Institute for Creativity, Art and Technology + Virginia Tech
+ Blacksburg, VA
+ 8 / 2019 – 1 / 2022
Research Assistant for a cross-disciplinary research program producing large-scale mixed reality performances and installations based in the unique Moss Center for the Arts in Blacksburg, VA. Developed curriculum and taught foundational new media for non-majors course. Adapted original story for Snapchat Snap Creative AR narrative challenge. Led multi-user Mixed Reality storytelling research project in partnership with Dalhousie University.
Creative Director
Knight Foundation + Miami, FL + 3 / 2010 – 2 / 2015
Guided a dramatic strategic transformation and rebranding of the foundation. Collaborated with colleagues to design grantmaking strategies and experiences. Grew online and offline presence into an influential hub of innovators, artists and community engagement practitioners. Concepted and executed hundreds of events, campaigns, panels, trade show booths, reports, contests and storytelling experiences.
Designer / Digital Communications Director
ACLU + New York, NY + 10 / 2005 - 3 / 2010
Ushered the organization into the first wave of the Social Web. Managed the brand experience across the wide-reaching organization with competing priorities. Built a network of collaborators to work closely with our in-house team on influential media and advocacy experiences to support legal, fundraising and advocacy goals. Developed targeted outreach and engagement with data and analytics.
Partner
Pickathon + Portland, OR + 8 / 1999 – 8 / 2015
Founding partner of innovative music festival which evolved as a distinct brand of community incubator for artist, guest, media and sustainability experiments. Infused organizing best practices and multi-modal engagement with custom developed digital systems. Implemented zero-waste initiatives.
EDUCATION
MFA Creative Technologies, Virginia Tech University, 2021
BS Telecommunications, University of Kentucky, 1998
Exhibits, Press, Speaking, Awards, Etc.
2022 Exhibit
+ Trashbot 5000
+ Institute for Creativity, Art and Technology, Virginia Tech
+ Blacksburg, VA
2021 Exhibit
+ Opossum Theater
+ iiiPoints Festival
+ Miami, FL
2021 Award
+ The Story of Dirk and Chip, Official Selection, Chattanooga Film Festival
+ Chattanooga, TN
2021 Award
+ The Story of Dirk and Chip, Official Selection, Berlin Lift-Off Festival
+ Berlin, Germany
2021 Award
+ Official Selection, Montreal Independent Film Festival
+ Montreal, Canada
2021 Presenter
+ Institute for Creativity, Art and Technology, Virginia Tech
+ Blacksburg, VA
2021 Press
+ VT News
+ Creative technologies Master of Fine Arts program broadens skills for students
+ Virginia Tech
+ Blacksburg, VA
2021 Award
+ Best Parody Short, Best Student Short, Best Student Director
+ Independent Shorts Awards
+ Los Angeles, CA
2020 Exhibit
+ Snap Creative Challenge, ACM IMX
+ Barcelona, ESP
2020 Exhibit
+ Open at the Source 2020: Visionary Force, Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology
+ Blacksburg, VA
2019 Exhibit
+ Augmented Mural, iiiPoints Music Festival
+ Miami, FL
2019 Exhibit
+ Woodstock at 50, NYU Gallatin School
+ New York, NY
2018 Exhibit
+ Catharsis on the Mall
+ Sound Reactive Narrative Installation
+ Washington, DC
2018 Exhibit
+ Eaton Workshop Human Progress Festival
+ Sound Reactive Narrative Installation
+ Washington, DC
2018 Exhibit
+ Pickathon Cosmos
+ Projection Mapping / Generative Art Program
+ Portland, OR
2017 Press
+ Vice . Creators Project
+ A Magical Coral Orgy Took Over Miami's New World Center
2017 Exhibit
+ New World Center for the Arts
+ Architecture Mapping Installation
+ Miami, FL
2016 Press
+ Live Taos
+ Parse Seco, Showing Up
2016 Exhibit
+ Parse Seco
+ Wild Beast
+ Projection Mapping and Narrative Interactive Installation
+ Taos, NM
2016 Press
+ Highsnobiety
+ Here’s an Exclusive Look Inside Philly Radness, the Skateable Art Exhibition
2016 Press
+ Philadelphia Inquirer
+ At Drexel, it's an art gallery and interactive skate park
2016 Exhibit
+ Philly Radness
+ Generative Art Installation
+ Leonard Pearlstein Gallery
+ Philadelphia, PA
2016 Exhibit
+ Infiltrate 17.0
+ Miami Music Week 2016
+ Sound Reactive Installation & VR
+ Miami, FL
2016 Exhibit
+ Ultra Music Festival
+ Sound Reactive Installation & VR
+ Miami, FL
2016 Exhibit
+ Filmgate VR Pavilion
+ Filmgate Interactive
+ Miami, FL
2016 Panelist
+ SXSW Interactive 2016
+ StoryNext VR Roundtable
+ Austin, TX
2016 Panelist
+ SXSW Interactive 2016
+ Time Warner Kernel Everywhere TV Lounge
+ Austin, TX
2016 Exhibit
+ YoungArts Jazz, Skateboarding, New Media
+ Interactive projection mapping collaboration
+ Miami, FL
2016 Portlandia
Season 6, Episode 1 "Pickathon"
+ Season premiere of IFC hit show filmed at Pickathon 2015
2015 Curator / Exhibit
+ Intercontinental Hotel Miami
+ Digital Arts Showcase
+ Winter 2015-2016 Show + Miami, FL
2015 Presenter
+ Drexel University's Westphal College’s Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies
+
Applying Design Lecture Series
+ Philadelphia, PA
2015 Jurist
+ University of Florida College of the Arts
+ FACC Juried Arts Exhibition Visiting Jurist
+ Gainesville, FL
2015 Curator / Designer
+ O, Miami Poetry Festival x InterContinental Hotel,
Interactive Art Show
+ Miami, FL
2015 Press
+ Henry Rollins
+ Ty Segall / King Tuff Live at Pickathon
2015 Press
+ Pitchfork
+ Ty Segall and King Tuff to Release Split Live Album, Share Tracks and Video
2015 Executive Producer
+ 'Live at Pickathon' Vinyl Collection
+ Easy Sound Records
+ Los Angeles, CA
2015 Knight Foundation SXSW Party Creative Direction
+ SXSW Interactive
+ Austin, TX
2015 Associate Producer
+ Pickathon Video channels
+
NPR, Grist, Bluegrass Situation, Aquarium Drunkard
2014 Exhibit
+ Borscht Film Festival
+ Interactive Planetarium Musical Performance
+ Frost Museum of Science
+ Miami, FL
2014 Press
+ Journalism.co.uk
+ Knight Foundation's Guide to Interactive Storytelling
2014 Exhibit
+ Art Basel 2014
+ Sound Reactive Musical Performance w/ Rodrigo Amarante
+ FIU-Wolfsonian Museum
+ Miami, FL
2014 Press
+ New York Times
+ Photos From the Pickathon Music Festival
2014 Press
+ Paste Magazine
+ Pickathon is Not a Dream
2014 Exhibit
+ Planetary Radness, Interactive Installation
+ Magic Planet Exhibit + Frost Museum of Science
+ Miami, FL
2014 Presenter
+ Online News Association
+ Chicago, IL
2014 Press
+ Time Magazine
+ 14 Music Festivals to Check Out in 2014
2014 Participant / Staff
+ MIT Civic Media Conference
+ MIT Center for Civic Media
+ Cambridge, MA
2014 Presenter
+ Grantmakers in the Arts
+ Storytelling is a Muscle
+ Miami, FL
2014 Press
+ Fusion Television Network
+ Fusion Live: Boss of Me, Interview
2014 Participant
+ Sundance New Frontiers Program, Flash Lab
+ New World Center for the Arts
+ Miami, FL
2013 Presenter
+ SND Louisville
+ Society of News Design
+ Louisville, KY
2013 Press
+ Communications Network
+ It's Okay to Have Fun
2013 Press
+ Wired
+ Clickin' at Pickin/ Festival in the Oregon Woods
2013 Press
+ Vice
+ Pickathon Rethinks the Music Festival
2013 Press + Grist + Can a music festival be sustainable? Pickathon is finding out
2013 Exhibit + Phenomenal Radness + Installation + Miami Design District + Miami, FL
2013 Exhibit + The Making of … Live, curated .GIF SFMOMA + San Francisco, CA
2013 Participant / Co-Producer + TED Digital Community Convening + Long Beach, CA
2013 Participant / Co-Producer The GovLab + NYU
+ New York, NY
2013 Presenter / Conference Design + Media Learning Seminar + Miami, FL
2013 Press + Rolling Stone + The Best of the Summer Fests
2012 Gallery Exhibition + Erasey Page + Collaboration w / Jillian Mayer
+ Bass Museum + Miami FL
2012 Participant / Co-Producer + MIT Civic Media Conference + MIT Center for Civic Media + Cambridge, MA
2011 Press + Knight Mozilla News Innovation Partnership
2011 Presenter + Knight Arts Advisory Council + Aspen, CO
2011 Actor + The Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke
+ Sundance, SXSW, in Miami Art Museum permanent collection
2010 Press + NC State School of Humanities and Social Sciences + Knight Foundation: Extending the reach
2010 Presenter / Staff + MIT Civic Media Conference + MIT Center for Civic Media + Cambridge, MA
2009 Press + The Oregonian + Pickathon goes from picnic to full-blown festival, but stays true to its roots
2008 Presenter + Computers, Freedom and Policy + New Haven, CT
2008 Presenter + ACLU National Staff Conference + Los Angeles, CA
2006 Exhibit + WRFL / Synaesthesia Fest + Lexington, KY
2005 Official Selection Sundance Online Film Festival
2005 Official SXSW Best Educational Site
2005 PBS-Independent Lens Selection
2005 Batten Online Journalism Awards Notable Site
2005 WEBBY Worthy Selection
