Art, Art History, and Film Faculty
Georgie Friedman
Part-time Faculty, Film and Studio Art
Georgie Friedman
Contact
Devlin 418
Telephone: 617-552-4295
Email: georgie.friedman@bc.ecu
Education
- B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
- M.F.A., Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Courses
Video Art
Animation
Advanced Moving Image Projects
Intro to Photoshop and Illustrator
Profile
Georgie Friedman has lived, worked and exhibited nationally and internationally. She has traveled to five continents to film for her projects and has been awarded a number of grants and fellowships including: Artist Traveling Fellowship to Antarctica (SMFA/Tufts, 2017); Artist-in-Residence with The City of Boston, Boston AIR (2016) - supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts; Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Sculpture/Installation (2013) and MCC Finalists Grants in Sculpture/Installation/New Genres (2021) and Film/Video (2019).
Friedman has been commissioned to create site-specific video-based public art pieces and has exhibited in national and international venues including: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (solo, 2019); Oregon Center for Contemporary Art (solo, 2024); Emerson College, MA (solo, 2021); The Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland (2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH (2016); Muratcentoventidue Artecontemporanea, Bari, Italy (2018; 2019; 2020); Georgetown University, DC (solo, 2019); Boston City Hall – exterior, MA (2017); Union College, NY (solo, 2016); Shelburne Museum, VT (2016); Lesley University College of Art and Design, MA (solo, 2015); College of the Holy Cross, MA (solo, 2015); Transylvania University, KY (2013); and The Armory Center for the Arts, CA (2013); The Rose Kennedy Greenway in partnership with the National Park Service, MA (2012); Peabody Essex Museum, MA (2011–2012); deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, MA (2010).
Friedman earned her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in conjunction with Tufts University and her BA from UC, Santa Cruz. Her past teaching appointments include: Art, Culture and Technology program, MIT; Massachusetts College of Art and Design; The School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University; among other institutions. In 2023, she was invited to become a board member for Boston Cyberarts.
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 Boston, 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, Boston, Riley seminar room, 2019
- Presenter and Panelist, Art + Science of Climate Change, with Nathalie Miebach, moderated by Leonie Bradbury, HUBweek Open Doors, CBT Architects, Boston, 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, Boston, MA, 2013
- Presenter: “Who’s Afraid of New Media?” Contemporary Art Lecture Series, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2010)
Current and Past Academic Appointments
- Boston College, Part-Time Faculty, Studio Art and Film Studies
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, 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, Boston, 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’s ‘Hurricane Lost,'" Cate McQuaid, The Boston 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, Boston Art Review, Sept 3, 2019
CBS News, "Eye Of The Storm Exhibit Brings You Into Eye Of A Hurricane," Pamela Gardner, WBZ Boston, 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 Boston 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 Boston Artist-in-Residence, Boston AIR: 2016, Mayor’s 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
- Artist Traveling Fellowship: Antarctica, awarded by SMFA/Tufts University, Boston, MA (2017)
- Boston AIR: Artist-in-Residence for The City of Boston (2016)
- Five Public Media Art Commissions for "Art on the Marquee", Mass Convention Center, Boston, MA (2011-2015)
- Massachusetts Cultural Council 2013 Artist Fellowship in Sculpture/Installation (2013)
- Public Media Art Commission for "Art on the Marquee - Science Inspired Art": Snow Study, commissioned by the Mass. Convention Center Authority and Boston Cyberarts, Boston, MA (2013)
Selected Recent Exhibitions
- Eye of the Storm, v.2 (360o Fulldome), Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) | "Virtual Territories: Fulldome Movies," Maison Communale de Plainpalais, Geneva, Switzerland (2017)
- Sea Like a Mirror, site-specific temporary public art video installation, Of Land & Local, Burlington City Arts Gallery, City Hall Park, Burlington, Vermont (2017)
- Traces of Wind and Water (solo), Boston AIR (Artist-in-Residence) Project, site-specific temporary public art video installation, Strand Theatre (exterior), Dorchester, MA (2016)
- Slippery Slope (solo), site-specific video installation, Wold Center, Union College, Schenectady, NY (2016)
- Constructed Video: Georgie Friedman, Robin Mandel & Andrew Neumann, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Boston, MA (2016)
- Solstice 2016, site-specific video installation, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2016)
- 32° - The Art of Winter, Pizzagalli Center, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT (2016)
- Eye of the Storm (solo), Roberts Gallery, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA (2015)
- Under the Icy Sky (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, Boston, MA (2011-2015)
- Into the Wind (solo), Foster Gallery, Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, MA (2014)
- Water, Water Everywhere, A touring New Media Exhibition and Film Festival, national and international locations (2012-2016)
Selected Interviews & Press
- 21 intriguing new ideas and trailblazing people, Best of the New 2016, The Boston Globe Magazine, Jan 5, 2017
- Morning Edition, Local News Hour Recap, Boston's New Artist-in-Residence Program, Georgie Friedman quoted, WBUR 90.9FM, Feb 26, 2016
- Three Boston AIR Artists Announced, Boston Art Commission, publicartboston.com, Feb 22, 2016
- Artists and the city of Boston team up, Malcolm Gay, The Boston Globe, Arts, Feb 19, 2016
- "Friedman brings ‘Slippery Slope’ to Wold Center," Jenna Salisbury, Art, Concordiensis, Schenectady, NY, Jan 14, 2016
- Weather, worship, and whimsy, Cate McQuaid, Galleries, The Boston Globe, Oct 13, 2015
- "‘Eye Of The Storm’ Exhibit Brings You Into Eye Of A Hurricane," Pamela Gardner, CBS News, WBZ Boston, Oct 2, 2015 - Article | CBS News Video
- Look What Happens When A Video Artist's Virtual Snow Meets Our Winter Of 2015, Greg Cook, The ARTery, WBUR 90.9 NPR Boston, Feb 24, 2015
- Friedman mesmerizes at Foster, Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, Sept 9, 2014
- Water, Water Everywhere: Paean to a Vanishing Resource (Climate Change Trilogy) (Volume 1), Jennifer Heath (Editor), Paperback, 102 pages, Baksun Books, June 2014 (p. 60, 79)
- BRINK v1, catalogue, Lexi Lee Sullivan, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, (p.4, 6, 12-13, back cover), April 2014
- Interview: Georgie Friedman, Andrea Sherrill Evans, Temporary Land Bridge, Oct 8, 2013
- The Boston Ferry Pavilion's Latest Electrifying Makeover, John Metcalfe, The Atlantic, Cities: Arts & Lifestyle, Feb 1, 2013"
- "Artist to artist interviews: Work You’ve 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