visiting MediaWorks at The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA - - photo by Julia Zay 2005
: Bridget Irish :
Curating, Teaching & Workshop Facilitation Experience
Artist's Lectures/Presentations
Education & Training
curator/programmer for film and video:
2007
24th Annual Olympia Film Festival: Cine-X and Local Shorts Showcase - Capitol Theater, Olympia WA
2004
21st Annual Olympia Film Festival's Cine-X Expanded Cinema Series including Local & Visiting Artists and an Int'l Shorts Showcase - Capitol Theater/The Mark, Olympia WA
Brave New Shorts from the Queer Frontier* - Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA
[*A one-evening screening to complement NEOQUEER exhibit at CoCA Feb-March 2004]
2003
20th Annual Olympia Film Festival's Cine-X Expanded Cinema Visiting Artists Series and Showcase of Int'l Short Films and Videos - Capitol Theater/The Mark, Olympia WA
2002
Homo A GoGo I - Capitol Theater/Midnight Sun, Olympia WA
Progression Project One - Boise State University, Idaho
2000
LADYFEST {the original} - 11 different film & video programs - Capitol Theater/Midnight Sun, Olympia WA
teaching:
2008
New Media Studies: Audio/Video Production and Performance (adjunct faculty, co-teaching with Isaac Overcast) - The Evergreen State College - Olympia WA
2003-2004
Performance with/in Film and Video, Super 8 Filmmaking - Olympia Film Ranch - Olympia WA
1998-1999
History of Avant-Garde Film (Professor's Assistant for undergraduate class) - Department of Rhetoric - UC Berkeley, CA
1998
Beginning Video - ASUC Art Studio - UC Berkeley, CA
1996-1999
New Genres; Fine Art Film (Teacher's Assistant) - San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1990-1992
Animation Lab Aide/16mm Media Loan Tech - The Evergreen State College - Olympia WA
workshop facilitator:
2004
Scratch Punch Paint: Hand's-On Filmmaking with 16mm - 4th Annual Flaming Film Festival - Minneapolis, MN
Between and Beyond the 12 Steps - 4th Annual Flaming Film Festival - Minneapolis, MN
2003
Cultural Diversity Calendar Project - Gateways for Incarcerated Youth, Green Hills High School - Chehalis, WA
Substance Abuse: Resources, Recovery and Self-Care - Queer Youth Rights' Bend-It Extravaganza - Seattle, WA
2002
Substance Abuse: Resources, Recovery and Self-Care - Homo A GoGo I - Olympia, WA
Performing at Ladyfest Midwest (2001) / video still - The Artist's Feet (2001)
artist/curator presentations:
2007
24th Annual Olympia Film Festival: Feminist Video Art of the '70s - Capitol Theater, Olympia WA (with Colleen Dixon)
The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA - undergraduate class: New Media Studies
2005
City of Olympia Arts Commission Artist Forum: The Moving Image - Olympia WA
The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA - undergraduate program: MediaWorks
2004
Saint Martin's College, Lacey WA - undergraduate class: The Beauty Trap: American Culture's Challenge to Feminism
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL - undergraduate class: Microcinema and the Short
2003
The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA - artist's lecture during Women's History Month
2002
Boise State University, Idaho - Progression Project One Conference - presented curated program
of short films and videos by various women artists as well as selection of own work
1998
UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA - undergraduate class: Beginning Photography
education and training
Certificate 2001 - Chemical Dependency and Domestic Violence
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence 10th Annual Conference Sept 23-25 - Wenatchee, Washington
MFA 2001 - New Genres/Film
San Francisco Art Institute - San Francisco, California
BA 1992 - Moving Image and Visual Arts / Writing / Experimental Literature
The Evergreen State College - Olympia, Washington
Certificate 1985 - Floral Design and Business Management
The Western School for Floral Design - Portland, Oregon
moving image l performance l single frame
new projects l past projects
press
published work l recordings l collections
Bridget Irish
P.O. Box 2372
Olympia WA 98507
united states
bridget_irish (at) riseup.net
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