Laura Herman Distel lauraherman@usa.net Resume Education • Master of Fine Arts, Electronic Media, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning (DAAP) 1997 • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Bowling Green State Univ. 1993 Professional Art Skills Combining traditional artmaking methods and tools with emerging technology, 2D animation, stop-motion, rotoscoping, various levels of computer imaging and printing. Computer Programs Final Cut Pro HD, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Flash, QuarkxPress, Macromedia Dreamweaver and various word processing applications. Work Experience Adjunct Instructor of Art Art Academy of Cincinnati: Teaching Artist Video, Sequential Drawing, team teaching Contemporary Poetry and Artists Books. 2002-2009 Adjunct Instructor of Audio, Video and Production / Information Technology Cincinnati State Technical College Teaching Video Editing, Digital Media Concepts, Dreamweaver and Web Design. Developing course materials and instructing Visual Literary 2002-2009 Assistant Professor of Media Technology Raymond Walters College Instructing and developing teaching materials for a series of 3 web design courses, digital photography. 2001-2002 Special Projects Assistant Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts Assisting the directors of the gallery on projects, publications, the Docentitios summer arts program training children, ages 9-12 to be Weston Art Gallery docents and Intermedia2001. 2001 Web Designer F& W Publications Creating original web graphics for the How Conference web site, MYOB How Conference web site, WritersDigest.com, WritersOnlineWorkshops.com, FamilyTreeMagazine.com, ArtistsNetwork.com and the complete design package for WritersMarket.com. Weekly duties also involved intense amounts of production work to update the graphics for the various F&W online magazine web sites. 1999-2001 Web Designer The WebPeople Weekly schedule comprised of working independently on Pharmaceutical sites, taking projects from the planning/development stage all the way to completion. Duties include structuring sites, art direction, web graphics and technical troubleshooting. 1999 Freelance Designer Hamad Films Working in commercial pre-production graphics , location books and computer generated props. 1999 Assistant professor/Adjunct Faculty Electronic Media, DAAP College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning School of Fine Arts at the University of Cincinnati Teaching graduate and undergraduate classes in Animation and Interactive Art. 1997-1999 Graduate Assistant College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning School of Fine Arts at the University of Cincinnati Assigned to Manual Susarret 1996-97 Academic year. Shared responsibility for the maintenance and Coordination of the School of Art Website. 1995-1996 Select Curatorial Projects Cincinnati Women’s Film Festival Raymond Walter College, University of Cincinnati / 2002 Co-curated a program of short films by regional and nationally known women filmmakers. Performance Time Arts Series The Dance Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio / 1998. Curated in collaboration with composer Paul Hogan. Event featured performances by the Cultural Machine Complex, Drew Cover, Hearst and Michael Barnhart. My Kid Could Do That DiLeia Contemporary Art Gallery / 1998 Exhibition in which children interpreted works by “adults” based on an explanation of the conceptual and material underpinnings of their work. Pieces by both artists were then installed side by side. Featuring: Jonathan Cartledge, Derek Fanzler, C.V. Mansoor, Andy Marko. DiLeia Cinema Spa DiLeia Contemporary Art Gallery / 1998 Film festival that included a variety of spa treatments available during intermission i.e. pedicures, hair treatments, manicures, etc. Selected artists: Laura Herman, Perry McComb, Carlos Trujillo, Joel Whitaker, Brian Yu The Baggage Show 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati / 1997 Exhibition organized with local artists centering around the concept of emotional baggage. Sixteen artists were challenged to create works based on this theme. Selected artists: Aaron Morse, Peter Kalbfliesch, Matt Distel, Carissa Barnard and Ben Britton The VD Show 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati / 1996 A Valentines Day themed show featuring myself and Tony Fergeson. Individual edible work by myself and Tony Fergeson as well a collaborative installation created with soup bones, doll dresses and fishing line. Published Reviews/Catalogues Pictures, Patents, Monkeys and More… on Collecting, Catalogue PUBLISHED BY: Independent Curators International FORMAT: Hardcover, 6 x 8 in. / 96 pgs / 45 color. ISBN: 091636559X ITEM: B10642 RELEASED: 2001 Stacked Catalogue PUBLISHED BY : Published by Cincinnati Arts Association’s Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts/ Cincinnati, Ohio 2000 FORMAT: Artists book designed by Matt Distel and Scott Bruno, black and white, limited edition of 500 RELEASED: 2000 Sense of Risk; selections from the Robert J. Shiffler Foundation Collection and Archive Catalogue PUBLISHED BY : Miami Univ. Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio FORMAT: Brochure, folded RELEASED: 1999 Built Catalogue PUBLISHED BY : The Rike Center Gallery at The University of Dayton Gallery, Dayton, Ohio FORMAT: Artists book designed by Matt Distel and Peter Huttinger RELEASED: 1999 4th Digital Salon Catalogue PUBLISHED BY Leonardo Magazine, the 4th Digital Salon Edition FORMAT: Magazine RELEASED: 1997 Exhibitions Minumental Group Exhibition of small visual work at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio / February 2006 Underneath Cincinnati Film Festival Awarded Best Original Concept for 2004 / Cincinnati, Ohio / 2004 Wish You Were Here, the Visual Story of Connie Allbright Exhibition at The Linda Schwartz Gallery/ Cincinnati, Ohio / 2003 Pictures, Patents, Monkeys and More… on Collecting Curated by ICI Guest Curator Ingrid Schaffner Touring internationally / January 2001 - November 2002 Mockbee Sprawl Curated by Sue Spaid for The Cincinnati Arts Center’s Contemporary Friday’s Series / Cincinnati, Ohio / 2002 Red Square Film Festival, a curated short film festival of regional and national video artists / Cincinnati, Ohio / 2001 Stacked Cincinnati Arts Association’s Weston Art Gallery in the Arnoff Center for the Arts/ Cincinnati, Ohio / 2000 Sense of Risk; selections from the Robert J. Shiffler Foundation; Collection and Archive / Miami Univ. Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio / 1999 DiLeiafest Cinema Spa DiLeia Contemporary / Cincinnati, Ohio / 1999 Built The Rike Center Gallery at The University of Dayton Gallery / Dayton, Ohio /1999 The Chicago Underground Film Festival Chicago, Illinois / 1998 Scope2 Artists Space / New York City, New York / 1998 Gordy Horn's Light and Sound Festival Carnegie Art Center / Covington, Kentucky / 1998 The Digital Salon New York City and Milan / 1997-1998 The Short Attention Span Film Festival touring nationally / 1997 Copyright© Infringement Film Festival Cultural Machine Complex / Cincinnati, Ohio / 1997 Women Fine Arts Graduates YWCA / Cincinnati, Ohio / June 1997 Baggage Show 840 Gallery / Cincinnati, Ohio / 1997 Fuse Boxes & Circuit Breakers Electronic Media Show, University of Wisconsin Art Gallery / Madison, Wisconsin / 1997