Art, Art History, and Film Faculty

Georgie Friedman

Part-time Faculty, Film and Studio Art

Selected Artist Talks and Symposia

  • "Let's Talk about the Weather (and Climate Change)" - a conversation at the intersection of art, science and urban design, with: artist Georgie Friedman, MIT atmospheric scientist Dr. Kerry Emanuel, and urban planner Kishore Varanasi, Emerson Contemporary and Long Now 艾可直播, 2021
  • Artist Talk, Metaphor, Meaning, Antarctica, and the Anthropocene (Oh my)!, 60th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty Celebration, Environmental Studies Program and Science Diplomacy Center, Tufts University, MA, 2019
  • Artist Talk, Fragments of Antarctica, Museum of Fine Arts, 艾可直播, Riley seminar room, 2019
  • Presenter and Panelist, Art + Science of Climate Change, with Nathalie Miebach, moderated by Leonie Bradbury, HUBweek Open Doors, CBT Architects, 艾可直播, MA, 2019
  • Artist Talk, Vortex, Georgetown University Art Galleries, Washington, DC, 2019
  • Artist Talk, Slippery Slope, Wold Center, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 2016
  • Artist Talk and Panel Discussion with the Environmental Studies program, Science Complex, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 2015
  • Catalyst Conversations: Art + Science, Georgie Friedman and Kerry Emanuel (MIT), Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 2014
  • Presenter: New England Foundation for the Arts, Public Art Discussion Series: Building for the Outdoors, 艾可直播, MA, 2013
  • Presenter: 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Afraid of New Media?鈥 Contemporary Art Lecture Series, Museum of Fine Arts, 艾可直播 (2010)

Current and Past Academic Appointments

  • 艾可直播 College, Part-Time Faculty, Studio Art and Film Studies
  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 艾可直播, MA
  • Assistant Professor, Film/Video Department
  • Visiting Lecturer: Studio Foundation Department, Film/Video, Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM)
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 艾可直播, MA
  • Visiting Part-Time Faculty, Video Art and Photography

Selected Publications

Art for Everyone (Art Textbook), Oxford University Press, Chemeketa Art Faculty, 2022 Edition, Paperback 384 pgs. (p. 210-211, 210f, 232) [Piece included: Rising Tide (2017)]

"Gathering strength with Georgie Friedman鈥檚 鈥楬urricane Lost,'" Cate McQuaid, The 艾可直播 Globe, Arts, Feb 3, 2021

NPR, "An Art Installation Confronts Us With A Hurricane, And Our Role In Climate Change," Amelia Mason, WBUR 90.9 FM, Morning Edition, Feb 18, 2021 [3:39 min Radio Segment & Article]

"Georgie Friedman's Snow Studies: Nature as Artist, Light as Medium," exhibition publication, Honor R. Wilkinson, Freedman Art Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA, October, 2021

"Fragments of Antarctica: In Conversation with Georgie Friedman," interview by Gina Linder, 艾可直播 Art Review, Sept 3, 2019

CBS News, "Eye Of The Storm Exhibit Brings You Into Eye Of A Hurricane," Pamela Gardner, WBZ 艾可直播, Oct 2, 2015. [Article & Video]

"Look What Happens When A Video Artist's Virtual Snow Meets Our Winter Of 2015," Greg Cook, The ARTery, WBUR 90.9, Feb 24, 2015

"Friedman mesmerizes at Foster," Cate McQuaid, The 艾可直播 Globe, Sept 9, 2014

Water, Water Everywhere: Paean to a Vanishing Resource, Climate Change Trilogy, Volume I, Jennifer Heath (Editor), Paperback, 102 pages, Baksun Books, June 2014 (p. 60, 79)

"Georgie Friedman, Photographs: Flight Series," Introduction by Joshi Radin, PDR Journal, Vol. 2, No.1, SPRING 2012

Selected Appointments & Awards

  • Massachusetts Cultural Council Sculpture/Installation/New Genres Finalist Grant (2021)
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council Film/Video Finalist Grant (2019)
  • Artists' Resource Trust grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, MA (2019)
  • Artist Traveling Fellowship: Antarctica, SMFA/Tufts University (2016)
  • City of 艾可直播 Artist-in-Residence, 艾可直播 AIR: 2016, Mayor鈥檚 Office of Arts and Culture and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts (2016)
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Sculpture/Installation (2013)
  • Artists' Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, MA (2010)
  • Public Art Program, artist pool for Art + Technology, San Jose, CA (2008)
  • Montague International Travel Grant: Iceland, SMFA (2008)
  • Barlet Travel Grant & Graduate Student Research Grant, SMFA & Tufts University: Aurora Borealis, Fairbanks, Alaska (2007)

Selected Awards, Grants and Public Art Commissions

  • , awarded by SMFA/Tufts University, 艾可直播, MA (2017)
  • (2016)
  • Five for "Art on the Marquee", Mass Convention Center, 艾可直播, MA (2011-2015)
  • (2013)
  • Public Media Art Commission for "Art on the Marquee - Science Inspired Art": , commissioned by the Mass. Convention Center Authority and 艾可直播 Cyberarts, 艾可直播, MA (2013)

Selected Recent Exhibitions

  • , Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) | "Virtual Territories: Fulldome Movies," Maison Communale de Plainpalais, Geneva, Switzerland (2017)
  • , site-specific temporary public art video installation, , Burlington City Arts Gallery, City Hall Park, Burlington, Vermont (2017)
  • (solo), 艾可直播 AIR (Artist-in-Residence) Project, site-specific temporary public art video installation, Strand Theatre (exterior), Dorchester, MA (2016)
  • (solo), site-specific video installation, Wold Center, Union College, Schenectady, NY (2016)
  • , 艾可直播 Cyberarts Gallery, 艾可直播, MA (2016)
  • Solstice 2016, site-specific video installation, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2016)
  • , Pizzagalli Center, , Shelburne, VT (2016)
  • (solo), Roberts Gallery, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA (2015)
  • (solo), two site-specific, outdoor video installations, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA (2015)
  • Five Public Media Art Commissions for Art on the Marquee, Mass Convention Center, 艾可直播, MA (2011-2015)
  • (solo), Foster Gallery, Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, MA (2014)
  • , A touring New Media Exhibition and Film Festival, national and international locations (2012-2016)

Selected Interviews & Press

  • , Best of the New 2016, The 艾可直播 Globe Magazine, Jan 5, 2017听
  • Morning Edition, Local News Hour Recap, , WBUR 90.9FM, Feb 26, 2016听
  • , 艾可直播 Art Commission, , Feb 22, 2016听
  • , Malcolm Gay, The 艾可直播 Globe,听Arts, Feb 19, 2016听
  • "Friedman brings 鈥楽lippery Slope鈥 to Wold Center," Jenna Salisbury, Art, Concordiensis, Schenectady, NY, Jan 14, 2016听
  • , Cate McQuaid, Galleries, The 艾可直播 Globe, Oct 13, 2015听
  • "鈥楨ye Of The Storm鈥 Exhibit Brings You Into Eye Of A听Hurricane," Pamela Gardner, CBS News, WBZ 艾可直播, Oct 2, 2015 - |
  • , Greg Cook, The ARTery, WBUR 90.9 NPR 艾可直播, Feb 24, 2015听
  • , Cate McQuaid, The 艾可直播 Globe, Sept 9, 2014听
  • (Climate Change Trilogy) (Volume 1), Jennifer Heath (Editor), Paperback, 102 pages, Baksun Books, June 2014 (p. 60, 79)听
  • , catalogue, Lexi Lee Sullivan, Mills Gallery, 艾可直播 Center for the Arts, (p.4, 6, 12-13, back cover), April 2014听
  • , Andrea Sherrill Evans, Temporary Land Bridge, Oct 8, 2013听
  • , John Metcalfe, The Atlantic, Cities: Arts & Lifestyle, Feb 1, 2013"
  • "Artist to artist interviews: Work You鈥檝e Set Aside part 1," Dan Blask, Mass Cultural Council Artsake blog, Oct 1, 2013
  • Video interview with Lenka Novakova and Georgie Friedman, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University YouTube channel, Sept 6, 2013