carolyngennari.com CAROLYN GENNARI [email protected]

EDUCATION 2017 MFA Candidate, University of Michigan, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI 2008 BA, Art History, Beloit College, Beloit, WI 2007 Course work in cultural studies, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun Hong Kong

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES 2017 Searching For What Isn’t There, Stamps Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 Ne-yu-ning Eit-du-a (Winter Island), Performance, 186 Carpenter, Providence, RI 2016 First year MFA exhibition, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 A Map Has No True Route, Screening, EL Balcón, Central de Abastos Oaxaca, Mexico 2016 Myth of Sedna, Performance, Black Box, Igloolik, NU 2015 Facing Forward, Work gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 2014 The Northwest Passage Imagined, The Morbid Anatomy Museum, New York, NY 2014 The Playhouse, Paine Rd Barn, Foster, RI 2014 The Arctic Theatre Royal, Performance, Grant’s Block, Providence, RI 2014 Paarii and Uinigumasuittuq, Performance, Burnside Park, Providence, RI 2014 The Wonder Show, Performance, Summer Street Dinner Theatre, Providence, RI 2014 The Arctic Theatre Royal, Performance, Roger Williams National Memorial, Providence, RI 2013, Performing the Archive, Performance and Screening, 186 Carpenter 2013 The Romantic Search For Buoyancy, Performance, Adams Memorial Library Central Falls, RI 2013 Gimmie Shimmie, AS220 Foo Fest, Providence, RI 2012 Strange Sites and UnTold Stories, Performance, 95 Empire, Providence, RI 2013 Arctic Tales, Performance, Community Music Works Experimental Music Concert, Providence, RI 2012 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, Performance, Manning Chapel, , Providence, RI

COMMISSIONS 2012 On Mount Rainier, Performance, Museum at School of Design, Providence RI 2018 Searching For What Isn’t There, Performance, Smithsonian Libraries, Washington D.C

CURATORIAL 2017 Blaschka Marine Models, Exhibit designer, University of Michigan Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures 2014 A Peep at the Arctic: Visions of Polar Exploration, 1818-1909, Exhibit curator, Providence , Providence, RI 2012 Sympathetic Magic, Exhibit curator, Providence Public Library, Providence, RI CAROLYN GENNARI

VISITING ARTIST TALKS/PRESENTATIONS 2014 “On Wonder and the Archive,” Artist talk, Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI 2015 “Victorian Visual Culture and Performance Art,” Artist talk, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI 2015 “Exploring The Eye of History,” New England Archivist Conference, Presenter, Providence, RI 2015 “History of Alternative Spaces in Providence,” Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archive, Presenter with Bert Crenca, Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI 2014 “The North Georgia Gazette,” Presenter, Magic Lantern Society of the and Canada annual conference, Boston, MA

PROGRAMMING/WORKSHOPS 2014 “Arctic Spectacles,” Russell Potter, Lecture, Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI 2014 Art in the Park, Art workshops, Burnside Park, Providence, RI 2012 Writing The Archive, creative writing workshops, Providence Public Library, Providence, RI 2012 Writing The Archive, creative writing workshops, Tockwotton Assisted Living Center, Providence, RI 2012 Strange Sites and UnTold Stories, Rhode Island Historical Society, Historical walking tour, Providence, RI

FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES 2016 MFA residency, Andrea Zittel’s Institute of Investigative Living, Joshua Tree, CA 2015 Engaged Pedagogy Initiative Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

AWARDS/HONORS 2016 Smucker®Wagstaff Project Scholarship,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 Rackham International Conference Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 University of Michigan Rackham Summer Research Grant, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 University of Michigan, Penny W. Stamps International Travel Grant, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund Award, Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI 2016 Center for the Education of Women Scholarship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 ArtsEngine Student MicroGrant Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 University of Michigan, Stamps Graduate Assistantship, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 Smucker®Wagstaff Project Scholarship,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 University of Michigan, Stamps Graduate Assistantship, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund Award, Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI 2014 Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Mini Grant, Providence, RI 2014 Rhode Island Council on the Arts Individual Project Grant , Providence, RI 2011 Providence Provision Project Grant, Providence, RI CAROLYN GENNARI

VISITING ARTIST TALKS/PRESENTATIONS COLLEGE AND GRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2014 “On Wonder and the Archive,” Artist talk, Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI Graduate Student Instructor: 2015 “Victorian Visual Culture and Performance Art,” Artist talk, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI 2015-2016 Foundations Program, University of Michigan, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 “Exploring The Eye of History,” New England Archivist Conference, Presenter, Providence, RI 2016-2017 Integrative Project year-long course, University of Michigan, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 “History of Alternative Spaces in Providence,” Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archive, Presenter with Bert Crenca, Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI RELATED EXPERIENCE 2014 “The North Georgia Gazette,” Presenter, Magic Lantern Society of the United States and Canada annual conference, Boston, MA 2013-2015 Artist in Residence Coordinator & Gallery Assistant, AS220, Providence, RI 2012-2015 Visitor Services, Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI PROGRAMMING/WORKSHOPS 2011-2015 Co-organizer, Providence Provision, micro-granting program, Providence, RI 2014 “Arctic Spectacles,” Russell Potter, Lecture, Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI 2013-2014 After-school Coordinator & Teaching Artist, Gordon School, Providence, RI 2014 Art in the Park, Art workshops, Burnside Park, Providence, RI 2011 AmeriCorps VISTA, Youth Mentor Coordinator & Arts Instructor AS220, Providence, RI 2012 Writing The Archive, creative writing workshops, Providence Public Library, Providence, RI 2010 Special exhibitions intern, Museum of Ephemerata, Austin, TX 2012 Writing The Archive, creative writing workshops, Tockwotton Assisted Living Center, Providence, RI 2008-2009 AmeriCorps VISTA Senior Program, Quinault Indian Nation National Society for American Indian Elderly, Taholah, WA 2012 Strange Sites and UnTold Stories, Rhode Island Historical Society, Historical walking tour, Providence, RI 2006-2008 Museum Docent, Collections Management Assistant, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES 2007 Exhibitions preparator intern, Para/Site Art Space, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong 2016 MFA residency, Andrea Zittel’s Institute of Investigative Living, Joshua Tree, CA 2007 Arts Marketing and Community Arts Intern, The Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO 2015 Engaged Pedagogy Initiative Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

AWARDS/HONORS 2016 Smucker®Wagstaff Project Scholarship,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 Rackham International Conference Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 University of Michigan Rackham Summer Research Grant, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 University of Michigan, Penny W. Stamps International Travel Grant, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund Award, Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI 2016 Center for the Education of Women Scholarship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 ArtsEngine Student MicroGrant Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 University of Michigan, Stamps Graduate Assistantship, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 Smucker®Wagstaff Project Scholarship,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 University of Michigan, Stamps Graduate Assistantship, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund Award, Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI 2014 Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Mini Grant, Providence, RI 2014 Rhode Island Council on the Arts Individual Project Grant , Providence, RI 2011 Providence Provision Project Grant, Providence, RI