\Katina Papson\

     353B 29th street

san francisco, ca 94131

katinapapson@Yahoo.com

 

Education

California College of the Arts

Masters of Fine Arts in Media Arts

            Photography/Film/Video

              May 2007

University of Massachusetts Amherst

      Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography

      Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education

                  Graduated Cum Laude, Winter 1999 G.P.A. 3.63

ALANA (African, Latino/a, Asian/ Pacific Islander, and Native American students) Honor Society

 

TEACHING & DIRECTING

The Global Youth Media & Arts Program - Program Associate, San Francisco

(Non-profit organization) www.worldsavvy.org

      San Francisco CA June 2007-present

 

Amherst Pelham Regional High School  - Art Teacher

      Amherst MA September 2000 - June 2005

      Foundations of Art, Photography I and Advanced Photo, Gr. 9-12

Curriculum Development: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Installation, Video, Photography and Multimedia

high school arts programming with strong focus on Multicultural Arts Education

-        Art Set Designer, High School Musicals 2001-2003

-        Developed/Directed multimedia youth initiated activist art and performance group called AWARE (post 9/11/01)

-        Director of Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues

 

Deerfield Academy Summer Arts Camp - Executive Director

     Deerfield MA Summer 2002 – June 2005

-        Camp Supervisor and Studio Instructor

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

PLAySPACE Gallery , California College of the Arts – Curator

      San Francisco CA Fall 2006

-        “What’s The Story”, exhibit featuring artists and writers using narrative

“GirlsEyeView” Instructor, a program of Youth Action Coalition

      Amherst MA January 2001 - June 2003

       Ware MA January 1999 - January 2001

-        All girls middle school photography leadership program

-        Student work exhibited twice a year in the community

“Through Your Eyes Only” Instructor

      Ware MA September 1999 - 2002

-        Coed photo/leadership program for youth

 

EXHIBITS & PUBLICATIONS

            * Neighborhood Public Radio, Participating Artist, San Francisco, CA Mar 06-pres.

            * Performance with William Pope. L Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, March 2007

            * World Savvy Arts Festival Performance Zeum, San Francisco, CA Oct 2006

            * Art and Ecology Festival, San Francisco CA Performance “The Duel” Sept 2006

            * All that Remains, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA July 2006

            * Process, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA June 2006

            * Go Collaborative, Varnish Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA February 2006

       * Speak UP SF! , Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA December 2005

       * Why We Teach, Teachers College Press, ed. Sonia Nieto Published Spring 2005

      * Papson and Rye, Vibes Gallery, Worcester, MA 2003

      * Art from the Mechanism2, Pivot Gallery, Florence, MA 2001

* An Empty Chair, 2 Sedative Fillings & Endless Off-site Dances, MA 2000                                                                 

     

 

Awards/Nominations

-   Robert Frost Chair for Teaching Excellence Award Nominee

Amherst High School, 2003-2004

-    Amherst Area Educational Alliance Grant

Aware Performance Group, 2001-2004

 

TRAVEL/OTHER SKILLS            *Traveled extensively in Ecuador,

*Fluent in native language of Spanish             Greece, Italy, Spain, & Mexico

*Native of New York City