Carol Elkovich
curriculum vitae
Education
Master of Arts in Design, terminal degree, Visual Studies, University of California at Berkeley, College of Environmental Design 1998
Bachelors of Fine Art with Distinction, Sculpture, California College of the Arts (formerly CCAC) 1991
(Alum) Cranbrook Educational Community. Cranbrook-Kingswood High School. Bloomfield Hills MI 1987
Gallery Affiliations
Elins Eagle-Smith Gallery. 49 Geary San Francisco, CA 2018 – 2003
Erickson Fine Art, 324 Healdsburg Ave. Healdsburg, CA 2002-1997
Erickson and Elins Gallery. 345 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 1998-95
Virginia Brier Gallery. 3091 Sacramento, San Francisco, CA 1996-94
Works Gallery, Sonoma, CA 1994-1992
Selected Exhibitions
La Porte Peinte Centre Pour Les Artes, Vertige, two person show. Noyers, France. 2023
Siena Art Institute, Fatherland, solo. Siena Italy. 2023
Gearbox Gallery, Inner Room Award. Solo. Elegy . Oakland, CA. 2023
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA, Abstract, 2022.
Borderline Art Collective, COVID19, What are you currently making? juried online exhibition. March 2020.
The Racket, Quarantine Journal #3, featured work. April 2020.
La Porte Peinte Centre Pour Les Artes, Noyers-sur-Serein, France, 2019
Greywood Arts, Killeagh, Ireland, 2018
La Porte Peinte Centre Pour les Artes, Noyers-sur-Serein, France 2018
CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Contemporary Landscape, 2017
Dab Art, HUD Gallery, Ventura CA. "To Some Degree". 2016
Sanchez Art Center, juror, Cathy Kimball, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition. Pacifica CA 2015
Brooklyn NY Waterfront Artist Association. curator: Lauren Hinkson, associate curator Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Color. Brookyln, NY (Redhook) 2014
I-Park Foundation, Artist in Resident Open Studios. East Haddam, CT 2014
Oliver Art Center, invitational. Working Title. curator: Mara Skov Holt. Oakland, CA 2013
Concourse Exhibition Center, Art MKT [art fair, Elins Eagle-Smith Gallery]San Francisco CA 2012
Elins Eagle-Smith Gallery. City and Country. 49 Geary. San Francisco, CA 2011
San Francisco International Airport Terminal, Commission. San Francisco. CA 2011
Oliver Art Center. Faculty Show. Oakland CA 2010
Elins Eagle-Smith Gallery. Summer Mix 49 Geary. San Francisco CA 2009
Triton Museum of Art. New Bay Area Abstraction Santa Clara. CA 2006
Oliver Art Center. On Making. Oakland. CA 2006
UC Extension Gallery. Solo. 1 Embarcadero. San Francisco, CA 2006
Erickson Fine Art. Solo. Healdsburg CA 2005
Oliver Art Center. CCA Faculty Show, Oakland, CA 2005
Elins Eagle-Smith. Solo. San Francisco, CA 2004
Bolinas Museum. California Abstraction: The Poetic Visual Image . Bolinas, CA 2004
Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair. [rep: Elins Eagle-Smith] Santa Monica, CA 2004
Oliver Art Center. Faculty Show. CCA Oakland, CA 2004
Erickson Fine Art. Winter Show, Healdsburg, CA 2003
Michael Martin Gallery. For Example. San Francisco, CA 2003
Oliver Art Center. Add/Drop. CCA Oakland, CA 2003
Erickson Fine Art. Small Works. Healdsburg, CA 2002
Oliver Art Center Add/Drop. CCA Oakland, CA 2001
Erickson Fine Art. Gallery Artists. Healdsburg, CA 2000
Erickson and Elins Gallery. Gallery Artists . Sutter St. San Francisco CA 1999
Artisans. Six Directions (invitational) curator: Ted Cohen. Mill Valley, CA 1998
Erickson and Elins Gallery. Introductions (solo) Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 1998
Gallery 106. UC Berkeley. Solo. Berkeley, CA 1998
V. Breier Gallery. Narratives in Wood (solo) San Francisco, CA 1997
ProArts Gallery. Featured Open Studios. Oakland. CA 1996
New Visions Gallery. Culture and Agriculture (juried, catalog) Marshfield, WI 1995
ProArts Gallery. Natural Inclinations (solo, invitational) Oakland, CA 1994
Works Gallery. Solo. Sonoma, CA 1994
Morphos. Collaborative Box Project. San Francisco, CA 1994
Berkeley Store Gallery. Season Show. Berkeley, CA 1994
Pop-Up Store Front Gallery. Sustain, Survive, Restore, Berkeley CA 1994
Los Angeles Convention Center. 8th International Art Fair (Catherine Clark rep.) Santa Monica, CA 1993
ProArts Gallery. Featured Open Studio. Oakland, CA 1993
Gallery 2. Cranbrook Educational Community. Two Alumni (invitational) Bloomfield Hills, MI 1993
Academic Experience
California College of the Arts. San Francisco, CA.
RNT Associate Professor
First Year Program Associate Chair
Academic Administration
California College of the Arts
Associate Chair, First Year Program Core Studio 2022-2019
First Year Program Core Coordinator 2D 2014 -2016
First Year Program Interim Chair 2011-2012
First Year Program Coordinator, Drawing 2010- 2014
First Year Program Interim Co-Chair 2004-2005
First Year Program Coordinator 2000-2005
Academic Advisor, FY 2012-2016 | 2008-2010
Professional Certificates and Training
TEFL Certificate. Robertson Center for Intercultural Leadership at International House, UC Berkeley,
120 hour training, Teaching English as a Foreign Language / ESL teaching. 2019
Culturally Responsive Teaching Certificate. TeachAway, Inc. 2019
Leaders of Learning. HarvardX course on theories of learning and leadership 2019
DiversityEdu: Personal Skills for a Diverse Campus. CCA Diversity Task Force training 2019
Title IX for Higher Education Training 2019
Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response for Employees in California Training 2019
Academic Instruction
California College of the Arts, 1999-present Associate Professor RNT
CCA First Year Program (1999- present)
2D Studio
Drawing Studio
Drawing Studio for Multilingual Learners
2D Color Translations , 2D Visual Dynamics
Drawing 1, Measured Drawing ; Drawing 1, Real to Imagined ; Drawing 1
3D Visual Dynamics
2D+3D Visual Dynamics, 6 units
CCA Graduate Fine Arts
Teaching Practicum for MFA students 2004-2009
Graduate Studio Practice Units- MFA mentoring
2018, 2017
CCA Interdisciplinary Studio (UDIS)
Adaptation. Upper Division, interdisciplinary concept studio course, 2010
visual work developed from narrative sources in literature
CCA Extension
Mixed Media Drawing
Drawing in the Digital Realm (digital media drawing)
University of California at Berkeley, College of Environmental Design
The Physical and The Virtual : Visual Studies
Upper division undergraduate and graduate studio.
painting, drawing, photography + incorporating digital tools/technology. Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML coding, Dreamweaver
Spring 2000 | Spring and Summer 1999
Introduction to Environmental Design 11-A
Rigorous drawing skills, two dimensional design skills, and introductory three dimensional design skills. This course averages 80 students and instructor is responsible hiring, training and daily oversight of six graduate student instructors as well as slide lectures, critiques and demonstrations. Summer 2000 | Spring 1999
Word and Image, VS180: Visual Studies
Studio Course with interdisciplinary focus organized through visual work responding to poetry and prose.
Upper Level. Spring 1999
Academic Conferences & Curricular Consulting
Panel Chair. Playful Pedagogies, Foundations in Art Theory and Education, Serious Play Conference. Denver, CO. 2023.
Panelist. Playing the Critique: Probability, Chance, Risk, and Motivation in the Gamification of Peer-Reviews. Foundations in Art Theory and Education, Serious Play Conference. Denver, CO. 2023
Panelist. College Art Association Conference. Art Studio Life Hack:
Rethinking Foundation Studies Curriculum, New York, 2017
Curricular Consulting. Otis College of Art and Design, Curricular External Review for Foundation Program, Los Angeles, 2016
Panel Chair, Foundations in Art Theory and Education (FATE) Bay Area Regional Coordinator. 2008-2013. Organized local inter-collegial workshops: Oakland
Bauhaus with the Bath Water 2012. CCA and visiting faculty from New Mexico,San Diego, Los Angeles, and Pittsburg CA.
Critique Technique 2008. Local Intercollegial workshop
Curricular Consultant. Oregon College of Art and Craft. Portland, OR, 2013
Reviewed OCAC first-year curricular materials and goals, then facilitated a seven-hour workshop with faculty members and Dean to update learning outcomes and program goals for accreditation review and to develop strategies for implementation.
Panel Chair. FATE conference. Bauhaus with the Bath Water. Savannah, GA, 2013
Panelist. FATE conference. Portland, OR. 2009 Panels: The MFA Transition Panel: presentation, The Alchemy of Experience + Accreditation Panel: presentation, Accreditation and Articulation.
Panelist. College Art Association published abstract and panelist. Boston, MA, 2006. Issues in New Media Art and Design Panel: presentation, In the Moment: time-based practices and integration of digital methodologies in foundation studios.
CCA Committees and Service
First-Year Faculty Hive Project
English Learner Task Force. CCA. Present
Creative Process and FY students, an annual workshop for CCA counseling staff. present-2012
Search Committee TESOL/ELL Tenure Track Professor H&S, Chair: Aimee Phan, 2016
CCA Teaching Assistant Task Force 2015-2016
Google Classroom Learning Management System pilot, Chair: Bobby White. present - 2015
First-Year Experience Steering Group. Chair: KC Rosenberg. 2014-present
Engaging International Students: Pedagogy. faculty team performed R & D plus facilitation of all-college workshops at CCA. Committee chair: Melanie Corn. 2011
i-Pad Initiative Committee. Research and development of curricular and instructional applications of iPads at CCA. Chairs: Bobby White, Hillary Wiedemann. 2012-2014
Participation in Junior Fine Arts Review Panels
Annual participation in First Year Review Panels
Academic Planning Committee: Academic Cabinet 2011-2012
Curriculum Committee. 2012-2009
New Faculty Orientation Presentation, Critique Technique 2011|2012
Curricular Development Task Force 2010 Developed current FYP options curriculum and FYP learning outcomes goals and strategies, with an inter-divisional committee.
Curriculum Committee. 2000-2003
Portfolio Days: travel, advising, and portfolio reviews for admissions. 2000-02
CCA Open House Programming and Coordinator Student Work Exhibitions. 2000-2006, 2013-2009
Academic Advisor. First-Year Student Advisor. 2006-2009 | 2013-2014
Community Service
I-Park, Inc. Artist Residency, Interdisciplinary Curatorial Panel, 2020.
La Porte Peinte Fellows. Organized and hosted fundraising and networking events for Bay Area fellows of La Porte Peinte Artist Residency.
I-Park Residency Fellows West. Organized and hosted events for Bay Area I-Park fellows to build community among fellows, including an informational session with I-Park founder + fundraising efforts for expansion projects at the residency.Ongoing project. 2015.
Corporate Collections
San Francisco International Airport
Nokia
Kaiser Permanente
U.S. Trust
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Jones Day
Private collections throughout the U.S.
Awards and Honors
Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, 2024.
Studio La Casa Residency Award. Siena Art Institute. Siena Italy, 2023
Artist in Residence Award La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Artes, 2023
Residency Grant, La Porte Peinte Centre Pour Les Artes , Noyers, France 2019
Residency, Greywood Arts, Killeagh, Ireland 2018
Residency, La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Artes 2018
CCA Faculty Travel Grant, 2017
Sustainable Arts Fellowship and Residency, Kala Art Institute, 2014 / 2015
I-Park Invitational Residency Award 2014
Faculty Travel Grant, CCA 2014
Faculty Development Grant, CCA, 2006
Nathan Oliveira Faculty Fellowship Award. 2001
Residency Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, 2002.
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor . UC Berkeley . 1998.
University Block Grant. Fellowship Awards. 1997, 1996.
Honoraria. New Visions Gallery. 1995
Honoraria. ProArts Gallery. 1995.
Matching Funds Travel Grant. Cranbrook School and CCAC. 1991.
Achievement Award for GPA Distinction, CCAC. 1991.
Honorable Mention Exhibition Award, All College Honors. CCAC. 1990.
Publications
Essays and Interviews
2021 Do We Have to Call it Critique. eds. Mariah Doren, Elissa Armstrong. Slated for publication 2023 Intellect Books pub., contributing
author. Arts pedagogy / chapter author.
2020 The Racket, Quarantine Journal #3, featured visual work published in literary arts magazine. April 2020.
2018 Crossing the Dissour, published interview and visual work in arts magazine, Greywood Arts Creative Residency Journal.
2017 LandEscape Art Review, 8th Special Edition, featured visual work and published interview in arts magazine.
Published Fiction.
Writing as C.M. West
http://partnersincrimefiction.com
2021. Sisters in Crime, Guppies Chapter Annual Anthology competition, The Fish That Got Away, Wildside Press, June 2021 (ed. Linda Rodriguez), True Colors
2019. Sisters in Crime Nor-Cal, juried, Fault Lines Stories by Northern California Crime Writers (ed. Margaret Lucke), True Culprit.
2017. Mystery Weekly Magazine, June 2017, Cover feature, Too Good to be True.
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email: celkovich@cca.edu