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Catherine Jo Ishino
Associate Professor
York University, Toronto, Canada
George Brown College, Toronto, Canada
e: ishinoc@me.com
p: +1 647 346 4319
c: +1 416 457 8909
www.catherineishino.org
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Graduate: 2007-2009, York/Ryerson University (Communication & Culture) MA
1995-98, Michigan State University (Graphic Design) MFA
Undergraduate: 1971-74, Michigan State University (Ceramics) BA - Honors
Diploma: 1979-81, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Graphic Design
and Photography) Arts Diploma
Ongoing: 1981-1994. The School of Visual Arts: Graphic Design - Milton
Glaser; Illustration - Sarah Reader. Harvard University: Design Concept,
Design History - Lou Danziger. Rhode Island School of Design: Painting
and Sculpture. Parsons School of Design: Macintosh and Windows software
platforms. Pratt Institute: Silicon Graphics software platform. The Art
Student's League: Drawing. International Center for Photography: Flash
Photography. The Art Institute of Atlanta: Illustration. University
of Massachusetts-Amherst: Art History, Design, Drawing, Sculpture, Ceramics.
The New School: Non-fiction Writing
International and National Design Conferences and Workshops
Broadcast Design Association: 1981-1993. American Institute of Graphic
Arts (AIGA): 1989-2001. National Association of Broadcasters: 1984-1993.
ACD 1998. SIGGRAPH 1998. COMDEX 1994, CAA 1998-2001, 2005
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York University, Course Director, Time-Based Communications 2. 2009-present
George Brown College, Professor (part time), Multimedia Motion Graphics, 2009 - present
University of Minnnesota Duluth (UMD), Assoc Professor, Full-time, Tenured,
Graphic Design. 2004-Present
UMD, Tenure Track. 1998-2004
UMD, Design Area Coordinator. 2000-2001
Michigan State University, Teacher's Assistant, Instructor, Grad Fellow,
Photography, Color & Design. 1995-98
The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, Art Director, Asst Art Director, Direct on-air graphics and visuals, 1983-1994
Satellite News Channel, Asst Art Director, Assoc Art Director, Direct on-air graphics and visuals, 1982-1983
ABC News & Sports, NBC News, Independent Designer, Create on-air graphics, 1981-1982
CNN, Lead Artist, Create & direct on-air graphics, 1980-1981
GEnigraphics, Computer Artist, Create slides for corporate presentations, 1980
Edmunds Ishino, Laundry & Speare, Principal, Design print collateral, Signage Systems, 1979-1980
School of Fine Arts-Boston, Teacher's Asst, Graphic Design, 1979-80
Design Research, Display Designer, Salesperson, Point-of-purchase design, display, sales, 1977-1979
University of Massachusettes-Amherst, Minority Advisor, Counsel & tutor minority students, 1975-1977
East Lansing Community Arts Center, Teacher, Ceramics, 1974
Michigan State University, Student Advisor, Advise students, 1972-1973
Independent Video Consultant, Creative Director
and Designer
Video Design Projects (selected)
1994 Sarajevo: Ground Zero title designs for Globalvision documentary,
aired on HBO. A Priority title design and interstitials for music video
on feminist rap song for Sweet Honey'n the Rock, Globalvision. Aired on MTV
1992-1994 The Body Shop-Anita Roddick, graphic design for Video Newsletters
for Franchises, Globalvision
1993-1994 Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights TV set design, opening
animation, full screen & over the shoulder graphics, lower third titles
for weekly news magazine show, hosted by Charlayne Hunter-Gault, PBS
1993,1992 Storm Warnings- Billy Joel , JFK- Oliver Stone ,
did titles and graphics for Globalvision video electronic press kits sent
out to TV shows for on-air promotional
1993 One World Now opening animation, full screen graphics, lower third
titles for Globalvision special/pilot of ecological show, aired on PBS The
Arming of Saudi Arabia, full screen news package graphics, Globalvision
documentary, aired on PBS Frontline Can We Go Higher? news insert graphics
for music video and documentary on the former Yugoslavia. Produced by Sony
Records, aired on MTV
1992 American Dream opening film title sequence, lower third and end
credit title design for Barbara Kopple. Won Academy Award for Best Documentary
Beyond JFK: A Question of Conspiracy created video interstitials, full
screen news package designs for Globalvision documentary included in Oliver
Stone's Director Cut, VHS Edition. The Living Canvas opening animation and
lower thirds title design for Globalvision special/pilot for arts magazine
hosted by actor/painter Billy Dee Williams. Aired on PBS
1991 Give Peace A Chance news package graphics and lower third title design
for Globalvision documentary of hip-hop remake by Sean Lennon & Lenny Kravitz.
Produced by Propaganda Films. Aired on MTV. The New York International Festival
of Arts, opening animation and lower third title design, Globalvision documentary
of events. Played at closing ceremonies. 15 Years with MacNeil/Lehrer opening
animation, full screen graphic designs, lower third and credit title design,
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, retrospective documentary on the anniversary
of MacNeil/Lehrer on PBS
1990 Free At Last! opening title design, lower third and credit title
design documentary on Mandela's release, hosted by Charlayne Hunter-Gault,
Globalvision, PBS. Rockin' the World opening title design and lower third
title design, Globalvision documentary on the international Grammy awards,
distributed through ITN network. Mandela in America opening title design
and lower third title design, Globalvision documentary of tour of the US,
African National Congress, aired on PBS
1988-1991 South Africa Now set, opening animation, interstitials, over the
shoulder graphics and lower third title design hosted by South African exiles,
weekly news magazine Show, aired on PBS
1989-1990 The Reebok Annual Human Rights Awards video; full screen news graphics,
for Amnesty International ceremonies, produced by Globalvision
1989 China Now opening title sequence, interstitials, over the shoulder graphics
and lower third title design , Globalvision pilot/special on inside China,
aired on PBS
1987 Hurricane Irene: Goddess of Peace opening animation, interstitials,
lower thirds and end credit design as well as still photography for documentary. UN
Fundraising Concert with Peter Gabriel in Tokyo, for the University
of Peace, Costa Rica, during the Year of Peace. Set up Peacenet on the Internet
for peace groups globally. Produced by Globalvision. Aired on TBS. A.F.R.I.C.A. opening
animation and interstitials for music video with Jesse Jackson and rap group,
Stetsasonics. Produced by Globalvision and Tommy Boy Records. Aired on MTV
1986 Inside Africa opening animation and full screen news package
graphics, Inside Story with Hodding Carter, News Magazine Show, aired PBS.
The French Bicentennial opening animation with and of Michel Folon's poster,
The USA French Embassy. Sun City: Artists Against Apartheid, opening animation,
full screen news packages, lower third and credits title design for documentary
and still photos for music video involving 54 musicians including Peter Gabriel,
Miles Davis, Jimmy Cliff, Run-DMC, et al. Globalvision, Manhattan Records.
Grammy nominee. Aired on MTV, PBS
1983 My Heart, Your Heart opening, full screen news graphics, lower thirds
and credit design on documentary of Jim Lehrer's heart attack, MacNeil/Lehrer
Productions, aired on PBS
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Academic
2001 Travel fellowship, Design Institute, University of Minnesota-Twin
Cities, Design Institute, $2,500 stipend. Video documentation of 3-week trip
to London, Glasgow and Dublin with 20 graphic design students on DVD
1995-1998 All University Distinguished Fellow, Recruitment fellowship,
Michigan State University (MSU). $15,000 a year stipend, full tuition, healthcare.
Teaching Assistantship
1997 Travel and Research Fellowship, MSU, $500. Attend American Center
for Design conference in Chicago. June Travel and Research Fellowship, MSU,
$700. Develop installation for MFA Thesis Exhibition. November. Honorary
Instructor- Diversity in the Workplace. The Department of Management, Eli
Broad College of Business, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, MSU.
Fall. Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of service to Lansing Community
College. Diversity speaker. January
1996 Arts & Letters College Travel Fellowship: Cluji, Romania,
MSU, October
1979-1980 Fine Arts Scholarship, The School of the Museum of Fine
Arts
1974 Graduated with High Honors: MSU, Justin Morrill College, Honors
College.
Dean's List- 1973-1974
Design
2001 Most Important Graphic Design Created, $150,
article published on AIGA national website, Voices2: AIGA Biannual National
Conference in Washington DC
1993 Blues: Manic Depression (The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour news package
graphics), National Emmy, National Television Academy
1993 The Nation's Hour
of Evening News, Public Broadcasting Systems
Promotional Award, Silver, juried
1989 P's on Earth (Print, Holiday Greeting
Card, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour), Broadcast Designers Association Bronze
Award (BDA)
1988 Photo Essays by Roger Rosenblatt (The MacNeil/Lehrer
NewsHour commentary series), Peabody Award
1987 Please Standby (Full
screen graphic, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour), BDA Silver Award
1986 NATO (Over-the-shoulder news graphics, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour),
BDA Silver Award
industry Service Award
1993 Service: Certificate of Appreciation, Participation in Conference
and Exposition, BDA
1992 Service: Certificate of Appreciation, Organize committee
who set up “Ethical Guidelines and Practices” for BDA TV design
industry
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Subject Areas Taught at College Level
York University: 2009-present, Time-Based Communications 2
George Brown College: 2009-present, Multimedia Motion Graphics
UMD: 1999-present, Motion Graphics 1, 2, Independent and Directed Studies
in Motion Graphics; Fundamental Graphic Design, Graphic Design 1, 2, 3, Graphic
Design Independent Studies; Senior Design Studio 1, 2, Professional Practices,
Graphic Design Services, Graphic Design Internships; Interactive 1; Master
of Fine Arts Seminar and Studio- Design for Diversity; Design as Experience,
Entrepreneur, Educator; Design for Personal, Professional & Public; Interdisciplinary
Design for the Theater, Interdisciplinary Design for the Web
MSU: 1995-1998, Black and white photography I, Color and 2-D Design
Other
2004 Managing the Media, 3-week seminar on 2004 Presidential Election
Coverage. UMD Master of Liberal Studies class, December. Computer Literacy
in Art Education, talk about the need to integrate use of computers in
K-12 Art Education classes and future art education teachers to become literate,
UMD Art Education class, November
2002-2003 Unintended Consequences of TV
News Graphics when Covering War. Discussed my experience at PBS's NewsHour
during the first Gulf War. Spoke about US Government censorship and media
self-censorship. UMD Political Science Senior Honors Seminar. Invitational.
Winter 2003
2001-2002 World War II: Spaces of Re-Remembrances solo exhition,
gave private tours and talks to UMD classes: Human Rights and Cultural Anthropology
(Linda Belote), Diversity (Susanna Peyala-Woodard) and Art Education (Alison
Aune), January and February. Decolonizing Oriental Design: Edward Said's
Orientalism.
UMD Asian Pacific American Students Association. April 2001
1999-2000 1st Year Seminar on Global Communications- 3-week seminar. Give
lecture on my Japanese American Internment research and work to UMD Creating
Across Cultures class, Fall
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Publications
1. International
2006 Is Seeing Believing? Journal of Design History, on video oral histories of Chinese designers, Oxford University Press, December
2005 3 Generations of Chinese Designers, New Graphic magazine, Volume 6, Nanjing, China; December. The Place Where the Sun Rises: Buddha in the Brambles, Outside/In exhibition catalog, Lulu publications. Editor: Maya Drodz
1994 The Social Responsibility Challenge, DIEM (Digital Imaging and Electronic
Media), trade article, published. July/August
1992 Love, Money, and Power: The Human Equation, Scanlines, trade article,
published. Editor: Lou Bortone. February
1991 New Visions: BPME and BDA Conference & Exposition, Scanlines, trade
article, published. Editor: Lou Bortone. August
1990 The First 100 Year Retrospective: Graphic Design in America, A Visual
Language History, on the Walker Art Institute show, Scanlines, trade article,
published. Editor: Lou Bortone. Fall. Dangerous Ideas: The American Institute
of Graphic Arts Convention, Scanlines, trade article, published. Editor:
Lou Bortone. Winter
2. National
2008 Losing In Translation? A Look at the State of Chinese Design Development and Losing In Translation 2: Graphic Design in Hong Kong and the Peoples Republic of China (July and September 2008). http://www. design-altruism-project.org. Editor: David Stairs
2006 Motion Design syllabus in The Education of a Motion Designer, Editor- Steven Heller, Allworth Press, NYC
2005 Hybrid Teaching: from Practitioner to Professor in Education of a Graphic Designer, Editor- Steven Heller, Allworth Press, NYC ; Fall
2002 AIGA Voices Conference, Knowledge Circuit, Design Institute Website
at UM-TC, Editor- Peter Hall, and Director- Jan Abrams commissioned collaborative
piece written with Bob Appleton. Also posted on AIGA national website, trade
article: 1,333 words, published. Fall
Most Memorable Graphic: Mandela's
Release from Prison, AIGA national website, 100 word essay, published. Juried.
January
2001 Portals of (im) Perception, The News of the Whirled, Version 19.99,
Issue Two, 2-page spread of images and text of installation work, published.
Groton, Massachusetts, editor- Kenneth Fitzgerald. Invitational
1997 Coming Full Circle, The Graduate Post: A Newsletter of the Graduate
School. Vol. 3, No. 2, 3 1/2-page essay, published. Invitational. January
1993 Acknowledge Social Responsibility, Graphic Design: USA, one page essay,
published. Invitational. January
1988 State of the Artists, Computer Pictures, trade article, July/August
1988 State of the Artists, reprinted in Scanlines, trade article, published.
Invitational. Winter
3. Regional
1997 Mis-Taken Identities, Women Studies Journal, MSU. Front cover
photo image, 1/2 page artist's statement, published. Invitational
Artistic Achievement
1. International
2004 Mis-taken Identity, Japanese style hanging scroll- wood & digital
collage printed on vellum, 12” x “36”. UMD Italian Festival,
Palermo, Italy. Invitational, group show. January. Italian Crooners,
video set for Jazz performance in Palermo, Italy. Art direction and coproducer.
January
1996 Hand Signals, poster made of wood & digital collage printed
on vellum 3'x2', Casa de Matei, Cluj, Romania. Invitational, group show.
October. Visual Communications from Lascaux to Cluj, 3 posters made
of wood & digital
collage printed on vellum 3'x2', 1'x2', 1'x2', Artists Union Gallery, Cluj,
Romania. Invitational, group show. October
2. National
2005 This Way, That Way, 40 year retrospective of Keith Godard's design
works. DVD demonstration of his self-published books and oral history of
his life and works. Cooper Union, New York City, January
2004 The Place Where the Sun Rises: Buddha in the Brambles, Japanese
style hanging scrollwood & digital collage printed on vellum, 12” x “36”, In/Out international traveling poster show, Invitational group show.
Online at www.visualingual.org/outsidein/ Curator:
Maya Drozdz, Montserrat College. Zero Station, Portland, ME. October 16- November
4. Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA. May 19-28. Red Door Gallery, Detroit,
MI. April 16-30.
Video Diaries, Melle, Margo, Peter Movie. Truth & Message Book
published online and hard copy. www.designinquiry.meca.edu/04recap.html. DesignInquiry'04,
Maine College of Art. Director: Margo Halverson. June. This Way, That Way,
40 year retrospective of Keith Godard's design works. DVD demonstration of
his self-published books and oral history of his life and works. University
of the Arts, Philadelphia, Fall, Cooper Union, New York, Winter
2003 The Place Where the Sun Rises: Buddha in the Brambles, Japanese
style hanging scrollwood & digital collage printed on vellum, 12” x “36”, In/Out international traveling poster show, Invitational group show. Online
at www.visualingual.org/outsidein/ Curator:
Maya Drodz, Monserrat College. HallSpace, Boston, MA. Novermber 15- January
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2001-2003 World War II: Re-Remembrances of Things Past, digital slide
show on Internment History from my solo exhibition at the Tweed in 2001.
Adversary Show, traveling invitational group show. Tweed Gallery, Minnesota;
Aero Station Gallery, Maine; Monserrat Gallery, Massachusetts, Old Dominion
University, Virginia, AIGA Gallery at Voices 2 Conference, Washington DC,
Iowa State University Design Gallery, Iowa City, Loyola University, Di Bell
Gallery, New Orleans. Curator: Kenneth Fitzgerald, Old Dominion University
On website- www.ephemeralstates.com/adversary/
1989, 1990 Tianenmen Square on TV, framed and matted digital color storyboards
from actual newscast of The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, 11”x14”. Invitational
group shows protesting the treatment of students in China. Miller Gallery,
Soho and P.S. 1, Long Island City. Permanent collection of Asian American
Center. Curator: Lee Bing
1994-1995 50th Commeration, digital collage of
NewsHour full-screen graphic on Internment- 8x10”. Cathe Ishino, Art
Director of The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, black & white
photo of myself on the news set- 8x10”. Strength and Diversity show
of prominent Japanese American women in the USA. Japanese American Historical
Museum, San Francisco. A traveling exhibition shown by Japanese American
organizations throughout the United States. Invitational group show, in permanent
collection of Japanese American Historical Museum, San Francisco. Curator
Nikki Bridges
1977, 1978 Untitled- black and white photos, 8x10”, Dana
Pond Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, faculty juried group show.
Untitled- black and white photos, 8x10”, School of Museum Fine
Arts Annual, Boston City Hall, faculty juried group show
3. Regional
2005 The Immigrant Experience, The Michigan Historical Society, Lansing,
MI. WW2: Voices of Re-remembrances, 12 family stories DVD and WW2:
Space of Re-remembrance folding screens on exhibition in main floor gallery. February.
Permanent collection. Director: Martha Climo
2002 Mary Kobayashi Ishino- 8x10” digital photo portrait enlargement
and transcript of her oral history . WW2 Bong Heritage Museum, Superior, WI.
Permanent collection. Director, Christabel Grant. Invitational
1998 Mis-taken Identity, Japanese style hanging scroll- wood & digital collage
printed on vellum, 12” x “36”. MSU Fine Arts Library, invitational
group show. Spring. Ancestral Scrolls, 7 Japanese style hanging scrolls-
wood & digital
collage printed on vellum, 12” x “16”. Unitarian Church of
Lansing, Michigan. Invitational one-person show. Spring. A Space of Remembrance-
18x24' installation, mixed media- 2 performance videos, 8 digital photos
on Japanese style scrolls, 6 Japanese style folding screens, objects from the
Internment Camps, Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum,
Michigan. Invitational group show. April. Written up in State News and Towne
Courier local newspapers, East Lansing, Michigan. April. Hand Signals- poster
made of wood & digital
collage printed on vellum 3'x2', Barr Museum, Alpena, Michigan. Invitational
group show. January
1997 Fate, Family, Face: 3 Japanese style hanging scrolls- wood & digital
collage printed on vellum, 12” x 36”. Barr Museum, Alpena, Michigan.
Invitational, group show. January
1996 Fate, Family, Face: Mixed media: 3 Japanese style hanging scrolls- wood & digital
collage printed on vellum, 12” x 36”; Japanese wooden table and
seating cushion, incense burner and incense. Source/Process show, Master
of Fine Arts Candidates, Gallery 114, MSU, invitational group show. November-December
Point of View- installation, mixed media: 4 Japanese style hanging scrolls-
wood & digital collage printed on vellum,
12” x 36”, 6 digitally enlarged and printed black & white photos.
Lightfantastic gallery, MSU. Invitational group show, June. Sequencing, 5
black and white silver print photos, 8x10”. Lightfantastic
gallery, MSU, invitational group show, July
1995 Crossing Cultures: Heaven, (Hu) man, and Earth – found objects: Japanese
folding screen, hanging scroll, sculpture and Ikebana arrangement. Women
'n Art Group, invitational group show. Alter TV- mixed media: 3 stacked TVs.
1) bottom one played back looped video of Easter Sunday services. 2) middle
had a cardboard TV front, covered inside with mirrors. 3) a small statue
of Buddha sitting in the middle 3) top was a TV clock. 4) prayer candles lit
at the top. Women 'n Art Group, invitational group show. April
4. Local
2004 WW2, Voices of Re-remembrances: 12 family stories. One hour, interactive
DVD of oral histories by relatives who were incarcerated because of their
Japanese ethnicity. Faculty Biennial, Tweed Museum. November, December
2003 Italian Crooners, video set for Jazz performance in Palermo, Italy.
Art direction and coproducer. Performed and shown at Duluth Entertainment
Center and Convention (DECC), Fall
2002 Art Institute Redux, mixed media: collage, cardboard front of TV screen
and jigsaw puzzlebehind. 11”x16”. Annual Member's Show, Duluth
Art Institute. Invitational, group show. January
2001 World War II: Re-Remembrances of Things Past- 20 minute video
of 1st person oral histories of my parent's and my Internment memories , Really
Independent Video and Films, NorShor Theater, Duluth. Juried. May. World
War II: Spaces of Re-Remembrances, installation: mixed media: 6'x33' digital
printout markings representing 120,000 internees; a digital slide show projected
on wall markings with key historical Internment dates and photos; a digital
collaged, folding timeline of history of Japanese in USA until reparations
3x20'; a TV monitor with looped video of my parents and my oral histories
of the Internment experience; a 'takanomo' i.e. ancestral area of worship
with TV lantern running a looped video performance piece, 3 Japanese style
hanging scrolls- wood & digital collage printed
on vellum, 12” x “36”; Northland veteran photos, testimonies
and documents of their memorabilia. Tweed Museum, Duluth. Solo Exhibition,
invitational. January-February. Reviewed by Anne Klefstad, Duluth News Tribune
2000 Philosophies of Life- video loop of performance piece of generational
coping mechanisms in Japanese culture , All Systems Go, Tweed Museum, Duluth.
Invitational group show. November - December
1998 Portals of (im)Perception, mixed media: 4 Japanese style hanging scrolls-
wood & digital photos printed on vellum, 12” x 36”; 3 fabricated
wooden door frames, barbed wire, sand bags. Biennial faculty show, Tweed
Museum, Duluth. Invitational. Reviewed by Jan Zita Grover, Duluth News Tribune.
November- December
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Workshops and Conferences Attended
2004 Attend DesignInquiry Conference in Portland, Maine to investigate what
is being taught around the country in this field. Chairs of Rhode Island
School of Design, Cranbrook, Yale, etc. were represented. Attend Alliance
Graphique Internationale design conference in Beijing and Nanjing, China.
Visited 2 design schools and interviewed on videotape 6 Chinese designers.
Also met, saw and documented works of designers and teachers from all around
the world. Attend UMD Responsible Conduct of Research, part 1. Fall
2003
Attend Final Cut Pro 4 workshop at University of Wisconsin- Stout to learn
in-depth the new release of digital video editing. August. Attend Split Rock
Writing class at UMD to enhance video script writing. July
Attend Midwest Macintosh Educators Conference at Cranbrook, Michigan to familiarize
myself with impact of OSX, In Design, and Final Cut Pro on teaching in labs.
June. Attend CAA Conference; learn about current design education practices,
writings and paper presentations. Philadelphia. Spring
2001-2002 Attend AIGA Voices 2 National Conference; learn about recent
Design industry theories and practices. Spring 2002. Attend CAA Conference;
learn about current design education practices, writings and paper presentations.
New York City, Spring 2002. Attend Teaching Conference at University of Minnesota
Twin Cities Conference, Spring
2000-2001 Attend Cooper Hewitt Design Museum symposium of its Triennial show.
Learn how design impacts culture and design studies as a position to view
and teach graphic design
Attend Between the Forms conference at the University
of Michigan Ann Arbor. Impact of visual cultural as well as design studies
is being studied and critiqued from a historical, cultural and anthropological
viewpoint. Design: design forms- aesthetics, social, political, economic
and communicative impacts are frontier approaches of study, teaching and
making works. UMD teaching workshops- grading 2000. UMD Tech Camp learning
technology on campus, Summer
1998-1999 UMD Tech Camp learning technology on campus, Summer 1999, UMD teaching
workshop- using technology in the classroom, 1999. Attend CAA Conference;
study current design education practices, writings and paper presentations.
Toronto, Canada. Spring 1998
Attend SIGGRAPH International Conference, investigate
ongoing development of pedagogy, software and hardware. Orlando, Florida,
Summer 1998
Dissemination
1. International
2004 The Historical Need for Living Histories of Modernist Designers DVD
presentation and talk in collaboration with husband/designer/colleague, Bob
Appleton. Argue necessity to begin to videotape historical, elderly designers.
Briefed audience about lineage of oral history studies in the USA. Invited
guest speakers at Nanking University, China
2003 The Historical Need for Living Histories of Modernist Designers DVD
presentation and talk in collaboration with Bob Appleton. “Design/Refine” International
Conference at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, juried. Fall
2. National
2004 The Historical Need for Living Histories of Modernist Designers DVD
presentation and talk in collaboration with Bob Appleton. Design/Inquiry
Conference, Maine College of Art, Portland
2003 Lou Danziger videotaped oral history, housed in his archives at Rochester
Institute of Technology's Design Archives. Danziger is one of the early
graphic designers who established themselves on the West Coast during the
1950s and 1960s. Invitational
2002 DVD on Victor Margolin's lecture on “Design Perspectives on the
Russian Avant Garde.” The first graphic design historian to attain
a PhD in the USA. In collection of Roger Remington, curator of Rochester Institute
of Technology's Design Archives. Donation
2001 "World War II: Spaces of Re-Remembrances" solo exhibition
at Tweed, written up in national “Pacific Citizen”, Japanese American
Citizen's League (JACL) paper. The Bacchae: water into wine documentary,
Interdisciplinary Design Class project, shown at National Education Conference
by Tweed Museum Director, Martin DeWitt. Invitational. Winter
2002 “Racial Profiling of Japanese and Arab Americans” one minute
videotape presentation on “Most Important Graphic Design Issue of the
Year”, game show format
where 20 designers from across the USA are invited to speak for one minute
opening night, biannual event, AIGA National Conference- 20/20. Invitational.
March 21
1994 “Computer Ecstasy?” Graphic Artists Guild, panel discussion
with one print, one interactive designer and Paul Basista, President of GAG.
I presented a video showing the usage of computers in TV graphics and talked
about their impact on design and designers, New York City. Invitational.
November. “What
Role Should Designers Play in Promoting Responsibility, Integrity, Knowledge,
and Sensitivity?” Spoke about TV
designers' role in society, gave video presentation on socially responsible
projects I had worked on. American Institute of Graphic Arts-Cleveland, Ohio,
invitational based on article in Graphic Design: USA. Invitational. October
1993 “A Visual History of TV News Graphics: A Personal View”, invited
by Steven Heller, Director of Graphic Design Graduate School. Spoke and showed
slides as well as videos on how computers and visual culture had impacted
the design and designing TV news graphics. The School of Visual Arts, New
York City. January
1993 “Do TV Election Graphics Help Determine Who Becomes
President?” Presented
and showed videos with NBC News Art Director, Ralph Familghetti and ABC News
Art Director, Ben Blank on how creation and selection of graphics impact
Presidential elections- historically and visually. BDA and PROMAX Annual
International Convention and Exposition, Orlando, Florida. Juried. June
1992 “The Need for Ethical Guideline Practices in the Industry.” Presented
with AIGA print representative, Clare Ultimo and production house art director,
Nancy Palladino, to discuss what standards broadcast designers should adopt.
Guidelines were later edited, put to organization's vote and accepted. BDA
and PROMAX Annual International Convention and
Exposition, Seattle. Juried. June
1992 “Plugged In: Design in the Big Picture”, American Institute
of Graphic Arts, "Fresh Ideas". Co-directed and co-presented with
Clare Ultimo, principle of Ultimo Inc, to discuss emerging crossover between
print and video on the desktop computer platform. Guest speakers- Miles Tananka,
MTV On-Air Art Director, R. Greenberg, Principle of R Greenberg Associates
and Kip, Balkind and Associates. Juried. June
1991 “The Gulf War Graphics: Did they shape public opinion?” Producer
of panel. Invited graphic design historian, Philip Meggs, to give an historical
overview of war graphics. Comoderated panelists, who were Art Directors from
CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS National News programs. They spoke and presented videos
on their design production processes and how they essentially become the
visual producers of the War, given the heavy US Government censorship. BDA
and BPME Annual International Convention. Baltimore, Maryland, Juried. June
3. Regional
2008 Japan Video Diaries, Whitewall Graduate Forum, Ryerson University
2005 Post 9/11: patriotism and homeland security again?, The Immigrant Experience,
Michigan Historical Society. Lansing Michigan, invitational. February
2003 Japanese American Citizen League, Dayton, Ohio. WW2 Bong Heritage Center,
Superior, Wisconsin. Spoke and showed video of parents and my oral histories
from WW2: Spaces of Re-remembrances and Voices: 12 family stories DVD. February
2002 Remembrance of a Family's Internment, University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Spoke and showed video of parents and my oral histories from “WW2:Spaces
of Re-remembrances” solo exhibition. Program, The Japanese American
Experience during WW2, jointly sponsored by the UWS Multicultural Center and the WW2
Bong Heritage Center. Invitational. April
1998 "Space of Remembrance." Press coverage on diverse nature of my
MFA show- Asian American designer, African American sculptor, Gay painter,
Greek American interactive designer by Towne Courier, MSU Bulletin and MSU
Student newspaper. April. "Take
the Road not Taken...” Asian Pacific Students Association, Midwest Conference,
invitational. Keynote speaker. Urged students to break down stereotypical
Asians academic pursuits; such as studying the sciences and mathematics,
and to look at one's passions to see if that venue could lead to a fulfilling
career choice. Lansing Community College. Lansing, Michigan. May
1996 “Japanese-American
Internment Camps: Reflections by a Third Generation Descendant" at Lansing
Community College, invitational, gave anecdotal talk with my parents and
Japanese American Internees about experiences as survivors and post-traumatic
stress syndrome on later generations, January 1997 Lansing, Michigan and
MSU-American Thought and Language, invitational, East Lansing, Michigan.
February
1996 “On Being Sansei: A Third Generation Japanese American” at
MSU- Eli Broad College, Graduate School of Management, talk with my parents
and Japanese American Internees about experiences as survivors and post-traumatic
stress syndrome on later generations, East Lansing, Michigan. Invitational.
November. "Tales from a Broadcast News
Refugee: A Proposal for Visual Literacy", talk and present videos of my
work in TV news. Stressed the importance of understanding how images are
created which shape the public mind and influence public opinion. MSU Department
of Art, East Lansing, Michigan. Invitational. March. “Acting
Locally, Thinking Globally.” Talk and present videos of my “socially
responsible” work-
Anti-Apartheid, Anti- Nuke, Human Rights, Ecological, etc. Urge students
to help within their immediate community and it will support the larger global
village- Asian Pacific Faculty and Staff, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan. Invitational.
February. “Acting Locally, Thinking
Globally.” MSU Asian Studies, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan. Invitational.
February. “Acting
Locally, Thinking Globally.” Women's Studies Program, East Lansing, Michigan.
Invitational. March
1995 “Personal Narratives on Japanese-American Internment Camps" at
MSU- American Thought and Language, talk with my parents and Japanese American
Internees about experiences as survivors and post-traumatic stress syndrome
on later generations, East Lansing, Michigan. Invitational. October “On
Being Sansei: A Third Generation Japanese American” at MSU- Eli Broad
College, Graduate School of Management, talk with my parents and Japanese
American Internees about experiences as survivors and post-traumatic stress
syndrome on later generations, East Lansing, Michigan. Invitational. November
1994 “On
Being Sansei: A Third Generation Japanese American” at
MSU- Eli Broad College, Graduate School of Management, talk with my parents
and Japanese American Internees about experiences as survivors and post-traumatic
stress syndrome on later generations, East Lansing, Michigan. Invitational
1996 MSU: Empowernet Project- provides easy access to pertinent WWW sites
for low-income housing areas in Lansing. MSU- Media Arts class
1995 East Lansing Redevelopment Project: research and develop overall plan
to revitalize MSU's home- town providing design support. Special Design
Projects class
4. State
2004 Creating Oral Histories in K-12 Education, Minnesota Educators Association
Mini-Conference, Show DVD of WW2: Voices of Re-remembrances, 12 family
stories. Summer
2003 Mind the Gap: London, Glasgow and Dublin DVD. Interview with Steven
McCarthy shown at UM-TC convocation ceremony, to depict the importance
of overseas study for future students. Invitational. Fall
2002 Mind the Gap: London, Glasgow and Dublin DVD. Interview with Steven
McCarthy shown at UM-TC convocation ceremony, to depict the importance
of overseas study for future students. Invitational. Fall
2001 Mind the Gap: London, Glasgow and Dublin DVD.Reunion of students and
premiere screening at Walker Art Museum to coincide with the “Best of
British Advertising.” Spring. Mind the Gap: London, Glasgow and Dublin DVD. AIGA Educational Conference,
Minneapolis. Show highlights of DVD as record of educational experience
of trip. Emphasized the importance of exposure to other cultures and design
sensibilities to broadening students outlooks and aesthetics. Juried. April
2001 World War II: Spaces of Re-Remembrances, gave interview to MPR (Minnesota
Public Radio) about the experience of making my solo exhibition and the
impact I hoped it would have on my community. Ideally, my goal was to educate
people in the Midwest about this event and have them walk away with the
impact it had on everyone. Invitational. World War II: Spaces of Re-Remembrances,
Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) Twin Cities Chapter, Minneapolis.
Gave this Chapter a private tour of my show at the Tweed Museum in Duluth.
Invitational. February. World War II: Spaces of Re-Remembrances. Japanese
American Citizen's League (JACL) Twin Cities Chapter, Minneapolis. Gave
hands-on lecture on making first person oral histories on the Internment.
Showed the oral histories I had made on videotape. Stressed the importance
in documenting survivors' stories, as they are at the age, when they dying
with their untold stories, and our ethnic history are disappearing. Invitational.
October
5. Local
2004 Get Out the Vote Graphic Design 3 class projects. Article in UMD Statesman,
Thursday, October 28, 2004. Also, placed on UMD homepage previous to Presidential
Election. www.d.umn.edu/art/gallery/educateyour/ or
www.d.umn.edu/art/gallery/votea/ or
www.votearevolution.org.
UMD Currents newsletter, Tuesday, October 19, Volume 22, Number 4. Announcement
about talk at Nanjing Institute of the Arts in China. Technology in Tomorrow's
Art Education, UMD Art Education class, Jen Dietrich- professor. December
2003 The Making of the Bacchae: Water Into Wine documentary video of Interdisciplinary
Design Class - Theater And Graphic Design. Shown in UMD Professor Mark
Harvey's “Theatre Appreciation” class, Invitational. Fall. “Design
Perspectives on the Russian Avant Garde”, DVD on Victor Margolin's
lecture. Goal was to provide 1st person resource for this critical time
in design's history and as study guide. (MFA grad student, Ida Kumoji,
used this DVD to conduct her research on this era and write a paper for
her History of Graphic Design class). Donated to permanent media collection
of UMD library
2002 Mind the Gap: London, Glasgow and Dublin DVD: Allworth International
Studies, UMD Brown Bag. Spoke and showed highlights of DVD as well as interviews
with students to demonstrate the positive influence global travel has on
students- their ability to adjust, be flexible, open and learn. Spring. “Internment
Project: behind the scenes.” Discussed
my process in creating my solo exhibition at the Tweed Museum and my students
gave demonstrations on the roles they played in its making. Also, spoke
to the use the Lab, its hardware and software role in my production. VDIL
Brown Bag. May 3
2001 World War II: Spaces of Re-Remembrances, public talk and PowerPoint
presentation on the development of my work since leaving the TV news industry.
Showed my works on the Internment, Oral Histories, spoke about expanded
notions of Graphic Design and the need to contribute positively to society.
Tweed Museum Gallery. January. World War II: Spaces of Re-Remembrances.
Gave public talks and private tours: Japanese American Citizens League-Minneapolis.
Commanders of VFW, American Legion, St Louis Historical Society, Superior
Historical Society. January-February. World War II: Spaces of Re-Remembrances.
Interviews given to : WDIO-TV (ABC), KBJR-TV (NBC), Minnesota Public Radio
(MPR), Duluth News Tribune Sunday Arts Feature article and critical review
by Anne Klefstad; Budgeteer; UMD Statesman. Invitational. January-February.
The Bacchae. Interdisciplinary Design Class-Theater and Graphic Design
presentation for local high school on video set design and process for
Euripides' play. Invitational. March. Interdisciplinary Web Design Class-
MIS And Graphic Design, The School of Business (SBE) Club's website. Spring
2000 Gave talk on Interdisciplinary Web Design Class- MIS And Graphic Design
web project. Spoke about the importance of forming a new 'tribal culture'
when working across disciplines, as each has its own distinct language,
practice and outlook. Showed website under construction as UMD's VDIL
as part of Dialog series, hosted by Thomas Kovacs and Jim Bredeck. Invitational.
March
200I Philosophies of Life. A video performance piece. Portrays how different
generations of Japanese ancestry mutate their life mantras to cope with
life as an outsider in the USA. U of M faculty show, All Systems Go, Tweed
Museum, invitational. UMD Statesman write-up. November 9
1998 Portals of (im)Perception. An installation piece. Depicts the postmodern
cultural dilemma facing a Japanese American female and her inability to
make it through passages, because of lingering racism and sexism in doorways,
which are blocked with barbed wire from the Internment experience and have
prayer notes between the coils. UMD Faculty Biennial Show. Tweed Museum.
Invitational. Review and write up in Duluth News Tribune, Jan Zita Grover
Papers read at professional meetings
1. National
2005 Walking the Line: hybrid teaching strategies in graphic design education
today- College Art Association Annual Conference, Atlanta. Juried. February
1999 Unintended Consequences: The Japanese American Internment Artists,
Association of Asian American Studies National Annual Conference, Philadelphia.
Read paper, showed slides, video, participated in panel on Asian American
Art and Artists. Peer reviewed. Spring
2. Regional
2001 Creating an Interdisciplinary Education, 1st Readings XII, Duluth.
Joint talk with professors from theater (Bill Payne) and communication
arts (Joel Anderson), read paper and showed video of Bacchae documentary
in process. Peer reviewed. March
2000 Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, First Readings XXI, Duluth. Gave
joint paper and showed website with UMD Professor Pardue, Management Information
Systems, School of Business and Economics. Peer reviewed. April
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1. International
2002-03 SIGGRAPH: Juror. Review proposals for International Educational Panels
2003 Conference via email, Chair Alyce Kaprow. Design/Refine International
Conference: Juror. Review proposals for papers and presentations. Chair,
Barbara Martinson
1981 Broadcast Designers Association: Juror for annual international awards,
San Francisco
2. National
2004 National Television Academy. Judge for Daytime Emmys
1984-1994 National Television Academy. Judge for News Emmys, New York City
1981-1993
School of Visual Arts: Juror for Billy Sunshine Scholarship, New York City
3.
State
2004 The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Art of Democracy: tools of persuasion.
Forum for the freedom of expression for the 2004 presidential election. The
exhibition was developed by the MAEP and artist-managed curatorial department
of the MIA. Online mediator of live blog www.livejournal.com/community/triablog/
2002 Minnesota State Arts: Juror for portfolios and proposals for 2-D and
3-D annual grants, Duluth. Design Institute, UM-TC: Juror of student work
for Design Camp sponsored by Target, Chair Jan Abrams, Minneapolis. July
4. Local- UMD
2002- present Technology Fees Committee, representative of Design Area. Selection
committee. Annual Pre-Graphic Design Portfolio Review. Selection Committee
- Juror for annual senior design exhibition, Design@UMD
2000-2001 Graphic Design tenured professor, Search committee. Adjunct Design
professor, Search committee. Chancellor's Distinguished Research Initiative,
appointed by Chancellor
Juror of applicants vitae and works for $1,000 award and university-wide
recognition. Public Arts Commission for City of Duluth, appointed by Mayor.
Juror 1% for Arts projects in Duluth
1999-2000 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Initiative, appointed by Chancellor
Martin. Juror of applicants vitae and works Visualization and Digital Imaging
Lab, appointed by Dean Bucker. Juror VDIL proposals. Search committee for
Interactive Design Fulltime Faculty member. (Partial member) Search committee
for Photography Fulltime Faculty member. (Partial member) Search committee
for Foundations Fulltime Faculty member. Public Arts Commission for City of
Duluth, appointed by Mayor Doty. Juror Arts projects in Duluth
1998-99 Digital Imaging Lab Search Committee for Lab Manager with School
of Fine Arts, School of Business and Computer Science, College of Science
and Engineering, appointed by the Dean. New Media Search Committee- tenure
faculty, College of Liberal Arts, appointed by Dean Linda Krug. Graphic Design
Search Committee (non-tenure, temporary replacement)
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1. International
1998- 2003 SIGGRAPH: member
1982-1994 Broadcast Designers Association, International Board Member, Co-Chair
of Annual Conference & Exposition- 1991
1983-1994 IAOTSC: International Association of Television Screen Cartoonists
2. National
1997-present College Art Association: member
1988- present American Institute of Graphic Arts
1999- 2003 Asian American Studies Society
1997 American Center for Design
1980-1981, 1992-94 Graphic Artist Guild
1982-1994 NABET: National Association of Broadcast Engineers for Television
3. Regional
1995-98 ALANA, African, Latino, Asian, Native Americans
1995-98 APASO, Asia-Pacific Islander Student Organization
1995-98 MSU Distinguished Fellows Colloquium
4. Local
1999-2001 UMD Faculty of Color, Public Arts Commission
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1. International
1981-82 Board member of Broadcast Designers Association; Co-Chair for annual
convention
2. National
1992-1993 American Institute of Graphic Art. Served on New York Chapter Board
as Vice President of Minority Relations and Video Liaison
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grand total of internal and external grants, fall 1998- fall 2005= $151,048
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1. Internal
___grand total from fall 1998- fall 2005= $143,000
1998 to present, total $71,447--- Technology Fees: 2004- 8 microphones (Sennheiser
wireless, Shure omni directional, Azden boom), stands, boom poles and headphones
(Sennheiser), $3,137. 2003- 15 external hard drives (La Cie Porsche 160 GB),
$2,110. 2002- 6 digital video cameras (Sony TRV 18), $5,000. 2001- 4 digital
video cameras (Cannon GL1), 4 Bogen floating head tripods, metal box carrying
cases, 2 hour spare lithium batteries, light shoes, firewire cables, lavalier
mics, $16,200. 1999- 4 digital cameras (Sony TrV9), wide-angle lenses, light
shoes,1 hour spare lithium batteries, $5,000. 1999- 3 mac-on-carts for student
exhibitions, guest lecturers and teaching with InFocus video projectors,
VHS decks, G3 laptop computers, zip drives, $30,000. Requested 3 internet
connections as well for $6,000
2005, total $3,400--- Undergraduate Research Opportunity: Blake Ames, $1,700
and Adam Warhol, $1,700, to work on my Chinese Designers' oral histories
project, Summer
2004, total $5,430--- Undergraduate Research Opportunity: Bret Petersen
$1,700. Kellen Oberts $1,700, Independent video project, Spring. Matt Alvar,
Italian Festival video documentary, $ 930. Spring. Chancellor's Small Grant:
for travel to China and speaking engagement, $750, Fall. International Study
Abroad Grant, China Institute, UM-TC: for travel to China and speaking
engagement, $360, Fall
2003, total $1,683--- Undergraduate Research Opportunity: Charlene Heil,
Italian Festival book, $90 ; Jackie Menthe, Italian Festival book, $1,093, Spring.
Teaching and Learning at a Research University Conference at UM-TC. Conference
fee waived, transportation, food and board provided. Minneapolis. April 21.
Regents Scholarship, $500, Split Rock Workshop with Ray Gonzalez, Hispanic short-short
fiction writer to help to write video scripts, June
2002, total $3,250--- Single Semester Sabbatical Leave at UMD, full pay and
compensation to pursue living/oral histories of modernist graphic designers,
Spring. Small Chancellor's Grant to travel and conduct living/oral history of
designer, Lou Danziger, $750. SFA Dean's Travel Grant, $800 to serve as National
Emmy Juror, Fall. UROP, Maceo Wright, video oral history on his family, $1,700,
Spring
2001, total $15,288--- Small Chancellor's Grant, Interdisciplinary Design
Class joint application with theater professor Bill Payne, Fall, $1,500. SFA
Dean's Grant, for video equipment for interdisciplinary design class’ theater
production- 4 video monitors, 8 playback decks, 2 video switchers, 1 high luminance
video projector, $10,000, Spring. Vice Chancellor's Grant, Interdisciplinary
Design Class’ poster printing with theater professor Bill Payne, $488,
Spring. Research access to VDIL for Internment and Interdisciplinary projects
to utilize high-end computing lab, conduct research, develop use of high end
digital video editing, printing, CD-ROM and DVD burning, photo and slide scanning.
McKnight Faculty Summer research grant, $2,000, Summer. Tech Camp
Grant to learn
current teaching software and hardware $300, Summer
2000 total $1,000--- SFA Dean's Travel Grant, SIGGRAPH-LA, $1,000, Summer
1999 total $24,800--- Grants-In-Aid, UMD Research and Development Grant for
research assistants' salaries, hardware, software, art supplies, mailing,
phone and travel expenses, $18,700, Fall. Small Chancellor's Grant for
research, development, software, art supplies and travel, $750, Spring. Tech
Camp Grant to learn current teaching software and hardware, purchase G3 laptop,
$3,000.
Dean's Travel Grant for talk at National Asian Studies conference in
Philadelphia, $1,000, Spring. UROP, Maria Bensenon, assist on my video oral
history project, Summer, $350. Chancellor's Diversity Grant, bring
Hispanic sculptor and MSU's 'virtual university' art director, Jesse Barajas,
to show his sculptures and web designs, lecture, critique students' work, $1,900,
Fall. SFA Dean's
Travel Grant for Design Education Conference, U of M and Eastern University,
Ann Arbor, $650, October
1998 total $750--- Small Chancellor's Grant for research, development,
software, supplies and travel, $750, Spring
2. External
___grand total from fall 1998- fall 2005= $18,000
1999- 2002 total $14,000--- Design Institute Grant, U of M Twin Cities,
$14,000 to spend over 4 years. Co-authored grant to create more interaction
between UM-TC and UMD design areas. Instumental in bringing nationally
known designers and educators to both campuses- Ellen Lupton (Cooper Hewitt
Design Museum), Chris Pullman (PBS' WGBH-TV), Bill Hill (Meta Design), Amy
Franscinii (Future Farmers)
2002 total $4,000--- AIGA travel and conference
grant, from Design Institute Director Jan Abrams, who financed
the AIGA registration, airfare and hotel for 2 UMD design students,
who had assisted me in a presentation I was giving at this biannual
event. I also acquired additional funding for myself and design faculty,
Janice Kmetz, to attend as well, $4,000, March
2000 Bush Faculty Development Program on Excellence & Diversity.
Was awarded grant, but declined because of lack of time to travel to
UM-TC campus
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1998- to present, Advise and consult on revamping the undergraduate and
graduate design curriculum and setting standards for portfolio reviews
for UMD's Design Area (ongoing)
1999- present, Meet biweekly with Graphic Design Area to discuss hardware
and software updates, current curriculum issues, semester course changes,
and pedagogical concerns. Major curriculum changes made 4 times, since
1998, to create sequencing of courses and to accommodate faculty and
staffing. Research digital hardware and software for Graphic Design Area
in Motion Graphics- video cameras, editing software, input and output
of video, sound recording and playback devices, DVD creation, external
storage devices, 1998- present Associate member of the Graduate Faculty
in the Field of Art at Duluth. Assist in reviewing and advising Graduate
Applicants. Advise 30+ students who are majoring in Graphic Design each
semester. Advise students on job hunts. Connect employers with potential
design employees
2004 Consult Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) to create
4 year graphic design degree by adding courses to their two year Associate
Degree in conjunction with UMD Dean, Chair and Design Coordinator and
RCTC faculty. Consult on forming UMD Film Minor and its curriculum.
Write class proposal for “Creating Video Narratives”
2003 Consult SFA, Music Department and VDIL on digital video equipment
for designing, editing, and post-producing for Italian Fest the video
set for the Jazz performance on Italian Crooners, Fall. Consultant
and videographer for Ellen Rankart on developing her documentary treatment
on our mother's Japanese Flower Arranging, “Inheriting”,
February. Consultant on developing Philip Pearlstein documentary, Spring-
Summer
2000 Creative Director and producer for interactive CD-ROM, Being Your Own
Personal Trainer, for Rod Raymond, UMD Recreational Sports trainer
for Minnesota
Power Company. Oversee video shoots and design. Consult on forming
UMD Communications Minor and curriculum to Deans of School of Fine Arts
and College of Liberal Arts
2000-2001 Advise on new Technology Village usage in conjunction
with UMD's Design Area and Art Department (to Chair). Assist professor in
charge of Design Grads to plan ongoing Graduate Curriculum
1998-1999 Assist professor in charge of Design Grads, in plan new Graduate
Curriculum. Advise on Mac on the Cart (3) for Tweed Museum, Department
of Art + Design, Visualization and Digital Imaging Lab. Art directed grad
student in execution of Number 11, AIA Minnesota, Lake Superior Design Retreat brochure,
Feb 19/20 1999. Oversee creation and photo shoot of Chancellor Martin's
Holiday Greeting card, 1999
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1. All University
2001- present Board member of Design Institute, Faculty Advisory Board,
University of Minnesota Twin Cities www.design.umn.edu
2. UMD
2004 Film Studies Minor development committee. International Film Series
Committee.
1998-present Consult Digital Imaging Lab on digital video hardware, software
and equipment. Consult ITSS on purchase of video hardware and software
for Mac Labs- SBE17, VKH 131
2002 Co-moderate panel discussion with local design community members, “Here
by Design/Made in Minnesota”, at Tweed Museum, February 5, 2002
2000 Heritage Marker Committee. Consult on UMD Historical signage for
Centennial Year,
1999-2000. Communication Arts Minors committee for School of Liberal
Arts and School of Fine Arts
1999 Host diversity graphic designer/sculptor to come to UMD as Chancellor's
Diversity Initiative. Spring. Chancellor Martin, Outdoor Billboard Design
with MFA graduates and Kenneth Fitzgerald, Cheryl Reitan, January. Member
of UMD Communicator's Council. UMD Web Committee, appointed by Vice Chancellor
Magnuson. Consult on re-design
3. School of Fine Arts
2001- present Advise Theater and Music Department professors as well
as VDIL on digital video equipment for shooting, editing, and post-producing
for their projects
2002 Represent graphic design area at UMD Students and Parents' Weekend,
Fall
1999-2000 Consult to Dean of SFA on Interdisciplinary minors- School
of Business and Economics, College of Science and Engineering, School of
Fine Arts. Chancellor Martin's initiative. Serve as member of Women's Commission)
1998 Represent graphic design area for Soft Centre visitors. Research
digital video hardware and software needs for School of Fine Arts in Digital
Imaging Lab being built at UMD, 1998. Represent graphic design area at UMD
Students and Parents' Weekend, Fall. Serve as member of Women's Commission
4. Department of Art and Design
1998 to Present Help host visiting designers
2004 Art and Design Lecture Series Administrator. Art and Technologies
Committee
2001-2002 Co-write Departmental Budget Report for External reviewer.
Annual Student Art and Design Committee, in charge of publication design.
Help select jury. Co-host UMD visiting graphic designers at my home: Janet
and Peter Good, Keith Godard. Co- sponsor of Student Design Organization
2000-2001 Design Area Coordinator: write agenda, follow through with
tasks needed to be accomplished in area, coordinate budget, purchases,
publish minutes. Visiting Artists Lecture Series- assisted in retaining
and hosting Ellen Lupton - Cooper Hewitt Design Museum curator and
design co-chair of Maryland Art Institute, Christopher Pullman, VP
and Creative Director for WGBH, Linda Sunshine- arts editor for art
publishing house, Tabori, Stewart and Chang, James Houff- WDIV TV Art
Director and Cranbrook protégé of
McCoys, Tracey Cook, UMD design student now employed at Cirrus Designs-
local airplane manufacturer
1999-2000 Artist Lecture Series- assists in hosting graphic designers
on this academic year schedule: Maureen Nappi, Nat Zimmerman. Invite to
crit classes and tour Duluth. Substitute mentor and advisee for new incoming
professor. Give tours to potential design students and their parents
1998-1999 Co-host McGraw-Hill designers for design internships. Review
and advise students on their portfolios with Kenneth Fitzgerald, Student
Exhibition Committee, Spring 1999. Host graphic designers in the field to
come to UMD as visiting artists/lecturers for Spring 1999. Give tours to
potential design students and their parents
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2009 Design Exchange, Volunteer Book Archivist
2009-present (pending)
Producer of online Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) Canadian Graphic Design Exhibition
2000-2001 Member of City of Duluth's Public Art Commission
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Ongoing Being an American Japanese female professor teaching at UMD;
one of few on campus. Integrate notions of diversity in my everyday
pedagogy. My Internment work (see “Art Exhibitions” and “Dissemination” above).
My public speaking engagements on my Internment work (see C, 2 “Dissemination” above).
Mentor Asian design students. Help acclimate Graphic Design Professors
from abroad, who are new USA immigrants, to Duluth
2000-2001 Spoke at Prof. Lettenstrom's class, "Creating Across Cultures" and
showed my Internment work. Teaching a Master of Fine Arts Seminar on "Diversity
in Design" as required by the UM –TC campus. Formed “Faculty
of Color” UMD chapter
in conjunction with other professors of color on campus with the endorsement
of UMD Vice Chancellor and UM- Twin Cities organization
1998-2000 Serve on UMD Commission on Women- Winter and Spring Quarter
1999. Wrote and received Chancellor's Diversity Grant for Spring Quarter
1999 for inviting Hispanic Sculptor and Art Director Jesse Barajas to exhibit
and discuss his work
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