collaborations Group Show (New York, NY)
1995 ACM/SIGGRAPH '95 ART SHOW - Art/Computer interface (New York, NY)
1995 Eighty Artists from 40 Countries - Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center (New York NY)
1995 Tech Show - Ward Nasse Gallery (New York NY)

SELECTED FESTIVALS, SCREENINGS & BROADCASTS
2009 WGBY - New England Public Broadcasting
2009 Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition (BWAC) Screening
2007 Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation
2007 Picture This International Disability Film Festival (Calgary, CA)
2006 IFC: MediaLab Uploaded Featured Director (IFC, Rainbow Media)
2006 Dallas Video Festival (Dallas, TX)
2006 San Diego Comic-Con Film Festival (San Diego, CA)
2006 SlamDance Anarchy (Los Angeles, CA)
2006 Woodstock Museum Film & Video Festival (Woodstock, NY)
2006 Tribeca Underground Film Festival (New York, NY)
2001 Ashland Independent Film Festival (Ashland, OR)
2001 High Falls Festival (Rochester, NY)
2001 35th BAC International Film and Video Festival - Uris Art Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)
2001 NAP Biennial Video Festival
2001 Rochester International Film Festival - Honorable Mention (Rochester, NY)
2001 Atlanta Film and Video Festival (Atlanta, GA)
2001 Taos Talking Pictures Festival (Taos, NM)
2001 IFilm.com
2001 Wigged.net - Curated by Seth Thompson. February - March Issue.
1997 Siggraph 1997 - The Electric Garden (Los Angeles, CA)
1997 Montreal International Festival of Cinema & New Media (Montreal, Canada)
1997 Thaw '97 - Festival of Film, Video & Digital Media (University of Ohio)
1997 Festival Internactional de la Imagen (Bogota, Colombia)
1996 New York Exposition of Short Film & Video & Interactive Media (New York)
1996 The 7th Annual International Symposium for the Electronic Arts (ISEA) (Rotterdam, NL)
1996 Thaw '96 - Festival of Film, Video & Digital Media (University of Ohio)
1996 NYC ACM/Siggraph Media Integration Seminar (New York NY)
1996 Macxhibition 1996 - On Screen Presentation (New York NY)
1996 PHOSPHOR - electronic multiple monitor gallery on Path Mass Transit.

SELECTED AWARDS
2008 Turbulence/New Radio and Performing Arts Grant Recipient - 2008 Commission for (Re)Connecting the Adamses
2008 Massachusetts Creative Council Creative Schools Grantee - Greylock Arts collaboration with Kidspace at Mass MoCA and Berkshire Art and Technology School (BaRT(
2006 New Radio and Performing Arts Grant Recipient - 2005 Commision for Turbulence Website, Funded by the Jerome Foundation.
2006 Senior Faculty Development Grant Recipient - Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
1996 New American Performing Arts Grant Recipient - Funded by the Jerome Foundation
1987-1991 Graduate Assistantship, New York University - The Interactive Telecommunications Program
1986. 1988 Peggy Guggenheim Studentship, Colezione Peggy Guggenheim (Venice Italy)

SELECTED COMMITTEES & BOARDS
2008-Present Adaptive Design Association, Board Member (New York, NY)
2007-Present Vision Education Inc, Board Member (New York, NY)
2006-Present Aperture Magazine, Contributing Editor (New York, NY)
2006-Present Borough of Manhattan Community College Multimedia Program, Advisory Board (New York, NY)
2005-Present New Radio and Performing Arts, Advisory Board (New York, NY)
2005-Present SOBROTec, Advisory Board (Bronx, NY)
2003-2006 Liberty Science Center Communications Exhibit - Advisory Committee (Jersey City, NJ)

SELECTED SPECIAL PROJECTS
2007 Digital Storytelling: A Collaboration of the Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU and Xavier University's Department of Art (New York, NY / New Orleans, LA) Funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation
2005-Present Assistive Technology Lab: A Collaboration of the Interactive Telecommunications Program and the Department of Occupational Therapy, NYU (New York, NY) Funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation (Providing for resources for projects, guest lecture series, and vision rehab partnerships with the Baruch Computer Center for Visually Impaired People and Helen Keller Services
2003-Present Technology & Social Justice Internship Program (New York, NY) Funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation

SELECTED PANEL DISCUSSIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2003 Building Community Across Digital Divide - Kirkland Project, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
2001 The Digital Divide (moderator) - Stern School of Business, NYU (New York, NY)
1998 Women and Digital - AIR Gallery (New York, NY)
1997 SIGGRAPH 97 - Art & Design Sketch (Los Angeles, CA)
1997 Thundergulch - Lunchtime at the Wall Series (New York, NY)
1997 Art in an Age of Possibilities - Women's Caucus for Art - Ceres Gallery (New York, NY)
1996 New York Exposition of Short Film and Video and Interactive Media (New York, NY)
1996 Guest Lecturer, Parson's School of Design, (New York, NY)
1994 Panel Speaker, Echo Virtual Culture Series, PS 122, (New York, NY)

SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2006, 1992-97 Experimental Television Center (Owego, NY)
1997 STEIM (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

SELECTED FESTIVALS: PERFORMANCES
1997 Mixed Messages: image text and technology festival (Charlotte, NC)
1997 The 8th Annual International Symposium for the Electronic Arts (ISEA)(Chicago, IL)
1997 The Grimm Show (Void, NYC; CyberTheatre, Brussels Belgium)

PUBLICATIONS
Leonardo (The Digital Salon Exhibition, Vol. 30 No. 5, November 1997)
Barnes & Noble (www.barnesandnoble.com, Travel Section: Inspired Journeys, November 1997)
Leonardo (The Virtual Reality Section, Volume 27, Issue 4, September 1994)
The Inquisitor (Volume 1, Issue 3, March 1994);
Publicsfear (A Haiku Invitational, Issue 3, October 1993)
Intaglio Simultaneous Color Printmaking: Significance of Materials & Processes, by K. Reddy, State University of New York Press, 1988.

ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
RESNA, NYC ACM SIGGRAPH; ASCI (Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.); AIVF (Association for Independent Video & Film Makes); Media Alliance; New American Performing Arts/Turbulence; Technochix (planning committee); Access for All

EDUCATION
1991 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, TSOA - Interactive Telecommunications Program (M.P.S.)
1986 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, SEHNAP - Studio Art/Printmaking (M.A.)
1986 ATELIER 17, Studied under Stanley William Hayter, (Paris, France)
1985 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, SEHNAP - Studio Art/art Education (B.A.)

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