Project High School
Resume:
Maria Cocchiarelli-Berger
P.O. Box #***
La Veta, Colorado 81055
Education
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1985 MS Art Education, Queens College, CUNY
1985 BA Painting and Drawing, Queens College, CUNY
1980-82 Painting and Drawing, Art Student's League, New York, New York
1978 BA Art History, Syracuse University, New York
Professional Experience
April 2007 - Present
Co-Founder of the Museum of Friends (MOF), Walsenburg, Colorado
Directing operations, programming, and educational initiatives of a
Contemporary Collection of paintings prints, sculptures, resource library
and classes. Initiating the direction, fund raising, and scheduling of all
future projects of the Museum of Friends with Co-Founder Brendt Berger.
September 2004 - March 2007
Italian American Museum, Curator of Collections, New York, New York,
Initiating, organizing and developing historical and contemporary Italian
American Exhibitions. This includes researching and writing scholarly
publications, promotional materials, and planning educational and public
programs. Utilizing "Art Systems", to create an archive of our permanent
collection.
September 2004 - 2005
Kean University, Adjunct Teaching in Fine Arts Department, Union New
Jersey.
Courses included "Art and Design" and "Art Education."
September 2003 - June 2004, and part-time 2005-2006
P.S. #6, Manhattan, New York, special projects for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade
art instruction.
August 2001 - May, 2002, Hogan Preparatory Academy, Kansas City, Missouri
Drawing, Painting, Art Appreciation, and Art History (9-12).
February 2000 - June 2001, Kansas City Missouri School District
Foreign Language Academy, Art Instructor. (K-5) and 8th grade Gifted
Program.
June 1999 - October. Garden Artist and Project Developer Kansas City,
Missouri
Gem Theater and the Linwood YWCA Youth Arts Garden. Developed garden plan,
and arts curriculum to reclaim the use of three vacant lots on Cleveland
and 31st St. in Kansas City, Missouri.
1999 - 2002, Artist in Residence
Kansas City, Missouri (Warrenton, Wright City, and North Kansas City) The
Missouri Arts Council.
Artist in the classroom, for projects "Murals" and "The Art of the
Environment" Projects.
2000, 1999 and 1998, Watercolor and Art History Instructor
Kansas City Art Institute Summer High School Residency Program.
June 1997 - July 1998, Program Director
Grand Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
Responsibilities included researching and writing exhibition related
materials; grant proposals, developing new potential audiences, community
outreach. Developed and conducted public programs, tour program, and
symposiums on Contemporary Art.
September 1996 - March 1997, Director of Education
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Kansas City, Missouri
Established a complete educational department in a new Museum including a
docent and school tour program, community outreach, and public programs.
1993 - 1996, Curator of Education
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming
Established diverse educational and public programs, expanding traditional
services and funding sources for a newly built Museum.
1991 - 1993, Education Director
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York. Originated programs
and funding including Celebrate the Environment, The School Park Artists
Collaboration, (an in-school, and Park program taught by visiting artists,
in collaboration with the Noguchi Museum, and the Institute for
Contemporary Art, P.S. #1, with an emphasis on the built and natural
environment)
1989 - 1993, Artist in Residence
Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York interpretative curriculum
development and presentation for K through 12 grades, ESL, and Special
Needs Classes.
1989 - 1991, Artist/Teacher
Institute for Contemporary Art/P.S. #1 Museum, Long Island City, New York
(Museum of Modern Art)
Programs included "New York City Architecture as Museum", and "Influence
and Inspiration", interpretative curriculum for Contemporary Art for K
through 12 grades. Collaborated with "Poets and Writers in the Schools",
The International High School, visiting artists, community members, and New
York State Council on the Arts.
1987 - 1988 Curator, Mission Graphics Support Gallery, New York City, New
York
1986 - 1988 Journalist, Cover Arts Journal, New York City, New York
1985 - 1987 Museum Educator, The Queens Museum, Queens, New York
1984 - 1985 Instructor, Museum's Collaborative and The New York City
Youth Bureau.
1983 - 1984 and 1988-89 Instructor and Curator Queens College Center for
the Improvement of Education in Middle School.
Special Projects and Workshops
2012 "Where's Walsenburg?" 1st Artist in Residence program for the Museum
of Friends with London photographer Zoe Childerely and photographs
from the 1930's by Eudora Welty - "Photographs from the Heart"
extended thru 2013
2002 Rainbow Pet Hospital Animal Mural, 12' x 72', acrylic on
outside wall, private commission.
2000 Visiting Lecturer for Community Art Projects Class for the Kansas
City Art Institute.
1998 Grant Writer/Community Planner for the K.O.S. in K. C. for Grand Arts
and MAC.
1998 Co-Instructor Children's Museum of Omaha and k-6 schools in Omaha
with Richard Mock
1997 Muralist/Designer Kansas City Youth Project for "Our World" Mural
Children ages 4 to 12.
1996 Community Planner Dale Chihuly and Kansas City Youth with Special
Need for the Kemper Museum and Accessible Arts
1993 Muralist/Designer Central Pennsylvania Festival for the Arts, State
College, Pennsylvania.
1991 Muralist/Instructor -"AIDS-SIDA", Red Hook, Brooklyn. Project Reach
Youth, South Brooklyn High School, and the N.Y.C. Department of
Health, New York.
1991 Muralist/Consultant (for two projects) "Positive Images" and "Unity",
Omaha, Nebraska, Art Omaha, Omaha Public Schools, the Omaha
Children's Museum, the Nebraska Arts Council, Creighton
University's Nurse Intern Training Program for Community Health.
1990 Muralist/Facilitator for "Don't Get Hooked, Two", Brooklyn Community
Board #2, Brooklyn, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard's Boys and Girls
Club.
1989-1991 Muralist "Facing Liberty" and "Struggle #1." Red Hook Arts, Red
Hook, Brooklyn.
1989-1990 Muralist/Facilitator for "Youth Force - We Got the Power," New
York City. Citizen's Committee for a Greater New York, Dutch Reform
Church, New York, N .Y.
1989 Artist/Storyteller Sunnyside Community Services, Queens, New York.
1988-1989 Muralist/with Artist-Richard Mock, "Take Back the Park", and
"Don't Get Hooked." Children's Museum of Manhattan and Community
Board #4, Manhattan, New York, Chelsea Park.
1988-1989 Program Instructor in Hell's Kitchen Chelsea and Brooklyn Navy
Yard. Take Back the Parks (a project of The Citizens Committee for
a Greater New York) Brooklyn, and New York.
Public Art Commissions
1999 Designer and Coordinator
Site Installation of five water hydrants collaborative works with
children from the Kansas City Schools
publicly on view in Science City, Union Station, Kansas City,
Missouri.
1993 Muralist/Project Designer
Socrates Park, "Struggle" with Brooklyn Technical High School
Students, New York.
1993 Designer and Coordinator
"Life Forms in Focus Two" tile installation in ECCI (early
childhood center) Bronx, New York. Commissioned by the New York
City Early Childhood Agency and High Bridge Advisory Council Day
Care and Senior Center. Developed theme and curriculum materials
to train all teachers at site working with pre-school-aged
children with special needs to create designs for decorative tiles
for new facility.
1992-1993 Designer and Coordinator
Commissioned by New York City Schools Construction Authority, "The
World" six interior banners in the Bronx Elementary School.
1991-1992 Designer and Coordinator
"Life Forms in Focus", tile installation in ECC1, the Bronx, New
York. Commissioned by New York City Schools "Sites Workshop for
Students One Percent for the Arts." Developed children's designs,
consulted on fabrication of replicated tiles, and installation
throughout three floors of building.
Professional Activities and Awards
2007 Permanent retrospective exhibition that changes at MOF, Walsenburg,
Colorado
2004- 05 One-person Art Exhibition at the Digital Sandbox Gallery, New
York, New York
2003 President of the Graduate Fine Arts Club, CUNY, Queens College
2001 Nominee for the "Kindest Kansas Citian" Award sponsored by Stop the
Violence Foundation.
2000 Arts and Humanities of Johnson County with the National Endowment for
the Arts, Kansas Arts Commission, and the Greater Kansas City
Community Foundation Arts Fund grant for Early Childhood Training for
Artists in the Constructivist Approach to Education.
2000 Council of Michigan Foundations' K-12 Education in Philanthropy
Project "Teaching Voluntary Action for the Common Good", with the
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri.
1996 - 1997 Community Anti-Violence Initiative, Kansas City Missouri,
Steering Committee Member.
1997 National Eagle Awards Activities, Kansas City, Missouri, Volunteer.
1996 J. Paul Getty Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, lecturer "mural making
with at-risk children."
1996 Natural Science Department of the University of Wyoming and Museum co-
instructor of a one-week summer college class entitled "The Art of the
Environment", Laramie, Wyoming.
1996 Philosophy Depart, University of Wyoming, guest lecturer "Aesthetics
and Postmodernism.
1995 Eisenhower Project, planner of "Environment, Arts, and Natural
Science" teacher-training program, Laramie, Wyoming, created sculpture
garden for St. Lawrence School Playground.
1995 Prairie Visions Institute Conference (a project of the J. Paul Getty
Trust), concept originator and co-presenter for State of Wyoming
Program at the University Art Museum, Laramie.
1995 University of Wyoming Art History Department, Laramie, Wyoming, guest
lecturer "My murals and public art in New York City.
1994 Friends of The UW Art Museum, and Senator Alan and Mrs. Ann Simpson,
guest speaker on support for the Art Mobile Program, Washington, D.C.
1994 Art Department, University of Wyoming, guest lecturer "Public art and
Community.
1994 Cheyenne Artists Association, juror for annual art competition,
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
1993 Long Island City Redevelopment Corporation, guest lecturer "Public
art in the Community," Long Island City, New York.
1991 Art Omaha, guest lecturer "Public art in Omaha, Nebraska."
1988 United Nations, New York, Annual Global Children's Exhibit on
Shelter, exhibition planner "World Habitat", New York, New York.
1988 Vermont Studio Colony, painting fellowship, March and April, Johnson,
Vermont.
1985 Italian Historical Society, and National Organization of Italian
American Women, panel member "Women and Creativity" Providence, Rhode
Island for annual conference.
1985 Herbert Lehman College, guest speaker for Women's History Month,
discussion of my painting, Bronx, NY.
1985 Queens College, successfully completed thesis entitled Primitivism
and Spiritualism in Contemporary Art - graduate requirement, Queens,
New York.
1984 Association of Queens Artists, recipient of "Emerging Artist Award,"
a stipend/studio award with a two person exhibition at Ollantay
Gallery, Queens, New York.
1984 & 1982 Caumsette Landscape painting residency/scholarship, Lloyd Neck
Harbor, New York.
1983 Queens College, CUNY, full graduate scholarship in Art Education
Department and Improvement of Education in the Middle Schools.
Project and Institutional Grants
2008 South Central Council of Governments, "Enterprise Zone" grant (s)
for public programming and marketing at the Museum of Friends in
Walsenburg, Colorado, and the Colorado Arts Council "Small Steps
Awards for a special Celtic Exhibition.
2006 NYC Department of Cultural Affairs for exhibition and public
programming at the Italian American Museum, New York City.
2006 National Organization of Italian American Museum for Janine Coyne
exhibition at the Italian American Museum, New York City.
2005 Foster Family Foundation award for Antonio Petracca exhibition at the
Italian American Museum, New York City.
2003 Queens College's Student Life Re-grant program for the Graduate
Fine Arts Program Summer Renewal Retreat Program at Caumsette State
Park, Program Designer, and Planner.
1999 Missouri Arts Council Project Grant for the Art of the Environment
with the Gem Theater, the Linwood YMCA.
1998 Missouri Arts Council Project Grant for Tim Rollins/ K.O.S. project
and public programming, Grand Arts.
1997 Mid-West Arts Alliance and Exhibits USA Community Catalyst Grant for
support of Mel Chin and the GALA Committee for public programming,
Grand Arts.
1996 Wyoming Arts Council - Community Artists Grant for
internship/training program Art Mobile Program, UWAM.
1996 Education Dean's Research and Development Grant Award for
Collaborative Efforts on Campus of the University of Wyoming for
support of an interdisciplinary arts, and humanities program.
1996 "The Art of the Environment" with the Laboratory School (k-6), UWAM.
1995 Eisenhower Project Grant, funded "Environment, Arts, and Natural
Science" teacher-training program, and visiting curator program, Mr.
Jerry Robinson, President of Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate, UWAM.
1995 The Wyoming State Education Department and The Nebraska State
Education Department, The Alliance of Arts Educators/Wyoming, funded
Prairie Visions Mini Conference, UWAM.
1994-95 Mid Atlantic Arts Federation funded two individual visiting artists
program:
Ms. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Mr. Duane Slick, UWAM.
1994-96 The Wyoming Arts Council - Arts-in-Education grant to support the
School-Tour Program, the school tour coordinator position, the docent
art history training program, the senior arts therapy program, toddler
program, after school arts, and teacher training, UWAM.
1994-96 The Wyoming Council on the Humanities, Mini-grant to support the
Paint Pony Express, a free three week humanities and art project for
children ages four through sixteen, Laramie, Wyoming, UWAM.
1991-93 Citizens Committee for a Greater New York, The New York City
Department of Youth Services, The Fund for the City of New York,
Goodwill Industries, Chase Manhattan Bank, and Community Board #1,
funded "Celebrate the Environment", "Celebrate the Environment, Two",
"Celebrate the Environment, Three", and "Hell's Gate Park, The First
Children's Sculpture Garden in Queens," Socrates Sculptures Park.
1988-91 Nebraska Arts Council recipient of community artist grant award,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Citizens Committee for a Greater New York, the Youth Force
Community Action Grant, The
New York Foundation for the Artist-Residency Grant funded public murals
during this period.
Publications:
Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Not Paved With Gold, A Selection of Photographs:
Toronto's Italian-Canadian Community in the 1970's, Exhibition
Catalogue, Curated and Edited with contributing essays by Maria
Cocchiarelli- Berger, and Giuliana Colalillo, PH.D, and Irene Zerbini.
Published by the Italian American Museum, New York, New York, 2007.
Constance DelVecchio/Maltese, The Journey Continues, Exhibition Catalogue,
Curated and Edited with contributing essays by Maria Cocchiarelli,
Carol Gordon Wood, and Dr. Anne Paolucci. Published by the Italian
American Museum, New York, New York, 2006.
Painting Up the Town, The Art of Armondo Dellasanta and John Gambino,
Exhibition Catalogue, Curated and Edited with contributing essays by
Maria Cocchiarelli, Steve Kennedy, and Louise Burke. Published by the
Italian American Museum, New York, New York, 2006.
Antonio Petracca, Identity Theft, Exhibition Catalogue, Curated and Edited
with contributing essays by Maria Cocchiarelli, and Dr. Marianne
Berardi. Published by the Italian American Museum, New York, New
York, 2006.
Janine Coyne, Sicilian Journey, Exhibition Catalogue, Curated and Edited
with contributing essays by Maria Cocchiarelli, Janine Coyne, and
Mariani Lefas-Tetenes. Published by the Italian American Museum, New
York, New York, 2006.
Freeing The Angel From the Stone, The Contribution of the Piccirilli
Brothers to Sculpture 1890 to the Present, Exhibition Catalogue,
Curated and Edited with contributing essays by Maria Cocchiarelli, Dr.
Henry Adams, and Jonathan Kuhn (Director of Art & Antiquities for New
York Parks and Recreation). Published by the Italian American Museum,
New York, New York, 2006.
Travel: I have traveled extensively throughout the United States -
attended many American Association of Museum's conferences within the
United States, as well. I lived outside of Monterrey, Mexico in a
rural community (Rinconada), where I assisted contemporary artist
Richard Mock on exhibition planning. I lived and traveled throughout
Italy during my last year of undergraduate work at Syracuse
University.
*Other Information Available upon Request: Published Articles,
Collections, additional Publications, Media Coverage, One-Person and
Group Art Exhibitions and a complete list of inclusions in Marquis'
Who's Who publications since 2000 including Who's Who in American Art,
Who's Who in Education, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in American
Women, and Who's Who in America.
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