JAIMIE WARREN [email protected] | | 816-582-4066 | 1267 Atlantic Avenue #2L, Brooklyn, NY 11216
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JAIMIE WARREN [email protected] | www.dontyoufeelbetter.com | www.whoopdeedoo.tv 816-582-4066 | 1267 Atlantic Avenue #2L, Brooklyn, NY 11216 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2018 Beam Center Brooklyn, NY • Director of FLUX Arts Programming for middle- and elementary-school children at BEAM summer arts camp • Created weekly public access television show with two separate groups of 15-25 students each week, creating seven full episodes • Lead the storyboarding and designation of roles including set designers, cinematographers, directors, stage crew, etc. • Designed final exhibition and public program for students and the public 2017-2018 Dia: Beacon Beacon, NY • Freelance Arts Instructor, hired on project basis for performance-based youth and family programming • Created original curriculum for students of all ages, ranging from costume design and performance to video work, audio and lighting design • Curriculum was designed for the Dia’s “Community Free Day” open public programming for families, as well as an open collaborative project for children at the Dia Annual Spring Benefit 2017-2018 Franklin Furnace Brooklyn, NY • After-school arts instructor through Franklin Furnace, teaching 20 elementary school students at PS 185 • Working in small groups, students designed sets, costumes and props under a specific theme, and worked together to create a narrative, characters, and designated roles to design a live performance • Students worked to storyboard, practicing acting, create a multitude of objects using paint, paper mache, fabrics and paper sculpture, and worked large-scale for a theater setting for a live audience 2016-2017 Brooklyn Arts Council Brooklyn, NY • BAC SU-CASA Artist-in-Residence Award for community arts initiative engaging with seniors in a living center • BAC teaching artist for elementary school students in NYC public school PS376, creating course curriculum for digital media class • Working with accessible materials to create unique art objects • Designing culminating public programs connecting and engaging the public • Attending a variety of Professional Development workshops and lectures guided by the Brooklyn Arts Council 2016-2017 NurtureArt Brooklyn, NY • Create full class and curriculum for free after-school art programming for high school students in NYC public high school PS290 • Re-create pre-existing artistic content using conventional and accessible materials • Teach artistic, technical and developmental skills in the areas of sculpture, set design, painting and filming • Storyboard and designate roles including actors, set designers, cinematographers, directors, etc. • Design final exhibition and public program for students and the public 2016-2017 New York Studio Residency Program New York, NY • Mentor for multiple college students during their 6-month residency through the School of Visual Arts (SVA) • Work with Program Director and artist William Powhida to provide multiple one-on-one studio visits and general mentorship throughout the semester • Provide artist and image inspiration and advice corresponding to their personal artwork and artistic goals 2016 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA • Create curriculum for week-long workshop series with students in “Activated Anamorphs” class • Work with students to re-work my performance series and design new performance elements • Teach performance and choreography, costume-creation and design methods • Lead a performance with students in front of a live audience at the Andy Warhol Museum • Performative Artist Lecture open to all students at CMU 2016 MoMA - Museum of Modern Art: In the Making New York, NY • Whoop Dee Doo (Matt Roche & Jaimie Warren) taught a six-week course for NYC high school students ages 13-19 to conceive, design, and create a collaborative public performance from scratch • Created curriculum for 18 sessions, including field trips, off-site programs, guest artists and final exhibition • Collaborated with multiple community organizations on interactive performance and music installations • Lead workshops and lessons that included set design, storyboarding, event coordination, garment design and construction, prop construction, lighting design, filming and editing • Course culminated with a live performance and installation, exhibited in the MoMA Ed. galleries at the conclusion of the season 2016 Creative Art Works New York, NY • Create full class and curriculum for free after-school art programming for middle school students in East Harlem whose schools do not provide art programming • Teach artistic, technical and developmental skills in the areas of sculpture, photography, painting and animation • Design final exhibition for students and families at El Barrio’s Artspace 109 2016 High Line Education Department: “Make It…” Workshop & Live Performance Series New York, NY • Overseeing 6-month workshop with elementary school students to create concepts for live shows on the High Line • Collaborating with multiple community groups on public performance projects • Working with teen interns from City As School to lead them in creating elementary school curriculum • Creating a series of installations, sets, props, and costumes for five live shows • Designing and leading a collaborative art component for families, scheduled for 300+ participants of all ages 2016 Art21 Educators: Summer Institute, Joan Mitchell Foundation New York, NY • Leading workshop and live performance for 30+ educators during the Art21 Educators Summer Institute • Taught methods for working with youth, as well as crafting accessible art-making processes • Designed and executed an 8-hour workshop, creating a full-scale installation from concept to creation • Lectured for teachers regarding community-based and inclusive art practices 2014-2016 Beam Center Brooklyn, NY • Art Instructor for multiple courses (full-day and multiple-session), designing projects for students ages 7-16 • Artweek Camp Designer/Director, leading multiple teachers under a specific theme for various weeks during summer camp classes • Oversaw workshops focused on combining handmade objects with performance and video. Course topics have included: Horror Movie Gifs, Heavy Metal Music Videos, Skits and Their Tricks, Omnivorous Plants, and more. • Summer Day Camp Workshop Designer – working with multiple teachers to design lesson plans for week-long themed workshops 2015 New Children’s Museum San Diego, CA • Created curriculum for two summer camp sessions, grades 1st-3rd and grades 4th-6th • Taught several methods of creating sets and costumes using simple materials • Supervised students through the process of creating all sets, props and costumes for the performances • Students collaborated to take on roles as actors, cinematographers and directors to create personalized videos 2015 MoMA - Museum of Modern Art: In the Making New York, NY • Developed and implemented curriculum for class titled “Jaimie Warren’s House of Horrors: Pushing the Boundaries of Performance, Video, and Good Taste” • Class focused on re-creating low-grade special effects from world of B-movie horror films of the 1980’s, using simple and accessible materials • Multiple live performances were orchestrated to energize students and create a non-traditional classroom setting 2015 Abrons Arts Center New York, NY • Fellowship recipient, overseeing a spring course with Abrons Arts Center’s Urban Youth Theater ensemble • 3-month workshop and final exhibition created as a collaboration with high school students and multiple local performers 2015 Museum of Arts & Design New York, NY • Worked with twelve high school students from Alternative Learning Centers through MAD's Arts Reach program • As part of the MAD Museum’s performance series “Making a Scene”, Whoop Dee Doo artists were asked by designer and visual artist Katie Stout to collaborate on a performance responding to her furniture designs • Taught multiple art-making processes, and conceived of the collaborations and installation design with the students • Led 8-day workshop to create a new variety show featuring performances from a cappella group, The Tee-Tones 2013 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH • Course Instructor in the Design, Art, Architecture & Planning Program • In this Special Problems elective at the University of Cincinnati, eleven students worked alongside WDD artists to design and construct a stage set and large-scale installation within the University’s Eisenmann Lecture Hall, a four hundred seat auditorium • Collaborated with high school students from Cincinnati’s Lighthouse Youth Program, as well as the Peruvian folkloric dance group Los Embajadores Peruanos 2011-2012 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Kansas City, MO • ArtReach Instructor, overseeing multiple workshops for students aged 6-12 • Workshops focused on creating self-portraits as re-creations of art historical masterworks • Led inquiry-based tours of the galleries and researched images of famous artworks • Multiple art process taught to create sculptural, paper- and paint-based, or photographic self-portraits • Worked with multiple children with various special needs SELECTED ARTIST TALKS & PERFORMANCES Art in America: NeueHouse, New York, NY Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD American University, Washington, D.C. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Material Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico Museum of Modern Art Education Dept., New York, NY Kunstencentrum BELGIE, Hasselt, Belgium City University of New York, New York, NY Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA Art Los Angeles