MARISA SCHEINFELD (917) 880-8542 | [email protected] EDUCATION www.marisascheinfeld.com | www.borschtbeltbook.com 2011 | Master of Fine Arts San Diego State University, San Diego, California

2002 | Bachelor of Arts State University at Albany, Albany,

PUBLICATIONS THE : Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland | Cornell University Press | October 4, 2016 GRANTS AND AWARDS October 2016 American Photography 31 , New York, NY April 2015 Arts Westchester 50 for 50 Award | Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY January 2013 Asylum: International Jewish Artist Retreat | Six Points Fellowship, Foundation for Jewish Culture, NYC June 2012 Selected Artist, Centennial Publication | International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation, NYC May 2011 Art Council Scholarship | San Diego State University, San Diego, CA May 2002 Roanne Kulakoff Award for Photography | State University at Albany, Albany, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2 0 1 6 The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland, Gershman Y, Philadelphia, PA 2 0 1 5 Echoes of the Borscht Belt, Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5 Echoes of the Borscht Belt, University Museum, New York, NY 2 0 1 3 The Ruins of the Borscht Belt, The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy, New York, NY 2 0 1 1 Leftover Borscht, Photoworks, Glen Echo Park, MD 2 0 1 1 Leftover Borscht, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Photo 2016: Marisa Scheinfeld and Roger Ricco, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY 2016 The Quietest Place on Earth, Westchester Gallery, White Plains, NY 2015 50 for 50: New Works, Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY 2012-2013 92 Street Y, Milton J. Weill Art Gallery, New York, NY 2012 Grow, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS 2012 Ben Uri Gallery at The London Jewish Museum of Art, London, UK 2011 9th Annual Art Council Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA 2010 Hyperlocal Identities, University of California, San Diego, CA 2010 Graduate Review Exhibition, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 2009 In the Visual, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS 2 0 1 6 - 1 7 The Borscht Belt Book Tour (Various Locations) 2 0 1 6 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY 2 0 1 6 Glencoe Public Library, Glencoe, IL 2 0 1 6 Limmud NY 2016 Conference, Stamford, CT 2 0 1 5 The Stories of Ruins, Tenement Talk, Tenement Museum, New York, NY 2 0 1 5 Echoes of the Borscht Belt, Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5 Echoes of the Borscht Belt, Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History, NYC 2 0 1 3 Tribeca Synagogue for the Arts, New York, NY 2 0 1 3 Sid Jacobson , East Hills, NY 2 0 1 3 The 12th Annual Catskills Preservation and History Conference, Liberty, NY 2 0 1 3 Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, Monticello, NY 2 0 1 3 The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy, New York, NY 2 0 1 1 Photoworks, Glen Echo Park, MD 2 0 1 1 Critical Studies of Community, Student Research Symposium, San Diego, CA 2 0 1 0 Society for Photographic Education, Western Regional Conference, San Diego, CA 2 0 1 0 Visiting Artist, Universidad de Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico 2 0 1 0 Visiting Artist, Point Loma Academy, San Diego, CA 2 0 0 6 - 2 0 0 9 Alternative Photography Workshop, Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA), San Diego, CA 2 0 0 4 - 2 0 0 9 Visual Thinking Strategies Workshop (VTS) MoPA, San Diego, CA 2 0 0 4 - 2 0 0 9 Photography and Filmmaking Summer Workshops, MoPA, San Diego, CA 2 0 0 4 - 2 0 0 9 Mixed Media & Photography Workshop, MoPA, San Diego, CA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (IN PRINT) December 2016 The Borscht Belt, DVEight Magazine Novemeber 2016 Silent Retreat, Paper Brigade October 2016 The Romance of Catskills Ruins, The Jewish Week October 2016 The Fallen Glory of the Jewish Alps, Village Voice Summer 2016 Kibitzing in God’s Country, The Jewish Review of Books, Summer 2016 New Book Explores the Greatest Distance -- Time, WAG Magazine May 2015 Contact Magazine, A Lost World: Photographs by Marisa Scheinfeld The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life April 2015 Popular Photography, Nostalgia Trip by Jon Blistein January 2015 Chelsea Now, The Borscht Belt Revisited by Norman Borden September 2014 The New York Times, Punch Lines: Reverberating in the Ruins by Edward Rothstein October 2014 The Wall Street Journal, Weeds in the Borscht Belt and Other Flora Up Close by William Meyer September 2014 Newsweek, Photographing the End of the Borscht Belt in the Catskills by Abigail Jones September 2013 The Jewish Daily Forward, Rediscovering Beauty Amid Ruins of Once-Glorious Catskills by Abigail Jones September 2013 , Ruins of the Borscht Belt: A Photographic Essay & Conversation, by Rabbi Frankfurter August 2013 The Jewish Week, Young Photographer Drawn to Catskills Ruins and Relics by Jonathan Mark July 2013 Sullivan County Democrat, Photographing Resorts’ Ruins, by Kristina Sumfleth May 2013 The New York Times, Resorts Reborn in Decay, by John Leeland March 2013 Green Door Magazine, Liberty, New York January 2013 Judische Allgemeine (Berlin Jewish Press) Berlin, Germany September 2012 Hadassah Magazine, New York, New York September 2012 GOLDBERG Magazine, The Ruins of the Borscht Belt, Copenhagen, Denmark May 2011 San Diego Union Tribune, Leftover Borscht: Marisa Scheinfeld December 2011 Leftover Borscht, The Washington Post, Washington, DC, December 2011 Photoworks Exhibit Depicts Decay of New York’s Catskill Region, The Maryland Gazette, MD April 2011 Crumbling Catskills, City Beat, San Diego, California by Dave Maass April 2011 Best Bets: Arts and Culture, San Diego Jewish Journal, San Diego, California by Alanna Berman

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (ONLINE ) December 2016 Ghosts of the Borscht Belt, Tablet Magazine December 2016 Chatting with Marisa Scheinfeld, Paper Magazine December 2016 The Borscht Belt, DVEight Magazine December 2016 Beautiful Decay in the Borscht Belt, The Jerusalem Post October 2016 The Romance of Catskills Ruins, The Jewish Week October 2016 The Fallen Glory of the Jewish Alps, Village Voice September 2016 Broad Street Review, Philadelphia, PA September 2016 , Philadelphia, PA Summer 2016 The Jewish Review of Books, Kibitzing in God’s Country Summer 2016 New Book Explores the Greatest Distance -- Time, WAG Magazine July 2015 Interview with Photographer Marisa Scheinfeld Parts I and II, The Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA) April 2015 Popular Photography, Nostalgia Trip by Jon Blistein January 2015 Chelsea Now, The Borscht Belt Revisited by Norman Borden October 2014 The Wall Street Journal, Weeds in the Borscht Belt and Other Flora Up Close by William Meyers September 2014 The New York Times, Punch Lines: Reverberating in the Ruins by Edward Rothstein September 2014 Slate Magazine, This is All that’s left of New York’s Once Thriving Borscht Belt by Jordan G. Teicher September 2014 Yahoo Travel, Haunting Photos of Upstate New York’s Borscht Belt by Michael Kaminer September 2014 Newsweek, Photographing the End of the Borscht Belt in the Catskills by Abigail Jones August 2014 Interview with Marisa Scheinfeld, WSUL Radio, August 1, 2014 August 2014 The Borscht Belt: Grand Hotels, Tall Tales - and Ruins, Hudson Valley Magazine December 2013 The Catskills Flourish Among the Ruins.. Magazine

www.marisascheinfeld.com | www.borschtbeltbook.com September 2013 The Jewish Daily Forward, Rediscovering Beauty Amid Ruins of Once-Glorious Catskills by Abigail Jones September 2013 The Jewish Daily Forward, Video: The Borscht Belt August 2013 The Jewish Week, Brokedown Palace by Jonathan Mark August 2013 The Jewish Week, Modern Ruins in the Mountains, by Martha Mendelsohn August 2013 DNA Info, New York, LES Photo Show Captures Borscht Belt’s Crumbling Beauty, by Serena Solomon July 2013 Sullivan County Democrat, Photographing Resorts’ Ruins, by Kristina Sumfleth May 2013 The New York Times, Resorts Reborn in Decay, by John Leeland January 2013 Magazine, The Ruins of the Borscht Belt by Marisa Scheinfeld June 2012 Tablet Magazine, The Ruins of the Borscht Belt by Marisa Scheinfeld May 2011 The San Diego Union Tribune, Photographer Finds That Home Isn’t What It Used To Be by Will Parson April 2011 City Beat, Crumbling Catskills, San Diego, California by Dave Maas

COLLECTIONS Yeshiva University Museum at The Center for Jewish History The Edmund L. and Nancy K. Dubois Library at the Museum of Photographic Arts The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life Dorot Jewish Division, New York Public Library Athenaeum Music and Arts Library Private Collection of Lynn Kroll The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation

REFERENCES Arthur Ollman, Professor & Photographer (Founding Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts) San Diego School of Art, Design and Art History, San Diego, CA 619-594-5558 | [email protected]

Jacob Wisse, Ph.D, Director Yeshiva University Museum 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY (212) 294-8337 | [email protected] www.yumuseum.org

Phyllis Galembo, Photographer Fine Arts Department, University at Albany, Albany, NY 917-687-4397 | [email protected] www.galembo.com

Dr. Carol McCusker, PhD. | Curator of Photography Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 619-309-7771 | [email protected] www.carolmccusker.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Adjunct Professor of Photography | Westchester Community College | Valhalla, NY January 2015 - Present Adjunct instructor teaching 4-credit studio courses such as Digital Photography, The History of Photography, Black and White Photography (Traditional Darkroom).

www.marisascheinfeld.com | www.borschtbeltbook.com Fine Art and Freelance Photographer www.marisascheinfeld.com | www.msphotoworks.com | www.borschtbeltbook.com January 2012 - Present Fine Art and Freelance photographer specializing analog, digital and alternative photography. Exhibited and (soon to be published) photographer with a monograph from Cornell University press anticipated in late 2015. Fluent in 35mm and Medium Format Camera Operation and Printing, Digital Capture and Archiving; including both the Film and Digital Darkroom. Experienced with landscape photography, portraiture, studio photography, matting, framing and design. Programmatic skills include Adobe Lightroom, Bridge, Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, Arts Base and File Maker Pro. Video skills include comprehension of Final Cut Pro, iMovie and iDVD. Website management includes the creation and management of multiple websites, mailing lists. Social media responsibilities range from event updating and content generation across platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Vevo, and Snapchat.

Program Officer for Research, Education and Documentation | Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany New York, NY | www.claimscon.org August 2012 - April 2014 Responsible for developing and supervising grants and programs dedicated to the research, documentation and educational programs of the Conference, a philanthropic agency allocating funds toward Holocaust-related content. Programs and grants include; the development and implementation of exhibitions, archives, publications, films, educator training and curricula development. Managerial responsibilities include independent initiatives and collaborative efforts to review grant policies, grant applications, presentation to lay committees, management and monitoring of on-going grants, assisting potential applicants in the development of grant proposals; including review of budgets and timetables for over 80 grants annually. Day-to-day working relationship with various cultural institutions, museums and educational centers encompassing a domestic portfolio that included the entire New York City region and an international portfolio based in the Netherlands, Belgium, Turkey, New Zealand, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Photography Instructor | 92 Street Y | School of the Arts | New York, NY | www.92y.org January 2012 - January 2013 Photography Instructor for the cultural institution and community center’s after school art program, responsible for curricula development, implmentation and for the instruction of digitally-based photography and related content including instruction with Photoshop.

Freelance Photographer | International Surgical Mission Support | East Hampton, NY | www.ismission.org January 2010 – March 2012 Freelance photographer for a non-profit global health care organization of specialized surgeons and educators. Responsible for editing photographic essays and supporting related photography content and tasks. Applied knowledge of advanced photography, web and social media management skills and tools to aid in the transmission and education of global health concerns and initiatives.

Docent & Educational Exhibitions Programs Manager * | Museum of Photographic Arts | San Diego, CA | www.mopa.org July 2006 – August 2009 Responsible for the research, development and implementation of photographic curricula, classes, workshops and community outreach programs. Active in the creation and instruction of integrative programs and policies within department with the primary goal of expanding the museum’s connection to the public, the community and other cultural institutions. Collaborated on departmental-wide research and expansion and assisted with the research of grants and trends in art and museum education alongside the Director and Grant Writer to broaden the vision and breadth of the museum’s educational programs, workshops and classes. Accountable for hiring and overseeing interns and contract educators. Responsible for inventory, quarterly budgets, program and class marketing, departmental proposals and events. Served as a point person for official heads of the museum, trustees and the board. Participated in various workshops on the history of art, photography, art education, art advocacy, museum policy and pedagogy. Curatorial responsibilities included working alongside the Director, Curator and Registrar to research, create and install a series of educationally-based exhibitions drawn from the museum’s permanent collection. Tasks included implementation of curatorial decision-making, research, and writing, exhibition design and installation, assisted management of permanent collection (assessment, acquisitions, research) and the creation of supporting curricula for teachers and students to accompany each exhibition. Collaborated with the museum’s development department to create press and marketing materials, for programming and partnership proposals. Served as Curator for the museum’s annual youth and community exhibition responsible for coordination, research, didactics, selection of works, design and installation, exhibition programming and materials for families and the community. Docent Program Manager responsibilities included the education of, lecturing and training of docents while collaborating with the Librarian, Registrar and Curator for each exhibition to create learning materials. Accountable for coordinating and leading tours for school groups, administrators, teachers, visiting artists, donors, trustees, the public and press.

* Served as acting Director of Education for four months while my superior was on a leave of absence. Community Programs Manager & Outreach Educator | MoPA | San Diego, California | www.mopa.org September 2002 – July 2006 Lead teacher for Exposure, an arts outreach program integrating photography and a traveling museum environment into a classroom setting for students in grades 3-6. Responsible for merging content material with existing school curricula and providing an interdisciplinary approach to equip students and teachers with the necessary supplies and resources to learn about photography and the visual arts while integrating its methods into general classroom instruction. Additional projects involved the expansion of Exposure program to serve students in grades K-2 and 9-12. Expansion implementation involved but was not limited to; research, grant writing and presentation to national funds and endowments.

RELEVANT SKILLS

Advanced knowledge and comprehension with Mac & PC Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Power Point, TMS, Pearl Grants Management Software and Remote Desktop. Additional skills include website construction, maintenance and upkeep. Photography-related skills include 35mm and Medium Format Operation, Large Format Shooting & Printing, Digital Capture and Archive, Film and Digital Darkroom, Digital Output & Printing, Alternative Processes, Studio Lighting, Copy Work, Darkroom Maintenance, Framing & Matting, Installation & Display, Adobe Lightroom, Bridge, Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, Arts Base and File Maker Pro. Video skills include comprehension of Final Cut Pro, iMovie and iDVD. Linguistic skills include basic Spanish and basic Hebrew.