rebecca [white] mushtare

300 West St. Unit 9, Mount Kisco, NY 10549
315.292.3070 (mobile) | rebecca@cyberthread.net | http://cyberthread.net

[education]

2006

MFA Computer Art, Syracuse University.
CAS Women's Studies, Syracuse University.

2003

BFA Graphic Design, SUNY Oswego.

[higher education positions]

Marymount Manhattan College: Assistant Professor of Communication Arts.
2007-Current. Courses taught include: Communication in the Future, Communications Today, Critical Production for Critical Times, Digital Media I, Digital Media II, Sense & Medium, Special Topics: The Social Impact of Games, Themes in Interactive Media: Digital Games, Survey of New Media, and Web Workshop.

Purchase College: Adjunct Instructor, School of Art + Design.
2006-2007. Courses taught include: Digital Visual Communication for Non-Majors and Digital Media for Designers.
Purchase College:Assistant Manager of Instructional Technology, School of Art + Design.
Maintain multiple digital facilities and coordinate and teach technical workshops.

Syracuse University: Teaching Associate, Department of Transmedia.
2005-2006. Instructor of Record. Courses taught include: Cyberfeminisms (Instructor of Record) and Introduction to Multimedia.
Syracuse University:Teaching Assistant, Department of Transmedia.
2003-2005. Instructor of Record. Courses taught include: Introduction to Computer Art.
Syracuse University: Adjunct Instructor, Department of Transmedia.
2004-2005. Courses taught include: Recitation, Introduction to Art Media Studies.
Syracuse University: Teaching Fellow, The Graduate School.
Facilitator of training program for new teaching assistants.
Syracuse University: Graduate Assistant, Department of Transmedia.
2004-2006. Computer Art Lab Manager.

[youth art program positions]

Aldrich Museum: Teaching Artist, Summer Daze.
2009. Ridgefield, CT.

Purchase College Youth Programs: Teaching Artist, Young Photographers.
2007. Purchase, NY.

YMCA After-School Program: Visual Arts Instructor.
2005-2006. Delaware Elementary School, Syracuse, NY.

SUNY Oswego Summer Art Institute: Assistant Director.
2004-2005. Oswego, NY.
SUNY Oswego Summer Art Institute: Instructor of Introduction to Graphic Design.
2003. Oswego, NY.

[design positions]

Freelance Designer.
2003-Current. Client list available upon request.

Oneida BOCES: Public Relations Assistant (Graphic Design).
2002-2004. Seasonal.

[grants/awards/fellowships]

2011

Sokol Grant to complete StoryQuilt and History Repeats Itself.
Marymount Manhattan College

2010

AAC&U Bringing Theory to Practice Grant for Course Development and Assessment.
Co-Awarded to Giovanna Chesler.
Junior Fellowship/Sabbatical to develop Self-Disclosed.
Marymount Manhattan College.

2009

Sokol Grant for multimedia dance project Spatial Dialogues.
Marymount Manhattan College. Co-Awarded to Nancy Lushington and Rob Dutiel.

2008

Service Learning Fellowships to develop a course: Critical Production for Critical Times.
Marymount Manhattan College. In collaboration with Prof. Terri Dewhirst.

2006

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Graduate School, Syracuse University.

2005

Scholarship, Peters Valley Craft Center.
Shaffer Fellowship, Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts.

2004

NYSPRA Honors for Overall Graphics and Design.
Educational Design, Utica Central School District Calendar.
Syracuse University College of Visual & Performing Arts Research/Creative Opportunity Grant.

[exhibitions]

2012

Data Experience, Westchester Community College Center for the Digital Arts Gallery, Peeksill, NY.
Opens March 6, 2012.

2011

Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber, Courtyard Gallery, Three World Financial Center, NYC.
Juried by Rebecca A. K. Stevens. Opens December 6, 2011.
Extreme Materials 2, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
Invited. Curated by Marie Via. Fibers.
Contemporary Fiber Arts, Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY.
2-person exhibition. Curated by Cornelia Tobbey. Fibers.
Pixilerations [v.8], New Media Fringe Festival at Firstworks, Providence, Rhode Island.
Juried. Installation. Opens September 22.
University Film and Video Association Conference New Media Exhibit, Hurot & Spector Gallery, Emerson College, Boston, MA.
Juried. Installation. Opens August 3.
Fiber PLUS, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY.
Juried by Arlé Sklar-Weinstein. Fibers.
Made in NY, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY.
Juried by Kenise Barnes and Kim Waale. Fibers.
Retro Futurism, SpaceCamp MicroGallery, Indianapolis, IN.
Invited. Curated by Flounder Lee. Game.

2010

IDEAS 10: Art and Digital Narrative Exhibition, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC.
Curated by Dena Elisabeth Eber. Digital Print.
Repurposes, Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
Curated by Kenneth Fitzgerald and Garland Kirkpatrick. Fibers.
FLEFF: Map Open Spaces, Online Exhibition.
Juried. Digital.

2009

Art Daze Teaching Artists, North Corridor Gallery, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT.
Invited. Fibers.

2008

Pieced Together, Hewitt Art Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY.
Invited. Curated by Millie Burns. Fibers.
It's Not Easy, Exit Underground, Exit Art, New York, NY.
Curated. Digital Print.
The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Pollitics, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Invited. Designed 3 Cones of Respect for a subRosa project, Out-Rage-Us Joy.

2006

MFA Exhibition, Lowe Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Lenticular Prints.
Legacy of Susan B. Anthony, Lockhart Gallery, Geneseo, NY.
Curated. Fibers.
Electric Art 2, Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY.
Installation.
Student-Faculty Community Art Show, Annual Matrilineage Symposium, Spark Contemporary Gallery, Syracuse, NY.
Fibers.

2005

Boundaries in Syracuse, Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY.
Installation.
Beyond Semantics, Coyne Gallery, Syracuse, NY.
Invited. Fibers.
71st Regional Show, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY.
Juried by Michael Bergt, Rob Cassetti & Mary Hickey.
The Future of Digital Art, Lanigan Hall, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY.
Invited. Installation.
Rude & Bold Women Visual & Performing Arts Exhibition, Garland Gallery, Binghamton, NY.
Juried. Installation.
New York State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Art & Home Center, Syracuse, NY.
Juried. 3rd Place. Professional Division. Digital Print.
New York State Fair Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Art & Home Center, Syracuse, NY.
Juried. 1st Place. Fibers.
2005 Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, Rome Art & Community Center, Rome, NY.
Juried by Bill Delevan. Book.
Made in NY 2005, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY.
Juried by Margo Mensing & Marion Wilson. Installation.
Electric Art, Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY.
Installation.
The Inaugural Show, Westcott Community Center, Syracuse, NY.
Fibers.

2004

CAR Show, Spark Contemporary Gallery, Syracuse, NY.
Installation.

[performances]

2009

Spatial Dialogue, Fall Dance Repetoire, Theresa Lang Theatre, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY.
December 10-12. Digital Media Designer. Choreography by Nancy Lushington. Lighting and Set Design by Rob Dutiel.
I am a Cyborg and So are You, Electric Art 2, Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY.
March 24. Designer & Performer.
Express Choice, Project Created by subRosa, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
November 7. Performer.

[publications]

2011

Mercer, Mushtare, Naaeke, and Tannen. "Striving for Symbiosis: Developing a Partnership to Serve the Community and the Mission of the Liberal Arts Education." Engaging Students in the Community and the World: A National Symposium (2010). Faculty Resource Network, Conference Editors. New York, 2011. Web. [http://www.nyu.edu/frn/publications/engaging.students/Mercer.Mushtare.Naaeke.Tannen.html].

2010

Mushtare, Rebecca. "Confessions of a Feminist Cyborg." Beyond Burning Bras: Feminist Activism for Everyone. By Laura Finley and Emily Reynolds Stringer. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2010. 178-179. Print.

2009

Mushtare, Rebecca. "Failing is NOT an Option." Defining and Promoting Student Success: A National Symposium (2009). Faculty Resource Network, Conference Editors. New York, 2009. Web. [http://www.nyu.edu/frn/publications/defining.success/Mushtare.html].

2004

White, Rebeccca. "What is a Book? A Visual Exploration." International Journal of the Book: Volume 2 (2004): n. pag. Web 1 July 2010.Web. [http://ijb.cgpublisher.com].
White, Rebecca. "Dictionary: A Semiotic Experiment." Cosign 2004, University of Split, Croatia. (2004): n. pag. Web 9 September 2010. Web. [http://www.cosignconference.org/conference/2004/papers]

[exhibitions curated]

2004

Point of Convergence, Lightwork, Syracuse, NY, Sponsored by Graduate Association of Transmedia.

[conference/symposia presentations]

2011

"Community-Based and Documentary Media Production for Scholarship and Learning."
Co-panelists: Giovanna Chelser, Juliet Davis, Daniel Robin, Stephanie Tripp, and Niklas Vollmer. UFVA11: The Future of Media Education. Annual University Film and Video Association, Emerson College, Boston, MA.

2010

"Approaching Data Visualization as Data Experience."
The Digital Narrative: 8th Annual IDMAA Conference, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC.
"The Process of Visualizing Data as a Mode of Inquiry."
MIT humanities + digital: visual interpretations conference. MIT, Cambridge, MA.

2009

"Environmental Studies and Digital Media."
Co-Panelist & Co-Moderator with Alessandra Leri. 6th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities: Teaching and Learning the Hudson Valley: Builiding Capacity for Place-Based Education. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.
"Sharing the Spoils: Creating Projects and Products That Benefit Campus and Community."
Panelist. NYMAPS October Meeting. Marymount Manhattan College, NYC.
"Beyond the Classroom: Co-Educating Students in the Service-Learning Partnership."
NYMAPS Service-Learning Symposium, City College, NYC.

2008

"Failing is NOT an Option."
Promoting Student Success Through Experiential Learning Panel. 2008 Faculty Resource Network National Symposium: Defining and Promoting Student Success, University of San Francisco, San Fransisco, CA.
"Be Del.icio.us! The Role of Open Source and Free Software in Grassroots Campaigns."
Co-presented with Terri Dewhirst. 5th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference.Hunter College, NYC.
"Putting the Comunity in Communication: Collaborative Community Projects as Progressive Learning."
Co-presented with Terri Dewhirst. NJCA 12th Annual Connference: Collaboration and its Offspring. Marymount Manhattan College, NYC.

2005

"Childhood Truths."
Open to View: Popular Fiction and Visual Narrative. John Moores University, Liverpool, England.

2004

"Dictionary: A Semiotic Experiment".
COSIGN 2004: International Conference on Computational Semiotics. Split, Croatia.

[lectures/workshops]

2011

Easy Tech Tools for Teaching and Learning: Apps, Mobility, and iPads (oh my!). CTIE Pedagogy Workshops, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
Creating an Activist Game. SPARK (Sexualization Protest: Action, Resistance, Knowledge) Retreat, Hunter College, New York, NY.
New Media Lecture. COMM 471/THTR 475: Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY.

2009

Artist Talk. Dialogues in Dance, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY.

2007

Artist Talk. Art Department, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY.

2004

Physical Computing Lecture. Future of Digital Art, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY.
Artist Talk. Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY.

2004

Visiting Artist. Art 251: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

[reviews]

2006

Meller, Carl. "Artists strut their stuff for the annual Made in New York exhibit." Syracuse New Times. 6 February 2006. Web.
Fawcett, Caitlin. "Art Gallery Celebrates the Legacy of Susan B. Anthony." The Lamron. 2 March 2006. Print.

2005

CBS News. CBS. Channel 5. Syracuse, NY. 25 March 2005. Television.

[professional development]

2010

Law School for Visual Artists: Copyright, Agreements and Employment Issues, The Drawing Center, New York, NY. December 16.
SENCER Summer Institute, Asheville, NC. July 29-Aug 2.
National Conference on Volunteering and Service, New York, NY. June 28-30.
Digital University Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY.

2009

Live-I Workshop with Troika Ranch, 3LD, New York, NY
2009 Sixth Annual Games for Change Festival & Workshop
Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Barcamp, Hunter College, New York, NY.
PACC Assessment Institute, Alvernia University, Reading, PA.

2008

Community Partners as True Partners, The Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies, NYC. Roundtable Discussion Participant.

2007

Adobe CS3: The Creative License Conference. NYC.

[service]

New York Metro Area Partnership for Service-Learning (NYMAPS)
Advisory Board Member (2009-Current), Webmaster(2009-Current).
Peer Reviewer
NYMAPS Symposium Proposal Reviewer (2010, 2011); Open-Source and Freeware Solutions in Education: Theory and Practice edited by J. Burton Browning, Ed.D. (2009).
Marymount Manhattan College - College
Web Design & Development of Faculty Council Website (2011); Honors Day Committee (2011-present); President's Task Force on Technology (2011-Current); Faculty Technology Committee (2009-Current); Member of the Upper Level Shared Natural Science Perspectives Committee(2009-2010); Search Committee Member: Tenure Track Faculty Position in Dance: Choreography/Composition (2009-2010); Ad Hoc COPT Advisory Committee (2008-2009); Green Theme Initiative: Steering Committee, Website Sub-Committee, Faculty Panel, "Greening the Curriculum", Black & White Table Session (2007-2008).
Marymount Manhattan College - Department
Search Committee Chair: One Year Replacement Line in Communication Arts: Digital Media; CommArts Showcase Faculty Consultant (2007-2011), Search Committee Chair: Media Writing Faculty Line (Position was cancelled due to funding, 2008-2009); Communication Arts Creative Media Concentration Curriculum Committee Chair (20008-2009); Search Committee: Tenure-Track Video Faculty Replacement (2007-2008); CommArts Alumni Event Program and Postcard Invitation Design.

[press]

Service-Learning

Mushtare, Rebecca. "College Students Work on Community Projects." Education Update. September 2010. p21. Web. [http://issuu.com/educationupdate/docs/edupdate_sep10].

"MMC Service Learning Program Inspires Alumna to Build on Class Experience." MMC College Headlines. 14 January 2010. Web. [http://www.mmm.edu/cgi-bin/MySQLdb?MYSQL_VIEW=/news/view_one.txt&newsid=1481].

"MMC's Mushtare Reaches Audiences Beyond Her Classroom." MMC College Headlines. 2 October 2009. Web.[http://www.mmm.edu/cgi-bin/MySQLdb?MYSQL_VIEW=/news/view_one.txt&newsid=1395].

Environmentalism

"MMC Community Celebrates Earth Week April 20-25." MMC College Headlines. 20 April 2008. Web. [http://www.mmm.edu/cgi-bin/MySQLdb?MYSQL_VIEW=/news/view_one.txt&newsid=1282].

"MMC Launches 2008-2009 The Year of the Environment."College Headlines. 15 April 2008. Web. http://www.mmm.edu/cgi-bin/MySQLdb?MYSQL_VIEW=/news/view_one.txt&newsid=913].

[affiliations]

American Association of Museums
College Art Association
International Digital Media Arts Association
New York Metro Area Partnership for Service Learning (NYMAPS)
University Film and Video Association

[technical]

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, MAX/MSP, Isadora, Processing, Wordpress, HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, MySQL.