Work Experience

Soulful Media: Entrepreneurial business, Madison, WI 2004-present. Documentary film maker, digital video editor (HD), graphic designer, and website designer.

Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 2007-present. Project Assistant: Design and implement a new website and brand that has gained international attention. http://textilecollection.wisc.edu In-house graphic designer. Inter-departmental and UW-Foundation fund raising liaison. Organized two annual Ruth Ketterer Harris Textile Lectures. Catalogued objects in the collection. Assist with preparation and presentations of textiles from the Collection to students and faculty.

Teresa Moorehouse Howley, Sculptor, Ithaca, NY 2000-2009. Manager: Negotiate and delegate business contracts. Web Design. Construction and exhibition of artist’s bronze/marble work. Develop and augment production methods/materials.

SHOCK Designs: entrepreneurial business, Providence, RI 2003-2004.Design and implement textile productions for corporate and local textile businesses. Services include embroidery for clients and sock design for DeFeet International.

Bemis Center for Contemporary Art: Omaha, NE Summer 2003. Internship: Multi-tasked working with the 10 artists-in-residence and eagerly fulfilled responsibilities for the gallery and the business. Assisted the residency director and delegated with the president of the board. Updated databases for their Annual Art Auction and maintained a 5,000 volume library.

Department of Decorative Arts, RISD Museum: Providence, RI 2002-2003. Assistant to the Associate Curator: Archived jewelry objects. Catalogued and researched wallpaper. Assisted Museum Conservator with textile and furniture conservation for On The Wall wallpaper by contemporary artists exhibtion. Assisted with the preparation of Zigzag Chairs and Wobbly Mirrors, 20th century furniture exhibition.

John Mathews Limited, East Greenwich, RI summer 2002. Assistant model/mold maker: Internship: Fabricated limited edition toys and maquettes for Nickelodeon and DC Comics. Characters include the Justice League, Batman, and SpongeBob Squarepants. Meticulously preformed and strategized all technical processes including preparation of rubber molds, sculpting, resin casting, and all finishing and presentation work.

Carol Wax, Printmaker, Brooklyn, NY 2000-2002. Freelance apprentice: Supported and assisted in the production of 500 prints.

Filmmaking Experience

1 hour documentary film Things We Don't Talk About 2012.

1 hour documentary film Creating Buddhas: The Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas 2009.

7 minute video for the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. Traditional Socks from Iraq 2009.

"Dressing for Jesus: African American Women's Church Hats", 2006-2008.

1 hour film commission: "Trancing the Inner Landscape". National distribution, 2006.

20 minute documentary film "The Eyes of Om", 2006

30 minute documentary film "Divine Connection", 2006

Short documentary film: "Soul Print" shown on the CALS website for UW-Madison

Short documentary film: "ABC School", shoot in India. 2006

Freelance Audio/Video work for Fingerlakes Video Productions, Ithaca, NY. 2006 includes Wedding Videography and other functions.

50 minute documentary film production and interview. "Living in God", 2005.

27 minute documentary film production shot in India. "Unconscious Eloquence: an Exploration of Textiles of the Mother Goddess". 2004-2005

Short documentary film production shot in India." Toy for Textile". 2004-2005. Video Production of the Black Madonna in France, 2004

Additional Videography shooting in Switzerland, Netherlands, and Germany. 2004.

Media Resource Center, RISD: Providence, RI 2003-2004.Audio-Video technician. Performed campus-wide Audio-Video set-up. Problem solved equipment with professors and students. Video Editor for students and faculty.

Software Knowledge

Very experienced with Final Cut Pro, Live Type, DVD Studio Pro (taught these programs to students and professors at RISD) Experienced: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, InDesign, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Dreamweaver, Motion. Proficient with Mac and PC.

Awards

Martin E. and Kathleen M. Burkhardt Fund Recipient, May 2009.

Special Mention for "Creating Buddhas". Design 2009: Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Madison. March 2009.

Jean Alford Myers Travel Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 2008

Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission grant for "Creating Buddhas" June 2008.

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Design Studies Travel Research Grant. March 2008

Design Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Design 2008". Honorable Mention Award, February 2008

Viola Jorgenson Baker Memorial Research Scholarship,University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 2007

Research Grant. School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. May 2007

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Design Studies Travel Research Grant. May 2007

University of Wisconsin, Madison. University Fellowship, 2006-2007

Kansas City Artists Coalition: Lighton International Artists Travel Grant. Awarded September, 2004

Rhode Island School of Design, "Outstanding Senior of the Year" Award, June 2004.

Northbrook Public Library. 1st place, Purchase Prize, October, 2003

The American Scholars National Honor Society 2001: Award of Achievement

Olympics of the Visual Arts State Art competition. Collaborative 1st place Sculpture. April 1999

Grants

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Design Studies Travel Research Grant. Dec. 2008

Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission grant for "Creating Buddhas" screenings in Madison, WI. June 2008.

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Design Studies Travel Research Grant. March 2008

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Design Studies Travel Research Grant. March 2008

University of Wisconsin-Madison. School of Human Ecology. Research Grant. May, 2007

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Design Studies Travel Research Grant. May 2007

Kansas City Artists Coalition: Lighton International Artists Travel Grant. Awarded September, 2004

Grant Received for Institution:

Lecture Committee Grant for the Annual Ruth Ketterer Harris Textile Lecture for the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison. 2008 and 2009.

Lectures

Please visit: the Creating Buddhas website for most recent lectures, screenings, and public talks.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Environment, Textiles, Design Department. "Unconscious Eloquence" screnning and lecture. February 2007.

Textile Society of America. "Textile Narratives and Conversations: 10th Biennial Symposium" Toronto, Ontario, Canada. "Unconscious Eloquence" screening. October 11-14, 2006.

Community School of Music and Arts. "Unconscious Eloquence" screening and lecture. March 3, 2006 & March 19, 2006.

Arjun English School, Ahmedabad, India. "Mata Ni Pachedi" textile lecture and screening of "Unconscious Eloquence". December 15, 2005.

Richan Nagar Society, Ahmedabad, India. "Mata Ni Pachedi" textile lecture and screening of "Unconscious Eloquence". December 14, 2005.

Wisdom's Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies, Hector, NY. Screening and talk about "Living in God", "Unconscious Eloquence", Toy for a Textile" November 21, 2005.

Kansas City Middle School for the Arts, lecture on India, screening of "Toy for Textile" film and textile creation for the Kansas City Public Library.

Kansas City Artists Coalition, lecture about Mata Ni Pachedi and screening of "Unconscious Eloquence" and "Toy for a Textile". October 19th, 2005.

Foundation of Light. Lecture on Mata Ni Pachedi and screening of "Unconscious Eloquence". September 17, 2005.

Cornell University. Earth Based Spirituality Organization. Guest lecture: "Mata Ni Pachedi" March 9th, 2005

SCREENINGS

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

 

NO UPCOMING SCREENINGS AT THIS TIME.

 

PAST SCREENINGS

 

April 2010

Studio 116 Quakertown, PA

March 2010

Woman Space, Rockford, IL

February 2010

Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild, Lawrenceville, GA

North Shore Quilt Guild, Milwaukee, WI

January 2010

Shambhala Meditation Group of St. Petersburg, FL

October 2009

Vajra Dakini Nunnery Bristol, VT

The 38th Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI

 

September 2009

World Music Festival, Wisconsin Union, Play Circle Theatre, UW-Madison, Madison, WI

Tibetan Buddhist Community of Lexington
Lexington, KY

 

July 2009

Ocean County Library,Tom's River, NJ

Philadelphia Meditation Center, Haverton, PA

Center for Health & Healing Tom's River, NJ

Cornell Cinema, Ithaca, NY

 

June 2009

Namgyal Monastery, Ithaca, NY

Wisdom's Goldenrod Center for Philosophic StudiesHector, NY

LaConner Museum of Quilts and Textiles, LaConner, WA

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Staten Island, NY

Yoga Nine, Smithville Studio Smithville, NJ

Kula-Kamala-Yoga, Lakehurst, NJ

 

May 2009

Madison Public Library Sequoya Branch, Madison, WI

First United Methodist Church, Madison, WI

Association for the Study of Women and Mythology

Madison, WI

 

April 2009

Wisconsin Women's Conference, Madison, WI

UC-Irvine, CA

 

March 2009

Design Gallery, Madison, WI

 

February 2009

Tribal Visions Studio, Madison, WI

Madison Sewing Guild, Madison, WI

Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA

Ti Vit Báo Gallery, Westminster, CA

 

Janurary 2009

UC-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Tibetan Meditation Center, Escondido, CA

Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA

 

December 2008

Centro Mindfulness Project, Milan, Italy

 

November 2008

Centro Mindfulness Project, Milan, Italy

Madison Weavers Guild, Madison, WI.

James Reeb Unitarian Church, Madison, WI.

Madison Public Library, Alicia Ashman Branch, Madison, WI.

 

October 2008

Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, Madison, WI.

Mimosa, Madison, WI

Shambhala Center of Madison, Madison, WI

 

September 2008: Premiere on Sept 27th

Deer Park Buddhist Center, Oregon, WI

Publications and Publicity

Please visit: the Creating Buddhas website for most recent listing of publicity and publications.

Star Gazette, newspaper. Elmira, NY. "Artist to talk, screen film on devotional art from India" Thursday March 16, 2006.

Ithaca Journal: Ticket, newspaper. Ithaca, NY. "CSMA's 'Coming of Age' Exhibit Celebrates Women and Girls". Thursday, March 2, 2006.

Cortland Standard. Cortland,NY. "Exhibit Celebrates Women and Girls". Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006.

IndianExpress, newspaper. India. January 2006.

Ahmedabad Times, newspaper. Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India January, 2006

Art: Kansas City. September through November 2005. Pages 31 and 64.

KC Magazine. October 2005. page 134.

American Craft August/September 2004 issue. Description of my research grant to India from the Kansas City Artists Coalition.

Public Collections

National Institute of Design Library, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. 2005.

South Asian Collection of Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY.

2005 Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO 2005

Cornell University Alternatives Library, Ithaca, NY 2004

Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, IL 2003

Dryden Highschool Main Entrance, Dryden, NY 1999

Residencies

Tasara Center for Creative Weaving. Calicut, India. December 2004.

Solo exhibitions

Kansas City Artists Coalition, Charno Gallery, Kansas City, MO Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost: Fiber and Video Installation, October-November 2005

Leidenfrost Vineyards. Hector, NY. Mood Paintings. July 2000

Leidenfrost Vineyards. Hector, NY.Isadora Leidenfrost: Retrospective, July 1999

Group Exhibitions

Design Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. "Design 2009". March-April 2009.

Design Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. "Design 2008". February-April 2008.

3rd Annual Everyday Goddess Festival, Madison, WI March, 2007

Makeready Press Gallery. Montclaire, NJ "Quilts for Art Sake 5." December 2006 thru January 2007.

CSMA, Ithaca, NY. "Heroic & Divine: Women in Myth and Symbol". July 2006.

Womongthering: Festival of Women's Spirituality. Poyntelle, PA. June 2006, 2007, 2008

Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY. "Coming of Age: Women and Girls", March 2006.

Brandeis University, Women's Studies Research Center. "Vital Voices: Women's Visions". Feb-Mar 2006.

Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI "Senior Sculpture Show". March 2004

Northbrook Public Library, IL. "Verses, Volumes & Vision: Art and the Written Word". October, 2003.

Makeready Press Gallery. Montclaire, NJ "Quilts for Art Sake II." October 2003.

Alternative Gallery Space. Providence, RI. "Asbestos: RISD Sculpture". May 2003.

Leidenfrost Vineyards. Hector, NY. "Teresa Howley and Isadora Leidenfrost". August 1998.

Leidenfrost Vineyards. Hector, NY. "An Image of the Center". July 1998.