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| Integral, creative, sustainable, and visionary Approaches (oakland lake merritt / grand) |
| Art & Artists : Modern |
| 03/15/06 |
Mali Burgess
415 377 9551
mali33@snowcrest.net
www.snowcrest.net/mali33
OBJECTIVE
My objective is to work with individuals, groups, or teams interested in applying integral, creative, sustainable, and visionary approaches to their work in the world.
QUALIFICATIONS
° The ability to envision, create, direct, and manage projects
° Excellent organizational skills for ideas, spaces, and events
° Training, tutoring, teaching, presentation, and educational skills
° Creative thinking, brainstorming, and conceptual mapping facility
° Meeting facilitation, sales, and public speaking experience
° Consulting, coordinating, care-taking, and hospitality proficiency
° Counseling, integral healing, and therapeutic abilities
° Graphic, architectural, artistic, design, and aesthetic sensibility
° Quick study, efficient, responsible, and flexible style
° Writing and editing aptitude
EDUCATION
The Union Institute and University. Doctorate of Philosophy.
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences. 2004
California Institute of Integral Studies. Masters Program.
Counseling and Psychology. 1985-86
Princeton University. Bachelor of Arts.
Architecture and Visual Arts. 1975. Summa Cum Laude
University Scholar & Independent Major
Westridge School. Pasadena. California. 1968-71
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
° Education
° Consultation
° Visual Arts and Design
° Organizational Aesthetics
° Health
° Hospitality
° Education
Energy Medicine University. Mill Valley. 2006
Invited to teach in online Ph.D. Program (currently awaiting accreditation).
Iris Institute. Oakland. 2005-6
Founded an educational and research nonprofit institute for creative, visionary, innovative, and sustainable approaches to learning as a living process. Responsible for receiving expedited nonprofit status, coordinated mentors, instructors, courses, public information, and oversaw the design and development of the website. Initial fundraising.
Lectures, Seminars, & Presentations 1976-2005
Presented more than fifty lectures, seminars, and presentations, made several conference presentations, invited as a panelist and guest speaker, in and around the Bay area. Invited to teach in Ph.D. Program.
Research 1997-2005
Carried out three phenomenological research studies and an REG study. Received a grant for research that included a water conductivity study at a lab at Stanford University. Coordinated three phenomenological studies with an expert in the field, and two remote viewings.
Marin Children’s Cultural Center Montessori School. Sausalito. 1985
Coordinated and worked with other teachers in a Montessori School for three to five year olds.
Tutoring and Training
Volunteer at Maui elementary school, Hawaii. Lifelong experience assisting individuals in various capacities including reading and writing.
° Consultation
Consultation & Mapping. 2000-2005
Meeting facilitation, conceptual mapping, creative thinking, brainstorming, project development, networking, and organization for individuals and groups. Initiated and facilitated a series of meetings with experts in a variety of fields. Personal consultation in creative development.
Developed a process of mapping useful for working with personal, relationship, and behavioral dynamics for insight, change, and growth, and for systemic, group, and organizational processes including group dynamics, meeting facilitation, and working with life-transitions. Facilitated group meetings.
° Visual Arts and Design
The Tetrahedron. Hawaii. Japan. New Zealand. California. 1988-1995
Envisioned, designed, and researched the development of a Pacific Rim architectural project. Project management, coordinated the expertise of engineers and craftsmen, assessed real estate, made presentations, organized and facilitated meetings, talked to community members, wrote, edited, designed, and produced the brochure, portfolio, manuscript, and business plan. Architectural model design and construction.
Visual Arts. San Francisco. Seattle. Pasadena. New York. 1977-2006
Envisioned, researched, constructed, and coordinated the manufacturing, installation, and crews for the creation of environmental sculptural installations for solo and group exhibitions. Pastel, pen, and ink drawings shown in several group shows and represented in private collections. Photographic portraits and photographic work in black and white, and color.
Solo exhibitions: Baxter Gallery, Caltech; International Sculpture Conference, Mills College, Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York; San Francisco Studio; Fort Mason; Princeton University.
Seattle Arts Commission. Installation and Film. 1982-83
Miraj: Through the Hudson Hotel
Designed and installed a public art work using a historical building in Seattle. Conceived, produced, directed, and co-edited a nationally and internationally awarded, and televised, short film, in both national and international private and public collections.
Citiwall Commission. Triad. 260 West Broadway. New York. 1981
Commissioned to design and install a citiwall in Tribeca. Poster design.
SMP Architects. New York. 1981
The Eggers Group. Architects. New York. 1979-80
Ink drafting, architectural model design and construction, library organization.
Still. Carolingian Press. 1975
Wrote, designed, and coordinated the binding and printing of a limited edition book of visual poetry, and accompanying commentary. Designed the library and museum exhibitions.
Exhibitions: Princeton University Library Graphic Arts Collection; Pacificulture Asia Museum, Pasadena; Fendrick Gallery, Washington DC; Five Six Seven Gallery, Toronto.
Public collections: British Library, New York Public Library, Georgia University Library, Harvard University Houghton Library, Iowa University Libraries, New York Public Library, Princeton University Library, Lessing Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress, University of Rochester Library, Stanford University Library, Yale University Library, Metropolitan Museum.
° Organizational Aesthetics & Sales
Howard Whitehouse, PhD. San Francisco. 2003-04
Alan Okamoto. Illustrator. San Francisco. 2002
Henry Dakin. San Francisco. 1997
Editing, graphics, manuscript formatting, idea clarification, and organization of ideas, spaces, files, personal projects, belongings, interiors, and information for individuals. Clients included Vital Systems and the Marin Poetry Center. Mac and internet computer skills.
Earthsake. Corte Madera. 2001
Book Passage. Corte Madera. 1999
Timelapse Inc. Palo Alto. CA. 1976
Multi-tasking, organizing, phones, and retail sales experience. Office, library, and bookstore organization. Excellent phone manner, organizational skills, and multi-tasking ability. Met sales quota in the first two weeks.
Art Works Downtown. San Rafael. 2000
Assistant director of nonprofit art gallery and artist studios. Organization of operations, publicity, schedules, shows, fliers, forms, and correspondence. Assisted in the organization of yearly fundraising campaign.
Foundation For the Future. San Anselmo. 1996-99
Established a small charitable trust. Designed, wrote, and formatted the quarterly newsletter, invitations, personal brochures, seminar fliers, and business cards. Coordinated the mailing list, Organized and facilitated forums with guest speakers.
Genesis Project. Tokyo and Komagane. Japan. 1989
Coordinated U.S. correspondence for, and assisted a group in Japan introducing and developing sustainable environmental and architectural products and ideas.
Real Estate. New York. 1984
Interior and exterior architectural space consultation. Upgraded a co-op loft space in New York, tripling the initial investment in four years.
Earthly Delights. New York. 1981
Sloat Garden Center. Kentfield. 2000
Plant nursery and floral design and sales.
° Health
Caregiving. California. 1985-2005
Elderly caregiving. Coordinated care with doctors and family members, coordinated records, prescriptions, and social activities, provided transportation to appointments, provided assistance turning and lifting, bathing, dressing, feeding, exercising, walking, walking with a cane, wheelchair excursions, symptomatic dementia care, sponge baths, changing (adult diapers), reading-to, sleeping-over, provided counseling.
Emeryville Health & Wellness Center. 2004
Therapeutic Bodywork and Integral and Healing Arts. Hawaii. California. 1987-2003
Certified Massage Therapist and Integral and Healing Arts practitioner. Swedish and Shiatsu massage, bodywork, healing and energy work. Private consultation sessions in mapping, integral energy, astrological dynamics, and postural alignment.
Biocommumications Research Institute. Wichita. 1998
Developed a healing method that was the subject of a Kirlian study at the Center For the Improvement of Human Functioning, International in Wichita, Kansas.
Hospice. San Francisco. 1985
Volunteer for, and trained by, Hospice, San Francisco.
Additional Training
Herbology, tai chi, chi kung, pa kua, sword form, hatha yoga, cross-cultural healing, taoist practices, shamanic counseling, overtone harmonics, astrological counseling, postural alignment. Training with T.Y. Pang, Robert Fong, Clara Spring, Mantak and Maneewan Chia, Master Shih, Susan Weed, Michael Harner, Robert Zoller, Janet Carter, Dr. Lucille Coughran, Harmonic Choir, Tai Chi School of Philosophy and Art, Healing Tao Center.
° Hospitality
Light Incorporated. San Francisco. 1987
Special Events 1980-86
Created and coordinated special events including guest lists, special performances, decorations, catered food, floral arrangements, and invitation design. Produced and hosted a special event at the Gift Center Pavilion in San Francisco. Coordinated public relations, music bands, catered food, and invitation design. For the opening of 260 West Broadway in New York specially designed the catered food and visual presentation. Hospitality experience with local and international guests, and life-long experience greeting, hosting, and serving.
AWARDS, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS
The Union Institute and University Graduate Scholarship. 2003
Independent Scholars of Asia. Research Grant. 2000
Virginia Commonwealth University Award. 1984
Oberhausen Film Festival. International Jury and Interfilm Jury Diplomas of Honor. 1984
Marin Film Festival First Place. 1984
Buck’s County Film Festival Best Art/Animation Award.1984
Best of the Northwest Film and Video Seminar Best Optical Effects. 1983
Northwest Film and Video Festival Honorable Mention.1983
Ann Arbor Film Festival Award. 1983
Kent Film Festival Award. 1983
Scholarship. M.I.T. Celebration Workshop. 1975
Francis Lemoyne Page Award. Princeton University. 1975
TRAINING AND INTERESTS
° Volunteer
Marine Mammal Lab, Oahu
Recordings for the Blind, Palo Alto
° Travel
National and international travel to more than forty states and thirty countries, including the north magnetic pole.
° Additional Education
Hunter College, New York University, Arizona State University, Kairos and The Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts Department of The Prince of Whales Institute of Architecture, Monroe Institute of Applied Science, Bolder Outdoor Survival School
° Training
Architecture, Urasenke tea ceremony, film, ceramics, sculpture, children's art, modern dance, flute, piano, cymbolin cybernetics, dreamwork, architecture, photography, aikido, swimming, diving, English and Western horseback riding, downhill skiing, tennis. Pilot's license. Training with Paolo Soleri, Madame Soko Kobara, Arnold Eagle, Henry Takemoto, John Manno, Susana Guevara Mueller, Cecilia Marie Bowman, Gary Foster, Gretchen Ashbury, Dr. Raymond Burnap, Gregg Furth, Robert Zoller, Janet Carter, Greg Schelkun.
Experience in sailing, sky-diving, gliding, hot-air ballooning, river-rafting, repelling, zip-lining, hiking, camping, backpacking, dancing, cross-country skiing, cycling, flying trapeze, Bikram yoga, dreamwork, core dynamics, and Nonviolent Communication.
References
By request
Keywords: education, consultation, visual arts, design, creative thinking, health, healing, counseling, organization, facilitation, project management, sales, hospitality, sustainability, futurist, visionary approaches.
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