Gina Lamb
Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Studies
Field Group: Media Studies
Campus Address: Mosbacher/Gartrell Center Media Center, Q123
Phone: 909.607.9129
Email: gina_lamb@pitzer.edu
Education:
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute
Areas of expertise:
Media arts advocacy, activism, community based media collaborations, youth media, and HIV prevention media education.
Website: www.media4justice.org
Recent Courses:
Media Arts for Social Justice (MS194) website www.media4justice.org
Media and Social Change (MS70) website http://medialectic.wordpress.com
Media Praxis Ontario (MS 69) http://www.ontariorealfood.org
Introduction to Digital Media Studies (MS 51) http://digilect.wordpress.com
Southern California Through the Lens (FYS) http://socalens.wordpress.com
Video and Diversity (MS80)
Introduction Video Production (MS82)
Advanced Video Editing (MS99)
International Web Exchange (MS133)
Awards and Honors:
| 2012-13 | California Council for the Humanities – Community Stories Grant |
| 2006-12 | Jay Chiat Foundation, Media Arts |
| 2009 | Pitzer CEC - Changemaker’s Grant, Media Arts for Social Justice course |
| 2008 | Madrina de Honor, Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas |
| 2006-08 | Durfee Foundation/Liberty Hill Foundation, Media Arts\ |
| 2006 | "I'm Still Here: Becoming Legendary," Audience Award Best Documentary Short, FUSION Los Angeles LGBT People of Color Film Festival |
| 2005 | "This Is How I Love You," Audience Award Best Documentary Short, OUTFEST LGBT Film Festival |
| 2000-03 | California Arts Council, Media Arts A.I.R. |
| 2001 | City of Inglewood, Resolution of Appreciation in the Arts |
| 1996 | Anonymous Was A Woman Award |
| 1996-08 | LACE/California Arts Council, Media Arts A.I.R. |
| 1992-06 | City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs, Artist in Community Grant-Media Arts |
| 1994 | Rockefeller Foundation Project Grant - Media Arts |
| 1991-04 | California Arts Council, Media Arts, A.I.R. |
| 1991 | National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship - New Genres |
| 1990 | Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions/National Endowment for the Arts, Artists Project Grant, |
| 1990 | City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs, Individual Artist Grant - Media Arts |
| 1990 | Long Beach Museum of Art--Video Access Program Grant |
Artist-in-Community:
| 1999–09 | REACH LA - Director of Arts and Technology Programs |
| 2007 | Community Arts Resources and Oakwood School |
| 2006 | REACH LA and Malaysian AIDS Council Exchange Program • Subject: Global Issues/Health – Youth and HIV Education, Sponsored by the U.S. State Department |
| 1998–02 | Video Culture, University of Ludwigsburg, Germany International Intercultural Communication Project. |
| 1996-00 | Poetry In Motion • Program Director - Magnolia Avenue Elementary, LAUSD |
| 1998-00 | Japanese American National Museum - Project Director - Youth Media Arts |
| 1996 | Washington State Arts Commission -- Video Art Collection for Public Schools. |
| 1988-96 | HUMANITAS/Media Arts Mobilization Project (MAMP), Los Angeles Educational Partnership and LAUSD |
| 1997 | Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions & LAUSD |
| 1994-96 | Long Beach Museum of Art – VIDKIDCO |
| 1990 and 1994 | The HeArt Project at Para Los Niños, Los Angeles |
| 1990-91 | Studio X – Pasadena Community Access Cable |
| 1986-89 | Peggy Engl Video Program, Pasadena Arts Workshop |