Resumé

 

Caroline E.  Savage

752 S. Warnock St

Philadelphia, PA 19147

717-701-1609 cell

email: savage.caroline@gmail.com

www.carolinesavage.net

Education


San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA                          1974-1979

M.F.A., Film;  B.F.A., Photography

SUNY, Binghamton, Binghamton, NY                          1968-1972

B.A., Art History


Teaching


San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA2005-

Visiting Artist in Filmmaking

Courses: Introductory Film , Expanded Cinema and Survey of Contemporary Film and Video


University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA2004

Adjunct Faculty, Course: History of Avant-Garde Cinema and Video


York College, York, PA2004

Adjunct Faculty, Photography


Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA            2001-

Visiting Artist, Art and Art History Department, Photography, Digital Media and Freshman Seminar


San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA         1987, 1988-89

Visiting Artist in Filmmaking


San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA      1980, 1987

Adjunct Professor, Film Department.


Univ. of San Francisco/Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA                             1978-1980

Adjunct Professor, B.F.A Program, Film/Video


Administrative


Executive Director, San Francisco Cinematheque2006 - 2008

Directed all fundraising, programming and advocacy activities of experimental cinema showcase


Development Consultant, Alarm Will Sound, Chamber orchestra ensemble 2007-


Track Co-Chair, Ingenuity Track, NAMAC Conference, Philadelphia, PA2005


Juror, Golden Gate Awards, SF International Film Festival                     2005


Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Harrisburg, PA      1992-2003

Program Director 3, Film & Electronic Media, Art Museums, Interdisciplinary Arts, Crafts, Visual Arts, Art Service Organizations, & Individual Artists’ Programs

Review, analyze and process grant applications from major exhibition and arts service non-profits and individual artists.


San FranciscoF Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA                           1987-1988

Operations Assistant


Eye Music: Filmworks Series Inc., San Francisco, CA       1986-1987

Co-curator and director,  “Light Currents,” an arts and science interdisciplinary series at the Exploratorium.



Related Creative Activities


Film/Video Collaborator, Squonk Opera, Pittsburgh, PA                2004

“Rodeo Smackdown,” an interdisciplinary theater-work.


Juror, Artist Residencies, Studio for Creative Inquiry,

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA                                2003


Community Arts Worker                                     1990-2005

Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA 


Artworks       


Filmography

Agitated Light Transparencies. Super8 to video. 2007. 10 min.

Lumiere ReMix.16mm to video. 2007. 3 min.

Traveling Diary:Circular Songs. MiniDV. 2005. 8:23min

Exact Resemblance. Film/Video. 2005. 6:17min.

Dinner Talk. Minidv, 2005.5 min.

Finding the Garden in the Machine: Voyeur/Voyage. MiniDV.2004. 4.3min.

Observations: RED.  MiniDV/ s8 film.2004 3min

Land Burn. MiniDV/S8 Film. 2004-05. 7 min.

Bruised Flowers. MiniDV/S8 Film. 2004 5min.

American Past Trilogy. MiniDV/16mm film. 2004.13min

Surveyed Conversation. MiniDV. 2003. 5 min

White Out Train. MiniDV. 2003. 4 min.

Snow Flow. Super 8/MiniDV. 1999. 2:45 min

Traveling Light. Super 8. 1998 3 min.

Negative Space. Super 8. 1987. 3min.

Historical View. Super 8. 1986. 3min.

Passed. 16mm. 1983. 3min.

2-Function Swing. 1982. 16mm and Super8

Light Following. 16mm. 1979. 4min.

Voyeur. 16mm. 1977. 7min.

Channels. 16mm. 1976. 4min.

California Street Steps. 16mm. 1976


Exhibition Highlights


2005 Solo Show, “Cinema Shadows,” Goodyear Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

2005, “Exact Resemblance,” Juror’s Citation, Black Maria Film Festival, Trenton, NJ

2005, PHOTOWORK, Art of the State, Pa State art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, June 18 – September 12, 2005.

2005  FILM, Finalist, US 8mm Film Festival, Rutgers University, NJ, February 2005

2004  FILM, Group Show, SF Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA, November 18, 2004

2004  FILM, One-Person Show, Berks Filmmakers, Reading, PA, October 25, 2004

2004  FILM,  “American Past Trilogy: Nostalgia and Forgotten,” Video/Photography Installation, Faculty Show, Goodyear Gallery, Dickinson College, 2/7 –3/1.

2004  FILM, Alternative Processing Award, “Snow Flow,” SF Art Institute Film Festival, San Francisco, 

2003  PHOTOWORK, “Star Gazer Cocoon,” Art of the State, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, June 15 – September 12, 2003.

2003   PHOTOWORK, Faculty Exhibition, Dickinson College, 2/14 – 2/28.

2002   PHOTOWORK, “Stone Bench, Sebastopol, CA,” Art of the State, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, June 15 – September 7, 2002.

2002    FILM,  “Snow Flow,” Finalist, 14th Annual US Super 8mm Film & Digital Video Festival, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, February 16-17, 2002.

1999    FILM,  “Traveling Light,” Juror citation, United States Super 8 mm Film/Video Festival, February 19-21,1999.

1998PHOTOWORKS,  “Land-Transformed,” North Street Gallery, Harrisburg, PA

1987FILMS,“ Jerry’s Drive-In,” Capp Street Project, SF, CA

            1982   PHOTOWORKS, “Annual Photography Competition,” University of Santa Clara, CA

            1981   FILMS,  “Survey of Avant-Garde Film,” Anthology Film Archives, NYC, NY

1980    FILMS, “A Tribute to South of Market Filmmakers,” SF, CA

1977FILM, Award for Voyeur, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI


Awards and Collections

2005 Individual Artist Fellowship, Media Arts,  Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

2005 Juror’s Citation, “Exact Resemblance, Black Maria Film Festival, Trenton, NJ

2005 Finalist, US 8mm Film Festival, Rutgers University, NJ, February 2005

2004 Alternative Processing Award, “Snow Flow,” SF Art Institute Film Festival, San Francisco, 

2002 Finalist, “Snow Flow,” Finalist, 14th Annual US Super 8mm Film & Digital Video Festival, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

1999 Juror citation “Traveling Light,”, United States Super 8 mm Film/Video Festival, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Voyeur, Cash Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1977, Ann Arbor, MI

Voyeur, Light Following, Louis B. Mayer Production Grant, 1977, 1978, San Francisco, CA

Photograph in collection of William O. Barrett, former President, San Francisco Art Institute

Films in Louis B. Mayer Collection, Anne Bremer Memorial Library, San Francisco Art Institute