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Resume  |   Art Education Experience


EDUCATION 


M.F.A., Electronic Music and Recording Media, Mills College, Oakland, CA

M.F.A., Visual Art (Printmaking), Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

B.F.A., cum laude, Visual Art (Printmaking/Painting) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    
VIDEO & SOUND DESIGN PROJECTS 

2011    re/living • home/land, a reflection on culture, identity, and place – on image and language, and the less apparent spaces in between; 
             presented at Signal Flow, Mills College, Oakland, CA.  


INSTALLATIONS 

2009    Drawers. Mills College Lisser Hall, Oakland, CA.

2008    The Line of Questioning. Addison Street Windows Gallery, City of Berkeley, CA public project.

2005    Vessels. “In the Round,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.

2001    Fossil Topographies. “Unearthed,” Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA. 

1999    The Falling. “Spaces of Nature,” Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, CA.  Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.

1998    She Held Close the Essential. Berkeley-Richmond Jewish Community Center, Berkeley, CA.

1996    Markings II. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO. 

1994    Reflections in Stone. Pro Arts, Oakland, CA. 

1993    In Search of My Grandmother’s Bread Bowl. Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA. 

  
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

1994     Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA.  “Introductions 1994 — Spoons”

              Works, Sonoma, CA.  The Still Life/Shelf Series     


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2010    Kala Institute, Oakland, CA. Kala Artists Annual

2009    Pence Gallery, Davis, CA. “The Uncommon Object”

              Doug Adams Gallery at the Bade Museum, Berkeley, CA. “Mapping Sacred Ground”

2008    Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA. Innovation and Imagination: Work from the Kala Art Institute

2005    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA. “In the Round”

              Gallery at Thoreau, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA. “Ecovisions”

2004    Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. Fossil Topographies in “Off the Rim”

2003    Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.  “The Big Tree Project” 

2001    Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA.  “Summer Group Show” & “Fall Group Show”

             Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.  “Faculty Exhibition”    

            Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA.  “Winter Group Show, Part 2”

            Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA  “Unearthed”

            Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.  “Objects Considered”

            600 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA.  “Natural Selections”

1999   The Jewish Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.  “Making Change” 

             Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, CA.  “ Spaces of Nature”

1999    Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.  “Spaces of Nature”

1998    SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.  “Pacific Rim Sculptors Group” 

1997    Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA.  “Pacific Rim Sculptors Group”

1996    Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA.  “Cooking the World”          

             Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA.  “The Essential Object”

1995    San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA.  “Bread, The Staff of Life”

             Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA.  “Through the Door”

1994    Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH.  “Into Wood”

1993    J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, CA.  “Personal Environment”

1993    Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berk., CA.  “Kafka, Eve, The Wolf & My Grandmother’s Bread Bowl”

             Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.  “Crocker-Kingsley Annual Art Show”

1993    Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.  “Object”            

             Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley, CA.  “9th Annual Exhibition”

1990    Kalà Institute, Berkeley, CA.  “Jerome Foundation Fellowship Exhibition”



VOCAL, INSTRUMENTAL, & ELECTRONIC MUSIC PERFORMANCE 

2012             Vocal performance as member of Cornelius Cardew Choir on Edmond Campion's concert (Eclipse) at Berkeley Art Museum, and on
                       Amy X Neuberg's (upcoming 4.13.12) concert at BAM 


2009-2011  Concert performances with David Dunn, Christian Wolff, Mills Gamelan Ensemble, Mills Contemporary Performance Collective, 
                      Graduate Computer Music and Instrumentation Seminars; private study with Fred Frith, class study with Pauline Oliveros, Mills College, Oakland, CA

2000-2001  Vocalist, Aswat Choir (Arabica Choir), San Francisco, CA

1997-2001  Vocalist/Cantorial Soloist/Co-leader, Song of Songs Minyan (Shir HaShirim), Berkeley, CA

1986-1996  Vocalist, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Oakland, CA     


THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE 

1986            Bad Buys, Good Byes, (in Kala’s, “Seeing Time ‘86”) Addison Stage, Berkeley, CA

 

SELECTED VISUAL DESIGN  in Theatre and Performance

1990            Nadine, Della Davidson & Co.  Theatre Artaud, San Francisco, CA

1989            Vajra, Tandy Beal & Co.  Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA  

1987            Not For Real, Leonard Pitt.  Life on the Water, San Francisco, CA 

1986            Deer Rose, Tony Pellegrino.  Theatre on the Square and Theatre Artaud, San Francisco, CA

1985            Moebius Moments, Yen Lu Wong TNR/Moebius.  Kalà Institute, Berkeley, CA



GRANTS and AWARDS 

2002            Creative Work Fund (awarded)

                      Eureka Fellowship nomination

1996            Visiting Artist Project Grant, Anderson Ranch Arts Center

1993            Guest Artist, California Arts Council, Artist in Community

1989            Jerome Foundation Fellowship Award

1986            Seeing Time ’86, Kalà Institute

1986            Critics Circle Award, Scenic Design, Deer Rose



RESIDENCIES 

2001            Visiting Artist Residency, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

1998            Visiting Artist Residency, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

1996            Visiting Artist Residency, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

1989            Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Kalà Institute, Berkeley, CA



SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS  
                   
                    Cleveland Museum of Art.  Cleveland, OH

                    Cleveland Art Association.  Cleveland, OH

                    Decordova Museum.  Lincoln, MA

  
PUBLICATIONS 

2011          “The Shape of Sound,” Deep Listening Anthology, Volume Two, Scores from the Community of Deep Listeners, Deep Listening Publications

2011          “Arts-making and the Creative Process: How Cultivating Sensory Connections Across Disciplines Impacts Learning and Discovery,” MFA Thesis, Mills College

2010            “What is Art?” in Artful Teaching: Integrating the Arts for Understanding Across The Curriculum, K-8, ed. by David Donahue, Jennifer Stuart, Teachers College
                     Press



SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY & CATALOGS 

2009            “Janet Delaney and Laurie Polster, Addison Street Windows Gallery,” Jakki Spicer, Artweek, March

2008            “Green Zone: Two artists focus on our silent (photosynthetic) partners,” DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, December 24

2005            “Around The Rim: New shows at SJICA and MACLA,” Michael S. Gant, Metro, Silicon Valley, CA, January 26-February 1

2004            “Non-Linear Work from Off the Rim,” Frank Rivera, U.S. 1 Newspaper, Princeton, NJ, June 23

2001            “Unearthed’ at Sanchez Art Center,” Debra Koppman, Artweek, San Jose, CA, June 2001

                    “Two new exhibits debut at Sanchez Art Center,” Debbie Grech, Pacifica Tribune, February 21

1999            “Exploring the Great Outdoors,” Jolene Thym, Oakland Tribune, May 10

                    “Nature Isn’t as Simple as Some Installations in ‘Spaces’ Suggest,” Leah Ollman, LA Times, 9/3

                    Spaces of Nature, exhibition catalogue, Richmond Art Center and Armory Center For The Arts

1998            “From The Rim,” San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle Datebook, January 4

1995            “Laurie Polster:  Spoons,” Ruth Porritt, Art Papers, Atlanta, Georgia, May/June

1994            “Laurie Polster at Works,” Reena Jana, The Guide, San Jose, CA, October

                    “Laurie Polster, SFADA Instroductions ’94,” Casey FitzSimons, Artweek, August 4

1994            “Time After Time; Laurie Polster—Reflections in Stone,” Terri Cohn, Artweek, Feb. 17

                      Arts Beat,”Drip, Drip, Drip,” Ramsay Bell Breslin, Express, Berkeley, January 14

1993            “Kafka, Eve, The Wolf, & My Grandmother’s Bread Bowl”, Ramsay Bell Breslin, Express, Berkeley, April 16

                      “Ritual and Relevance:  Kafka, Eve, The Wolf & My Grandmother’s Bread Bowl at the Judah L. Magnes Museum,” Edie Meidav, Artweek, San Jose, April 22

                      “Artist completes shiva for her grandmother,” Fran Heller, Cleveland Jewish News, August 6            

                      Kafka, Eve, The Wolf & My Grandmother’s Bread Bowl; 4 California Artists Confront Jewish Identity: exhibition catalogue, Judah L. Magnes Museum,
                      Berkeley, CA 

1987            “Leonard Pitt Takes Your Eyes on a Wild Ride,” Bernard Weiner, San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 7

                    “Deer Rose” Sweeps Critics Circle Awards,” Bernard Weiner, San Francisco Chronicle, March 24

1986            “Plenty in store with Bad Buys, a multi-media piece in Kalà series,” David Armstrong, San Francisco Examiner, December 10 

                    “Genealogy of Performance Art,” Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle, December 6

                    “Laurie Polster/LAMP Productions presents Bad Buys, Good Byes,” Robert Hurwitt, Express, Oakland, December 6

                   

   
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