Laurel Jay Carpenter

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EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES

2001

The Sway of Themis
Recommissioned solo performance
The Women's Center
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

2000

Sow, Sew, Reap, Weep
Performed installation for 4 women, with projections and live accordion music
The Judson House Project
Judson Church House, New York, NY

1999

La Couturière
Performed installation
The Performance Art Festival
Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH

1998

Festina Tarde
Performed installation for six women with film
BIG ART in Small Spaces
CHARAS/El Bohio, New York, NY

1997

Crone Child
Sculpture in group show
Brooklyn Brewery, Williamsburg, NY

1996

The Sway of Themis
Solo performance in response to existing sculpture by Colin Chase
for group event combining sound, visual art and performance
Exit Art/The First World, New York, NY

blood.line
Solo installation and performed installation
in affiliation with group exhibition (Exit Art's Endurance)
University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, Portland, ME

Maiden/Mother/Crone
Recommissioned performed installation for three women
Brooklyn Arts Summit '96, Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY

Glamour Girl
Solo performance in existing installation
Here Art Gallery, New York, NY

Jennifer Miller's Circus Amok
Set crew and roustabout performer
parks and playgrounds, New York, NY
annually since 1994

1995

Fête
Collaborative performed installation
Collective Unconscious, New York, NY

Maiden/Mother/Crone
Collaborative performed installation
BACA Theater, Brooklyn, NY

Tarot Madness
Solo installation/decor
Flamingo East Gallery, New York, NY

Ruin (The Lament Series)
Installation
BWAC Spring Pier Show, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

My Worst Painting
Collaborative/interactive group exhibition
Common Boundaries Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

1994

For Nicolae, 1951 - 1994
Memorial mini-installation
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

The Calls Are Coming from Inside the House
Installation/set design for performance by Salley May
Performance Space 122, New York, NY

(w)ri(gh)t(e)
Solo interactive installation
Casa Gunga, Brooklyn, NY

1993

Earth Witch Ritual
Interactive installation
Fierce Pussy Festival, New York, NY

Table for Two
Solo installation
Performance Space 122, New York, NY

1992

Lament
Solo installation
Nada, New York, NY

The Screams of St. Michael
Collaborative performance/installation
44 Walker Street, New York, NY

Earthstunned Angels
Collaborative performance/installation
The Knitting Factory, New York, NY


HONORS

The MacDowell Colony
Fellow, Fall 1999

University of Southern Maine
Artist in Residence, Fall 1996


OTHER

Production Designer
Sogni
Burning Sky Productions, New York, NY
1996

Co-Author
Funtastic Kit: Fuzzy Fun
Publications International
Release date: Fall 2001


AFFILIATIONS

Avant-Garde-Arama
Selection Committee
Performance Space 122


COURSES / WORKSHOPS

Part-time Faculty
AAS Degree Program
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Spring 1999-present

Art Teacher
Annunciation School
PreK - Grade 8
2000-2001

Artist in Residence Workshop
"The Art of Performance/Installation"
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
Fall 1996

Career Day Panel
"Survival Tips for Fine Artists"
New School University, New York, NY
Spring 2000

Fine Arts Forum
"Artist Residency and Fellowship Opportunities"
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Spring 2000

Professional Lecture Series
"Grant Writing" and "Exhibition Opportunities"
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Fall 1998


EDUCATION

Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Courses from 1994-1996

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Courses from 1987-1990

Tufts University, Medford, MA
Bachelor of Arts in English, 1990

University College London, London, England
1988-1989

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