Course Title: The Photo Essay: Seeing San Diego Through Image and Text
Department: Visual Arts Department

Email: jmockrin@ucsd.edu

Education

Master of Fine Arts Candidate in Visual Arts, degree expected Fall 2009
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Bachelor of Arts, Art History with a concentration in Visual Arts, Summa Cum Laude, 2003
Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Experience

UC San Diego, Teaching Assistant, History of Film (Fall 2007)

ICP, Teaching Assistant, Color Printing from Negatives (Spring 2007), Color Photography I (Winter 2004)
Color Printing from Negatives (Spring 2004)

The Legal Aid Society Immigration Law Unit, New York, NY, Paralegal Casehandler (3-8/07)
Assisted in developing a new advocacy project with the Robin Hood Foundation to increase access to immigration legal assistance for low-income New York City immigrants; trained staff at 16 Robin Hood grantee sites throughout the city about immigration law; conducted workshops in English and Spanish; performed outreach and prepared applications.

NYU, Guest Speaker, Global Perspectives in International Social Policy (Dee. 2006)

Organization for Youth Empowerment (OYE), El Progreso, Honduras 9/04-6/06
Co-Founder and Art Program Director
Co-founded not-for-profit organization based in Washington, DC with three full-time staff in Honduras, dedicated to empowering disadvantaged youth through educational and cultural programs; curated photography exhibit that traveled to El Progreso, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa and internationally to expand public awareness of OYE’s programs.
Program Management
Designed curriculum and ran after-school art program for 60 students aged 5 to 20, including painting and drawing classes and a series of photography and video workshops; directed children aged 8 to 18 in the design and execution of two large-scale public mural projects; planned and served as assistant educator for a weekly, year-long health education and youth development program for 40 adolescent girls, on social growth and development topics; co-coordinated volunteer program, including recruiting, training and supervising volunteers.

Columbia University, TA
Introduction to Photography (Summer 2003)

Honors/Affiliations/Exhibitions

Joyce Kosh Kaiser Fine Arts Grant, 2002.
International Youth Foundation Award Winner, 2006.
Phi Beta Kappa, 2003.
International Center of Photography (ICP) Curatorial Internship Grant, 2003.

April 20-22, 2007 : El Progreso Project, Collision Machine, Brooklyn, NY
July 20-27, 2006: Fotos de mi pueblo, Alliance Française, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
June 2-18, 2006: Fotos de mi pueblo, Klein Bohemia, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
May 18-31, 2006: Fotos de mi pueblo, Casa de la Cultura, El Progreso, Honduras
July 2-5, 2004: Presence, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
May 14, 2004: Collision, Ace Gallery, New York, NY
November 23, 2003: OUT Auction, Altman Building, New York, NY
November 16, 2003: Postcards from the Edge, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
May 16, 2003: Collision, NEST, Brooklyn, NY
April 2003: Senior Thesis Exhibition, Barnard College, New York, NY
January 1999: Splashes of Color, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD