The natural and unnatural world inspire my projects. I’m currently partnering with the Houma Regional Arts Council to produce an experimental documentary short & community media art project about the arts and culture of South Louisiana (Stories from the Good Earth). I’m also working with artist Jeanine van der Loo to create an animated short about South Louisiana (The Last Atlantis).
I grew up in South Louisiana… surrounded by sugarcane fields, drained swamps and disappearing wetlands. My work in filmmaking sprung from “home movie/folk” beginnings; in 1986 (at age 4) I made my first “movie” with the help of my mathematician/computer-scientist mother. In 2000 I created my first works in video art for an experimental audio-art collective in Thibodaux,LA using the family pc. My professional undertakings have included working at an artist-run citrus farm; producing happenings, multi-media concerts & community art projects in rural South Louisiana; and teaching visual arts and filmmaking to inner-city youth in post-Katrina New Orleans.
PROJECTS/SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS:
- “Stories from the Good Earth” (executive producer) experimental documentary/ community art project about South Louisiana
- “The Last Atlantis” experimental documentary/animation about South Louisiana (in production)
- Artis Inc. Collective: filmmaker, live projections (We are an ensemble, performing arts company, committed to creating, producing and performing collaborative works of theater in New Orleans and beyond. November 2011 “UnRoute”, during the New Orleans Fringe Fest)
- “Stories from Dulac“, documentary media project on Dulac, LA
- Isle Dernière (music videos & visuals for live shows) 2010-present
- Don Puebla and The Shawls (music videos & visuals for live show) The Boxer and the Barrel, Houma May 2011
- Ford Fest: Give a Hand to Japan, (film screening) Big Top Gallery New Orleans May 2011
- Artwalk in Downtown Houma (film screening), Houma April 2011
- Avant Cinema (film screening), Royal Blend, New Orleans April 2011
- Voodoo Ballerina Kingcake Soiree (installation), New Orleans February 2011
- Crown Heights Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY October 2010
- “Unrealized Ideas”, (SCENE): metrospace, East Lansing, Michigan, September 2010
- “Benefit for Haitian Artists”, group exhibit at Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, March 2010
- Dreamsite Productions: project manager for stereoscopic 3d project in development- current; video editor for Historic New Orleans Collection & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra film projects: 2008-2010;
- “Paper Box Cinema”, video installation during “Artist Inc. Presents Un Route at the New Orleans Fringe Festival”, November 2009
- “Mysterious Fantasies of the Mind” , film screening at Artist Inc’s “Salon”, New Orleans, September 2009
- “City One Minutes-New Orleans”, film screening, One Minute Foundation-Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 2009
- “Artists of St. Claude Ave.”, group exhibition at Studio at Colton School, New Orleans, March 2009
- “ADHD Art Show”, Exhibit with Heidi Domangue at Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, Houma, LA November 2008
- “Train Tracts”, cross country on a train & exhibition in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008
- “Venus Envy”, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA May 2008
- “The Big bang Theory: an art’tastic journey through outer space” at Big Top Gallery (March 08)
- Canary Gallery’s “Art for Art’s Sake” street performance (October 09) New Orleans
- “Bluebird Video Art at Peep Show: Short Film Screening Series” Big Top Gallery, New Orleans, 2006-08
- “Women”; “Dreams” ( Mary-in-Nets dancer under Jessica Martin) for Nicholls State University’s Art Department’s Exhibition at the Waterlife Museum-Houma, LA 2007, 06
- “Features of the Cosmos- Cosmic Reward”, video production, film screenings for live performances, Houma/New Orleans LA 2006-2008
- “One River Mississippi” (dancer under Angela Hammerli), Pointe à la Hache, LA 2006
- “Ceramic Sculptures by Andrea Dupree” Chauvin (Kenny Hill) Sculpture Garden/Nicholls Art Gallery, Chauvin. LA 2006
- “Altered Perceptions”, group exhibition at Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans 2005
- “Insides Out”, B.A. thesis exhibition (ceramic sculpture, digital video) Ameen Art Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux LA 2004
- “New Horizon” for “Chairman Mao”,video production, film screenings for live performances, Houma/Thibodaux/New Orleans LA 2001-2002
EMPLOYMENT:
- Houma Regional Arts Council, Special Projects Coordinator; May 2012-present
- Dreamsite Productions, Inc., Project Manager; Editor & Research for documentary film projects, Nov. 08-May 2012
- New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC), Grant-writer; March 2009-August 2011
- Artist International Connection (New Orleans) Grant-writer, Project Coordinator; Aug 09-May 2011
- Nicholls State University, Department of Continuing Education, Thibodaux, LA Photography Instructor, 2008/09
- Young Audiences of Louisiana, New Orleans, Teaching Artist (visual arts, ballet), 2008/09
- Silence is Violence at Hope Academy, New Orleans, Teaching Artist (film), Peace Club Facilitator, 2008/09
- Porch Seventh Ward Cultural Organization, New Orleans, Teaching Artist (digital media), 2008/09
- Houma Regional Arts Council, Community Development Director, February 2006 – March 2009
- South Louisiana Center for the Arts, Teaching Artist (visual arts), Houma, LA 2007-2008
- Operation M.O.V.E., Terrebonne Parish School System, Teaching Artist (visual arts), Houma,LA 2003-2006
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES:
- 2012- National Endowment for the Arts, Artworks grant to support “Stories from the Good Earth”
- 2011- Decentralized Arts Funding, project support grant for “The Last Atlantis”
- 2011- Terrebonne Parish Arts Funding Program, project support grants for “Stories from Dulac” and “The Last Atlantis”
- 2010- Member of Southern Artistry, a juried online artist registry; nominated by the Louisiana Division of the Arts. The registry is a joint effort of South Arts (formerly the Southern Arts Federation) and the Center for Arts Management & Technology at Carnegie Mellon
- 2009- Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation Economic Opportunity Fund Award for businesses (Bluebird Art)
- 2008 –09- Artist Residency Program at Studio at Creative Alliance of New Orleans’ Colton School
- 2008- LouisianaDivision of the Arts, Artist Career Advancement Grant
- 2008- Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation, Economic Opportunity Fund Award for artists
- 2002-present- Honorary member of Kappa Pi International Art Honors Society
- 2001-04- President’s List, Nicholls State University
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
- 2009 – “Planning Effective Residencies for Students, Artist’s Seminar” designed & presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. and hosted by the Acadiana Arts Council, Lafayette, LA. Funding for my participation in the Seminar was supported by the Louisiana Office of the Lt. Governor, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
- 2008- Creative Capital Professional Development for Artists seminar, hosted by the Louisiana Division of the Arts. Funding for my participation in the Seminar was supported by the Louisiana Office of the Lt. Governor, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
ACADEMIC HISTORY:
- B.A. Fine Arts (studio: ceramics & video art) 2004 Nicholls State University
