EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

LitArts RI. Program Coordinator. Served the literary arts community in RI by co-developing and producing writing workshops, professional development events, local author panels, showcases, writing groups and community events; led organizational graphic design; collaborated with B/I/POC advisory committee to build community-led programs and events; served on strategic planning committee; maintained organizational databases; co-wrote grant applications. Providence, RI. 2020-present.

Books on the Square. Bookseller. Provided kind and efficient customer service for patrons with diverse needs; promoted local books, authors, and literary events; managed cash, credit, and online transactions; supported daily shipping, receiving, and return operations; designed diverse and inclusive visual displays; supported events for local and visiting authors. Providence, RI.  2018-2020.

Question Why Films. Associate Producer and Outreach Associate for Regarding Susan Sontag (2014), a documentary feature on the late writer and activist, directed by Nancy Kates and broadcast by HBO. Managed production scheduling and logistics; maintained research databases; assisted film editor; supported successful grant applications to the NEA, NEH and private funds; developed extensive, media-rich curriculum to accompany film. Berkeley, CA.  2011-2019

Tallinger Films. Co-Director/Producer of Elwood Snock & The Land of Lo-Fi (2012), a documentary feature on outsider musician Michael Hurley, directed with Lisa Foti-Straus. Bolinas, CA. 2007-2012 

Harvard University. Teaching Assistant in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies; introductory to advanced video production. Cambridge, MA. 2006-2008 

Acadia Summer Arts Program. Production Manager of 200+ resident artist lectures for founder Marion Kippy Stroud; supervised live recording, editing and archiving. Bar Harbor, ME.  2006-2008

EDUCATION 

M.Phil with Distinction. University of Cambridge, Trinity Hall. Faculty of Education: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Supervised by Maria Nikolajeva. 2014.

A. B. with honors. Harvard University. Department of Visual and Environmental Studies: Film and Video. Supervised by Robb Moss, Alfred Guzzetti, Elisabeth Subrin, Ross McElwee. 2004.

AWARDS + HONORS

Blue Mountain Center poetry residency. 2018.
Vermont Studio Center, Swan Fellowship for writing + visual art. 2017.
Headlands Center for the Arts, Affiliate Artist in writing. 2015-2016.
University of Cambridge, Trinity Hall, Bateman Scholar. 2014.
MacDowell Fellow in film. 2013.
Jerome Foundation media grant. 2008.
Harvard Film Study Center Fellow in the Nonfiction Workshop. 2007-2008.
Harvard University, Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. 2007.

VISUAL TEXTS + FILMS 

The Adventures of Mina and Grandbear. Picturebook series following two siblings and their quirky artist-biologist Grandbear deep into the worlds he loves, from midnight smelting on Lake Superior to community iron pours. Pen and gouache. In progress.
 
Gramarye.  An experimental 16mm film on the creative process of children's fantasy author Susan Cooper, projecting the path of her literary imagination across the haunted landscapes, legends and histories of Britain. 65 min, 16mm color & b/w film. In progress.

Put Your Heart In Water.Collection of essays, drawings, paintings, poems, and fantasy in handbound editions. In progress. Featuring:

The River Witch.Poetry collection in picturebook form. A fantasy in waves and washed up fragments from the northern Pacific shore. Ink.

The Painter and the Bird. Illustrated novella. A boy in love with the birds. A girl who learns to fly. Two red and beating hearts. Charcoal pencil.

Portage. Essays from Portage Lake, MN, on landscape history, solitude, and the 1930s-era family cabin across six years of artistic creation and discovery. Includes the visual poem "Waiting for the Snow." Gouache. 

Porcupine Box. Handbound book and artist box with illustrated essay “Shooting Porcupines” with Marco Lean, Joyce Nojima, Erin Wilson. Round Table Postal Collage Project No. 7. 2018.

Elwood Snock & The Land of Lo-Fi. Documentary feature on outsider musician and artist Michael Hurley across the peripheries of America and into a land of his own creation. Directed and produced with Lisa Foti-Straus; animation by Drew Christie. 74 min (unreleased). 2012.

Ashore. An experimental video based on the selchie legends of Scotland and Ireland. Screened at the Harvard Film Archive, 10 min. 2004.

PUBLICATIONS

Regarding Susan Sontag Curriculum Guide. Twenty media-rich lessons in art and activism for high school, college, and community use, supported by the NEA. Co-written with Nancy Kates. sontagcurriculum.org.

Summoning Fantasy: The Real Magic of The Dark Is Rising Sequence. University of Cambridge, M.Phil. Thesis: Distinction. Faculty of Education Library. 2014. 

SKILLS

Office: Microsoft 365; Google Drive; Jotform; Eventbrite; MailChimp; Airtable; Asana Graphic/Web Design: Canva; Wix; Adobe Photoshop, InDesign
Film: Production (16mm, video, audio); Adobe Premiere, Final Cut; Quicktime; Vimeo Visual Arts: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Bookbinding
Languages: Spanish (intermediate), Modern Greek (introductory) 

Susannah Patrice Morse filming the Dyfi Estuary for Gramarye. Panorama Walk, Aberdyfi, Wales.