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Qualifikationen:
Als Professorin fuer Web design & Produktion und Animation, bin ich eine Pionierin der Multimediausbildung durch meine Taetigkeit als Mediakuenstlerin, Designer sowie New Media Historikerin.
Meine Erfahrungen und Fachkenntnisse beinhalten: Multimedia Beratung für akademische, private und gemeinnützige Kunden; der kreative, konzeptionelle und technische Aspekt von Produktpresentationen; CD-ROM Publishing; Web-Technologien; 2D und 3D Modellbau und Animation; Computerspiel-Design; traditionelle und digitale Photographie; digitale Plakatdruckerei; digitaler Sound; digitale und analoge Videoproduktion; und Integration von Kunst und digitalen Multimedien in Lehrplänen von renommierten Lehrinstituten in den Vereinigten Staaten, Süd-Amerika und Europa, (besonders in Deutschland).
Ausbildung:
1996
Master of Fine Arts, Multimedia, Digital & Fine
Arts University of California, Davis, CA.
1994
Bachelor of Fine Arts, with Distinction, Sculpture & Minor in Photography. California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.
1991
Associate of Art, with Honors, Studio Art Sculpture. Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa,
CA.
Lehrtätigkeit und Arbeitserfahrung:
Presently:
1992-Presently
45th Artist Cooperative, Inc., Emeryville CA.
Artist and Multimedia Consultant
The 45th Artist Cooperative was first established in 1973.
Teaching and Technical:
• Assisting and training members in developing digital artists' portfolio, consisting of both print and various multimedia authoring environments.
• Supervising and pairing qualified multimedia interns with artist.
• Attending monthly Board Member Meetings and been appointed to various subcommittees.
2001 - Presently
FHTW, Berlin: Fachhochschule für Technik und
Wirtschaft Berlin, Germany (A Technical University for Computer Science).
Volunteer Program Administrator - Former Guest Professor
• Created four-month paid internship programs in the U.S. for German students in the "Internationale Medieninformatik" (International Computer Science and New Media) and "Angewandte Informatik" (Applied Computer Science in advanced levels of programming and multimedia).
• Found suitable companies for internship and acted as liaison between the university, students and sponsoring companies after returning to the U.S.
Companies (only a few samples):
MyPrimeTime™, San Francisco, CA.
Data Company, San Francisco, CA.
www.datacompanies.com
Lynn Hershman, Hotwire Productions
www.hotwire.com
Departments:
Production/Editorial
Legal
PR/Marketing
Engineering
Graphic Department
Skills:
Networking- Marketing of Students' Skill Sets
Telemarketing
On-line Marketing
3D Modeler
Programming
2001 - 2007
Peralta Community College, Oakland, CA.
Tenured Professor of Multimedia Arts (MMART)
Department Supervisor: Web Design & Production and Animation.
Administrative:
• Animation Curriculum Committee Project Manager: derived and negotiated animation strand budget, negotiated salaries for program development and rollout of new courses. Selected and implemented software, evaluating textbooks, partnered with industrial and academic advisors, marketing research, recruited committee members and supervised curriculum design.
• Obtained approval for degree program from Berkeley College, Peralta Community College District, Bay Area Vocational Deans Consortium and California State Chancellor's Office in 2005.
• Co-directed an outreach program to teach at risk high school students, college students and professionals how to use traditional and digital animation techniques.
• Co-implemented cross-department curricula course requirements within MMART (to be shared) with other departments, such as, Art, Business CIS, English and Humanities.
• Acting Dept Chair. Monitored dept. purchase orders for future computer laboratory, hardware, software, supplies and fulfilled all other chair responsibilities in absence of Dept. Chair.
• Chairman, Web Design and Production Advisor Curriculum Committee: Updated Web Design and Production degree and certification program curriculum to current industry and state curriculum standards for Instructional Program Review.
• Recruited adjunct faculty, teaching assistants and recommended candidates to the Dean of Instruction.
• Creative Director: MMART department website. Additionally, created, prototype tested a departmental on-line roll system, designing both the front end and the back end publishing and implemented by Web III student.
• Project Management: assisting students in secure real-world projects from local industrial and nonprofit companies and monitored their progress.
• Appointed to various campus and district committees.
Technical:
• Programming: HTML, DHTML, CSS, Basic JavaScript, Action Scripting and Lingo.
• Create solutions to technological cross-platform issues for department lab - PC and Macintosh.
• I establish a departmental, internal on-line server to host web-authoring courses for students designing Internet prototype sites and the Multimedia Art Department Web site.
• Taught conceptual design and technical aspects of product presentations; CD-ROM publishing, Web design, 2D and 3D modeling and animation, game design, digital photography, Lrg. scale digital printing, digital audio and digital/analog video production.
Courses Taught:
Survey of Digital Imaging for Multimedia,
Animation/Authoring A, CD/DVD Publishing, Digital Drawing A & B, Digital Painting A & B.
Project Software & Media:
PhotoShop, Illustrator, Painter, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Director/Lingo, Shockwave, Flash, Sound Edit 16, Cinema 4D, large scale digital printing and traditional animation tools and techniques.
2003
OceanMedia & Services, Bremerhaven, Germany. Consultant
Company:
www.oceanmedia.de
• Advised company president on the differences between U.S. and German higher educational institutions prier to receiving the contract with Journey Education expansion into Europe.
2002
Unife': Universidad Femenina Del Sagrado Corazon, Lima Peru. (Dominican University for Women) Multimedia Consultant and Conference Participant XXIII Encuentro Nacional De Facultades De Comnicación Social, Ciudadania: el derecho a la información y la comunicación en el Lima, Peru.
Department:
English & Media Communication Department.
Skills:
• Advised on grants and equipment purchasing to make latest technology available to remote rural areas of Lima , Peru , using mobile tech buses equipped with computers and two-way satellite Internet access.
• Invited to publish an article; “Emerging Technologies and their Impacts Within and Between the U.S. and Europe ” in an annual publication for the Dominican University Unif e' , Comunife': revista de comunicacion social , a Peruvian higher education journal published December 2002.
2001
Dominican University, San Rafael, CA.
Multimedia Consultant
Department:
Art Department - Lucas Digital Internship Program
(Industrial Light and Magic).
Skills:
• Consulted on courses for Dominican's curriculum partnership with Industrial Light and Magic, Digital Internship Program.
• Advised on strategies for setting up a Macintosh Multimedia Lab including how to maintain network for multimedia uses, advised on equipment purchases (software/hardware), and made suggestions in expanding the digital 3D Modeling and Animation course curriculum.
• Presented lecture on “Three-Dimensional Digital Art and Animation” as part of the Dominican's Digital Art Symposium Series, 2001.
2001
Smart American Shopper, Rancho Cordova, CA.
Consulting, Designing for an on-line store.
Company:
www.smartamericanshopper.com
Skills:
• Determined the needs of the client and provided design for an e-commerce store.
• Solved technological design issues in cross-platform environments.
Summer 2000
University of Hamburg
Pentiment: International Academy for Art and Design Hamburg, Germany.
Visiting Guest Lecturer and Artist in Multimedia,
Consultant - Designed curriculum and taught the university's first Interactive Digital Media course.
Full-time Summer Appointment 2000.
Departments:
Art and Design
Teaching and Technical:
• Designed curriculum and taught the university's first Interactive Digital Media course.
• Taught conceptual design and technical aspects of product presentations; CD-ROM publishing, interactive interface design, 2D animation, digital audio, digital video production, cross-platform issues and maintained network for multimedia uses.
• Advised on equipment (hardware/software) purchases for campus media lab.
Courses Taught:
Interaktive digitale Medien: CD-ROM Publishing für
Künstler und Entwerfer
(Interactive Digital Media: CD-ROM Publishing for
Artists and Designers)
Project Software & Media:
PhotoShop, Illustrator, Premiere, Director/Programming Language: Lingo, Sound Edit 16.
March 1999 - July 2000
FHTW, Berlin: Fachhochschule für Technik und
Wirtschaft Berlin, Germany (A Technical University for Computer Science).
Guest Professor, Artist in Multimedia, and
Consultant - 1 ½ year full-time contract.
Departments:
"Internationale Medieninformatik" (International Computer Science and New Media).
"Angewandte Informatik" (Applied Computer Science in advance levels of programming and multimedia).
Teaching and Technical:
• Inaugurated a new digital applied computer science strand, Internationale Medieninformatik, bachelor's and advised on a future master's degree programs in digital multimedia.
• Programming: HTML, DHTML, Basic JavaScript and Lingo.
• Taught conceptual design and technical aspects of product presentations; CD-ROM publishing, Web design, 2D and 3D modeling and animation, traditional and digital photography, digital audio and digital/analog video production.
• Supervised student work on real-industry projects and trained faculty members in multimedia techniques.
• Assisted in setting up laboratory for multimedia; advised on equipment (hardware/software) purchasing. Created solutions to cross-platform issues and multiple location issues.
• Presented a lecture on “ Multimedia Design ” , 48/2h Vorlesung: A live broadcast via the Internet (FHTW, Berlin), Fachhochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin, Germany, 1999.
Courses Taught:
Programmieren von Mediensystemen
(Programming for Mediasystems)
Angewandte Informatik
Mediengestaltung
(Media Design)
Angewandte Informatik
Visualisierung und Animation
(Visualization and Animation: Alias 8.5 & Maya)
Angewandte Informatik
Medientechnik II
(Media Techniques II)
Internationale Medieninformatik
Kommunikation-und Medientheorie - E-Commerce
(Communication and Media Theory - E-Commerce)
Internationale Medieninformatik
Project Software & Media:
PhotoShop, Illustrator, Premiere, Director/Programming Language: Lingo,
Shockwave, Flash, Sound Edit 16, Cinema 4D,
3D Studio Max, Alias 8.5 & Maya.
1999
Mikkeli Polytechnic International Studies, Mikkeli, Finland (Technical University of Applied Science).
Visiting Guest Lecturer and Consultant in Multimedia - Partnership with FHTW, Berlin
Department:
Multimedia
Teaching and Technical:
• Assisted with curriculum development for bachelor's and master's degree programs in digital multimedia.
• Set up laboratory for multimedia; advised on equipment (hardware/software) purchasing.
• Lectured on Current Media Trends and Latest Technical Developments in the U.S., Mikkeli Polytechnic International Studies, Mikkeli , Finland , 1999.
1999
Muthesius-Hochschule: Freie Kunst
Kiel, Germany (University of Art and Design).
Visiting Professor and Lecturer - Workshop in Multimedia
• Lectured on How to Conceptualize for the New Millennium, Muthesius-Hochschule: Freie Kunst, Kiel, Germany, 1999.
1999
Lucas Valley Technologies, San Rafael, CA.
Multimedia Consultant for short-term project (remotely from Germany).
• Reviewed online portfolios and made recommendations for hiring multimedia web designers.
• Advised on web marketing and site design for existing website.
1999
City & Islington College, London, UK.
Multimedia Consultant to a Design Program Professor (One year, while I was at FHTW, Berlin).
• Developed student multimedia projects.
1999-1997
Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA.
Adjunct faculty
Departments:
Applied Technology Department (Design Department) and Art Department.
Teaching and Technical:
• Consulted Design Dept. on digital course curriculum
• Taught design and technical aspects of product presentations, digital design applications, interactive interface design, time-based design, 2D animation, digital audio and digital video production.
Courses Taught & Media:
Production Techniques for Multimedia Publishing,
Digital Photography, and Computer Graphic A & B.
Project Software:
PhotoShop, Illustrator, Painter, Premiere, Director/Programming Language: Lingo, Shockwave, Sound Edit 16, Bryce 3D.
1998
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA.
Adjunct faculty
Summer semester: session 1 & 2
Department:
Applied Art and Design Departments
Teaching and Technical:
• Taught design and technical aspects of web presentations; interactive interface design; banner (animation logo) design; web audio and video; digital, color and black and white photography.
• Guest lecturer on Art Appreciation: “My Current Art Work – Digital” , Sierra College , Rocklin , CA , 1994.
Courses Taught:
Intermediate Photography, Intro to Electronic Imaging and Web Design.
Project Software & Media:
PhotoShop, Illustrator, Painter, Sound Edit 16 and different types of WYSIWYG HTML Editors.
1998
UC Davis, University Extension, Sacramento, CA.
Adjunct faculty
One semester
Department:
Information Technology
Teaching and Technical:
• Made recommendations to improve course curriculum.
• Taught design and technical aspect of web presentations; interactive interface design, banner (animation logo) design, audio and video for the Web, online marketing; programming, HTML and DHTML.
Courses Taught:
Web site Functional Design
Project Software & Media:
PhotoShop, Premiere, Sound Edit 16, Director-Shockwave, and different types of WYSIWYG HTML Editors.
1997
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA.
Part-time instructor in Multimedia Technology
One year
Department:
Multimedia
Teaching and Technical:
Taught design, art and technical aspects of product presentations; CD-ROM publishing, Online publishing, 2D and 3D modeling animation, digital photography, digital sound, digital video production, and taught programming in Lingo
Courses Taught:
Computer Graphics, Digital Photography and Summer Art Experience: Digital Photography for High School Students
Project Software & Media:
PhotoShop, Illustrator, Premiere, Director/Programming Language: Lingo,
Shockwave, Sound Edit 16, Bryce 3D, Strata Studio Pro.
1994-1996
University of California Davis, Davis, CA.
Graduate Instructor
Two years
Department:
Art Department
Courses Taught:
Color Theory Painting, Team Teaching Beginning Drawing, Figure Drawing, Multimedia, and Beginning B&W Photography.
1994-1996
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA.
Volunteer Worker
Department:
Art Department
Courses Assistance:
Beginning, Intermediate B&W Photography and Beginning, Intermediate Color Photography.
Vorlesungen:
2008
Outside the Frame: Icons of Modernism and the New Visual Culture Conference Speaker, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University, Michigan.
Guest Lecturer within the Mass Communication Department, Black Hills State University, South Dakota.
2007
Visual and Computational Teaching and Learning Conference: Mediaglyphs as New Language - Cyber-HANGMAN: e-Commerce, College of Charleston, South Carolina.
Cross-Cultural Perspective of Visual Communication: Mediaglyphs as New Language - Cyber-HANGMAN: e-Commerce, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
2001
Three-Dimensional Digital Arts and Animation: Dominican's Digital Art Symposium Series, Dominican University, California , 2001.
2000
Methods of Project Management in Multimedia
Production, Fachhochschule Kiel (University of Applied Science) Kiel, Germany.
Interactive Systems,
Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, Fachbereich Design
(Dept. Multimedia Design), Düsseldorf, Germany.
1999
How to Conceptualize for the New Millennium
(Workshop in Multimedia),
Muthesius-Hochschule: Freie Kunst (Art & Design University), Kiel, Germany.
Current Media Trends and Latest Technical Development in the U.S.,
Mikkeli Polytechnic International Studies
Mikkeli, Finland.
Multimedia Design, 48/2h Vorlesung:
A live broadcast via the internet,
(FHTW, Berlin). Fachhochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin, Germany.
1997
Career Day: How to Develop a Strong Portfolio
for the Fine Artist, California College of Art and Craft, Oakland, CA.
1996
Strategies for Successful Portfolio Presentations when Applying for Graduate Programs,
Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
1994
Art Appreciation,
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA.
Zitate aus Publikationen und Kunstkritiken:
Danille M. Font, “Visual and Computational Teaching and Learning Conference Proceedings: Mediaglyphs as New Language - Cyber-HANGMAN: e-Commerce,” Association for Computing Machinery: Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession (ACM), Charleston , South Carolina , November, 2007.
Shirley Fogarino , “Font's Multimedia Arts Exhibit Explores New Language, Meanings of Digital Art,” BBC Today, November 2006. Berkeley, CA.
“Newthinking Store Mitte, Digitale Welten,” Sergej, July 2006, Berlin, Germany.
“Cyber-HANGMAN: e-Commerce,” [030] Stadmagazin, May – June 22, 2006. Berlin, Germany.
Short Critical Essays in English & German, by Danille M. Font, “Cyber-HANGMAN: e-Commerce,” Newthinking Communication, June 29 - July 28, 2006. Berlin.
Article by Danille M. Font,
"Emerging Technologies and their Impact, 'Is it
CyQuest or SyQuest?' ", Journal Magazine, Academic Department of University of Femenina del Sagrado Corazón': COM-UNIF. July 2002. Lima, Peru.
"Kunst kimmentiert Menschen, Danille M. Font aus San Francisco fotografiert nicht-professionelle Modelle," Berlines Abendblatt. Feb. 2nd, 2001. Berlin, Germany.
"Resisting the Past - Performances-Fotografien von Danille M. Font, San Francisco," Blattgold, der monatliche Überblick für Frauen. Feb. 2001. Berlin, Germany.
Siegessäule: "Kunst mit Frischegarantie: Fotos von Danille M. Font in der Begine," Berlins schwullesbisches Stadtmagazin. Feb. 2001. Berlin, Germany.
Virtual Gallery: "International Summer Academy for Art and Design, 2000," Pentiment, Fachhochschule Hamburg Fachbereich Gestaltung, Publish 2001. Hamburg, Germany.
Article by Danille M. Font,
"A good way to look at Berlin at the moment is like any border town . . . trapped by two opposing values and cultures,"Academy of Intuitive Studies, Spring 2000.
Jolene Thym, "Exhibit celebrates Emeryville arts
community," The Oakland Tribune, October 3, 1997.
Kathleen Alaks, "Galleries offer thoughtful paintings and photos," Grants Pass Daily Courier, July 10, 1997.
Sean Scott, "Exit, Master of Art Students Exhibition," University of California, Davis Auggie, June 6, 1996.
Sean Scott, "Basement Gallery Exhibit Explores
Femininity," University of California, Davis Auggie, April 28, 1995.
Kathleen Alaks, "Wiseman Gallery Show Questions Gender Roles, Social Perceptions," Grants Pass Daily Courier, June 29, 1995.
Kathleen Alaks & Edith Decker, "Two Galleries Show Photos," Grants Pass Daily Courier, August 3, 1995.
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