Artists Spotlight: Rose Bond
Rose Bond
director, animator & educator
Recipient 1996, 1998, 2005, 2007 RACC Project Grant; 1996, 2003, 2006 RACC Professional Development Grants
As a teacher, artist, and engaged community leader, Rose Bond is among the most accomplished and engaged artists the region has produced. Her media work has been honored with numerous awards and fellowships from such prestigious agencies as Bloomberg, the American Film Institute, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Princess Grace Foundation, and RACC. In her recent animated installation work she creates public moments and performance venues that shine from the ordinarily darkened interiors of historic buildings. Her hand drawn animations integrate story, architecture and performance in a singularly compelling way. In activating these buildings and the accretions of memory they hold, she beguiles the surrounding urban landscape: sidewalks, cars, streets and alleys into the shadow of the darkened theatre.
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| Intra Muros by Rose bond, multi-windowed installation, 2007 |
Bond has created these large-scale, site-specific installations for a number of locations, including Gates of Light sponsored by Bloomberg at the landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue in New York’s Lower East Side. By Director’s Invitation, Bond will premiere her new multi-windowed installation, Intra Muros, within the inaugural Platform International Animation Festival June, 28-30, 2007. Her first acclaimed multi screen public media installation, Illuminations No. 1 (2002) sponsored by the Old Town History Project, was reprised in May 2003. In 2006 she completed a summer residency at the National Film Board of Canada supported by a Princess Grace Special Projects Award (2005) and a Regional Arts & Culture Council Professional Growth Grant (2005).
Since the completion of her first film in 1982 Bond has won numerous awards. Her hand-drawn (direct animation) films have been screened internationally and are now held in the Film Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Her animated memoir film, Memoria Mortalis, was screened in competition at Sundance 2001 and toured nationally with the Ann Arbor Experimental Film Winners in 2001.
On April 26, 2008 Bond will receive the annual St. Mary's Academy Award which recognizes premier achievements of St. Mary’s alumnae who exemplify the spirit and mission of the school. The event will be at 5pm at the St. Mary's Academy Clark Family Auditorium at 1615 S.W. Fifth Ave., Portland.
With an MFA in filmmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Rose Bond currently teaches Time Arts and Intermedia at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon.
Contact Information:
website: www.rosebond.com
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