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Kira Carrillo Corser
Cell: (510) 684-4651
e-mail: kiracorser@gmail.com • www.kiracorser.com
Vitae Summary: Focusing
on Community Projects and Social Action
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12 years experience in Monterey County;
including using the arts in healing and promoting
wellness with community projects, as well as working
on two published books, and four social issue traveling
exhibitions.
Photographer/writer/videographer with 20 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.
Work exhibited in 15 state capital buildings, the
House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate buildings
in Washington, D.C., as well as, galleries, museums
and universities.
Lectured and worked over 7 years as Visual Art Consultant
and teacher at California State University Monterey
Bay in 5 departments: the Institute for Service
Learning, the Institute for Human Communication,
the Visual and Public Art Institute’s Community
Outreach program, the Institute for Earth Sciences,
and Teledramatic Arts and Technology 1997 - 2003 |
Collaborative Community Projects/Social Action
Works & Lectures include:
Kira Carrillo Corser and CSUMB professor/poet Frances
Payne Adler have collaborated for 20 years, with 4 exhibits
and 3 books: A Matriot’s Dream: Health Care
for All; When the Bough Breaks: Pregnancy and the Legacy
of Addiction; Struggle to Be Borne (about lack of
prenatal care for poor women); and Home Street Home
(about homelessness.)
Making Strides:
Journeys Through Breast Cancer - One of
8 artists exhibiting in the Monterey Museum of Art at
La Mirada. This included producing a 20 minute video called
“Art and Healing: Journeys through Breast Cancer”
sponsored by the Monterey Museum of Art, The American
Cancer Society and the Monterey County Breast Cancer Action
Group.
Education as Emancipation:
Witnessing Welfare – A collaboration
with students at Monterey Peninsula College and creative
writing/social action students at CSUMB. Outcome was a
book, a website, a public presentation, and finally an
interactive Welfare Quilt Website -- Worked as a consultant,
paste-up artist, teacher and participating artist.
http://hcom.csumb.edu/welfare
Visual Voices: Threat of the Dam –
A two-year environmental art project including community
exhibit, video traveling photography portfolio for policy
makers & website describing the impact of building
a new dam on
the Carmel River. www.wateroverthedam.org
Guiding with Courage: Personal Heroes
– Designed and organized a Monterey countywide writing
contest, traveling art exhibition, book, video, and event,
that was designed and organized in collaboration with
18 County Libraries and some schools. Project designed
to promote community interaction and encourage leadership
of children and teens. 1998 – 2000
Helping Children Heal: “Wellness for Children Project”
– This project works with community services to
use creative materials for healing and wellness. This
includes a series of children's rhymes, a wellness
video fairytale, titled “Flora and the Laughing
River,” 4 books and 3 videos. They are designed
to teach young children breathing and visualization for
healing illness, reducing anger. pain relief, or coping
with family stress and fear. This work is used in Monterey
county in hospitals, clinics, doctor’s offices,
homeless shelters, homes, & pre-schools. 2000 –2005
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.
My Hero art
project was part of the Reciprocal University for the
Arts, CSUMB Visual and Public Art Institute, Lila Wallace
Readers Digest Grant for Outreach to the Monterey County.
I worked with teens at the YWCA in writing about a personal
hero and taking creative photographs to go with their
writing. 2001
Theatre of the Imagination
– Santa Catalina School Gallery - Jan – April
2002. This was an interactive exhibition, with painted
photographs, storytelling imagery, puppets and corresponding
hand-made books for viewers to contribute creative writing.
Teens and children were able to share serious life experiences
and used art as a catalyst for expression.
Children’s
Cultural Puppet Theatre – Hand-made
puppets act in folktales from different cultures. First
play on May 14th, of a West African Folktale, performed
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 on May 18th. 2002
– This is an ongoing project, with a video in progress.
Speaking Truth to Justice
– Visual Art Consultant to class of advanced writing
students at CSUMB – Outcome was a May 2002 student
presentation and research papers combined with creative
writing/visuals portfolio and PowerPoint presentation.
Art and Healing –
Organized and lead two community workshops with speakers,
interactive art installations, and video “Art and
Healing: Journeys Through Breast Cancer” –
March California State University Monterey Bay and in
May 2002 at Monterey Hospice.
Formed
a Community Outreach & Networking group
of professionals using “Creative, Expressive Arts
in Healing Community.” This includes monthly meetings
with teachers, nurses, therapists, and artists. 2002 - present |
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