Danielle Suzanne Smith
775-315-2985
danisuesmith@gmail.com
Education
MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts and a Certificate in College Teaching / Duke University/ May 2019
Dual BA in Anthropology and Art-Emphasis in Photography, Minor in Psychology / University of Nevada, Reno / Fall 2016
Galway Archaeology Field School / Galway, Ireland / Summer 2015
Honors/Awards/Scholarships
David and Elizabeth Roderick Scholarship Academic year 2017-2018
Turkey Stremmel Award for the Visual Arts 2016
Publications
Featured in Analog Cookbook Issue II
Professional Service
Co-curating Sunday Salon Screenings titled: A Spectacle and Nothing Strange, Mythic Overtures and Between the Endless Forms at the Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University
MFA|EDA representative on the GPSC student council at Duke University
Served on the UCAE permanent art collection committee at Duke University
Selected Exhibitions
“Connections” exhibition (group show) Reno-Tahoe International Airport February-March 2020
Elemental Correspondence showed at the Nevada Museum of Art for the 3 Minute Film Competition organized by The Holland Project. Earned a special jury mention.
MicroCinema Film Screening Shadowbox Studio April 2019
MFAEDA Encore Thesis Screening Full Frame Theater April 2019
Thesis Screening Full Frame Theater March 2019
“Unloading Silver Bricks” Installation Installation Array, Smith Warehouse Bay 11 Oct-Nov 2018
Experiments in Filmmaking Screening Duke Rubenstein Theater 2018
MicroCinema Screening Full Frame Theater 2018
Mentor: Jace Clayton, Film Collaboration with Hannah Waleh titled “Resting Place” 2018
“What is Good Art?” student group art show (2nd place award) Kenan Institute at Duke University 2018
Documentary Fieldwork Screening Duke MFA Carpentry Shop 2017
Computational Media Exhibition Duke Smith Building 2017
Guantanamera: Photographs of Cuba, solo show Pitch Black Printing Company 2016
Alien Themed Art Show, group art show Pitch Black Printing Company 2016
Tree Themed Art Exhibition, group art show Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center 2016
Work Experience
Graduate Assistant for the MFA|EDA Experiments Core Course at Duke University Spring 2019
Helping to facilitate conversation about films, artists and readings
Assisting students with projects and questions
Assisting with the projection of works
Graduate Assistant at the University Center for Activities and Events, Duke University Aug 2017-May 2019
Hanging permanent artworks in the Duke Brodhead Center and Bryan Center
Hanging artwork and organizing exhibitions for local artists
Hosting artists talks and artist receptions
Working with students and the Wellness Center for student art exhibition
Helping select artists for exhibition at Duke
Teacher Assistant for the 16mm Film Course at Duke University Fall 2018
Teaching students learn the technical skills of using a Bolex 16mm camera
Showing students how to process their own black and white film
Discussing potential projects and helping them work through ideas
Summer Graduate Assistant at the Arts Annex, Duke University Summer 2018
Organized community spaces
Teaching students how to use and clean equipment
Created an online manual for future faculty
Organized and arranged inventory
Operated kiln
Teacher Assistant for Visual Media Studies Capstone at Duke University Spring 2018
Helped students with their senior art projects
Helped students with research and critique
Student Mentor for Path 2 Independence at the University of Nevada, Reno Aug 2015-Dec 2016
Helped students with learning disabilities navigate a DSLR
Helped them on photography projects and attended classes with them
Supported students while they transitioned into university life and gained their independence
Student Research Assistant at the Photography Department, University of Nevada-Reno June 2015-Dec 2016
Image cleaning/ Image manipulation (Photoshop and Adobe creative cloud)
Historical research
Assisting with re-photographing historic images and sites
Organizing and collecting information for publication
Hanging artwork
Student Assistant at the Black Rock Institute, University of Nevada-Reno Sept 2015-Dec 2016
Assisting with book signings
Distributing flyers to academia for recent publications
Sending books to be reviewed
Managed sale of art items and shipping
Student Assistant at the North Lake Tahoe Digitization Day J une 2016
Scanning historic photographs brought in by community
Documenting information that is important to collection of photographs
Photographing old albums, photographs and documents
Volunteer History
Lab Assistant in the Photography Department at the University of Nevada, Reno 2015-2016
Helping peers with printing and projects
Teaching students new tools in Photoshop