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camillo c. Bica
Philosopher, writer
educAtion: BS, Long Island University; MA, New York University;
PhD, CUNY Graduate Center
puBlicAtions include: Humanist, Public Affairs Quarterly,
International Journal of Applied Philosophy
AwArds include: Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award, School
of Visual Arts
Michael Bierut
Partner, Pentagram; co-founder, Design Observer
educAtion: BS, summa cum laude, University of Cincinnati
Books include: Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design; co-editor,
Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design, vols. 1
through 5
puBlicAtions contriButed to include: Design Observer, I.D.
AwArds And honors include: Hall of Fame Laureate, Art
Directors Club; Medal of Excellence, AIGA; president emeritus,
AIGA/NY; Design Mind Award, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design
Museum; member, Alliance Graphique Internationale
Mark Bischel
Fine artist, illustrator
educAtion: BFA, University of Central Missouri; MFA School
of Visual Arts
one-person exhiBition: Thomas Werner Gallery
group exhiBitions include: Society of Illustrators; Art Institute
of Seattle; Art Institute of Houston; Savannah College of Art and
Design; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
clients include: NBC; Los Angeles Times; Boston Globe; Oxford
University Press; Simon & Schuster, Inc.; Universal Press Syndicate;
Goldseker Foundation; Ziff-Davis; Euro RSCG Worldwide; USA
Network; Marriott Hotels; Volvo
puBlicAtions include: Communications Arts, Applied Arts
AwArds include: Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of
Visual Arts
christina Black
Creative director, Showtime Networks, Smithsonian Channel
educAtion: BA, George Washington University; MS, Pratt Institute
exhiBitions include: Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA;
Corcoran White Walls Gallery, Washington, DC
collection: Museum of Modern Art
AwArds include: Art Directors Club, AIGA, Broadcast Design
Association, New York Festivals, Association of Independent
Commercial Producers
edward Blacksberg
English as a Second Language specialist
educAtion: BA, Queens College; Teacher Training Certificate,
Baruch College
Max Blagg
Writer; fine artist; contributing editor, Ten Magazine, Oyster, BG
Books include: The Little Dress Book, Don’t Look Back, What
a Man Should Know
cAtAlog text include: “Michael Halsband Portraits,” “Billy
Sullivan East End Photographs,” “Surface to Air,” (Sally Egbert)
Solomon Contemporary, East Hampton; “Marine-Ten Poems,”
(Alex Katz) Jablonka Gallery, Berlin; “After Lovecraft,” (Nicholas
Rule) Dinter Fine Art; “Gate of Heaven,” (Joe Fyfe) JG Contemporary;
“Tower of Words,” (James Nares) Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm;
“Transformer,” (Keith Sonnier) Arts Club of Chicago
puBlicAtions include: Bald Ego, Bomb, Interview, The Village
Voice, Open City, Aperture, Dear Dave
AwArd: New York Foundation for the Arts
Michael Blakeney
Development director, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
educAtion: BA, Franklin & Marshall College; MA, PhD, New
York University
professionAl experience includes: Associate director, Bronx
Educational Alliance, Lehman College; associate director of education,
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum; research associate, School
of Education, CUNY
Jennifer Blessing
Curator of Photography, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
educAtion: AB, with honors, Brown University; MA, New York
University
curAtoriAl works include: “True North,” “Catherine Opie:
American Photographer,” “Jeff Wall: Exposure,” “Marina
Abramovic´: Seven Easy Pieces,” “Speaking with Hands: Photographs
from The Buhl Collection,” “Family Pictures: Contemporary
Photographs and Videos from the Collection of the Guggenheim
Museum,” “Rrose is a Rrose is a Rrose: Gender Performance in
Photography”
essAys in: Performa: New Visual Performance; Dandies: Fashion
and Finesse in Art and Culture; Performance Research; Robert
Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition; Art of This Century;
Modernism, Gender, and Culture; The Italian Metamorphosis,
1943–1968; Allegorie II: Video; Premises: Invested Spaces in
Visual Arts, Architecture, and Design from France, 1958–1998;
Veronica’s Revenge: Current Perspectives in Contemporary
Photography/The Lambert Photography Collection; Art/Fashion;
Gina Pane
AwArds include: National Endowment for the Arts, International
Association of Art Critics
Jordan Blit
Animator, animation director
educAtion: BFA, School of Visual Arts
clients include: 1stAveMachine; Buck; Digital Kitchen; Eyeball;
Fresh Paint; Hush Studios, Inc.; Mass Market; Panda Panther; Psyop,
Inc.; Rust Company; Brand New School; Shilo; Süperfad
film festivAls include: Pumelo International, Aarhus Festival of
Independent Arts, Red Stick International Animation Festival,
MetroCAF
weBsite: www.jabimation.com
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