Curriculum Vitæ
EDUCATION University of New Mexico, Albuquerque: PhD ABD, Art History. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque: M.A., Art History. University of Nevada, Las Vegas: B.A., Art History with minor Continental Philosophy. |
TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 1997 to 2010 COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA. Las Vegas. 1991 to 1996 UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS. 1989 - 1991 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE 1985 - 1989 UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS. 1985 to 1988 COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA. |
EXHIBITIONS (select)
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MEDIA PROJECTS Loss of the Wild. Written, Directed, Filmed documentary about an imperiled landscape and watershed in Southern Nevada. Will be used by the Desert Wetland Conservancy. Filming near completion. The Goldwell Project. Film documentary about Goldwell, Nevada and European artists who make art in the Mojave Desert. Director, videographer and writer for project. In production. Completion date 2010. Bagan. Film documentary about village life around the temples of Bagan, Myanmar. Sukhothai: Dawn of Hapiness. Short documentary about the history of Sukhothai Buddhist architecture in relation to modern-day Buddhist practice in this area of Thailand. In production. Partial funding from Tourism Authority of Thailand. Hutong 798. Documentary about the relationships between the destruction of historical architecture in Beijing, China with the rise of contemporary art. Two years of research complete; preliminary video footage made. e-Motion Productions, Las Vegas, Nevada. Interviewed for film documentary about artist Robert Beckmann. Co-wrote script. 2005. Michael Hoff Productions, San Francisco. Interviewed for documentary series about Las Vegas. Produced for Equator HD, a High Definition cable channel. 2004. A&E Network. “Las Vegas: Gamble in the Desert,” and “Las Vegas: House of Cards.” Consultant and researcher for series about the history of Las Vegas. Originally broadcast December 1996. PBS New York affiliate WNET. “Going Places.” Associate Producer for one hour travelogue about Las Vegas. Also served as on-camera host. Originally broadcast March 1997. BBC Radio, London. Interviewed for series about the culture and architecture of Las Vegas. July 1995. CNN Television. Interviewed about the opening of Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. August 1993. |
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PUBLIC LECTURES “Zabriski Point: Why Ansel Adams Went There.” Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California. May 2009. “l’Authentique: French Photography of the Second Empire.” Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California. April 2009. “Songlines: Photographs of a Globetrotter.” Public presentation of recent research and photographs for the Cultural Affairs Department, City of Las Vegas, Nevada. February 2009. “Architainement: A Personal History of Las Vegas Casino Architecture.” On-going lectures for Speaker’s Bureau, College of Southern Nevada. 2002 – 2008. “Landscape Photography in a Time of Global Climate Change.” University of San Diego, History of Photography class. 2007, 2008. “Songlines: Photographs of a Globetrotter.” Presentation of recent research and photographs to members of the Sunrise Hospital medical staff. Las Vegas, Nevada. February 2005. “Art and Artifice in Las Vegas: The Casino Landscape.” Lecture series at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. June 2004. “History of Las Vegas Casino Architecture.” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Presentation to visiting members of the museum board. February 2004. “The Personalities of the Las Vegas Strip.” Scripps Institute. Lecture to visiting academics, January 2004. “Desert Beginnings, Desert Endings.” Discussion of photography of the Las Vegas Wash. CHAC, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 2002. “Herbert Beyer in Las Vegas.” Gallery talk on exhibition of photographs and drawings of Bauhaus artist Herbert Beyer. Smallworks Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada. 1999. “Photographers and the Nuclear Landscape: Documenting the Unseen.” Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. November 1995. Lecture in conjunction with exhibition of photographs by Carole Gallagher, “American Ground Zero.” “Casino Landscape." Cornell University trip to Las Vegas, 1995. “Las Vegas, The Postmodern Garden." Plenary speaker for the American Culture Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1994. "The Photographs of Ansel Adams: Claude Glass of Yosemite." Conference of the Western Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1994. "The Implosion of the Dunes Hotel: Context of Meaning." Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1993. "Iconography of Sexuality in the Western Tradition." Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1993. "Van Gogh: Arles and Discontent." Las Vegas Unitarian Church, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1993. "Art and Guardianship." Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1993. Moderated symposium panel which included Charles Ross, Peter Goin, Alan Sekula, Michelle Stuart and Suzi Gablik. "Sources of Beauty in Landscape Photography." Photographic Arts of Nevada, 1992. “The Poetics of Ansel Adams: Philosophical and Aesthetic Origins." The History of Photography Group, SPE, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1991. "Traditions of Southwest Landscape Art." lecture series for the International Elderhostel Organization, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1991. "Photographs of the Fontainebleau Forest: Poetics and Documents." University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, 1991. "Earth Art: Pilgrimage into the Past, into the Self." University of New Mexico, 1990. "Traditions of Southwest Landscape Art." lecture series for the International Elderhostel Organization, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1990. "The Photographic Changes of Minor White." Visiting Lecturer. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1990. "'Furyu ': a Facet of My Photography." University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1990. "The Hindu Influences on Wassily Kandinsky's Painting: 1910-1914." University of New Mexico, 199 "The Meaning of the Void: Wassily Kandinsky and Minor White," University of New Mexico, 1989. "Journey Without End," Clark County Community College, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1989. "The Art of Medical Practice," American Society of Orthopedic Surgeons, Annual Conference, Las Vegas Nevada, 1989. "Trends in Contemporary Color Photography," Nevada Camera Club, 1989. "Photography: An Aspect of Modernism," University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1988. "Barbizon and the Fontainebleau Forest: A Contemporary Response," Clark County Community College, 1988. "Photographic Syntax," Nevada Artist's Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1986. "Understanding the Language of Photography," Nevada Artist's Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1986. "Photographing in the Baja Peninsula," San Diego, California, 1984. "Alternate Processes for the Creative Photographer," West Palm Beach, Florida, 1983. |
