(It looks like this was last updated in 2010. The odd placement in 2007, was once at the beginning of my blog, before I discovered I could backdate it.)
MFA, English, Playwriting San Francisco State University (thesis due)
MA, English, Creative Writing, Plays, San Francisco State University, 2003
Attended U.C. Berkeley Celtic Studies, and Folklore 1999-2003
BA, Art Studio, Expressive Arts minor, Sonoma State University, 1977
AA, Art Studio, Painting & Ceramics, theater minor, College of Marin, 1975 (Continuing education: Adult Ed. certification classes at SFSU 2009—2010)
MFA, English, Playwriting San Francisco State University (thesis due)
MA, English, Creative Writing, Plays, San Francisco State University, 2003
Attended U.C. Berkeley Celtic Studies, and Folklore 1999-2003
BA, Art Studio, Expressive Arts minor, Sonoma State University, 1977
AA, Art Studio, Painting & Ceramics, theater minor, College of Marin, 1975 (Continuing education: Adult Ed. certification classes at SFSU 2009—2010)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Artist in Residence (AIR—poetry, art, performance) at Bay Area schools including: Monte Vista HS, Mt. Diablo HS, Dougherty HS, Amador Valley HS, Oakland School for the Arts, Oakland Military Institute, Deer Valley HS (Poetry Out Loud); Archway ES, Lakeview ES, Buri-Buri ES, Alexander Valley ES, Willard MS, Montera MS, Wornick Jewish Day School, Beach ES, ER Taylor 2009-10; Longfellow ES, El Dorado ES, Olinda ES Cleveland ES 2006-09; Complete list available on request. AIR (silk painter & storyteller—adults & kids) The Queen Mary Scottish Festival, Long Beach 2010, 2011; Ardenwood Tartan Day 2010, 2011, Ardenwood Celtic Festival, Fremont, CA 2006; SF Caledonian Club Highland Games 2004—present; awarded an Oakland Cultural Arts grant in 2009, and two (PBS) KQED/SPARK AIR grants (visual arts and silk [painting) at Cleveland Elementary School, Oakland (2006 and 2007); Teacher training facilitator, Sonoma County Arts Council, 2006; teacher training, KQED SPARK/ SF Arts Educators; and KQED/SPARK & Young Audiences. Mentor Artist, ArtStart, Santa Rosa, CA 2005. Memoirs group/oral history with senior citizens, Merrill Gardens/Westlake Country Inn, Fremont, CA: 2004—present Poetry, Unconservatory School of Music, readings in Cape Cod, MA, 2008; Sebastopol & Santa Rosa, CA, 2006, and Miami-Dade schools, FL, 2004, 2005; Storyteller & AIR (silk painting) at the SF Caledonian Club Scottish Highland Games, 2004—present; AIR: Young Audiences of Northern CA 1998—present; Storyteller, Oakland Public Library; 2004; Storyteller, Oakland Unified School District’s Family Reading Night, 2002—2005. California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, 1992. Area Coordinator, California Poets in the Schools (CPITS), 1984—1997. Poet-teacher 1979—present. California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, 1992. (See attached schools list). Guest Artist in Residence: Hancock Park School, Los Angeles, 1992. Six California Arts Council (CAC) Artist in Residency grants, Mark West School, Santa Rosa, CA, 1983 - 86, 88 - 91. Also taught workshops at the Los Angeles County Museum, CA, School Number One, Cherkassy, Ukraine, USSR 1990. CAC Artist in Libraries grant, Napa State Hospital, Napa, CA, 1987. Taught institutionalized patients. Director, "Poetry Across Frontiers" heritage project, Rincon Valley School District, Santa Rosa, CA 1987 - 88. 1980 - 1997; Montana Arts Council grants, 1991—1995. Residencies & teacher in services in 50+ schools (pre-school to university level) in N. California and abroad, with a variety of populations including Bilingual, Learning Disabled, Gifted & Talented, incarcerated students; teachers; Adult Ed; Elderhostel. Classes and seminars taught include journalism, creative writing and visual arts workshops, California history, natural history, science and art, ancient civilizations, folklore, storytelling, etc.).
PRESENTER/LITERARY & VISUAL ARTS CONSULTANT: 1980—present: Clients include Poetry Out Loud coordinator, Alameda County; poet-coach: Alameda County, Contra Costa Co. (student placed 3rd in state finals) 2010-present, ArtStart (Santa Rosa), KQED’s SPARK inservices SF Arts Education Commission; SF Art Educators Alliance, Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, The Unconservatory School of Music, FL; Ardenwood 2006, 2010, 2011, Caledonian Club Scottish Highland Games 2004—present, Westlake/ Merrill Gardens Retirement Center, 2004-2006; U C Berkeley Celtic Colloquium Conferences, CA, 2001, 2003: Young Audiences of the Bay Area Talent Showcase, 2000—present; National Poetry Association; California Confederation of the Arts, CPITS; California Literature Project; California Arts Project; California Media Librarian's Association; California Association for the Gifted; California Art Educators Association; Rural Arts Services; Northern California County Offices of Education & many regional Arts Councils; Sonoma Gateways & Santa Clara Reading Councils; Pi Beta Lambda Society; Bahamas, & Napa College Poetry Conferences; Sonoma State University English, Art, & Education Depts., & Soviet schools.
JOURNALISM/PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs: California Revels website; Medusa's Kitchen 2011-2010; Life of Crime, Poltroon Press 2010; What the World Hears; Full Circle 2009; Caledonian Club Highland Games program, 2007-2010; Livermore Highland Games program, 2006; CD cover, “The Scotch Melody Maker,” 2005; Arts feature writer, photographer for The Western Sonoma County PAPER, Jim Carroll, editor, Freestone, CA 1982—1997. Duties included darkroom lab work, PMT copy camera work. Freelance writer—features, stories, reviews, essays, photo-journalism for newspapers & periodicals including Poets&Writers; ROTOR (USSR), Poetry Flash; San Francisco Chronicle Book Review; Ridge Review; Creative Discourse; American Poetry Review; Poet News/Sacramento Literary Journal; Poetry SF/National Poetry Association, National Poetry Week; Folio; Mexico City News; Senior Spectrum; Oakland Museum Magazine; ARC, Radius: Rural Arts Services; California Arts Advocate; Napa Register; Nassau Tribune; City Arts Magazine; Russian River News; Sebastopol Times; Sonoma Index Tribune; Press Democrat; & Sonoma County Stump. Television writer—PBS/KRCB Cotati, Artscan, "Mary Silverwood" 1989.
EDITOR/PUBLISHER: Editor: WESTWARD EDEN, (novel) Joaquin Batista (Armando Gomez) 2001; Poem for a Russian Child 1991; The Gift of Dreams 1990; A Night Full of Doves 1989; Still Writing on Rocks 1988; The Power of the Reckless Sleeper 1987; Someone Inside Me 1986; The Poem is the Person's Life 1985 (student poetry/art anthologies). Co-editor/ Translator—Uniting the World Through Poetry, National Poetry Association, with Herman Berlandt 1990—1998; vol. 1, Soviet Poetry Since Glasnost, with Oleg Atbashian 1990. Co-editor—This Poem Knows You; Tracks in the Widest Orbit: Collected Poems by J. H. Montrose 1985; Obligatory Hug, poetry newsletter 1983 - 85; Seeds Deep in the Earth, 1982; Sonoma Mandala, 1979 - 81; & numerous chapbooks. Sonoma County Stump Newspaper, Entertainment/Poetry editor, 1980 - 82. Judge: Poetry Out Loud Competition, Alameda County 2010. San Francisco Bay Guardian poetry contest 1988; Chaminade Literary Review Unterecker Prize 1992, Jive 3 Contest, The Sonoma Co. Independent, 1993.
PRIZES, GRANTS AND AWARDS: Teaching—Individual: Oakland Cultural Arts Council grant 2008 - 09; (PBS) KQED/SPARK artist in residency award 2006; Six CAC/Artist in Residency awards 1983 - 86, 1988 - 91; CAC Artists in Libraries, 1987; California Educational Initiatives Fund 1987- 88. Group: project member—National Endowment for the Arts(NEA) preschool programs, Santa Rosa 1985 - 86; CAC/Arts & Education project, & Multi-Artists in Residency awards, Healdsburg & Windsor School Districts 1980 - 84. Poems—San Francisco Bay Guardian awards (3) 1987, 1990. San Francisco Arts Commission Bay Area Artist Achievement Poetry Award 1986. Poetry:SF/ National Poetry Association awards 1988 - 90. Honorable Mention, Richard Eberhardt Poetry Prize, Florida State University; and the Chester H. Jones National Poetry Competition 1992. Three Honorable Mentions, National Writers' Union, 1989, 89 - 90. Nominated: Golden Bell Award, & Celebrate Sonoma Artists Achievement Award 1990. Fellowships—Awarded two NEA/Sonoma County Community Foundation Literature Fellowships 1990 & 92.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Poetry: Medusa’s Kitchen blog 2010, 2011; CPITS December Newsletter 2010; What the World Hears, 2009-10; Full Circle 2009; Changing Perspectives: California Poets in the Schools, 2008; Healing Waters, Healing Words, 2007; Walker Creek: Collected Poems, 2006; Voices in Wartime, 2004. Zimmerzine; Poets against the War (webzine); "My America" (anthology) 2003; Elemental Portraits: 12 poems, Unconservatory (webzine) 2001;Transfer, Fourteen Hills, 2000-2002; Tin Ear, Sundog, Maverick, Chaminade Literary Review, Louisville Review, Santa Clara Review, First Leaves, Green Fuse, Sacred River: A Women's Journal, Apostrofe! (Ukrainian), Shaman's Drum 1992; Poem for a Russian Child, Poet, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Geronimo Valley Resource Guide, Sculpture Gardens Review, Sing Heavenly Muse, The Western Sonoma County Paper 1991; A Stone's Throw: A Literary Review of Sonoma County's Russian River Writers' Guild, Green Fuse, Haight Ashbury Literary Quarterly, Looking for Home: Women Writing About Exile, Poet News/ Sacramento Poetry Review, Poetry SF/USA Quarterly, Red Bluff Daily News, Sonoma Mandala Literary Review, Sparrowgrass, Starlight Poets *1, The Gift of Dreams, Tight, Catalyst, (Cherkassy Crai, Molod Cherkashini, Phantom, ROTOR—in Russian) 1990; A Night Full of Doves, Caribbean Writer, Chaminade Literary Review, Creative Discourse, First Leaves, Green Fuse, Gulf Stream, New Hope International, Outerbridge, Poetry SF Quarterly, Sculpture Gardens Review, Stone Soup, The Press Democrat, Women's Voices, Cherkassy Pravda (USSR) 1989; Blue Window, Castles in the Sky, Catalyst, Chaminade Literary Review, Creative Discourse California State Poetry Quarterly- CQ, Electrum, Green Fuse, Marin Poetry Center Review, More Than Words, Poet News, Power of the Reckless Sleeper, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Sculpture Gardens Review, The Paper, Thread Winding the Loom, Women's Voices 1987 - 88; Falling to Sea Level, Marin Poetry Center Review, Poetic Space, Someone Inside Me, The Poem is the Person's Life, Under the Bridge of Silence, Poets of the Vineyard, The Napa Review, More Than Words 1985 - 86; Across the Generations 1985; Napa Poetry Review, Marin Poetry Review 1984 - 86; MAGABARK/Medicine Bundle, Deepest Valley Review 1984.
ESSAYS & PROSE—“Jazz Artists” feature, Amie Street Music, 2007 (mini reviews-2007-2010); articles and memoir on several websites 2006-2008. ”Helgar the Horrible,” for Step it Up: Icelandic Horse Journal, Wales, GB, 2004. ”Censorship,” Teachers & Writers Magazine; My America (anthology) BlueBarnHouse Press, 2003; Writing the Rails: Train Adventures by the World’s Best Loved Writers, Workman; Killing the Buddha (webzine) 2001-02; House on Via Gombito: Women Writing Abroad, New Rivers Press 1990; True Wonders, CPITS Press, 1988; Creative Discourse, 1987 - 88; Under the Bridge of Silence, CPITS Press, More Than Words, CPITS Press, 1986; Sonoma Mandala 1980. Also numerous articles, reviews and features for The Western Sonoma County Paper 1982 - 1996. Chapbooks—Klaarlicht, (bilingual English-Dutch, Amsterdam Press); We Are Not Swans, with poet Celia Woloch, (Fortunate Daughter Press); Falling to Sea Level, with poet John Oliver Simon, (bilingual Spanish/English, Aldebaran Review/Russian River Writers' Guild 1986, fourth ed. 1988).
SELECTED READINGS: Sacramento Poetry Center, The Book Collector/Rattlesnake Press 2010; California Poets in the Schools 45th Symposium, Santa Barbara, 2009, Poetry & Pizza SF; The Unconservatory Cranberry Coast Concerts III, Cape Cod, MA 2008 (several venues); Sebastopol & Santa Rosa, CA 2006, in Miami, FL, (several venues) 2005, 2004; Crossroads Irish American Festival, San Francisco, CA 2006; The Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA, 2005; Barnes & Noble, Fremont, CA 2004. The Black Box, Oakland, 2003; San Francisco State University Poetry Center, 1999, 2000,-03; Humboldt State University, Venice Sculpture Gardens, Los Angeles; National Poetry Week, San Francisco, La Peña, Berkeley 1990 - 92; The Multiverse Project, Copperfield's Bookstore, Petaluma, 1988; Sacramento Poetry Center, Artrium, & Guest Lecture Series, Santa Rosa Jr. College, 1987; Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco; Laguna Beach Poets, Venice Sculpture Gardens, San Pedro Angel's Gate Art Center, Los Angeles, 1986; Marin Poetry Center, 1984 - 86; Russian River Writers Guild, 1980 - 88; Napa Valley Poetry Conference, Napa Valley College, 1984 - 85; Petaluma Museum 1985; Peralta Community College, Quincy, 1984; Sonoma State University, 1979 - 88. Out of CA: Ukraine, USSR, Cherkassy Region Library, 1989, Cherkassy Art Gallery, 1991; Lima, Peru, 1988; College of the Bahamas, 1985; Maui Zen Center, Hawaii, 1984; Port Townsend, Washington, 1981.
BIBLIOGRAPHY/MEDIA: TV/Video—Reading, ”Maureen Hurley reads To My Poetry Students,” YouTube, 2010; Interview & poetry reading, KALX FM (90.7) UC Berkeley, “Sunday Morning Culture Show” with Rahid 2006; Extra (patient) & voiceover for indie short, “Doing Time,” 48-Hour Film Project 2005; WLRN /PBS “ArtStreet” interview, poetry reading, Miami, FL, 2004. Extra (news photographer) for “Nash Bridges,” and for national AT&T commercial 1999; Voice-over: documentary on the earthquake for Poetry Film Archives, National Poetry Association, 1992; Performance: Cherkassy Cable TV, (also interviewed by TASS news agency), 1991; Alameda Cable TV, National Poetry Week 1990; Multiverse Project, Cloudhouse Poetry Archives 1988; North Bay Poets (three programs) M.L. Media Cable TV, Rohnert Park, CA, 1987; documentary, En Camino KRCB/ PBS Cotati-Rohnert Park, CA, 1986; Ear to the Ground, Sonoma State University, 1980. Radio—performance: Poetry Slam Finals with Gary Glazner, 1992; Interview: Cherkassy radio, 1991; performance/ interview: Soviet Poetry Since Glasnost with Jack Foley, Poetry with Joyce Jenkins, Art & Censorship with Joan Marler & Green Fuse with Joan Marler (KPFA FM, Berkeley, CA); Poetry with Dan Roberts (KZYX FM, Booneville, CA),1990; Poetry in the Schools with Stephen Kessler, (KUSP FM, Santa Cruz, CA) 1985; North Coast Poets (KMFB FM, Mendocino, CA) 1983; Sonoma State University, (KSUN Rohnert Park, CA) 1980. Periodicals—Interviews: Cherkassy Crai, 1991; Larkfield Times, 1989 - 90; Cherkassy Pravda, Cherkassy Youth Magazine, ROTOR & Köstior Magazine, (USSR), The Press Democrat, 1989; The Western Sonoma County Paper, 1987, 1991. Book Review, Poet News/Sacramento Literary Journal, 1987; Press Democrat, 1985.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: California Poets in the Schools Area Coordinator: Alameda and Contra Costa Counties 2009—present; former Board Member, Sonoma-Napa County Area Coordinator 1980-1997. Mentor teacher, Young Audiences of Northern California 2000—present; founding Board Member, SFSU’s MA Program student organization, WordSmiths Guild; founder of Artists in the Schools of Sonoma County; past Executive Director of the Russian River Writers Guild 1980-1997; Listed in The International Who's Who in Poetry; & Poet's Encyclopedia 1992—present, Who’s Who in Writers, Poets & Editors, United States & Canada 1992—present, A Directory of American Poets & Fiction Writers, Poets & Writers 1989—present; The California Art Review, American References 1988.
FINE ARTS PUBLICATIONS: Silk paintings, drawings, pastels, and photography on various web sites 2005-present. Photographs—Life of Crime, Poltroon Press 2010; Drawings—Catalyst, 1988; The Western Sonoma County PAPER, Marin Poetry Review, 1984 - 86; Sonoma County Stump, Shadow Box, Sonoma Mandala, 1979 - 81. Photographs—Twelve book covers & texts including: Un Técho del Tamaño del Mundo, 1987, It Begins With Me, 1986, & Dancing on the Brink of the World, 1985, California Heritage Poetry Curriculum, Napa Poetry Review, 1984, 85 - 86. Also dust jackets/book covers, brochures & cards for organizations including Young Audiences, California Poets in the Schools, The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, California Confederation of the Arts, & individual clients.
FINE ARTS EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCE: “Art from the Heart” (multi-media: drawings, silk painting, collage, watercolor, pastel, photography) Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Cotati, CA. 1985 - 99; 2002-06, 2008—present: Silk collaborative art project at (PBS) KQED, 2005 (Deborah Gibbon); SPIN Santa Fe Silk 2004 group wall hanging & prose, exhibited in England, New Mexico, Iceland, Australia (still traveling); "Micky's Quilt" Siddha Yoga Ashram, 2004. Art From the Heart, national invitational group show & art auction, Summer Arts Project for Children at the California Museum of Art at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa CA. (Masks & poetry performance). Dream Vessels, installation/ performance with Marsha Connell, "The California Arts Project," Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. (Poetry & performance). Women Artists of Sonoma County, invitational, Tweet's Gallery, Women's Learning Center, (photographs), Santa Rosa, CA.(Watercolor, collage, photography & poetry). 1992 - 1999. . 1990—Young Artists & Marsha Connell with Maureen Hurley, Artists in Residence, California Museum of Art, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA. (Silk paintings, poetry, & performance). 1988—Mail Art, invitational group show, Creative Discourse, Petaluma CA. (Collage & poetry). From California to Guatemala: Poetry, Song & Art: Maureen Hurley, with Jórge Luján & John Oliver Simon, Copperfield's Bookstore, Petaluma, CA. (Watercolor crayons, photos & poetry/performance). 1987—Sonoma County Artists' Showcase, juried, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA. (Watercolor). Recent Work, Mexico, solo invitational, Napa State Hospital Clients' Library, Napa, CA. (Watercolor, photography & poetry). Tropical Visions, solo invitational multi-media art & performance, San Geronimo Valley Art Center, San Geronimo, CA. (Poetry, watercolor, watercolor crayons, colored & hand-tinted photos). 1986—We Are The Children: A Photography Exhibit Illustrating Sonoma County's Ethnic Diversity, group invitational, featuring six artists, Santa Rosa City Council Chambers, Santa Rosa, CA. (Poetry/ performance, photographs). Artists Who Teach: Artwork from members of Artists in the Schools of Sonoma County, group invitational multi-media event, Santa Rosa City Council Chambers, Santa Rosa, CA. (Watercolor crayon, poetry broadsides & performance). The Northern California Landscape/Artists & Poets, R. Salazar Library, Sonoma State University, Cotati, CA. (Poetry). 1985—Portraits, juried exhibition, Falkirk Center, San Rafael, CA. (Black & white photography). 1984—MAGABARK/Medicine Bundle: Poets & Artists Collaborate, with artist Ann Faught, William T. Wiley: invitational multi-media group event, Falkirk Center, San Rafael, CA. (Poetry broadside, & performance).
TALENT: listed with Beau Bonneau Talent Agency, SF Casting, Nancy Hayes Casting. Skills: skiing; swimming; horseback riding (taught/showed professionally); drive stick shift. Bilingual Spanish; some Portuguese, Russian, can sing in Irish.
OTHER MISC.: Continuing Education: Adult Education teaching/certification classes; Trader Joe’s crew member 2011—present; caterer, server, sous chef, bartender/barista: Fred Martin Caterers; Top Dog Catering, Blue Heron; Melon’s; Taste; Celtic Catering; UC Berkeley Celtic Colloquium Conference; Swing Cafe, and other venues. Also worked as a waitress in a Swiss resort during Junior year abroad a very long time ago.
WEB PRESENCE:
\Writing: Poetry/Prose: http://mohurley.blogspot.com
Performances: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29475&id=660103663
Silkpainting: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=660103663&aid=7634
Pastel Landscapes: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39803&id=660103663
India Ink Scratchboards: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=56326&id=660103663
Paintings (teaching demos): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21573&id=660103663
Photos: Poets: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115057&id=660103663
Photos: People/Events: https://picasaweb.google.com/home
Photos: Travel/Landscapes: https://picasaweb.google.com/home?hl=en&tab=wq
Photos: Plants: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7626&id=660103663
No comments:
Post a Comment