Projects
PROJECTS
2009—ongoing
History in the Making: CCA Oral History Project, collaborative project with Allison Smith to collect the oral histories of faculty and alumni of California College of the Arts. Partially funded by CCA Faculty Development Grant awarded 2009.
2009—ongoing
Advisory Council, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, project to research, develop and produce a three-part series of exhibitions entitled California Fiber Founders (working title) and book documenting the evolution of the 20th century fiber art movement in California.
2006—2009
Board Member, CubaCaribe, organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of traditional performance arts of Cuba, the Caribbean, and the wider African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA. Responsible for organizational development, fundraising, project development, grant writing, writing mission statement and press releases, and press spokesperson.
2002—2008
Creative Consultant to Ramón Ramos Alayo, director of Alayo Dance Company, Afro-Cuban modern dance company, San Francisco, CA. Collaborated on concept development, titling of works, and writing program notes.
2008
Concept for Moving Measure, modern dance and jazz bass improvisational collaboration between Jeff Chambers and Ramón Ramos Alayo, Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA. Funded by grant awarded by CA$H, Theatre Bay Area.
2004
Conference Organizing Committee, Textile Society of America, Ninth Annual TSA conference “Appropriation, Acculturation, and Transformation,” Oakland, CA. Helped organize the biennial TSA conference of textile historians, contemporary artists, collectors, and traditional practitioners.
2003—2004
Advisory Council, Pieces of Cloth, Pieces of Culture, Tapa Project organized by the California College of the Arts, Center for Art and Public Life, Oakland, CA.
2002—2004
Guest Curator, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, The Past in Present Tense: The Baskets of Julia Parker, major retrospective of the work of premier California Indian basket maker, Julia Parker. Exhibition included historical photographs and over 140 baskets. Exhibition ran in conjunction with public programming.
1999—2004
Board of Directors, BrasArte, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving traditional performance arts of Brazil and promoting cultural exchange Brazil and the United States, Oakland, CA. Responsible for project development, fundraising, writing mission statement, logo and graphic design, website content and design, publicity, and press spokesperson.
1999
Guest Curator, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA. “The Mortal Coil: The Ephemeral Basket,” Exhibition included the work of three basket weavers from diverse cultures: Mika Wantanabe (Japanese), Julia Parker (Native American), and Jennifer Martin (European American).
1996—2000
Founding Board of Directors, Julia Morgan School for Girls, first middle school for girls in the San Francisco Bay Area, Oakland, CA. Responsible for organizational development, fundraising, writing mission statement, and developing curriculum with special expertise in the arts. Chair of the Publicity Committee responsible for printed materials, logo design, graphic design, website content and design, and initiating community art project honoring the accomplishments of women.
2002, 1998
Organizer of public workshops, “Old Ways, New Ways,” California College of the Arts, Native American basketry workshop with Julia Parker and Lucy Parker, co-sponsored by the CCA Textiles Program and the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley.