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Jane Smith
Chair, BFA Interior Design Department, School of Visual Arts;
founding partner, Spacesmith LLP, Architecture, Interior Design,
Planning
educAtion: B.Arch., cum laude, Arizona State University;
MBA, New York University
clients include: BBDO, New York Police Department, DKNY,
EDUN, International Rescue Committee, Lowe & Partners, Liz
Claiborne, MTV Networks, Hermes, New York University, Polo
Ralph Lauren, St. John’s University, Wilkinson O’Grady, Nokia,
United Nations Office of Project Services, Dualstar Entertainment,
David Meister, Ellen Tracy, George Weiss Associates, Ad Media
puBlicAtions include: The Architect’s Newspaper, Contract,
Development New York, Gotham, Interior Design, Metropolis, The
New York Times, Success magazine, Real Estate New York, Forbes,
Mann Report, Oculus, Metropolitan magazine, Real Estate Journal
weBsite: www.spacesmith.com
leonore T. Smith
English as a Second Language specialist, art educator, New York
City Department of Education
educAtion: BA, summa cum laude, MA, University of California,
Santa Barbara; MS, CCNY
Steve Smith
Design and construction manager, Steve Smith/Design and
Construction
educAtion: BS, Pratt Institute
projects include: Nynex Mobile Communications; Learning
Center, New York; Hugo Boss; Reebok
puBlicAtions include: Interiors; Interior Detailing; contributor,
Interior Graphic Standards, Student Edition
amy Smith-Stewart
Curator; founder, director, Smith-Stewart. Formerly,
curator, P.S.1/MoMA; curatorial advisor, Mary Boone Gallery;
guest curator, Peter Norton Collection
educAtion: BA, cum laude, New York University; MA, University
of Manchester
curAtoriAl works include: “Remember Who You Are,”
“Upstate,” “Heartbreaker,” Mary Boone Gallery; “Day Labor,”
“Phoebe Washburn: Seconds of Something,” “Aleksandra Mir: The
Big Umbrella,” “Special Projects Series: Christian Holstad, Mika
Rottenberg, Petra Lindholm,” co-curator, “Katharina Sieverding:
Close Up,” “Greater New York 2005,” “Ernesto Caivano: After the
Woods, A Selection,” P.S.1/MoMA; “Dream of Today,” Steve Turner
Gallery, Los Angeles; “Warlord,” “Foam of the Daze,” Smith-Stewart
puBlicAtions include: Flash Art, Contemporary. Work appears
in: Ylva Ogland: Tondo; Jen DeNike: Seven Suns; Adrian Paci;
Katharina Sieverding: Close Up
Judith Solodkin
Printmaker; Tamarind master printer; president, Solo Impression Inc
educAtion: BA, Brooklyn College; MFA, Columbia University
editions printed for collections, including: Museum of
Modern Art; Tate Gallery; Brooklyn Museum; Whitney Museum of
American Art; Milwaukee Art Museum; The Metropolitan Museum
of Art; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC;
Baltimore Museum of Art
David Soman
Author, illustrator
educAtion: BA, Oberlin College
illustrAtor: More than 15 illustrated children’s books, including
When I’m Old With You
illustrAtor, co-Author: Ladybug Girl series
AwArds include: The New York Times best-seller list, Coretta
Scott King Book Award
Sofia Sondervan
Film producer
educAtion: BFA, summa cum laude, New York University
professionAl experience includes: Founder, Sony Music Film;
head of East Coast production, Content Film
film projects include: Bringing Up Bobby; Feel the Noise; Party
Monster; The Hebrew Hammer; Cadillac Records; Rick; The King;
East of Havana; The Cooler; Thank You for Smoking; Joe
Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
Skip Sorvino
Design consultant; principal, Sorvino/Ligasan
Design Group
educAtion: BFA, School of Visual Arts
puBlicAtions include: Art Direction, Advertising Techniques,
Graphis, Communication Arts, Idea, Print Casebooks
AwArds: More than 100 awards, including AIGA, Creativity,
Society of Illustrators, ANDY, Print Poster USA, Type Directors Club,
Society of Publication Designers
Gerald Mark Soto
Broadcast designer; founder, Salvame
educAtion: BFA, School of Visual Arts
clients include: MTV, VH1, Gap, Comedy Central
film festivAl screenings include: Sundance, Berlin, Genart
puBlicAtions include: Print, Relax Magazine, The New York
Times, Post, That magazine
AwArds include: Gold and silver awards, Broadcast Design
Association; Graphis New Talent Annual; Telly; Cream of the Crop
Award, Savannah College of Art and Design
Omoyele Sowore
Publisher, editor, Sahara Reporters; founder, Committee for the
Protection of Peoples Diginity. Formerly, program director, refugee
resettlement, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark
educAtion: BS, University of Lagos; MPA, Columbia University
puBlicAtions include: The AFRican, West African News,
Communiqué, nigeriaworld.com
AwArds include: Freedom Flame, City Limits
Joia Speciale
Cinematography
educAtion: BA, St. Lawrence University
professionAl experience: Film editor, Maysles Films
film And television projects include: E-Dreams; Secrets of
the Heart; Hole in the Sky: Scars of 9/11; Sex, Food, Death…&
Insects; Heights; Intervention; Interrogators; Little Beauties
clients include: A&E, MTV, Sundance Channel, American
Society of Magazine Editors, HBO
film festivAl screenings include: South by Southwest, Seattle
International, World Media
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