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Claire Hoch
clairehoch@gmail.com
Education_______________________________________________________
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, Pittsburgh, PA 2003- present
Bachelor of Humanities and Arts
Concentration in Perception and Representation and Art (SIS: Sculpture, Installation, and Site Work)
Expected Graduation Date: May 2008
Current GPA: 3.85
Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont Aven, France July-August 2004
Rhode Island School of Design Studio Arts Study Abroad Program
Six-week Summer Session
Experience_______________________________________________________
Landscape Design and Water Engineering, Solar Decathlon Competition Jan.-Oct. 2007
U.S. Department of Energy International Collegiate Competition
Worked on a 3-person team to design and build landscape and green components of a solar powered, energy efficient house.
Project consisted of a greenroof and a planted, terraced, water retention structure and bog.
After School Educator, Community Human Services Corporation Feb.- Aug. 2007
Not for Profit Organization serving impoverished community of South Oakland and the Hill District in Pittsburgh, PA
Responsible for the care and activities of inner city children ages five through ten
Art Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art July- August 2006
2D/ 3D Fundamentals
Images and Issues: Earth and Sky: Art, Architecture, and Ritual
Taught and designed two 4-week summer courses to high school students
Curriculum Design, Carnegie Mellon University
Created College of Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Studio: Experimental Architecture/ Synergistic Form
Accepted for Fall Semester, 2006
Collaboration on curriculum and administrative presentation with classmate
Teaching Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art Fall Semester, 2005
Modern Visual Culture 1789-1945
Sophomore Level History and Theory of Art and Visual Culture
Woodshop Monitor, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art Academic Year 2005-2006
Responsible for monitoring activity and helping students in the School of Art woodshop, foundry, and welding rooms.
Teaching Assistant, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA July 2005
Portfolio Drawing, 13-17 yrs
Clay Relief 8-12 yrs
House Design and Model-making 5-7 yrs
Administrative Assistant, Technology Unit June-July 2004
SEI Investments, Oaks, PA
Volunteer Animal Caretaker Summer 2003
PALS Cat Shelter, Newtown Square, PA
Awards and Honors________________________________________________
SURF Award, summer fellowship to research and build Greenscape for Solar Decathlon
Deans List 2003-2007 Academic Years
Augusta Fisher Porter Award, presented by Carnegie Mellon’s School of Art, May 2006
School of Art Grant, Oct. 2005
College of Fine Arts Grant, Oct. 2005
John L. Porter Award, presented by Carnegie Mellon’s School of Art, May 2005
Douglas Pickering Award, presented by Carnegie Mellon’s School of Art, May 2004
Conferences and Workshops__________________________________ ______
Meeting of the Minds May 2008
Solar Decathlon Competition October 2007, The National Mall, Washington D.C.
25th International Space Development Conference, Zero Gravity Arts Consortium Space Art Track
May 4-7, 2006
Presented proposal for microgravity project “Inversion Architecture”
Participated in microgravity group project “Germinate: Pulsations in the Zero Gravity Garden”
Higher Institute of Architectural Sciences Henry Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Jan. 23-27, 2006
Invited to Antwerp Design Seminars and Lectures: XYZ+t. The 4th Dimension of Space
Participated in workshop: Micro-Architecture, Macro Design, facilitated by Nieves Fernández Villalobos, Department of Architecture Theory, E.T.S. Arquitectura, Valladolid, Spain
Exhibition History________ _________________________________________
Jun. 2007 Arise, Salvage/ Salvation, Reclaimed Church in Braddock, PA
Feb. 2007 Who’s Zoomin’ Who: Experiments in Design, Architecture, and Art, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
May 2006 Inversion Architecture, The Frame Gallery
Nov. 2006 Helioscape, The Frame Gallery
Mar. 2005 Kaleidoscope, The Zebra Lounge, Carnegie Mellon University
Mar. 2005 [Bra]: Video and Film Festival Celebrating Women’s History Month Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dec ‘04-May ‘05 Scheherazade’s Legacy, Posner Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Aug. 2004 Pont Aven School of Art Exhibition and Site Specific Walk About Pont-Aven, France
Jan. 2004 The Breast Show on Earth, The Frame Gallery
Collections________________________________________________________
Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art Permanent Collection Pods, 2004
Publications_______________________________________________________
Pittsburgh City Paper. “Arise Injects New Life into an Abandoned North Braddock Church”
June 14, 2007
Skills____________________________________________________________
Computer: Macintosh and PC
Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Studio Pro, AutoCAD, Maya
Other: Rudimentary carpentry, welding, woodwork, foundry, electronics