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:
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) Original Interdisciplinary Performance:
In-the-Works
2007-2008 "Sea of Birds," Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. Commissioned to create new work.
2007-2010 "Urban Mourning Project," Laurel Hill Cemetery. Commissioned to create performance in response to rituals of urban mourning.
2007-2010 "Alchemy and Science," Chemical Heritage Foundation. Consultant for development of performance in conjunction with exhibition.
2007 "Currently Franklin: The Story of a Paper Boy." Co-present existing, original work through Lights of Liberty Museum, Phila., PA. June-December 2007 (anticipated 30-50 shows). Touring to Stonington Opera House, Deer Isle Maine, July 2007 (5 shows).
Completed
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
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:
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
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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