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Ciara Bedingfield contact: ciara@bedingfield.com
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Ciara Bedingfield
1926 Ortega Street, San Francisco, CA 94122 • 415 845 5661 • ciara@bedingfield.com • http://bedingfield.com
Profile Working artist combining commissions and studio time with 20 years’ teaching experience, including 10 years teaching (Preschool) art. Pursuing life mission to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to create art and promote self-expression, which enhances their sense of community. Tailor lessons and workshops to individuals and customize curriculum for group classes. Possess a track record of adapting to state standards, working within tight budgets and optimizing classroom space constraints. Work from belief that we are all creative beings and making art provides children and adults an opportunity to be challenged, solve problems, broaden communication skills, bring ideas into fruition and express themselves in unique ways, which can enhance self-esteem.
Teaching Experience – Preschool Art Teacher, Laurel Hill Nursery School, San Francisco, CA 2005 - present Teach art at San Francisco’s oldest cooperative Nursery School with over 70 families, to children ranging in age from 2 1/2 to 5 1/2 years old. My art curriculum is process orientated, combining a variety of mediums to give the children a broad artistic experience. We do clay, painting, printing, 3D projects and always create pieces that get auctioned off at the annual fundraiser.
Photography Workshop Teacher, The Little School, San Francisco, CA 2010 - present Taught photography to Pre Kindergarten class. Showed the children my commercial portfolio and talked about how the pictures were made and briefly how a camera works. Children then took their own photographs, learning about perspective and light.
Art Teacher, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Marin, CA 1997 - 2001 Designed and implemented a series of classes for preschool children and their parents, meeting for an hour once a week. Classes were process orientated and encouraged parent and child to experiment and cooperate in a fun and creative way.
Teaching Experience - Elementary School
Artist In Residence for Leap...Imagination in Learning, San Francisco, CA Spring 2011 Longfellow Elementary School Taught ceramics to 4 third grade classes once a week for 7 weeks. Introduced classes of 23 students (92 all together) to basic hand building skills. We made pinch pots, breakfast bowls and animal sculptures. The projects were glazed and fired off site. 5 pieces will be displayed at the De Young Museum this spring.
Fairmont Elementary School Taught ceramics to 3 Kindergarten classes once a week for 8 weeks. Introduced classes of 23 students to basic hand building skills. We made spring nests, pinch pots, portrait slabs and animal sculptures. The projects were glazed and fired off site. Clay exploration was a big part of the class and as much as possible kids were encouraged to learn through play. . Artist In Residence, Camp Mather, Yosemite CA Summer 2011 Will teach art to children and adults for 4 hours a day for a week as part of San Francisco’s Mather family camp located near Yosemite National Park. Will create projects inspired by nature to cross multiple ages, using a very limited materials budget.
Art Parent, Rooftop K-8 School, San Francisco, CA 2006 - present Worked with parents and teachers to develop an art curriculum that met state standards and built connections to classroom subjects. Taught classes with other parents once a week, using broad range of media and producing annual auction project. Projects fetched upwards of $1500. Teaching Experience - Middle & High school
Artist In Residence, Artspan at Somarts, San Francisco, CA 1998 Taught a mixed media photography project for at risk teens. Kids learnt to take photographs and then manipulated their images, added text and created a narrative project that was displayed at San Francisco’s City Hall. Some students sold work. Photography Teacher, Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center, San Francisco, CA 1998 Taught photography to children ages 7-13. Introduced the kids to semiotics so they learnt not only to take pictures, but also how to read them and especially concentrate on media usage. Project lasted over the summer session and culminated in a community exhibition. Art Instructor & Developer, Progirl, ARTSMART, San Francisco, CA 1997 - 1998 Funded by San Francisco Art Commission, classes were specifically developed for teenage girls, culminating in a public art commission. The goal of the project was to make public the voice of an under represented group of teens. Working with diverse groups of girls over several months with 4 other artists, a strong visual media project developed, finally resulting in back lit posters displayed in advertising kiosks on Market Street during the Christmas shopping season.
Teaching Experience – College & Adult Education
Instructor, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Fall 2010 Designed and taught a class called “Phototransformation.” Using personal and found photographs, students were taught how to experiment with collage, printmaking, painting and assemblage. A fun hands on class for students who loved photography and wanted to take their work in a new direction.
Instructor, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1999 Experimental Fine Art Photography – Graduate Level Technical demonstrations slide lectures, evaluations and final exhibition. Taught a variety of non-silver processes. Also encouraged innovative ways for students to present projects. Referenced many contemporary artists. Brought in guest artists to show work.
Instructor, Rayko Photography Center, San Francisco, CA 1999 Instructor, The Harvey Milk Photography Center, San Francisco, CA 1999 Instructor, Focus Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Instructor, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1996 - 1997 Instructor, Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA 1997 Instructor, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 1996 Painting On Photographs Beginning Black & White Photography Pin Hole Photography
Education MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, 1996 BA Honors, The Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK, 1993 Coursework in Art & Education, Homerton College Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 1988-1990
Skills Photography, Photoshop & Digital Media Printmaking, Painting, Encaustic Painting, Drawing, Murals, Collage & Resin Ceramics, Sculpture, Weaving & 3D Exhibitions
Fort Mason Center, Instructor Show, San Francisco, CA, 2011 Art Explosion Spring Open Studios (www.theartexplosion.com), San Francisco, CA, 2011 Mission Artists Collective Open Studios, San Francisco, CA, 2011 Fort Mason Center, Instructor Show, San Francisco, CA, 2010 Fort Mason Center, Watercolors, San Francisco, CA, 2010 Art Explosion Holiday Show, San Francisco, CA, 2010 Art Explosion Fall Open Studios, San Francisco, CA, 2010 Art Explosion The Figure, San Francisco, CA, 2010 “Open During Construction,” Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005 “Inside Outside,” Humboldt State University, Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, CA, 2000 “What’s Missing,” Trevillion Picture Library, The Opera Rooms, London, UK, 2000 “Tools,” Mill & Short Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2000 “Past, Future (Tense),” Mill & Short Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1999 Varitel, San Francisco, CA, 1998 Focus One, Focus Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1998 SOMA Print Room, Opening Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, 1998 “Who Murdered Reality,” Mill & Short Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1998 Trevillion Introductions, Metro Lab & gallery, London, UK, 1998 “Gene pool,” Avantgarde, San Francisco, CA, 1997 “Tracks,” Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA, 1996 “Metamorphosis,” Claud 9, San Francisco, CA, 1996 “Vernissage,” Graduate Show SFAI, San Francisco, CA, 1996
References “....you did a totally awesome and amazing job. The conditions were unreal. Way too crowded, but you made it all work and with much grace. Thanks so much!!” Carol Dunstan, Program Director Leap...Imagination In Learning 2601 Mission Street, Suite 603 San Francisco, CA. 94110 Tel: (415) 512-1899 Fax: (415) 512-1551
“Ciara’s approach and competence in working with young children has helped make art an essential part of our play based nursery school” Maria Chew, Director Laurel Hill Nursery School 401 Euclid Avenue San Francisco, CA.94118 Tel: (415) 751 8784
“Ciara has done workshops with our class of 5-year-olds over the past several years, and it has always been a huge favorite with the children. Ciara brings colorful and thought-provoking materials and introduces the concepts of photography and workings of the camera in very age-appropriate clear ways. She is patient and engaging and seeks lots of input from the children. Her activities are fun and our students are left with feelings of competence in using a camera, expertise about photography and a desire to take more pictures!”
Jennifer DiGioia Transitional Kindergarten Teacher The Little School San Francisco, CA Publications “What’s Missing, realizing our photographic potential”by Eddie Ephraums 1999 My photographs have also been sold through Trevillion Pictures and Photonica and used for several book jackets and for illustrations. Awards Scholarship award, SFAI, San Francisco 1995 Agfa award for Photography, London UK 1993
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