Lauren Flinner ←
lauren.flinner@gmail.com, 630-520-2373, Boston, MA
Education
MFA Experimental Animation
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 2015-18
Post Baccalaureate Certificate
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Boston, MA, 2014-15
Bachelor of Arts
Hampshire College, Concentration: Film/Video Production/Theory, Amherst, MA 2008-12
High School Program in A/V Communications
Technology Center of DuPage, Addison, IL, 2006-08
Residencies
Studio Resident Boston Center for the Arts Aug 2021- Mar 2022
Participant UnionDocs CoLAB: Feral Domesticity 2021
Participant Pandemic Artist Lab w/ Kolaj Institute 2020
Exhibitions
2022 Tip of the Tongue, Group Show, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2020 Touchy Feely, Group Show, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2019 Flower Shop Pop-Up, Group Show, 60 LES Hotel, New York, NY
Art Is: Distortion of Reality, Group Show, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
Screen2019: Climates, Group Show, Umass Amherst, Dept. of Art, Amherst, MA
2015 Art Biologic, Group Show, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
SMFA Graphic Arts Annual, Group Show, Boston, MA
2014 Another Somewhere, 2 Person Show with Jess Bass, Loft Parler Gallery, Easthampton, MA
I Make Me Up, Group Show, Hampshire College Main Gallery, Amherst, MA
2012 Troubled Waters, Solo Show, Jerome Liebling Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Troubled Waters, Lecture/Presentation, 5 College Water Symposium, Umass-Amherst, MA
Work Experience
Studio Facilitator
Gateway Arts, Brookline, MA, 2020
-assisted adults with disabilities with their art practice
Teaching Artist
Artistic Noise, Boston, MA, 2018-19
-co-instructor for art workshops with incarcerated youth
Citizen Americorps Scholar/Student Instructor
Cal Arts Community Arts Partnership, Watts and Wilmington CA, 2017-18
-worked collaboratively with fellow instructors to develop youth animation curriculum
-led 3 hour lessons twice weekly
-responsible for attendance, tracking volunteer hours, documenting student work
-kept journal tracking student progress and reflecting on/updating teaching strategies
-participated in weekly workshops on teaching, professional development
-conducted research on the impact/history of CAP partner site Watts Towers Arts Center
Animation Instructor
Western Nebraska Community College, Scottsbluff NE, 2016
-designed curriculum for and led 3 week youth animation class
-ran animation workshops for adults
-curated community screening
Activity Leader
Amherst Cinema's See/Hear/Feel/Film, 2011-12
-led groups of 3rd graders in activities about filmmaking
Class Facilitator
Martin Luther King Charter School, Holyoke MA, 2012
-Facilitated discussions with 2nd graders about philosophical issues raised by kids picture books
-wrote free online teaching guide
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