Video of current community art program
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SALINAS CHILDREN - THINKING THROUGH ART was a featured exhibit
at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, March 7 - 31, 2008
Presented by the Arts Council for Monterey County.
Vitae Summary:
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Photographer/writer/videographer
with 30 years experience, including 10 years in Public Broadcasting.
Awards include: National Endowment for the Arts, California
Council for the Arts, The James Irvine Foundation, and the
CA Wellness Foundation.
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Kira has four collaborative books and exhibitions
published with writer Frances Payne Adler. |
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She has over 10 years experience creating and
coordinating community arts projects, including showing in or
working collaboratively with libraries. |
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Library Community Projects AND Showings Include:
Photographing Our Terrain/Fotofafiar Nuestro Terreno –
Free family workshop sponsored by the Watsonville Public Library
and the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA. Polaroid
photos of people and places were discussed, taken by participants,
and enlarged on matte cardstock and then hand-painted. June 25,
2005
Guiding with Courage: Personal Heroes – A writing
contest, traveling art exhibition, book, video, and event, that
was designed and organized in collaboration with 18 Monterey County
Libraries and schools. 1998 – 2000 Project designed to promote
community interaction and leader support.
Monterey City Library Sesquicentennial Celebration –
A community art project with children and adults participating on
the history of Monterey and the history of the Library. Oct. 2000
The final outcome of the event was a community quilt made of painted
silk, a permanent installation in the Monterey Library.
Visual Voices: Threat of the Dam – A project designed
to give
a voice to the community. The Carmel Valley Library exhibited 90
children’s silk paintings, representing 90,000 trees that
would be lost if a new dam on the Carmel River were built. The kids
wrote and painted about their feelings about the Carmel River, the
endangered fish and habitats of animals. A traveling portfolio of
photographs, statistics and poems representing the community was
also exhibited at the library.
Theatre of the Imagination – Santa Catalina School
Library Gallery - Jan – April 2002. This was an interactive
exhibition, with painted photographs designed to encourage storytelling,
puppets and a giant book puppet stage, and corresponding hand-made
books for viewers to contribute creative writing. Teens and children
were able to share serious life experiences and use art as a catalyst
for expression.
Children’s Cultural Puppet Theatre – Based
on the book titled
“Why Mosquitoes Buzz,” hand-made silk painted
puppets act out this West African folktale. Performed and video
produced. Showing in Seaside, CA at Manzanita school’s CPY
program, co-sponsored by CSUMB Service Learning Institute and the
America Reads Program. Second performance at the Carmel Barnyard
for Independent Book Sellers Association 2002
“A Matriot’s Dream: Health Care for All”
– Presentation at CSUMB library when her collaborative nationally
traveling exhibition was exhibited. June 25, 2005
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