Email:
chuckk@irinasicharlie.eu
©2007-2009 Charles Hubbard & Irina Hasnas-Hubbard
| EDUCATION | ||
| University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA, USA | Master of Fine Arts in Museum Exhibition Planning and Design FULBRIGHT scholar Service for the Community award, 2006 |
May 2006 |
| National Society of Political and Administrative Sciences (SNSPA) Bucharest, Romania | Master Classes in Cultural Anthropology One year, no thesis |
2003 - 2004 |
| Ministry of Culture of Romania | Certificate in Museography | May 2004 |
| Waldorf Institute Mannheim, Germany |
Instructor's Certificate in Waldorf Pedagogy | Sept. 2001 |
| University of Art (UdK) Berlin, Germany |
Post Graduate Studies in Textile Design, Gestaltung - Textile Design DAAD scholar |
1995 - 1997 |
| National School of Decorative Art and Tapestry Aubusson, ENAT, Aubusson, France | Post Graduate Studies in Aubusson's Weaving Technique PONT NEUF and SOROS scholarship |
1994 - 1995 |
| University of Arts, (UNA) Bucharest, Romania | Diploma of Fine Arts (6 years, without masters) Decorative Arts - Textile Art - Tapestry |
1988 - 1994 |
| Brighton Polytechnic Brighton, UK | NExchange Program between Brighton Polytechnic and UNA Bucharest TEMPUS scholarship |
April 1992 |
| High School (Liceul de Arta) Nicolae Tonitza, Bucharest | Bacalaureat of Fine Arts | 1984 -1988 |
| WORK EXPERIENCE | ||
| Ion Creangă Theatre, București | Graphic designer for print | Dec. 2008 - present |
| Manițiu Pension, Vulcan, jud. Brașov | Art and crafts instructor using German and English language in art summer camps | June -Aug. 2008 |
| Centrul Rațiu pentru Democrație, Turda, jud. Cluj | Exhibit developer and designer, the concept and the schematic design of the future Musuem of Democracy in Turda | Jan. - June 2008 |
| Muzeul Grigore Antipa, București | Art and crafts instructor in the program ZOOART, for children from 6 to 12 years old | 2007 -present |
| Gail Martin Gallery, New York, NY | Adminitrative assistant | 2007 |
| Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Visiting scholar; teaching two classes to undergraduate students: a lecture class "Crossing Cultures", and a studio class "Exotic and Banal" | Oct. - Dec. 2006 |
| University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA | Coordinator/ registrar in the Von Hess Resource Center; Created the organizational structure and data base for documents, materials and other resources | July - Oct. 2006 |
| Photo West Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
Registrar; archiving the collection of photographs of the artist Laurence Salzmann Curator of the show "Romania Redrawn", artists interpretation and intervention on found photographs made in the 70's in Romania |
July - Oct. 2006 |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA |
Intern Education Department RICHARD VAN HESS appointed Helping organize the public event "Neighborhood Nights"; helping conduct art classes for school groups and homeless people; evaluating visitors' surveys regarding both permanent and temporary exhibtions |
June - Aug. 2005 |
| Fabric Workshop and Museum Philadelphia, PA |
Intern Helping/ contributing in construction of mixed media exhibition works | Jan - March 2005 |
| The Museum of the Romanian Peasant (Muzeul Țăranului Român) Bucharest, Romania |
Exhibit Developer/ Assist. Curator ("Museograph") - Developing programs for public: "Folk Calendar" performances and exhibitions celebrating important dates of the year: "Cei 40 de Mucenici" and "Sânzienele" - Developing guided tours for visitors ranging from visiting dignitaries to school groups, and creating seminars for foreigners about traditional customs; - Curating: "Wedding Ceremony" (traveling exhibition in Haifa, Israel and Venice, Italy; the ethnographical Exhibition in The Union Museum from Alba Iulia/ Transylvania - Organizing handicraft and commercial fairs in and outside of museum - Conducting field research in Romanian contemporary folklore - Developing the museum shop and designing materials for publication |
1994 - 2004 |
| Museum of Danube Schwaben (Donauschwaebisches Zentral-museum) Ulm, Germany | Intern Textile Department, Data entry and photographic documentation of new acquisitions; lecturing about the textile collection at the Museum of the Romanian Peasant to students in Ausgburg |
Nov. 2003 |
| Waldorf Institute, Bucharest, Romania | Instructor in Waldorf & traditional pedagogy Teaching decorative art, handwriting, handicrafts: weaving, printing, sowing, dyeing |
1999- 2004 |
| Horizons Art Summer Camp Williamsburg, Massachusetts |
Art instructor Teaching Surface Design (textile art) to adolescents in a three- week summercamp |
July - Aug1997 and 1998 |
| Elle Due "Tessutti Stampati" firm Como, Italy |
Textile Designer Designing patterns for women's garments |
February - March 1997 |
| Dahlem Museum Berlin, Germany |
Volunteer Textiles Restoration Department: assisting in relocation of the artifacts in a new building |
January - February 1996 |
| Moldovita Monastery Bucovina, Northeast Romania |
Fresco Conservationist Assisting in conservation of frescos on the exterior of a 16th century church: (fixing detached layers of paint and drawing "relevees" that show the damage to the images) |
July - Sept. 1990, 1991 and 1993 |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | ||
| "MI-OP, Visibility of the imprisoned artist", serigraphie, Bucharest and Râmnicu Sărat | March and Aug. 2008 | |
| Textile Installation, Palazzo Correr, Venice, Romanian Cultural Institution | 2004 | |
| Zoom, serigraphy, Berlin and Bucharest | 1997 and 2000 | |
| Small Tapestries, Bucharest | 1994 | |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||
| Tapestry, installations, art objects, painting, drawing, decorative art in București, Cluj, Sibiu, Bacău; St. Etienne, Aubusson, Bayeux- France; Veneția-Italy; Pforzheim, Deggendorf, Frankfurt, Berlin, Dresda-Germany; Oslo- Norway; Joao Pessoa- Brazil; Tokyo and Osaka- Japan; Haifa- Israel; Bloomington, IN- USA; Chișinău- Rep. Moldova; Szombathely- Hungary. | 1990 -- 2009 | |
| AWARDS | ||
| MINI TEXTILE, Bucharest, 1998 INTERNATIONAL TAPESTRY TRIENNALE, Bucharest, 2000 TEXTILE TRIENNALE (Flag Section), Szombothely, 2009. |
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| SKILLS | ||
| Word, Power Point, Excel, Adobe Programs on Apple Macintosh; hand drawings, painting, weaving, model making and other craft work; teaching; fluent in English, Romanian, French, German | ||
| REFERENCES | ||
| Polly Mckenna Cress | Director of the Museum Exhibition Planning and Design Department, University of the Arts, Philadelphia |  ,(001) 215 717 6050 |
| Monica Joița | Vicedirector of the Romanian Cultural Institute, Veneția |  |
| Maria Bucur | History Associate Professor, Indiana University |  ,(001) 812 855 1993 |
| Roswitha Breckner | Associate Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Department of General and Economic Sociology |  |