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Kira Carrillo Corser
P.O. Box 48 • Pacific Grove, CA 94801 • Cell: (510) 684-4651
e-mail: kiracorser@surfbest.net • www.kiracorser.com
Full Curriculum Vitae - January 2005
I. AWARDS AND GRANTS
- AT&T Pebble Beach Charities/Charitable Council for Monterey County
Wellness for Children Project 2003-05
- Independent Book Publishers Association Grant for Cultural Puppet
Theater in Monterey - 2002
- Penn Partnership Award, for working in Service Learning with CSUMB
on the Witnessing Welfare book, & www.welfarequilt.com
A collaboration with EOP at Monterey Peninsula College and CSUMB.
- Mitteldorf Trust Art Grant 2000 for Flora and the Laughing River Stress
Reduction for Kids Video - 2000-01
- Monterey Cultural Council for the Arts - Patron of the Arts, Leadership
Award - 1999
- California Wellness Foundation - Flora and the Laughing River -1998-
1999
- Arkay Foundation Art Grants - "Matriot" showings in Washington
DC -1997 & 1998
- Monterey County Arts Council & 18 County Libraries, Community
Art Grant - 1997 & 1998
- Arkay Foundation - “Helping Children Heal” video Flora
and The Laughing River - 1996 & 1997
- Thomala Foundation - video - Weaving A Vision: Two Artists for Social
Change -1995 -1996
- Monterey County Cultural Arts Commission - Arts Initiative - 1996
- The Margaret Sanger Award, Planned Parenthood (with Frances Payne
Adler) - 1995
- Irvine Foundation Art Grant - (with Collaborator Frances Payne Adler)
l992-1993
- California Council for the Arts - funding for exhibit in Sacramento
- 1994
- Santa Clara County Arts Commission Grant - l992
- Monterey Cultural Arts Commission Grant - l991
- Las Patronas Art Grant - l991
- March Of Dimes Educational Art Grant - l991
- Peer Panel "New Genre Arts” for Combined Arts and Education
Council San Diego - l989
- California State Senate Award for "artistic excellence"
& "social collaboration” l988
- National Endowment for the Arts - l987
- Combined Arts and Education Council of San Diego Grant - l987
- Combined Arts and Education Council of San Diego Grant - l986
- City fest Award, San Diego artists' street exhibit - l985
- lst Place, " Children of San Diego” on child abuse - l985
- David Copley Personal grants for social issue exhibitions - 1984,
1987, and 1989
- Combined Arts and Education Council of San Diego and Copley Art Grant
- l984
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Women's Training Grant
for Art Director/Photographer position at
television station l982-l983
- Union/Tribune Newspaper photo award - l98l
- California Photojournalism Award & Nikon International Photo Award
- l980
II. TRAVELING PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS AND BOOKS
A. A Matriot's Dream: Health Care For All
A 17-piece exhibition containing 48 photographs – This is a collaborative
photography/poetry project (with poet, Frances Payne Adler) on the Health
Care Crisis in America. Entire exhibition on CSUMB website.
- Washington D.C. National Conferences, U.S. Senate, Congress
showings, 1997 - 1998
- California State University Monterey Bay, 1997
- The Center for The Arts, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse,
1995
- NBC & CNN National Broadcast, President Clinton &
CA Town Meeting, Oct. 1994
- State Conference of California Hospitals, San Diego 1994
- Marjorie Evans Gallery, Monterey Community Coalition sponsored,
1994
- The California State Capitol & Sacramento State University
Library, Sept. 1993
- Washington, D.C. National Conference “Health Care
Reform: the Next 100 days” 1993
- San Francisco, Health Access Foundation showing, Oct.
l992 - March l993
Funded by a grant from the Irvine Foundation and sponsored by California
Health Decisions, with additional funding from the San Diego County
Foundation, the Health Access Foundation and the March of Dimes Birth
Defects Foundation
B. Who Says I Can't? The Spirit of Special Olympics
Fifteen piece exhibition containing 52 photographs. The exhibition includes
black & white and color prints framed with stories of people who
are developmentally handicapped. Exhibition sites include:
- Chevron Art Gallery, San Francisco, Feb. - May l992
- The Hall of Champions Sports Museum, San Diego, May l990
- San Diego State University, June l990 - Regional Special
Olympic Games
- University California Los Angeles, June l990 - State Special
Olympic Games
- On permanent loan, Special Olympics, San Diego 1994 -present
- Part of exhibit on view at Institute of Service Learning,
CSUMB - 1998-present
Funded in part by The City of San Diego Arts Commission and the Copley
Foundation
C. Struggle To Be Borne
A twenty-four-piece exhibition and book (published by San Diego State
University Press) with poet Fran Adler depicting the crisis of thousands
of pregnant poor women shut out from prenatal care. National tour has
included:
- On permanent loan, Natividad Women’s Health Clinic,
Salinas, CA. 1995 - present
- University of California Santa Cruz, Jan. l992
- Alvarado Gallery, Monterey Conference Center, Sept. l991
- State Capitol Building, St. Paul, MN, Jan l991
- Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., May l990
- Clark Humanities Museum, Scripps College - Claremont,
CA., Aug.-Sept l989
- Social Movement Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, May-June
l989
- House of Representatives, Washington D.C., June l988
- State Capitol Building, Columbus, Ohio, Oct l988
- Times Mirror Building, Los Angeles, CA., "National
Congressional Commission On Infant Mortality,”
March l988
- Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA., " Senate Award
for Artistic Excellence," Jan l988
Funded in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and
the Combined Arts and Education Council of San Diego, with additional
support from the Copley Foundation and the March of Dimes.
D. When the Bough Breaks; The Legacy of Addiction
A twenty-three-piece exhibition (60 photographs) Kira Corser, writer/photographer
and Frances Payne Adler, writer/poet -- An exhibit on the problem of
drug and alcohol use in pregnancy, with the intergenerational cycle
of addiction and child abuse. NewSage Press, l993, publishes the book.
The national tour includes:
- Monterey County Crisis House, Permanent Loan 2001
- Rhode Island, State House, May 1995
- Bismarck, North Dakota, Feb. - March 1995
- State Capitol Building, Washington, 1994
- State Capitol Building, Boise, Idaho 1994
- Ohio, Martin Luther King Building, 1994
- State Capitol Building and Universities, Oklahoma, 1993
- State Capitol Building, White Plains, New York, 1993
- State Capitol Building, Pennsylvania, 1993
- Madison, Wisconsin, Rotunda of Capitol Building, Feb.
- March l993
- Mayors Hall, Washington D.C. 1993
- Maryland, County Buildings and Churches - 1993 & 1994
- Washington DC, Office Of Substance Prevention (0SAP) National
Conf., July l992
- Santa Clara County Government Building, San Jose, Aug.
l992
- Santa Cruz County Government Building, May l992
- University of San Diego, April l992
- State Conference, Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies - Phoenix,
AZ, Feb. l992
- Washington DC, Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition
Natl. Conf. Sept l99l
- Clark Humanities Museum, Scripps College, Claremont, CA,
Jan - Feb. L991
- San Diego County Administration Building, San Diego, CA,
April l990
- San Diego State University Library, 1990
- Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA., Aug.-Sept l990
Funded in part by an art grant from Las Patronas and an education grant
from the
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.
E. Home Street Home
A twenty-four-piece exhibition and book on homelessness, with poet Fran
Adler. Tour has included:
- On permanent loan in Washington D.C. Natl. Coalition for
The Homeless 1995-present
- University of San Diego Gallery, Conference on the Homeless,
1995
- University of San Diego Art Gallery, San Diego, CA., Nov.-
Dec. 1991
- State Capitol Building, Phoenix, and AZ., Sept. l988
- The Gallery, Memorial Union, Arizona State University,
March l988
- National HBO TV Broadcast a Fund-raiser, COMIC RELIEF
1986
- Rotunda, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. May l986
- State Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA. Feb. l984
- Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial Exhibition, San Diego State
University, Oct. l984
- Sushi Art Gallery, San Diego, CA., Sept. l984
Funded in part by grants from California's Combined Arts and Education
Council, David Copley, Catholic Community Services, the National Mental
Health Association, "Comic Relief" (nationally televised fund-raiser
for the homeless), and the Congressional Committee for Families of the
Homeless, Washington D.C.)
III. OTHER EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:
- "Visual Voices: Threat of the Dam"
– A 2 year environmental art project including community exhibit,
video & website.
- "Theatre of the Imagination" –
Santa Catalina School Gallery, Interactive creative writing with imagery
solo show 2002
- "Beggars and Choosers" – Nationally
traveling group show on poverty and birth control choices – 2002
- 05
Birmingham Civil
Rights Institute, Drake University, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Kansas State
University and
more.
- “Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust”
– Congregation Beth Israel, Carmel April 2002
- “Journeys Real and Imagined” –
Solo Show Unitarian Church Nov – Dec 2002
- Imagemakers Group Show, Pacific Grove Art Center November
2002
- Belle Gallery, New York City, New York 2001
- Artist Equity Show, Pacific Grove Art Center July 2001
& June 2002
- "Visual Voices: Threat of the Dam"
– Monterey County Save the Carmel River Director of Community
Art
Project that includes
a large traveling exhibition of photographs, text, and children’s
art, a traveling
portfolio, a
web site, and a video – 1999 - present
- "Guiding With Courage: Personal Heroes",
Monterey County Free Libraries Project – traveling community
exhibit, video
and book, 1997 -1999
- Ansel Adams Gallery, "Points of Entry: A Nation
of Strangers" group show – San Francisco, 1996
- The Center for Creative Photography, "Points
of Entry", group show – Tucson, AZ. 1995
- Museum of Photographic Arts, "Points of Entry",
group show – San Diego, 1995
- The Center For The Arts, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse,
1995
- La Gallarie De La Rue, "Old Myth and New Superstitions",
solo show – San Diego, 1995
- Numerous Galleries, WA, CA, HI, - "Flyways Project;
the Pacific Rim" - Women’s Caucus for Art, traveling
group exhibition
– 1992-1994
- The Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, Juried group
exhibitions – 1993 & 1994
- Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel - "Spirit
Earth" - One-person exhibition – l992
- "Women and War" – National group
exhibit, Union Gallery, University of Texas, Austin – l992
- "Dreaming the Earth Spirit", Solo Show,
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel – May, l992
- "Back to the Garden: organic farming",
Marin County, Headlands Center for the Arts – March l992
- "The Subject Is War" – Monterey
County artists group show, Pacific Grove Art Center – April l99l
- "Dreaming Art" – Group exhibition,
Cherry Foundation Art Gallery, Carmel, CA – April l99l
- "New Faces" – Group exhibition,
John Thomas Gallery, Fullerton, CA – Jan. l988
- "Spirit of the Barrio" – Logan
Health Clinic, San Diego, CA – permanent installation, l986
IV. PUBLICATIONS AND POSTERS
A. Books
1. Pregnant Pictures: A History of images of Pregnancy Yale
University, 2001
2. When the Bough Breaks; Pregnancy and the Legacy of Addiction
- NewSage Press, Oregon, 1993
3. Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Corvallis,
Oregon, l990
4. Struggle To Be Borne, San Diego State University Press,
and l988
5. Pacific Review, Art & Poetry, San Diego State University
Press, l988
6. Homeless, by Cheryl Gorder, Blue Bird Publishing, and
Tempe, AZ l988 - Awarded the Benjamin Franklin
Award from the
Publishers Marketing Association
7. The California Dream, The California Nightmare,"
5.2 Million People With No Health Insurance," Health
Access, San Francisco
1988--
8. Home Street Home, published by HBO/Comic Relief, Los
Angeles and the Red Cross, Washington DC –
l984 - l986
9. New Directions, “Regional Task Force on the Homeless,”
Published by the Mayor of San Diego –
1986 & 1987
B. Design and Posters include:
1. Posters:
"Victims At Birth”
– KPBS Television Station, l989
"Enfoque Nacional”
– celebrating Latino broadcasting, l988
"Child Abuse"
– United Way/Hewlett-Packard sponsors, l986
"Stop Teen Dropouts"
– United Way/Hewlett Packard sponsors, l986
Community Outreach on Drug and Alcohol
use during Pregnancy, Washington State 2000
2. Stage Designer: For a children’s
play titled SALT AND PEPPER, about migrant farmers and illiteracy
for the Teledramatic Arts and Technology,
CSUMB, April 2002
C. Magazines and Newspapers
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Photographs have been nationally distributed for
public broadcasting programs in communities through newspapers and
magazines – These include: "The Los Angeles Times,"
"The San Diego Union/Tribune Newspapers," On Air Magazine,
TV Guide, San Diego Home/Garden Magazine and San Diego Magazine.
(PBS) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Annual Report, California
Physicians Magazine and March of Dimes publications and the Photo
Review, Monterey County Magazine, Crone Magazine, Healing Sources
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V. LECTURES AND PHOTOGRAPHIC PRESENTATIONS
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J. F. Kennedy University, Lecture at Women and Ecology
Conference – on Visual Voices Project 2002
California State University Monterey Bay, Human Communications,
Earth Sciences and Service Learning
Institutes - Part time Faculty, Visual
Arts Consultant & Lecturer – 1996 - 2001
California State University Monterey Bay – Art and Healing
Workshop – Oct 2001
San Francisco Art Institute, San Jose State University and the Society
for Photographic Education conference
panel at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oct. - Dec.
1996
Monterey Museum of Art, Art for Social Change lecture – Oct.
1995
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse – Nov. 1995
University of California Santa Cruz - Art & Politics lecture
– May l992
Monterey Arts Commission, Artist Equity - "Art For Social Change"
Seminar – Aug. l991
Arizona State University - Presentation with Fran Adler –
March l988
San Diego State University - Women's Studies Lecture Series, with
Adler – Oct. l987
University of California, San Diego - Photography for Social Concern
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VI. EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIPS
A. Education
B.A. Journalism (also
studied Art and Educational Technology-San Diego State University, l983
Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
National Women's Training Grant, KPBS TV and Radio l982-l983
B. Scholarships
Journalism Scholarships, l980
& l98l - Copley Press (San Diego State University)
Academic Scholarships, l980
& l98l - San Diego State University
Friends of Photography Workshop
Scholarship, Carmel, CA, June l986
Final Cut Pro Editing Workshops,
CSUMB 2001 & 2002
VII. EMPLOYMENT
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California State University Monterey Bay,
Institute for Community Service Learning - part-time faculty Sept.
1996 - 1998, Special Consultant 1999 - 2004
California State University Monterey Bay, Institutes for
Human Communication, and Earth Sciences - Visual Arts Consultant
and Lecturer 1997-2004
Co-taught a CSUMB Creative Writing class on the
effects of Welfare reform on college students, and worked teaching
photography and photoshop skills. Produce a book and website. Education
as Emancipation: Women on Welfare Speak Out – http://hcom.csumb.edu/welfare/eae/index.html
Hopscotch Productions & Art for Social Concern
- Social Content, Community and CSUMB Video Productions and Photography
- Owner of Company – 1996 - present
"Weaving a Vision: Two Artists For Social Change"
Video - Co-Director and Videographer, produced at Stanford University,
Multi-Media/Video Department
Kira Carrillo Corser Photography - Fine Art Photography
– 1975 - present
KPBS Television and Radio Stations, San Diego, Director
of Photography Department l979-l989
Promotional and still photography used in national and local television
productions, magazines, and newspapers.
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VII. VIDEO PRODUCTIONS
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Visual Voices: Threat of the Dam
– a 10 minute video showing the environment that would be
lost, impacted by the proposed building of a dam on the Carmel River,
narrated by Tom Little Bear Nason, of the Esselen Tribe.
Flora and the Laughing River – 40 min video
to help empower children by teaching
stress reduction and wellness exercises. In progress
Art and Healing: Journeys Through Breast Cancer –
18 min video sponsored by the Monterey Museum of Art, The Breast
Cancer Action Group and The American Cancer Society – 1999.
Re-edited in 2002
WORLD WALL ART MURALS – collaboration with Visual
and Public Arts Institute, CSUMB 1999
CSUMB Capstone Senior Presentations – Institute
for Human Communication
45 -60 minute videos – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
California Sustainable Cotton Project, The Basic Program
– Organic Cotton Video 1999
Weaving a Vision: Two Artists for Social Change –
Co-Director & Videographer produced at Stanford University Media
Lab. Produced by Sandra Hietala for The Thomala Foundation –
1998. Re-edited in 2002
What is Service Learning? California State University
Monterey Bay Institute for Service Learning (CSUMB) – Video
1998
Guiding with Courage: Personal Heroes for the Monterey
County Free Library System and The Monterey Cultural Council (includes
a book, traveling exhibit and teaching guide for schools) –
1999
Staff position helped with video productions –
10 years, KPBS TV and Radio Stations, San Diego – 1979 - 1989
Two Auction animation videos for KPBS Television,
San Diego – 1987
Postural Drainage for Infants, for San Diego State
University and Sharp Hospital – 1983 |
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