ALISON KOTIN :
EDUCATION
MFA, Dynamic Media Institute, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA, Class of 2011
Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, MA, Class of 2006
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, MA, Class of 2004
BA (English Literature, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa), Brown University
Providence, RI, Class of 2000
TEACHING [selected]
Visiting Lecturer (Graphic Design). Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Boston, MA (2011)
Lead instructor: Sophomore Graphic Design Studio. Adapt established curriculum for “Design Systems” module of required Sophomore Studio course. Students explore visual systems and information hierarchy via icon and pattern design. 120 teaching hours per semester.
Summer Intensives Instructor (Graphic Design). Massachusetts College of Art and Design K-12 Programs. Boston, MA (2010 - present)
Create curricula, lesson plans, and syllabus for intensive summer introductory graphic design course for high school students. Introduction to Graphic Design is taught as a studio course without computers, emphasizing drawing and printmaking skills and design history. 32 teaching hours per class.
Part-Time Visiting Faculty (Graphic Design). School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, MA (2009 – present)
Lead instructor: Introduction to Graphic Design, Introduction to Web Design, Intermediate Web Design. Create curricula, lesson plans, and syllabi for undergraduate survey of history, theory, and practice of graphic design and web design. 45 teaching hours per class.
Artist-Educator, Artists’ Workshops. The Urbano Project. Jamaica Plain, MA (2009 – present)
Co-Instructor: Text As Image: Print Design and Typography from Political Posters to Artists’ Books. Design curriculum and teach intermediate-level printmaking and graphic design seminar for high school students. Focus on typography, letterform design, and design history.
Curatorial Coordinator, Teen Graphic Design Curators. The Urbano Project and the Cloud Foundation. Boston, MA (2006 – present)
Proposed and designed the Teen Graphic Design Curators as a component of the Urbano Project’s Teen Curatorial Program for Boston-area public high school students. Create curricula and lesson plans for beginning designers’ seminar focused on collaborative and group work for print, web, and installation. 75 hours classroom time over 29 weekly class meetings.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE [selected]
Youth Programs + Communications Coordinator. The Urbano Project, Jamaica Plain, MA (2009 – present)
Coordinate development of contemporary arts and
performance programming for high school students in partnership with local professional artists at non-profit studio and gallery space for urban teens.
Oversee organizational identity and external communications, including student and community outreach,
coordination of organizational partnerships, and research publications.
Freelance Web and Print Designer. Boston, MA. (2004-present)
Selected clients include: Massachusetts College of Art and Design K-12 Programs Office and Gallery Education department, Museum of Fine Arts, Soprafina Gallery, Rosales + Partners Transportation Architects, Resource Generation, Voice of the Turtle.
Programs and Outreach Coordinator. The Cloud Foundation. Boston, MA (2006 - 2009)
Coordinate all aspects of marketing and outreach for foundation providing arts education programming for urban teens. Coordinate design of new programming including instructor recruitment and curriculum review.
Community Partnerships Assistant. Center for Art and Community Partnerships at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Boston, MA (2004 - 2006)
Assist Center's Co-Directors with grant writing, researching and initiating collaborations with local community arts organizations, and conducting outreach to MassArt students. Coordinate development of Center’s communications materials including web site, press materials, and promotional brochures.
PUBLICATIONS
Kotin A. Introduction to Graphic Design: Where's the Computer? Teaching Artist Journal, 9(2): 118-119, 2011.
Kotin A. Telling Stories: Digital Personae and Self-Discovery. The Experience of Dynamic Media. Boston, MA: Dynamic Media Institute, 2010.
Kotin A. Graphic Design: A Youth Media Strategy. Youth Media Reporter, Greater Boston Area Part 1, 4(1): 2010.
Marlink R, Kotin A. Global AIDS Crisis: a Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
Kotin A. Providence. You Are Here: the Journal of Creative Geography, 6(Summer): 6-9, 2004.
EXHIBITIONS [selected]
Dumbo Arts Festival. The Backpack Gallery. Brooklyn, NY September 2011
Spontaneous Boston/ Cambridge Performance. The Backpack Gallery. Boston, MA August 2011
2011 Boston CyberArts Festival. Boston, MA April – May 2011
MFA Thesis Shows I. Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA April, 2011
Dreams: A Creative Exchange Between Art and Psychoanalysis. Gallery 1581, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Boston, MA March 2011
Provocative Objects: the Extradition. The Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA November 2010
inter-akt: An Evening of Multimedia Design. The Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA April 2010
2009 Boston CyberArts Festival. Boston, MA April – May 2009
TransCultural Exchange. Boston, MA April 2009
15th Annual Juried Show. Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA October – December 2008
Word of Mouth: Fits in a Box. Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL December 2007
New Art ’07. Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA July – August 2007
National Prize Show. Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA May – June 2007
Blue. Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA November 2005 – January 2006
Driven to Abstraction. Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA August – September 2006
Graphite Plus Two. Boston Frame Annex, Boston, MA May – July, 2006
Winter Salon Exhibition. Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA December 2005 – January 2006.