≈≈ Carolina is an organization builder & multicultural artist who has worked in media and nonprofits in both Brazil and the USA. Currently a nonprofit director in the Columbia Gorge region, and working on a manuscript about the in-between experience (a common phenomena for the multicultural set). Carolina's nonprofit work has often focused on youth, at first through art education with museums and art organizations, or as co-founder of a cultural center to name a few. Art and music are formative ingredients.
Carolina (que era Carol no Brasil) é diretora de ONG, criadora recente de histórias em áudio, hoje escrevendo sobre residir entre mundos—um fenômeno comum para multiculturais. Carolina trabalhou em mídia e ONG's no Brasil e nos EUA. Ela continua envolvida com música e arte desde sua juventude em São Paulo.
CultureSeed
ARTIST TIMELINE
2020 Artist Residency Hypatia-in-the-Woods
2019 Artist Residency Caldera Community
2019 Artist Residency The Sou'wester
2019 Third Coast International Audio Festival & Conference Volunteer Cohort
2019 Artist Talk: ScaleHouse Voices
2018 Artist Residency Caldera
2018 Motherhood Magazine: Motherhood is not a gap on my resume (essay)
2017 Grant: Regional Arts and Culture Council Project (Interview for audio work I See You)
2016 Planet Drum: Worldviews (essay)
2014 Screenings by invitation: Indie Festival, Matilha Cultural (São Paulo, Brazil), Reciprocity, Blackwater Records (USA)
2013 Screening: Cinemateca Brasileira (São Paulo, Brazil)
2013 Screenings: Official Selections: Chicago International Movies and Film Festival, In-Edit Brasil, CBGB Festival, Curitiba International Film Festival, 7˚ Festival CineMúsica
2013 Award: Silver Documentary Feature at JamFest Film Fest
2005 Award: Women in Film Emerging Latina Filmmaker
2003 Screenings: Chicago Women's Film Festival, Chicago Anarchist Film Festival
2002 Award: Chicago Emmy Outstanding Achievement for Informational Programming
2001 Short Film featured in a Miranda July Chainletter Tape
2001 Segment producer for Public Television
2000 MFA Teaching Assistant Full Scholarship
90's Art Director for MTV Brasil + music + zines + films
NONPROFIT TIMELINE
2018 - ongoing: Executive Director for CultureSeed, a nonprofit in the Columbia Gorge, the largest national scenic area in the United States and a rural region with pronounced economic disparities. CultureSeed offers youth free and ongoing Outdoor Immersion and Mental Health.
2011- 2013 Communications Director for Mozambique based Permaculture Reference Center
2008 - 2010 Communications Director & Food Security Program Coordinator for Chicago based international relief NPO
2007 Signature Leadership Evanston Program Scholarship
2006 - 2007 Co-founder & Executive Director for Chicago based cultural center
2007 Volunteer co-founder farmer's market
2002 - 2005 Art Educator for Milwaukee nonprofit
90's - Art Educator for the Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo (BR)