Education:
2014 MFA School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, MA
2009 BFA Painting (minors Art History and Photography), Boston University, Boston, MA
Teaching Experience:
2020-present Senior Lecturer, Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Film and Animation, Rochester, NY (classes taught: Radical Cinema Workshop, History & Aesthetics of Animation, Animation Film Language (graduate level), Senior Capstone II, Experimental Animation, Concept & Character, Drawing for Animation, Principles of Animation, After Effects for Animators, Animation Production Workshop II, Animation I)
2020-2023 Visiting Assistant Professor, Fitchburg State University, Humanities Department, Fitchburg, MA (Art Appreciation Online Accelerated Course)
2020-2021 Instructor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Pre-College Summer Program, Boston, MA (Digital Media & Animation)
2017-2020 Adjunct Faculty, Fitchburg State University, Humanities Department, Fitchburg, MA (Art Appreciation, Drawing I, starting Spring 2017)
2016-2020 Adjunct Faculty, Lesley University, Animation & Motion Media Department, Cambridge, MA (Digital Animation 2D, Experimental Animation, Drawing for Animation, Principles of Animation I & II, Freshman Animation Seminar, Sophomore Seminar II, starting Fall 2016)
2019-2020 Part-time Lecturer, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Animation Department and Continuing Education, Boston, MA (Digital and Experimental Animation: Introduction, starting Fall 2019)
2017-2019 Instructor, Lesley University, Pre-College Summer Program, Cambridge, MA (Animation Essentials, Storyboarding for Animators, Experimental Animation, & Concepts of Cinema)
2019 Co-Instructor with Mike Annear, Lesley University, Adult Educators Program, Cambridge, MA (Storytelling Animated, Summer 2019)
2019 Instructor, Filmmakers Collaborative, Lexington, MA (Summer 2019)
2016 Instructor, Brookline Adult Education Center, Brookline, MA (Painting Nature in Oil, Spring & Fall 2016, Ink and Washes, Summer 2016)
2015-2016 Adjunct Faculty, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA (Traditional to Digital Animation, Animation & Media Projects I, starting Spring 2015)
2014-2016 Instructor, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA (Animation Essentials, Pre-College Summer Program)
2013 Teaching Assistant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Boston, MA (Advanced Digital Imaging for Video & Installation, Fall 2013 and Painting with Technology, Spring 2013)
Teaching Awards & Nominations:
2023-2024 Irene Pfizenmaier Award for Academic Excellence in Teaching, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology
2023-2024 nominee for the Outstanding Teaching Award for Non-Tenure Faculty, Rochester Institute of Technology (confirmation of winner in 2024)
Lectures/Presentations/Critiques:
2022 Panelist, Activism and Feminism in Animation, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2019 Guest Speaker, Animatic Boston, Somerville, MA
2016-2019 Instructor, Stop Motion Workshop for Boston International Kids Film Festival in conjunction with Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2019 part-time Stage Operations, American Repertory Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2017-2018 Proctor, Harvard University Extension School, Accessibility Services, Cambridge, MA
2017-2018 Professional Mentor for student Jesse Trainor, Independent Immersion Program, Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA
2016-2017 Judge, Annual Art Competition at the Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, MA
2016 Adult Ed Lecture Series, Brookline Adult Education, Brookline, MA (From Muybridge to Memes: the History of the Moving Image and its Impact on Society)
2009 guest lecturer, Harvard University, Classics Department, Cambridge, MA (The Hero and Anti-Hero in Ancient Greek Civilization, Dr. Gregory Nagy, Fall 2009)
Festival Screenings:
2023 Pink Pottery, Official Selection, Buffalo International Film Festival (BIFF), Buffalo, NY (USA)
2023 Pink Pottery, Official Selection, ASIFA East Animation Film Festival, New York City, NY (USA)
2023 Pink Pottery, Official Selection, The Archaeology Channel (TAC) International Film Festival, Eugene, OR (USA)
2023 Pink Pottery, Official Selection, Experimental Film Odyssey, Online Film Festival (USA)
2023 ONEIRA, Official Selection, MisCon International Short Film Festival, Missoula, MT (USA)
2023 ONEIRA, Official Selection, Mad Monster Party Film Festival, Concord, NC (USA)
2022 ONEIRA, Official Selection, Brooklyn Scifi Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY (USA)
2022 ONEIRA, Official Selection, SHORT to the Point International Short Film Festival, Bucharest (Romania)
2022 ONEIRA, Official Selection, Munich Music Video Awards, Munich (Germany)
2022 ONEIRA, Official Selection, Space Faring Civilisation Film Festival, Watson, ACT (Australia)
2022 ONEIRA, Official Selection, Planet 9 Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
2022 Pink Pottery, Official Selection, Out of Bounds Film Festival (OoBFF), Molfetta, Bari (Italy)
2022 Pink Pottery, Official Selection, GUTTERCAST Online Film Festival, (USA)
2022 Pink Pottery, Official Selection, ZTV: Video Festival A GO-GO, Nashville, TN (USA)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Tokyo Film Awards, Tokyo (Japan)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Capital City Film Festival, Lansing, MI (USA)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Blackbird Film Festival, Cortland, NY (USA)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Women’s International Film Festival Nigeria (WIFFEN), Abuja (Nigeria)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Close: Up San Francisco Short Film Festival, San Francisco, CA (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, River Film Festival, Padua (Italy)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Munich Music Video Awards, Munich (Germany)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, SHORT to the Point International Short Film Festival, Bucharest (Romania)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, SCREAM it off SCREEN Online Film Festival, (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Black and White Film Festival, Toronto, ON (Canada)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival, Toronto, ON (Canada)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, FLICKFAIR Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, SHINE Online International Film Festival, Toronto, ON (Canada)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Toronto Independent Animation Festival, Toronto, ON (Canada)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Frostbite International Online Film Festival, Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
2018 WANDERERs, Official Selection, Another Hole in the Head - San Francisco Independent Film Festival, San Francisco, CA (USA)
2018 WANDERERs, Official Selection, Boston Short Film Festival, Somerville, MA (USA)
Film Awards & Nominations:
2023 ONEIRA, Best Fantasy Film, Mad Monster Party Film Festival, Concord, NC (USA)
2023 Pink Pottery, Semi-Finalist, Drawtastic “Golden Pencil Awards”, Online (USA)
2023 Pink Pottery, Honorable Mention, Blackbird Film Festival, Cortland, NY (USA)
2022 ONEIRA, Finalist Best Musical Film, Munich Music Video Awards, Munich (Germany)
2022 Pink Pottery, nominee Roller Skates on Fire Award, ZTV: Video Festival A GO-GO, Nashville, TN (USA)
2022 Sing About It, Best Music Video, Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
2022 Sing About It, Silver Award for Best Music Video, Tokyo Film Awards, Tokyo (Japan)
2022 Sing About It, Honorable Mention, Rochester International Film Festival (RIFF), Rochester, NY (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Best Film, Black and White Film Festival, Toronto, ON (Canada)
2021 Sing About It, Best Animated Short, Frostbite International Online Film Festival, Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Honorable Mention Best Animated Music Video, Munich Music Video Awards, Munich (Germany)
2019 IRNE nomination for best projection design, “Delicate Particle Logic” by Jennifer Blackmer, directed by Betsy Goldman, Flat Earth Theatre Company, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Projection Design:
2023 Animator/Projection Designer, “Stories from the Living Tree”, Mt. Hope World Singers and Biodance, Rochester Fringe Festival, The Theatre at Innovation Square, Rochester, NY
2023 Animator/Projection Designer, “Stories from the Living Tree”, Mt. Hope World Singers and Biodance, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2020 Animator, “Hai! Oui! A Dance Between Countries: French & Japanese Piano Compositions”, pianist Christina Wright-Ivanova, Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College, Keene, NH
2019 Projection Designer, “L’Histoire du Soldat” by Igor Stravinsky, directed by Orlando Cela, Lowell Chamber Orchestra at Middlesex Community College, Lowell, MA
2019 Projection Designer, “Dream Machine” YoungArts Miami Classical Concert, directed by Cynthia Lee Wong, National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, FL
2019 Projection Designer, “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss II, directed by Cassandra Lovering, MassOpera, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2018 Projection Designer, “The Salonniéres” by Liz Duffy Adams, directed by Weylin Symes, Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham, MA
2018 Projection Designer, “Delicate Particle Logic” by Jennifer Blackmer, directed by Betsy Goldman, Flat Earth Theatre Company, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2018 Projection Designer, “Old/New Borrowed/Blue” (double bill of Dominick Argento’s Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night and Dan Shore’s The Beautiful Bridegroom), directed by Cassandra Lovering, MassOpera, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2017 Projection Designer, “A Bright Room Called Day” by Tony Kushner, directed by Dori A. Robinson, Flat Earth Theatre Company, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Solo Exhibitions:
2018 Violent Reactions, Conant Gallery, Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA
Group Exhibitions:
2024 Pink Pottery, Personal Structures Exhibit, European Cultural Council (ECC), Venice (Italy)
2024 Faculty Show College of Art and Design, William Harris Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2023 Faculty Show College of Art and Design, William Harris Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2023 6X6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2022 Faculty Show College of Art and Design, William Harris Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2022 Salon Show + Art Sale, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
2020 Faculty Show: new work from Art and Communications Media Faculty, Hammond Gallery, Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA
2019 Blue and Pink Pottery, Art on the Marquee, Round 29, Boston CyberArts, BCEC, Boston, MA (juried)
2019 The Skin Has Eyes, SESI night, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2018 Lines of Thought, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea (juried)
2018 Micro/Macro, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, MO (juried)
2016 One Step Forward Two Steps Back, Art on the Marquee, Round 20, Boston CyberArts, BCEC, Boston, MA (juried)
2016 Untitled (violent reactions), “This is Revolting”, Online Exhibition (juried),
http://www.thisisrevolting.land/
2016 Projections, Jamaica Plain Arts Council, the Brewery Complex, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA (juried)
2016 Uncharted Territory, Fitchburg Video Project, Fitchburg, MA (juried)
2014 Uncharted Territory, SMFA MFA Thesis, Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2014 Uncharted Territory, Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2013 VIVRE, BLAA (Boston LGBT Artist Alliance), The MALE Center, Boston, MA
2013 Alumni Show, Gallery 5, Boston University, Boston, MA (juried)
2013 I Know What You Did Last Summer, Mission Hill Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012 Annual Photo-Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (juried)
2012 New Student Salon Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2009 BFA Senior Thesis, Stone Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
Bibliography/Press:
"Zoetrope Animation Is Back. Here’s How to Make One" Scientific American by Charlotte Hu, October 31, 2024. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-make-your-own-zoetrope/
"They saw people cut off from each other. They want to bring them back together with art” WXXI News by Mona Seghatoleslami, May 18, 2023. https://www.wxxinews.org/arts-life/2023-05-18/they-saw-people-cut-off-from-each-other-they-want-to-bring-them-back-together-with-art
“Video Premiere: Clocks in Motion Performs Jennifer Bellor’s Oneira” I Care If You Listen, August 2022. https://icareifyoulisten.com/2022/08/video-premiere-clocks-in-motion-performs-jennifer-bellor-oneira/
Analog Cookbook, Issue 4, Summer 2021.
“September 5. 2021 - Filmmaker/Animator Christine Banna (Sing About It)” Wildsound’s the Film Podcast, interview with Matthew Tofolo, September 2021. https://www.wildsoundpodcast.com/the-film-podcast-by-wildsound/2021/9/4/september-5-2021-filmmakeranimator-christine-banna-sing-about-it
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 43, Summer 2019.
“Les Salonnieres is witty, clever and stylish” Rich Fahey’s On Boston Stages, review of the projection design on “The Salonnieres”, November 2018. https://onbostonstages.blog/2018/11/02/les-salonnieres-is-witty-clever-and-stylish/
“Gender, class, and clashes in a Parisian literary salon” Boston Globe - stage review by Don Aucoin, October 2018. https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/10/29/gender-class-and-clashes-parisian-literary-salon/u7IFZ0dEUNk7QotI9aHVAI/story.html
“In a Paris salon, telling fairytales is a feminist act” Boston Globe - Arts, preview by Terry Byrne, October 2018. https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/10/17/paris-salon-telling-fairy-tales-feminist-act/UYP2qkGZ7Ulx7aHIKXP6mI/story.html
“Review: Beneath its potent calculations, Flat Earth Theatre’s ‘Delicate Particle Logic’ is a compelling love story”, The Sleepless Critic, review of the projection design on “Delicate Particle Logic”, October 2018. https://sleeplesscritic.com/2018/10/07/review-beneath-its-potent-calculations-flat-earth-theatres-delicate-particle-logic-is-a-compelling-love-story/
“Quick Take Review: Fission Vision at Flat Earth”, Boston Arts Review by Beverly Creasey, review of the projection design on “Delicate Particle Logic”, October 2018. https://bostonartsreview.blogspot.com/2018/10/quick-take-review-by-beverly-creasey.html
“Delicate Particle Logic - Flat EarthTheatre”, Rabbit Reviews Boston by James Wilkinson, review of the projection design on “Delicate Particle Logic”, October 2018. https://www.rabbitreviewsboston.com/home/2018/10/4/delicate-particle-logic-flat-earth-theatre
“From a Basement Lab, A Woman Changed the World”, Rich Fahey’s On Boston Stages, review of the projection design on “Delicate Particle Logic”, October 2018. https://onbostonstages.blog/2018/10/03/from-a-basement-lab-a-woman-changed-the-world/
“This is Revolting”, (curated by Allison Cekala) December 2016. https://www.thisisrevolting.land/
Permanent Collections
Media Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Selected Clients
Moira Smiley (singer and composer), Dr. Jennifer Bellor (composer), Dr. Christina Wright-Ivanova (pianist), Mt. Hope World Singers, YoungArts Foundation, Epic10 Films, PokeGravy Studios, Keene State College, Lowell Chamber Orchestra, MassOpera, Greater Boston Stage Company, Flat Earth Theatre Company