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EDUCATION

Fulbright Research Scholar in Italy, (2006-2007) Rome, Italy. Universitá La Sapienza.
State University of New York at Buffalo, (2004-2006) Buffalo NY. Master of Fine Arts.
State University of New York at Buffalo, (1995-1998) Buffalo NY. Master of Arts in  Humanities.
Pratt Institute, (1986-1989) Brooklyn, NY. Bachelors of Fine Arts in painting.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

State University of New York at Buffalo. Media Study Department. Buffalo, NY, (1996 – 2006)  Adjunct Professor: Intermediate Film Prod. (Fall 1998-Spring 2005), Advanced Film-making  (Fall 1998-Spring 2006), Film History I (Spring 2004), Film Analysis II (Fall 2004)
Fredonia State University, Fredonia, New York. (June 2004) Latino Youth TV Workshop.  Co-Instructor: Intensive 2 week workshop for Latino Youth from the Dunkirk, NY area.
Buffalo Media Resources, Buffalo, New York. Media Production Workshops.  Instructor: Children’s Video Camp (Nov. 2004), 16mm Film-making Workshop
(1998 – present)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Cinematographer/Editor, (2005-Present)
Media Programer, (2006-Present) Open Video Projects, a video archive based in Rome, Italy that facilitates video art/film screenings throughout the city of Rome and abroad.
Media Producer, (1999-2006) The Ricecooker Productions, Inc. Film and Video Production, Post-Production. Buffalo, New York. – Television commercials, independent productions and website design
Art Gallery Curator, (1992-1993) Acefalo Art Gallery, Palermo, Italy
Independent Visual Artist, (1990-Present) Europe and United States. I exhibit original artwork and I have pieces in private collections, galleries, and public spaces.

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

Channels Documentary Grant Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo NY, 2011.
Fulbright Fellowship for filmmaking to Italy, 2006-2007.
Miquel Vinciguerra Filmmaking Grant, Italy, 2006
Tonawanda Arts Council, 2006, Tonawanda, New York
Arts Council, Buffalo and Erie County, 2004, Erie County, New York.
Niagara Arts Council, 2003 & 2001, Niagara County, New York.
Experimental Television Center Finishing Grant, 2001, Ithaca, New York.
Pan Am 2001, Woman’s Pavilion Project Fund, 2001, Buffalo, New York.
Visual Studies Workshop Regrant, 1997, Rochester, New York.

CONFERENCES

Gender Across Borders II: Research Subjects 2006, SUNY at Buffalo, NY, April 22, 2006. Curated screening “Obsidian Frames” and screened my film “Medea”.
Mid Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association 15^th Annual Conference, Buffalo, NY, Nov. 6, 2004. Title of panel: “Music & Culture, The Beat Goes On” -Presented paper and screened documentary video: “Buffalo and All That Jazz”.
XIII International Oral History Conference, Memory and Globalization, Rome, Italy, June 2004. Title of panel: “Re-conjuring the muse: memory through the machine”. Presented original paper: “Documenting Women In Black”. Screened Documentary video: “Women In Black, Buffalo, NY”
The Rutgers University Italian Film Conference, Newark, NJ. Oct. 1996 . “Focusing the Kaleidoscope of Italian Film: Literary, Social, and Cultural Perspectives”. Title of panel: “A Question of Language”. Presented original paper titled: “Corporeal Language in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorema”.

COLLECTIONS

Gallerie Moretti & Moretti, France. Gallery collection.
The Town of Aspra (PA), Italy. Community mural project.
Galleria Acefalo, Bagheria (PA), Italy. Permanent collection, paintings and sculptures.
Galleria Atelier Piero Montana. Palermo, Italy. Permanent collection, paintings.
French Cultural Center, Palermo, Italy. Permanent collection, painting.

AWARDS

Best Cinematography for “Tesseract” by Geoffrey Alan Rhodes at Jetro Filmu International Film Festival, 2005, Warsaw, Poland.
Certificate of Recognition Teaching Award, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2005
Best Documentary at the US Super8 Film and Digital Video Festival, Rutgers, NJ. For “Women In Black, Buffalo”(2003), Part of “The War Show” by Termite TV. 02-2004

PRESS

Ninno Marchesano, “O’Curt: cento film a Grenoble e al Pan”, La Rebublica, Feb. 6, 2008.
Vogel, Charity, “Protest, Women In Black: In an hour, a silent witness for Peace”, Buffalo News, July 20, 2003.
Oddo, Laura, “Arte di Confine a Bagheria con Castiglione e Mistretta”, L’ORA, April 9, 1992.
Valenza, Emilia, “Cenere al Servizio dell’Arte”, Giornale di Sicilia, April 27, 1991.
Oddo, Laura, “Misteri Antichi per due Giovani Artisti”, L’ORA, April 27, 1991.

PUBLICATIONS

“Documenting Women In Black” in Historia, Antropología y Fuentes Orales (2005). 3^rd Época, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. pg. 151.