EDUCATION

2023

2017

Bachelor of Arts in Cross Cultural Relations and Visual Studies;
Minor in Flamenco, summa cum laude
Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA

Thesis [Re]Encountering the Portrait: Poetics of the Painted Look
advised by Kathryn Boswell and Jacob Fossum, High Honors

2016

Ethnographic and Linguistic Field School, Ecuador
Appalachian State Ethnography Lab

2016

Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain International Relations,
Spanish Culture and Language, Visual Studies

2015

Instituto Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy

Visual Studies, Food and Cultural Anthropology,
Art Restoration and Conservation



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2024 -

Executive Assistant for Bard College Fisher Center for Performing Arts, Bard College, Hudson Valley, NY

January 2024 -

Studio Assistant for Kite, Hudson Valley, NY


January - June 2024

Grant Writer and Project Development for Rolling Grocer
Hudson, NY


October 2022

Stage Manager for Codex Claverack, Claverack, NY
Site specific dance performance directed by Sondra Loring,
music by Joro Boro


August 2022


2018-22

Place Corps, Hudson Valley, NY

Director of Community and Communications,
May 2021 - June 2022

Social Media Manager,
Sept 2018- June 2022

Community and Communications Manager,
Jan 2021 - May 2021

Program Coordinator and Community Development,
May 2019 - Jan 2021

Research and Design Assistant to Founding Partners,
Sept 2018 - May 2021


      

2018-20

Instar Lodge, Hudson Valley, NY

Director of Outreach and Digital Communication,
Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

Community Initiated Children’s Teacher,
Sep 2018 - Mar 2020

Community Outreach Associate,
Apr 2018 - Jan 2019

Arts Administrative Assistant,
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018

Teaching Assistant and Intern,
March 2018


Sept-Dec 2017

Freelance Artist in Nyon, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland 
Mosaic and stonework

May- Sept 2017

Organic Gardener and Landscaper at Berkshire Property Management, Great Barrington, MA

2014 - 2017

Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA

Class Assistant, Flamenco
 2014 - 2017

Peer Advocate
2014 - 2015

Student Tutor in French, Biology, Algebra Workshop 2014 - 2015


Jan 2016- May 2016

Cultural Liaison at Academic Programs International,
University of Sevilla, Spain



June-Aug 2013

Art Director's Intern for Thirsty (film), Hudson Valley, NY
Andrea Cunliffe, Margo Pelletier




CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS 

June 2023

Medical Editing Training, Brooklyn Editing


Sept 2022

Candidate, Strala 200+ Hour Yoga Leadership Training

Aug 2021

Candidate in Simon’s Rock Studio in Collaborative, Transdisciplinary, and Experimental Inquiry and Practice

July 2021 

Birth Doula Certification of Completion, Carriage House Birth

April 2021

Fundamentals of Digital Marketing, Google Digital Garage Credential ID 2Q8 349 GKM

October 2019

July 2019

Permaculture Design and Ecological Literacy, Appleseed Permaculture and Omega Institute

August 2019

Children’s Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher Training Levels 1-3, Little Flower Yoga


VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

April 2022 -

Community Volunteer,

Farmscape Ecology, Ghent, NY

April 2018 -

Community Volunteer,

Kite’s Nest, Hudson, NY

June 2018

Art Workshop Facilitator,
Hudson River Exchange, Hudson, NY

Jan 2013 -Jan 2016

Student Volunteer,

Red Cross Blood Services, Great Barrington, MA

Oct - Dec 2015

Volunteer at Bardini Gardens,
Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici, Florence, Italy


PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS


June 2018

That is, Makeshift and Mine: Rebecca Cosenza
Artist Interview, Instar Lodge

April 2017

More to Come
Experiments in Alternative Printmaking, Group Show with Lillian Goldberg and Valerie Fanarjian, Bard College at Simon’s Rock

April 2017

Smells like the Sun: Portraits from Shiripuno

Exhibition, Bard College at Simon’s Rock

Dec 2015

CAMNES Student Historical Dictionary of Food

Collaborative Research Project, advised by Massimiliano Franci


HONORS AND AWARDS

Feb 2019

Annual Fund Scholars Retreat Panelist

2016 - 2017

Rodney Christopher Scholarship

Oct 2016

Honors Convocation Speaker



LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE

Native Proficiency in English; Elementary Proficiency in Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Kichwa [Amazonia, Ecuador], Quechua [Cusco, Peru]



References available upon request

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© Rebecca Cosenza 2023