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                               Sara Ann Kurpiers Blaylock

                               Northampton, MA

                               sarakblaylock@yahoo.com






Education


2006                              California College of the Arts // Bachelor of Fine Arts, Media Arts

2000 / 2003                 University of Wisconsin - Madison // Studies in Studio Art and Philosophy


Awards and Honors


2007                              Berkeley Video and Film Festival // Honorable Mention, Experimental Film

2006                              Berkeley Video and Film Festival // Honorable Mention, Student Filmmaker
                                       Greater Reston Arts Center // Image selected to represent group exhibition


Selected Exhibitions, Screenings, and Performances


2008                              Romania // Muuuvi - International Short Film Festival
                                       Amherst Books, Amherst, MA // "Variety Show"
                                       Oakland, CA // Introduction to Film

2007                              Northampton, MA // "Little Holiday Tylenol"
                                       Blank Space, Oakland CA // "Holidayland"
                                       Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley CA // "Film and Video at CCA"
                                       Blank Space, Oakland CA // "Elision"
                                       Oliver Art Center, Oakland CA // "Media Arts Now"

2006                              North Gallery, CCA, Oakland CA // "All Our Hearts"
                                       Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley CA // "Bay Area Student Works"
                                       Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley CA // Berkeley Small Film Festival
                                       Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston VA // "Languages of Silence "
                                       Rock Paper Scissors, Oakland CA // Under 10 Film Festival
                                       Lobot, Oakland CA // "The Virus Show"
                                       SomArts, San Francisco CA // "Fling"
                                       Boontling Gallery, Oakland CA // "Overhung/Hungover"

2005                              ATA, San Francisco CA // "Hello Hello"
                                       North South Gallery, CCA, Oakland CA // "In the Suisse"
                                       CCA, Oakland CA // Interface

2003                              The Orpheum, Madison WI // "Absinthe IV"
                                       The Red Gym, University of Wisconsin - Madison// "Light/Line"
                                       The Orpheum, Madison WI // "Absinthe III"
                                       The Orpheum, Madison WI // "Absinthe II"


Curatorial Experience


2008                              aPlod #12 // Bi-monthly literary and arts zine, editor

2007                              Blank Space, Oakland CA // "Elision"
                                       Rock Paper Scissors, Oakland CA // "Get Your Video On"


Publications


2008                              aPlod #5 // Bi-monthly literary and arts zine, contributor
                                       aPlod #12 // Bi-monthly literary and arts zine, editor

2007 / Present             Articulated Gaze // Self-published film blog
                                       http://www.articulatedgaze.blogspot.com

2007                              Glitter Pony Magazine // Internet based literary and arts magazine, contributor
                                      
http://www.glitterponymag.com


Teaching and Lectures


2008                              Guest Lecturer // English Composition, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
                                       Assistant Instructor // Introduction to Final Cut Pro, Amherst College
                                       Assistant Instructor // Video Production, Amherst College

2007                              Guest Lecturer // Advanced Sculpture, CCA Oakland, CA


Employment and Internship History


08.2008 / Present       Classroom Technology Specialist // Amherst College

07.2007 / 2008           Classroom Technology Aide // Amherst College

2006 / 2007                 Studio Assistant // Lynn Marie Kirby , San Francisco CA

2006                              Program Intern and Volunteer // Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin CA

2005 / 2007                 Studio Assistant // Jim Campbell, San Francisco CA

2005 / 2006                 Installation Intern and Volunteer // Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA

2004 / 2006                 Undergraduate Exhibitions Assistant // CCA, Oakland CA