ALISON KOTIN :
EDUCATION
MFA, Dynamic Media Institute, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA, Class of 2011. Master’s thesis: Creation, Performance, Interaction
Diploma, studio art & design, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, MA, Class of 2006
BA (English Literature, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa), Brown University
Providence, RI, Class of 2000
DIGITAL EXPERTISE
Media Production Adobe Creative Suite |
Scripting and Arduino |
CMS WordPress Social Facebook |
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Designer, Digital. Continuum (2013 - present)
Digital + Interactive Media Artist (2004 - present)
Visiting Lecturer (Graphic Design). Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Boston, MA (2011 - 2013)
Marketing + Development Coordinator. The Urbano Project, Jamaica Plain, MA (2009 – 2013)
Resident Artist. The Urbano Project, Jamaica Plain, MA (2009 – 2013)
Part-Time Visiting Faculty (Graphic Design). School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, MA (2009 – 2013)
Programs and Outreach Coordinator. The Cloud Foundation. Boston, MA (2006 - 2009)
PUBLICATIONS
Kotin A., McGregor S.A., Liu S.P., Pellecchia D., Schatz I. Speak Out. Act Up. Move Forward. Disobedience-Based Arts Education. Harvard Educational Review, 83(1): 190 - 200, Spring 2013.
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.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Game Changers: Fiber Art Masters and Innovators. Fuller Craft Museum. Brockton, July - November 2014.
Dumbo Arts Festival. The Backpack Gallery. Brooklyn, NY September 2014
PEM PM: The Art of the Future. Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, March 2013.
The world as it is doesn’t have to be that way. The Urbano Project. Boston, December 2012 - February 2013.
The Experience of Dynamic Media. Framingham State University Gallery. Framingham, October, 2012.
You Will Be Safe. Boston CyberArts' Art on the Marquee, Boston, MA September - December 2012
12th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI May 2012
Listen Close. Bromfield Gallery SOLO Show 2012 competition winner. Bromfield Gallery. Boston, MA January 2012
Dumbo Arts Festival. The Backpack Gallery. Brooklyn, NY September 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