January 19, 2007
Human
Resources
MiraCosta
College
One
Barnard Drive
Oceanside,
CA 92056-3899
Search Committee:
I am sending materials in regards to the full time
faculty position for Art (New Genre) Instructor. I am applying for this position to continue
expanding my skills and abilities as an instructor. I am interested in finding
an educational institution where I can represent what I do as an artist, which
takes the form of video art, installations, and performance. I feel that this
position is an excellent match as I am a contemporary artist that has proven my
ability to teach both contemporary and foundational art practices over the
years and maintain my own artistic practice as well as support the practices of
others through community and curatorial projects. My work reflects upon my
experience as an installation, video, and performance artist. I maintain
traditional art classes and practices within my own work, yet put post-studio
practices into effect as well. I have extensive experience teaching the range
of classes that are described in the job announcement. I am very pleased to
apply to this position, as I feel well suited to the description and therefore
eager to learn more about it.
I have five years of teaching experience at the
college level at both university and community colleges. Currently, I teach
part-time at USC in the Animation and Digital Arts division of the School of
Cinema-Television (graduate level class to MFA students) and at two local
community colleges, Pierce College (Art Department) and College of the Canyons
(Graphics and Multimedia Department and Animation Department). I have given
lectures and workshops at USC, Cal Arts, Emerson College, C-Level, and online
for panel discussions.
As an artist my work takes the form of video,
sculpture, installation, performance, and electronic art, as well as a variety
of digital and traditional practices such as drawing, painting, photography,
digital photography, and net-based art. My intention in the production of all things
is to make work about people, relationships, and politics through media,
regardless of "new" or old definitions. My work is included in such
venues as Machine Gallery, the Rhizome art database; the Whitney ArtPort;
Barnsdall Art Park, LA; Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago; the
Andrewshire Gallery, LA; White Box Gallery, LA; Centro Nacional de Artes
(National Center for the Arts) San Salvador, El Salvador; LA Freewaves; and the
Irish Museum of Modern Art.
I am also devoted to my work as a Gallery Director at
Park Projects (http://www.myparkprojects.org),
a gallery I co-founded in the summer of 2006 to support challenging
contemporary art practices, such as performance and installation based work. We
are currently, my partner and I, trying to go non-profit. The experience of
creating a community for this kind of work is an invaluable experience that I
wish to foster and share with my students.
Please see for samples of work:
Portfolio Site: http://www.runwhiletrue.com
Student Work: http://www.runwhiletrue.com/studentwork
Gallery Site (Where I am a founder and co-Director): http://www.myparkprojects.org
I am also including a print portfolio, but work
online is more inclusive. It covers videos and video documentation of my work
and all the student work.
My information:
Larissa Bank
4548 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041
Email: larissabank@hotmail.com
(h) 323.255.4897
(c) 323.445-4015
Please feel free to contact me for any additional
information.
Sincerely,
Larissa Bank