RESUME
Sebastienne Mundheim
1327 E. PASSYUNK AVENUE PHILADELPHIA, PA 19147 215.668.2718 | Sebastienne_Mundheim@post.harvard.edu
- Over ten years experience creating original, commissioned, interdisciplinary performances
- In-depth knowledge and experience in all aspects of arts & museum education, community-based work including: research, management, content development
- Initiative and innovation in developing programs
- Commitment to developing thoughtful learning environments
- Ability to work with diverse audiences and develop new audiences
- Experience hiring, supervising, training staff including: artists, teachers, interns
- Broad network of relationships in the Philadelphia cultural and academic community
EDUCATION:
2000 Harvard University, Cambridge MA, EdM.
1990 University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. BA & BFA. English and Painting.
1985 Westtown Friends School.
Additional course-work and training:
2008 Invited as US delegate to International Thaetre Institute of UNESCO, Madrid Spain. One week development international relationships.
2007-2008 Invited participant Artists U, Philadelphia. Year long training for artists in career development and non-profit performance company management.
2007 Invited participant for one week workshop in physical theatre SITI group.
1989-2007 Shotokan Karate of America. Practitioner/leader. Black belt.
2004 Society of Fight Directors of America. Certification in open-hand stage combat.
2001-2003 Dance Theater Camp, Philadelphia, PA. Invited participant/artist exchange.
1999 Kitchen Summer Institute: Mixing Media, Telling Tales. NYC. Performance workshops (200 hours)
1992 University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Graduate School Business, Non-profit and Arts Management.
1986 Universite de Tours, Tours France. Course-work in French Literature.
PERFORMANCE:
Commissions to Create (write, direct, design, perform) Origina, Interdisciplinary Performance:
In-the-Works
2010 Whitman’s Voice, Camdens Future. Creating interdisciplinary performance and education program linking urban renewal and Whitman iconography. In conjunction with Mid Atlantic Region Center for the Humanities, Rutgers, Camden.2009-2010 Kamishibai, Creating interdisciplinary performance based in Japanese fairytales. Japan House, Philadelphia.
2009 “Sea of Birds.” Touring Whittemore Theatre, Marlboro College Vermont. Thorne Museum, Keene State University, New Hampshire, MassMOCA, Massachusetts. Stonington Opera House, Maine.
2008-2009 Country Dog Gentlemen, San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art. Co-creator, writer animation project introducing young audiences to artists from the permanent collection. In conjunction with Night Kitchen Media, Philadelphia.
Completed
2008 “Sea of Birds,” premiered Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.2007 “Dramatic Impressions,” Commissioned by Arthur Ross Gallery, U of Penn, (10 shows). 12 minute performance introducing 2 hr in-gallery experience. Connecting Kabuki Theatre and Print-making.
2005-2006 “Currently Franklin: The Story of a Paper Boy…” Commissioned by Franklin and Marshall College. Performed: Phillips Museum, Lancaster, PA (10 shows January 2006); Live Arts Festival, Phila., PA (6 shows September 2006); University of Pennsylvania, Rotunda, Phila., PA (13 shows, November 2006). Adapted for national school tour, in collaboration with Fulton Family Ensemble, Lancaster, PA (70 shows February-May 2006).
2005-2006 “A Potable Joyce Film” Adaptation of live performance. Invited to air: WHYY-TV 12. Funded: Lenfest Foundation, Dolfinger McMahon. $30,000.
1998-2005 “A Potable Joyce: A Watered-Down Version of Ulysses” Originally commissioned by the Rosenbach Museum and Library, Phila., PA. Performed over 100 times: Excellence in Arts and Education, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, 2001; Philadelphia Fringe Festival, 2002; Bloomsday events, and school groups, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 2001-2006; Five-week national tour of Ireland. Performed: Dublin City Public Library (16 shows); Galway Public Library (11 shows); Fermoy Theatre (11 shows). Invited/funded ($55,000 touring grant) by Ministry of Arts and Culture, Ireland.
2005 “What is a Wall? The Story of the Berlin Wall.” Commissioned/performed: Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania. Phila., PA (10 shows).
2003 “South by SouthEast” Commissioned/performed: Arthur Ross Gallery, Univ. Penn (10 shows).
2002 “Giorgio De Chirico and the Myth of Ariadne” Commissioned/performed: Phila. Museum of Art. Phila., PA (10 shows).
2001 “Under the Hat: The Life and Work of Poet Marianne Moore” Commissioned/performed: Rosenbach Museum and Library (10 shows).
2001 “Were the Sunny Sombreros Somber … Somehow?: 20th-century Mexican Revolution Painters” Commissioned/performed: Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania (15 shows).
1995-2000 NINE ADDITIONAL SHOWS NOT LISTED. Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania (90 performances).
Participation in the Works of Other Artists
2008-09 “Store,” Kate Watson-Wallace. Dramaturge, visual arts/concept consultant.2008 “Adventures in the Skin Trade,” Stan Heleva, Walking Fish Theatre. Set Design/construction.
2007 “Car,” Kate Watson-Wallace. Dramaturge, visual arts/concept consultant. Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.
2006 “House,” Kate Watson-Wallace. Dramaturge, performer, visual arts/concept consultant. Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.
2005 “The Mentalist,” Kate Watson-Wallace. Concept consultant. Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
2004 “Multi-Family Garage Sale,” Bald Mermaids and Mark O ‘Malley. Performer. Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
2004 “Don Juan in Nirvana” New Paradise Laboratories. Performance development. Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.
2003 “Stupor,” New Paradise Laboratories. Performer. Arden Theatre, Phila., PA; Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA.
2001 “The Tempest,” Lucidity Suitcase/Thaddeus Philips. Set-design consultant, construction. LaMama, NYC.
2001 “Once,” Brat Productions. Concept consultant, set design. Mum Puppetheatre, Phila., PA.
1999 “Puppet,” The Kitchen. Co-writer/Director, Set-design/construction, performer. NYC.
1997 “Eye-95,” Brat Productions. Large puppet design/construction. Collective Conscious, NYC; Five Spot & Ruba Club, Phila., PA.
1995 “Mushroom Festival” Big Picture Alliance. Creative director of film/parade project. Chicago Children’s Film Festival Award.
TEACHING/ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE/CURRICULUM DESIGN:
2007-2008 Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA. Researcher, curriculum design, program development, staffing, interdisciplinary arts outreach linking rituals urban mourning, to historic iconography, with children who suffered loss from violence.
2005-2006 Franklin & Marshall College. Lancaster, PA. Adjunct Prof., Performance as Pedagogy.
1994-2007 Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Penn. Program/curriculum design/implementation.
1998-2006 Rosenbach Museum and Library, Phila, PA. Museum Education Consultant.
2004, 2006 Appel Farm Arts and Music, Elmer, NJ Workshop Leader and Artist-in-Residence.
2003 Latvian Community Center, Newtown Square, PA. Instructor: “Latvian Storytelling Project.”
2001 “What’s Cooking.” Web Project Content Consultant. Children’s TV Show website.
1994-2001 Fleisher Art Memorial. Community Partnerships Coordinator and Artist-in-Residence.
1994-1999 Young Audiences of Eastern Pennsylvania, Phila., PA. Roster Artist/Teacher.
1994-1998 Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Outreach Artist-in-Residence.
1997 EMMA Productions, Phila., PA. Rostered Team-Building-through Interdisc arts. Leader.
1995-1996 Big Picture Alliance, “Festival” Project, Phila., PA. Creative Director festival and film.
1994-95 Children's Hospital, Oncology Ward, University of Penn. Resident Artist, ChildLife Program.
1992-1997 Country Day Creative Arts Program. Teaching Artist. Exhibits/Festival Director. Arts program 7-14 yr olds.
1993-1999 Young Audiences, New Orleans & Philadelphia. Outreach Artist.
1992-1994 New Orleans Public Schools, Arts Connection Program. Teaching Artist-in-Res., K-8.
1992-93 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. Instructor.
1992 Arts Reach, New Orleans, LA. Resident Artist.
1992 Arts Council of New Orleans, Job Training Program, New Orleans. LA. Instructor.
1991 Moonstone: Education through the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Instructor.
Lecturer/Workshop Leader
2008 Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont. Sculpture and Movement, workshop leader. 2008 Kimmel Center, Philadelphia Visual Arts and Dance Panelist. 2007 Opera House Arts, Summer Arts program, Deer Isle Maine, Sculpture and Movement, workshop leader. 2007 Community College of Philadelphia, Presenter, Stories for Children.2006 Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA Lecturer/Presenter: “Educational Performance”
2003-2004 Bryn Mawr College, Phila., PA. Lecture: “Creating Interdisciplinary Arts Programs.”
2003 Appel Farm Arts and Music, Elmer, NJ. Lecture: “Creating Interdisciplinary Performance.”
2002 University of Pennsylvania, Kelley Writers’ House, Phila., PA. Lecturer: “Fringing the Page,”
seminar on presenting text through alternative media.
2002 Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts: Continuing Legal Education Program.
Panelist: “Storytelling Techniques for Litigators.”
2002 Museums and the Web Conference, Boston, MA. Co-presenter: “Interpreting live performance into CDROM.”
1999 University of Pennsylvania, Kelley Writers’ House. Lecturer: “Art in Our Lives.”
1998 Pennsylvania Arts and Education Conference, Phila., PA. Presenter: “Exquisite Books: Linking Visual Arts and Literature.”
1998-1999 Univ. of the Arts, Graduate School for Arts in Education, Phila., PA.
Lecturer/Workshop Leader: Developing interdisc. arts programs focus: writing and story-telling.
1998 Community College of Philadelphia, Ed. Dept, Phila., PA. Lecturer/Workshop Leader: “Exquisite Books: Arts and Literature.”
1998 “Best Practices” Philadelphia Public Schools, Phila., PA. Presenter: “Demonstrating successful techniques in interdisciplinary arts programming.”
1997 Natn’l Arts Education Conference, NO, LA. Presenter: “Ethnography and Education.”
Journal Publication: “An Autobiographical Account of Collaboration: Expanding Frameworks Between Research and Practice,” Collaborative Inquiry In a Post-modern Era: A Cat’s Cradle, vol. 2, 2 1997.
1997 Pennsylvania Arts and Education Conference, Scranton, PA.
Presenter: “Forming Collaboration Between Arts Institutions and Community Groups.”
1996 Pennsylvania Alliance for the Arts, Harrisburg, PA.
Co-presenter: “Ethnography and Education: Linking Theory and Practice.”
1996 Girard Medical Center: Panelist: “Community Arts,” Phila., PA. Panelist.
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION:
2001-2002 Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE. Consultant/Outside Evaluator for high-school outreach partnership.
2000-2001 William Penn Foundation, Phila., PA. Research Consultant: 10 portraits best-practices museum/school partnerships.
2001 Fleisher Art Memorial, Phila, PA. Evaluator for Arts Outreach program in public schools.
1994-1995 Moonstone, Education Through the Arts, Phila., PA. Documentation/Assessment: for Pew-funded Arts & Education Development Program: Curriculum linked interdiscisiplinary arts program.
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