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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Arts Commission - Jennifer LongshoreCITY OF ASHLAND APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO CITY COMMISSION/COMMITTEE Please type or print answers to the following questions and submit to the City Recorder at City Hall, 20 E Main Street, or email melissa.huhtala(i ,ashland.or.us. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the City Recorder at 488-5307. Attach additional sheets if necessary. Name ,Tenn , L r L o ti-t S Ih e r f- Requesting to serve on: P, 6 ', C Rf-k C u m m'� S S to Mailing Address a-1 acll C, t ay CIre'eV, �Cw Physical Address Cup) Occupation 1nS}yvc\w of So.rttern 0r4 cr l�Yl�rCrS, 1. Education Background What schools have you attended? What degrees do you hold? (Commission/Committee) Phone: Hbo-" (n 66, � 5 `l l- S I.5 ci eL6 Work Email k a naSh o ►So . 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Please use the space below to summarize any additional qualifications you have for this position e 'S'� (TR re'�uCU e 41-t— N� C c.h 3 Date JENNIFER LONGSHORE 2729 Clay Creek Way Ashland, Oregon 97520 541.951.5496 (Mobile) 541.552.6566(Office) Email: longshoj @ sou.edu EDUCATION M.A. in Art History, University of California, Davis, 1997 Thesis: Mary Cassatt's Modern Woman: Impressions of Progress B.A. in Art History and Humanities, California State University, Fresno, 1991 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC • Senior Instructor II - Art History — Department of Creative Arts, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, 2019 • Senior Instructor I - Art History — Department of Creative Arts, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, 2011-present • Instructor —Art History -Southern Oregon University, 2004-2011 • Lecturer — Art History - Southern Oregon University, 2000-2004 Oversee curriculum, program descriptions and advise students for Art History Minor. Instruct a wide variety of courses in the field of Art History and Visual Studies. Teach and direct discussion in past and present trends in art theory and criticism. Educate students on contextual issues in art and art history specifically related to the areas of race, gender, ethnicity, globalization, activism and sustainability. Incorporate Community Based Learning into curriculum. Instruct courses using PowerPoint, Moodle, Turnitin, and VeriCite to supplement course lectures with multimedia content, links to relevant resources, communicate with students, engage students in discussion forums and post grades. Develop and Instruct online courses. Developed curriculum and served as an instructor for Social Justice Freshman Seminar. Educated students on contextual issues related to power, privilege, oppression, and concepts of home and homelessness. Led a Freshmen cohort on volunteer opportunities in the community and helped to strengthen their communication skills both in the classroom and in the community. Longshore 2 Courses taught: Creative Arts Department: o Art History and Visual Studies o History of Art — Prehistoric to Medieval o History of Art - Romanesque to 18t1 Century o History of Art - 181h Century to 2151 Century o Art Theory and Criticism o Activist Art and Work in the Community o Globalization and Contemporary Art o Art and Sustainability o Race, Gender and Ethnicity in Art o History of American Art o Art and Music 201h Century to Present o Popular Culture Social Justice House: o Freshman Seminar (Social Justice House) • Instructor/ Art History Program Coordinator - The Advertising Arts College, San Diego, California, 1997-1999. Courses taught o Art History Survey o Applied Arts Survey • Teaching Assistant - University of California, Davis, 1992-1993 Courses taught o Art History Survey CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT — Southern Oregon University • Developed and piloted an online version of "Globalization and Contemporary Art", Spring 2019 • Developed and piloted an online version of "Race Gender and Ethnicity in Art", Fall 2017. • Created, developed and implemented two new courses: "Art and Sustainability" and "Art History and Visual Studies", 2016-2017. • Revised and re -developed course titled "Globalization and Contemporary Art", 2016. Longshore 3 • Served as a member of the core team of the Social Justice House. Helped to plan and implement a 4 year curriculum. Attended meetings throughout the year, assessed curriculum, managed volunteerism for faculty and students, and analyzed the overall successfulness of the SJH. • Served on the Task Force to define and establish guidelines for the Social Justice House Experience during the Winter, Spring and Summer of 2013. Weekly meetings and extensive research was required. • Nominated to serve as faculty for the 2013-2014 launch of the Social Justice House. Extensive Curricular development began in Spring of 2013 and continues to present. • Revised and re -developed course titled "Race, Gender and Ethnicity in Art", 2012 • Developed and piloted the third and final segment of the Art History Survey for the Distance Education Center. Online versions of ArtH 204,205 and 206 will serve as general education courses for all students attaining traditional as well as online degrees at SOU, 2011 • Developed and piloted two online versions of the Art History Survey for the Distance Education Center. These courses will serve as general education for those attaining a degree through distance education, 2009-2010 • Develop lectures for a distance education version of Art and Music of the 20th Century, 2007-present • Re -developed and integrated Community Based Learning into Activist Art, 2007 COMMITTEES/ SERVICE to Southern Oregon University Member, Creative Arts, Administrative Assistant Search Committee, Winter 2020 Member, Center for the Visual Arts Gallery Committee 2008 — present Member, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Council, Southern Oregon University, Chair of Bylaws committee, 2003 — present Member, Sustainability Council, Southern Oregon University, 2017- 2019 • Value Lens Subcommittee • Sustainability Definitions Subcommittee Mentor, New Faculty Mentor Program, 2016 — 2019 Participant, Oregon Fringe Festival, 2019 Performer in Nakatani Gong Orchestra, April 26, 2019 Member, EMC Subcommittee on New Student Populations, Spring 2018 Longshore 4 Member, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Study (GSWS) Faculty Hire Search Committee, Fall 2017 — Spring 2018 Participant, Oregon Fringe Festival, 2017 Performer on Bryan Jeffs', Collective Resonance, May 3rd, 2017 Performer on Mark Applebaum's 5:3 for 8 Crackleboxes and 2 Amplified Dice - Rollers, May 5 and 6, 2017. Soloist, SOU Percussion Ensembles, Lou Harrison Centennial Celebration, May 18th, 2017. Song title - May Rain, 1941. Member, Spatial Studies and EMDA Faculty Hire Search Committee, Winter 2016 Faculty Liaison, SOU Advanced Southern Credit, 2014-2016 Pilot Participant, SOU ePortfolio Project, 2014-2015 Administrator and Host, SOU Social Justice House and Green House Presentations and demonstrations at SOAR (Southern Oregon Arts and Research Conference), May 13, 2014 and May 19, 2015 Member, Photography Faculty Hire Search Committee, Spring 2014 Advisor, "Lab -studio in Sustainability and the Arts" at the SOU Center for Sustainability, 2014 Participant, Chairs Assessment Retreat, Southern Oregon University, 2011-2014 Faculty Leader, SOU New Student Orientation, September 22-25, 2013 Panelist, SOU Instructional Institute, September 24-35, 2013 (Topic: High Impact Practices) Member, Art Department Curriculum Committee, 2010 - 2012 Member, Art History Faculty Hire Search Committee, 2010-2011 Member, Art Department Honors Committee, 2009 - 2011 Member, Humanities Council, 2007 — 2011 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE —MUSEUMS Curatorial Contributor, Schneider Museum of Art, "A Series of Latinx Exhibitions", Fall 2019 Lecturer and Participant, Schneider Museum of Art - Docent Training Program, 2014-2016 Organizer and Art Historical Advisor, Slow Art Movement, Schneider Museum of Art, 2009 Curator, Rotating Art Exhibit, Bellview Elementary School; 2009 - 2011 Volunteer, Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art, San Diego, 95-96 Volunteer, Hands on Art Program, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, 1992 Chairperson/Member, Art Advisory Board, CSU, Fresno, 1988-91 Docent, Community Outreach Program, Fresno Art Museum, 1989-90 Assistant to the Registrar, Internship, Fresno Art Museum, 1989 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE — OTHER Member, Haines and Friends Fund Selection Panel, 2019-2020 Member, Theater Corridor Selection Panel, Ashland Public Arts Commission, 2017 Longshore 5 Consultant, Art Authority 3.2: Application for iPhone and iPad, Open Door Networks, Inc. and Project A Inc., 2010 — 2018 Consultant/ Editor, Art Authority iBook, Open Door Networks, Inc. and Project A Inc., 2012 — 2018 Panelist, Ashland Art Center, Art Matters series titled "Becoming and Artist", March 2016 Television Host, Ashland Mystery: RVTV Film Noir, Interview with Hailey Lind/ Juliet Blackwell at the Bohemia Gallery, aired August and September 2010. Commissioner, City of Ashland - Public Arts Commission, Ashland, OR, 2004-2009 Participant, Looza Bottle Project, October 2007 Participant and Exhibitor, Inner Geography, February 2007. Facilitator, SOPTV Art 21 Season 3 Kickoff, at SOU Meese Auditorium and Mountain Meadows, November 2005. PUBLICATIONS Longshore, Jennifer. "Exhibiting Essay — A Series of Latinx Exhibitions," in Curated Conversations and Demonstrations, Schneider Museum of Art, 2019, pp. 42-44. Consultant/advisor to: Alan Oppenheimer, "Ranking Artists: An Internet -era Analysis," Leonardo, MIT Press, August 2016, Web. Longshore, Jennifer. "Activist Art: Transforming Our Communities," in Ashland Gallery Guide, Ashland Gallery Association, 2009, pp. 26-31. Longshore, Jennifer G. "Posada's Images and Mexican Self -Realization," in Popular Art —Essays on Urban Imagery. UC Davis Art History Collaborative Series jointly with E.B. Crocker Art Museum, 1992, pp. 20-23. GRANTS • SOU Carpenter II Grant Helped pay for registration and travel to Arts in Society Conference in June of 2018 • Jackson County Cultural Coalition, 2009 On behalf of the Ashland Public Arts Commission, the JCCC grant compensated artists who painted utility boxes in downtown Ashland to create more functional public art Community Based Learning mini -grant Longshore 6 Develop and Integrate Community Based Learning concepts into Activist Art course, 2007 CONFERENCE PRESENTATION/ATTENDANCE PRESENTER: Arts in Society Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 2018. Topic: Teaching others how to make a difference in today's world: Practical methods of instruction in activist art and works in the community • SOAR at SOU, Celebration of Teaching, May, 18, 2010. Topic: Activist Art: Teaching Others How to Make a Difference in Today's World. Social Artistry Summer Leadership Institute, Jean Houston Foundation, July 2009 Topic: I can do that? Teaching others how to make a difference in today's world. Practical methods of instruction in activist art. ATTENDEE: • Oregon Arts Summit, Ashland, OR, October 2015 • College Art Association, Los Angeles, February 2012 • Imagining America, Los Angeles, October 2008 (representative of SOU) • College Art Association, Seattle, February 2004 GUEST LECTURER: • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, May 3, 2020 Topic: Gerhardt Richter • University of Guanajuato, Department of Visual Arts, Guanajuato, Mexico, May 29, 2019 Topic: Creating Change: Practical Methods of Instruction in Activist Art and Works in the Community • New Day Breakfast: Retired Professionals in the Rogue Valley, March 2019 Topic: Activism and Creativity • SOU Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master Program (CMHC), April 2018 and April 2019 Topic: Facilitating Creativity within Community • National Art Honor Society Induction Ceremony, Ashland High School, April 2016 Topic: Making a Difference - Using Art to Inspire Others • SOU SSPC Course on Social Activism, January 2014 Topic: Activist Artists and Social Engagement • Stanford University Course on Creative Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2012 Topic: Dutch Modern Art: DeStijl to CoBra • SOU Preview Day Presentation, 2011 Topic: The Liberal Arts Experience Through Art and Art History • Master Planning, Ashland Public Arts Commission , 2005 Longshore 7 Topic: What is Public Art? The benefits of Public Art • Creative Foundations, SOU Art Department, 2003 Topic: Popular Culture in the Visual Arts • Digital Tools, SOU Music Department, 2003 Topic: Transformation, Rhythm, and Ma: The Space Between 201" Century Art • Philosophy of Religion, SOU Philosophy Department, 2003 Topic: Art and Christianity • Extended Language Program, University Extension, UC San Diego, 1998 Topic: What is Art? Questioning the Canon • Baroque and Modern Art, Art History Department, UC Davis, 1993 Topic: Empowerment in Popular Culture PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS College Art Association (on hiatus) Imagining America FIELD RESEARCH IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE Regularly Visited: San Francisco: SFMOMA, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Broad Portland: Portland Art Museum, Member Seattle: Seattle Art Museum Ashland, Schneider Museum of Art, Member • Berlin, Germany, 2019 Staatliche Museum of Berlin o Pergamon Museum o New Museum o Old National Gallery o Hamburger Bahnhof • Prague, Czech Republic, 2019 Mucha Museum • Budapest, Hungary, 2019 • Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico, 2019 • Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2018 Longshore 8 • Havana, Cuba, 2018 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Cubano Center of Contemporary Art • New York, 2017 Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Art Museum, MOMA • Chicago, IL 2018 and 2016 Art Institute of Chicago • Minneapolis, MN 2016 Walker Art Center • Fargo, ND 2016 Plains Art Museum • Anchorage, AK 2014 Anchorage Museum • Amsterdam 2012 Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and Netherlands Media Art Institute • Australia 2015 Brisbane, Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria and Australian Centre for the Moving Image • United Kingdom 2010 London: British Museum, National Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate Modern • France, 2010 Paris: Musee du Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, architectural sites Giverny • Spain 2007 Madrid: El Prado, Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza, National Museum Reina Sofia Barcelona: Picasso Museum, Joan Miro Foundation, Sagrada Familia Sevilla: architectural sites Cordoba: architectural sites Toledo: architectural sites 0 India,1998 (architectural study) Longshore 9 New Dehli Agra Jaipur Calcutta Chennai Hyderabad • Italy,1994 Florence: Accademia, Brancacci Chapel, Uffizi Gallery Rome: Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Cathedral Venice: Gallerie dell'Accedemia, Peggy Guggenheim Collection Sienna: architectural sites • New York,1989 Metropolitan Museum of New York, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum New York, The Frick Collection ADDITIONAL EDUCATION Certificate of Community Storytelling, The Hearth, Ashland, March 2019-Oct 2019 Abstraction Workshop, The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 1998 COMMUNITY SERVICE Member, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), 2017 — Present Member, Community Anti -Drug Coalition of America - Ashland Chapter, 2016 — 2018 Site Council Member, Ashland High School, 2013 - 2018 Committee Member, Ashland School District Superintendent Search Screening Committee, 2017 Judge, Senior Capstone Projects, Ashland High School, 2016 — 2018 Volunteer, AHS Snow Board Team, 2014 - 2018 Member, Summer Arts Institute — planning and implementing a summer program in partnership with AHS and SOU, 2014-2015 Volunteer and Judge, AHS Speech and Debate Team 2014-2015 Participant, Evolving Education in High School Summit, Februaryl, 2014 Member, AHS English/Social Studies Faculty Hire Search Committee, May 2014 Volunteer Judge, "Upcycled Fashion Show" - an event sponsored by SOU and Goodwill in honor of Earth Day, 2013. Volunteer Art Lecturer, Ashland High School, Ashland, OR, 2011- present Chairman, Scholarship Committee, Ashland High Arts Advocates AHAA!, Ashland, OR, 2011 - 2013 Volunteer Coordinator and Board Member, Ashland Little League, Ashland, OR, 2010 - 2012. Career Day Presenter, Ashland High School, Ashland, OR 2012 Volunteer Art Lecturer, Ashland Middle School, Ashland, OR, 2011- 2012 Longshore 10 Volunteer Art Lecturer, Bellview Elementary School, Ashland, OR, 2008 - 2011 Parent Volunteer, Bellview Elementary School, Ashland, OR, 2008 - 2011 Member, ODOT Aesthetic Advisory Committee, 2009 President, Parent Teacher Organization Walker Elementary School, Ashland, OR, 2005 -2 006 Volunteer Art Lecturer, Walker Elementary School, Ashland, OR, 2001- 2008 Parent Volunteer, Walker Elementary School, Ashland, OR, 2001- 2008 Board Member, Child Care Advisory Committee. SOU Schneider Children's Center, Ashland, OR, 2001-2004 Volunteer, San Diego Foundation for Change, 1995-96 OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST Rogue World Ensemble — Choir Member 2017- 2019 Pomegranate Group, women's figure drawing Gardening Bicycling Snowboarding Archery Salsa Dancing OTHER EMPLOYMENT Program Coordinator, UCSD Cancer Center, La Jolla, 1995-97 Technical Writer, Student Development, San Diego City College, 1997 Student Instructor, Music Department, Sacramento High School Visual and Performing Arts Centre, 1993-94 Assistant to the Director, Orientation and Transition Services, CSUF, 1990-91 Director of Public Relations, Associated Students, Inc., CSUF, 1989-90 REFERENCES Cody Bustamante SOU Department of Art and Art History 541-552-6569 Bustamante@sou.edu Alma Rosa Alvarez SOU Department of English and Writing Southern Oregon University (541) 552-6629 Alvarez@sou.edu