Vita

Christine Gorbach

2511 Valley View Drive

Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223 USA

Telephone: 330-814-4365

ChristineGorbach@gmail.com

http://Christine.Gorbach.org

Education

1972- 1973 Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1973-1976 B.A. The University of Akron

Akron, Ohio

1982 Kent State Blossom Art Program with an emphasis on painting under the direction of Craig Lucas.

1980-1990 Postgraduate courses included filmmaking and Media Influences on Art.

1993-1997 M.A. Kent State University

Kent, Ohio

Major – Art Education

Studio concentration – Painting - under the direction of William Quinn.

Thesis – “The Actions and Reflections of Art Teachers in Their Studios and Their Classroom”

2004 Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art (TICA), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Teaching Experience

1977–2007 K-12 Visual Art Teacher, Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Elementary Schools: 1977-1986

Middle School: 1986-1998

High School: 1998-2007

1993-1994 One year sabbatical, Student Teacher Supervisor, Kent State University

Kent, Ohio

1998-2007 Art Department Coordinator, Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education.

Fall Semester Visiting Artist/Lecturer Art Education, University of Florida

2008 Gainesville, Florida

2009 Assistant Professor/Student Teacher Supervisor, Art Education, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Ohio Art Education Association Conference Presenter;

Third Graders and Our Earth; Mutually Indebted

The ABCs of Feminist Pedagogy and Art Education Co-presenter.

Painting Exhibitions and Commissioned Work

1977-1978 Faculty Shows, Taylor Memorial Library.

1981 Commissioned work, Children’s Hospital Credit Union, Akron, Ohio.

1982 Blossom Kent Art Show.

1982-1992 Commissioned works for private individuals/businesses.

1991 OAEA Conference Juried Art Show, Powerhouse Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

1995 “By Invitation Only Art Show”, solo show arranged for the artist by an area patron.

1996-2000 Four paintings on loan to Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

1996 Contemporary Art Project Gallery Show, “Two Painters” Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

1997 “Singular Evening of Art”, solo show at the Cuyahoga Falls School of Music, Stow, Ohio.

1998 Moonlight Gallery, group show, Cleveland, Ohio.

1999 Hierarchy painting featured at the Agora Gallery in New York City and at an Art Educators Show the Akron Art Museum.

2000-Present Studio work on various paintings and photographs for collaborative film projects.

2001 Solo show, Kent State Stark Campus, North Canton, Ohio

2003 “Progeny”, solo show Stark State Technical College

2003-Present A featured artists for Diabetes Association yearly Fundraiser.

2004 Cuyahoga Falls Faculty Art Show, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

2005 Group Show Cuyahoga Valley Art Center

2005-Present Commissioned works for private individuals/businesses.

2006 Currently working on 4’x5’ oil painting for collaborative film for Breast Cancer Awareness.

2008 Various Northeast Ohio gallery shows including; Trumbull Art

Gallery, Youngstown; Cuyahoga Valley Art Center and City Art Project in Cuyahoga Falls; The Blue Cottage, Put-In-Bay and Peninsula Art Academy, Peninsula

2009 Various Northeast Ohio gallery shows including; City Art Project in Cuyahoga Falls; Fresh and Witty Show Summit Art Space, Akron, Ohio

Films, Multimedia, Collaborative Work

2000 Multimedia collaborations begin with Christine Gorbach (sight) and Gary Lee Nelson (sound), an Oberlin College artist/composer. To date, the following films have been created;

Hierarchy 2000

Death and Transfiguration 2001

Charitoo 2001

The Red Line 2004

Emergence 2004 (Multi-media production)

My Regards 2004

Progeny 2005

Hope 2007 (In production)

The following is a list of venues in which one or more of the films were shown.

2000 Oberlin College Faculty Composer Concert

2001 Subtle Technologies, Blurring the Boundaries Between Art and Science, Innis College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Wigged.net on-line video magazine April-May 2001 edition

Sight and Sound Series Cleveland Institute of Art

Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival

The Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.

The Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio (lecture series)

Featured presenters at the annual meeting of the Ohio Art Education Association in Cleveland on November 16, 2001.

2002 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival

International Film Festival, Germany

International Film Festival, Denmark

New England Music Camp, Maine

Interlochen Arts Camp, Michigan

Waldon School, New Hampshire

American New Arts Festival, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Great Lakes Science Center, Ohio

2003 Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore

"Take Back the Night" University of Akron

UCSB Santa Barbara, California 2003

New Music and Arts festival, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

"Standing Rock Film Festival" Kent, Ohio

Stark State Technical College “Progeny” Exhibit

Heidelberg College Arts festival

2004 “MMM – Multi Media Marathon” Oberlin College

Oberlin Faculty Concert

2005 Midwest Instructional Technology Center, Grinnell College, Iowa

2006 Presentation of films and participants in a roundtable discussion during a summer workshop at CCMix in Paris, France

New Music and Arts festival, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

2007 “Timara Reunion Festival”, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.

Iona College New York, “The Female Gaze: Women Artists Interpret the World” First Place Award 2007.

Visiting Artist Concert at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.

2008 Screening at “Shared” an art and technology venue in New York City.

The Fuse Factory Ignition: Convergence: The Fuse Factory Electronic and Digital Arts Lab, Columbus, Ohio

Awards and Commendations

1982-1983 Nominated for Outstanding Young Educator for the city of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Teacher of the Year

Newberry School, PTA, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

1984-1985 Nominated for Outstanding Educator by Cuyahoga Falls Education

Association.

Outstanding Achievement / Teacher of the Year

Principal Award – Newberry School, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

1993 National Citation for Excellence in the Visual Arts

Scholastic, Inc.

1994 National Honor Awarded for Excellence in the Visual Arts

Scholastic, Inc.

1997 Recognition as an Outstanding Educator of the Visual Arts

Scholastic, Inc.

1998 Grant for presentation of Student Art Exhibit, Cuyahoga Falls

Alumni Association.

2002 Star Award for acting as an outstanding artistic model for students.

Cuyahoga Falls High School, Principal Award.

2003 Commendation from Cuyahoga Falls City School District Board of Education

For serving as a positive artistic model for students, staff and community.

2005 Commendation from Summit County Council, Ohio for hard work, dedication, and commitment to education.

2007 Commendation from Summit County Council, Ohio for hard work, dedication, and commitment to education.

First Place Award 2007.Iona College New York, “The Female Gaze: Women Artists Interpret the World”

2008 National Art Education Association Women’s Caucus Carrie Nordlund Award. National citation for excellence in feminist pedagogy, PreK-12^th art education.