Marisa Jahn: curate

project: date: role: locations: url: description:	REV- 2009-ongoing Marisa Jahn, Executive Director and co-founder along with Stephanie Rothenberg and Rachel McIntire. NYC & abroad http://www.rev-it.org REV- engineers imaginative approaches to advancing cultural equity through constituency-led campaigns for social justice, youth media arts, research & development, and activities that trammel the boundaries between the printed word and public sphere. A team of artists, advocates, media makers, low-wage workers, immigrants, and youth, REV works to spark the public imagination and accelerate social change. The organization derives its name from both the colloquial expression “to rev” a vehicle and the prefix “rev-“ which means to turn—as in, revolver, revolution, revolt, revere, irreverent, etc.
project: invvolvement since: role: locations: url: description:	People's Production House 2010-2012 Marisa Jahn, Executive & Creative Director; Deepa Fernandes, Founder, former Executive and Co-Director, current Journalism Director; Kat Aaron, Former Co-Director Leigh Ann Caldwell, DC Director NYC and Washington, DC http://www.peoplesproductionhouse.org Merged with REV- as of Fall 2012, People’s Production House is a media arts and journalism training and production institute that works with students, immigrants, and working families to produce ground-breaking news critical to a vibrant democracy. Recognized for their unique perspectives, our trainees have received numerous journalism awards and their reportage has been regularly broadcast through media outlets such as PBS Newshour, the BBC, the Australian Broadcast Corporation, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Huffington Post, ProPublica, NPR, Democracy Now!, GRIT TV, the Pacifica Network, The New York Times, and more.
project: date: role: locations: url: description:	Pond: art, activism, & ideas 2000-2009 Marisa Jahn & Steve Shada - Co-Founders, Co-Directors San Francisco & abroad http://www.mucketymuck.org Founded in 2000 by Steve Shada and myself, Pond is a 501(3)c nonprofit grassroots art-activist organization dedicated to showcasing experimental art. Our mission is to create a non-competitive forum that fosters dialogue between artists and the greater community in an accessible and intimate environment. From 2001-2004, Pond has showcased the work of over 200 international artists through the production of over 23 gallery exhibitions, 3 international cultural exchanges, three city-wide public art projects, three lecture series, and various screenings and special events. In 2003, Pond shifted its programmatic focus towards experimental public art. This challenge to imagine curatorial alternatives allowed for a greater access by the public to experimental art and erased the boundaries between exhibiting and curating work. This mandate has led us to since curate exhibitions in other venues and public spaces. Through endless volunteer hours and donations from surrounding organizations and individuals, Pond established itself as one of the Bay Area's premier venues for showcasing cutting edge art.

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