John R. Killacky
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San Francisco California USA |
Contact Type: Artist |
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Bio:
Gay white male, Irish Catholic Buddhist or perhaps I should write former dancer, ex- marathon runner, now paraplegic. By day I am an arts administrator, at night I write personal narrative, on weekends I make visual video poems. I danced with Chicago Moving Company, Contemporary Dancers in Winnipeg, and Theater of the Open Eye in New York in the 1970s. Transitioning into administration, I managed the companies of choreographers Laura Dean and Trisha Brown and was General Manager of PepsiCo Summerfare. In 1986, I moved to Philadelphia to work as a Program Officer for the Pew Charitable Trusts. Two years later, I became the Curator of Performing Arts at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. In 1996 I was appointed Executive Director of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. In March 2003, I became the Program Officer for Arts and Culture at The San Francisco Foundation. Throughout my administrative career, I have continued to make art. I am interested in translating personal narratives into a broader cultural context as a lecturer, writer, and video artist. Multi-media projects have included radio, television, and internet commentaries, in addition to collaborating with other artists on gallery and web-based exhibitions. I have spoken at numerous universities and national conferences throughout the United States, as well as professional meetings in Japan, Canada, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Australia, and England. I have given commencement addresses at Cranbrook Academy of Art and San Francisco Art Institute. My writing has appeared in the Utne Reader, Art Papers, Hungry Mind Review, Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco Examiner, StarTribune, Inside Arts, Mpls/St.Paul Magazine, New Mobility, Disability Studies Quarterly, P-form, New York Times, International Journal of Arts Management, Shambhala Sun, High Performance, Lavender, Southern Voice, Grantmakers in the Arts Reader, San Francisco Chronilce, and Dance USA/Journal. My work has been anthologized in Queer Dharma, Out in All Directions, and Management Tools for Arts Professionals in East and Central Europe. I co-edited Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories, forthcoming from Hayworth Press. My videos have been screened in festivals, museums, hospitals, and universities in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Russia, and throughout Europe. My work has been televised on KTCA/PBS and on Free Speech TV and is in the collections of numerous libraries and universities. Awards and recognitions include the William Dawson Award for Programming Excellence (1995), First Bank Sally Ordway Irvine Award for Artistic Vision (1995), Dance USA’s Ernie Award for contributions to the field (2000), Gerbode Foundation Fellowship (2001), Acadia Summer Arts Program Residency (2001) and a Harvard Business School summer scholarship (2002). My video work has been supported with grants from Arts over AIDS (1993), Jerome Foundation (1995), Tucson/Pima Arts Council (1996), Film Arts Foundation (2000), and the San Francisco Arts Commission (2001 and 2003). Commendations have been received from the Reeling Film Festival (1995), Superfest (2001 and 2002), PlanetOut’s on-line Short Movie Awards (2001), and California State Fair (2002). Filmography/Awards Info: Awards and Grants San Francisco Arts Commission’s Cultural Equity grant to support “Dreaming Awake.” 2003. Superfest, Best of Festival and Spirit Award, “Crip Shots.” 2002 CA State Fair, Award of Merit, “Love Is A Hemorrhage.” 2002. Superfest, Merit Award, “Love Is A Hemorrhage.” 2001. PlanetOut, Honorable Mention, Short Movie Award for “Crip Shots.” 2001. San Francisco Arts Commission's Cultural Equity grant to support “Crip Shots.” 2001. Film Arts Foundation's Personal Works grant to support “Crip Shots.” 2000. Tucson/Pima Arts Council grant to support “Walking with the Dead.” 1996. Jerome Foundation/NEA grant to support “Stolen Shadows.” 1995. Reeling Film Festival, First Place, Experimental Category for “Stolen Shadows.” 1995. Arts over AIDS grant to support “UNFORGIVEN FIRE” 1993. Arts over AIDS grant to support “Burning Angels.” 1992. Screenings “Dreaming Awake” Directed, wrote, narrated, shot, and edited 5’30” color video collaboration with Eric Kupers and Larry Connolly. Screenings: Jon Sims Center for the Arts, Visual AID, and VSA, San Francisco; Western Sky Studio, Berkeley; University of CA, Davis; Disability Activists and Allies Retreat, Lansing; University of IL, Chicago; Disability Film Festival, London; and International Festival of Film and Video Dance, Durham. Accepted for future screenings Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco and Sensory Perceptions, Portland. (2003). “Top 40 Love” Directed, wrote, narrated, shot, and edited 2’40” color video. Screenings: Aurora Picture Show, Houston; Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema, San Francisco; MIX, New York; Wingspan, Tucson; Flaming Film Festival, Minneapolis; Inside Out, Toronto; and Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. (2002). “Crip Shots” Directed and shot 17' color video collaboration with Larry Connolly. Screenings: Lifeprint, Queer Disability Conference, San Francisco Public Library, International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Visual AID, and VSA, San Francisco; WAA Conference, San Jose; Superfest and University of CA, Berkeley; Mills College, Oakland; University of CA, Davis; A.S.A.P., Bar Harbor; University of IL and Reeling Film Festival, Chicago; OutWest, Tucson; Ohio State University, Columbus; Rialto Cinemas, Santa Rosa; APAP Conference and MIX, New York; Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis; Sensory Perceptions, Portland; Boggs Center, New Brunswick; Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; Florida State University, Tallahassee; Disability Activists and Allies Retreat, Durham; Inside Out, Toronto; Out on Screen, Vancouver; Picture This Film Festival, Calgary; High Beam Festival, Adelaide; Disability Film Festival, London; Disability Film Festival, Moscow; Health in Difference Conference, Sydney; and Melbourne Queer Film Festival. Acquired by U of IL, U of WI, Loyola University, Scripps College, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco State University, U of CA, Berkeley, and National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Nationally broadcast on Free Speech TV. (2001). “Love Is A Hemorrhage” (excerpt from "Crip Shots"). Directed and shot 3'22" color video collaboration with Larry Connolly. Screenings: KynnysKIN03 Film Festival, Helsinki; Disability Film Festival, London; Superfest, Berkeley; International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and VSA, San Francisco; Patrick's Cabaret, Minneapolis; and California State Fair, Sacramento. Accepted into the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center. (2001). “Necessary Action” Wrote, shot, narrated, and performed in 4'57" color video. Screenings: Disability Film Festival, London; International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema, Lifeprint, and VSA, San Francisco; Patrick's Cabaret, Minneapolis; Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, Austin; MIX, New York; Aurora Picture Show, Houston; Dallas Video Festival; University of CA, Berkeley; Mills College, Oakland; Inside Out, Toronto; Videopoem Festival, Vancouver; and WA Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Hilton, Australia. Broadcast on Houston Community College Access Television. (2000). “Walking with the Dead” Wrote, narrated, and performed in 5'33" b/w film/video collaboration with Darren Clark. Screenings: Jack Yer Slacks, Red Eye, Midwest Film & Video Showcase, University of MN, InterMedia Arts, and Patrick's Cabaret, Minneapolis; Hamline University, St. Paul; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills; Golden Gate University, International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Persistent Vision Conference, and Visual AID, San Francisco; Mills College, Oakland; MIX, New York; Queer Articulations, Princeton; Tucson Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; University of CA, Davis; Out on Screen, Vancouver; London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; and Moving Image Center, Auckland. Acquired by New York University, New York Public Library, and San Francisco Public Library. Nationally broadcast on Free Speech TV. (1996). “Faithfully Cher, After All These Years” Wrote and narrated 9'10"color video. Screenings: Patrick's Cabaret and L?G?B?T Film Festival, Minneapolis; MIX, New York; London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; and ODC Performance Space and Magic Theater, San Francisco (1996). “Stolen Shadows” Directed, wrote, and performed in 10'25" b/w film/video collaboration with Steven Grandell. Screenings: U of MN YWCA, NoName Gallery, Patrick's Cabaret, Red Eye, DIFFA benefit, MCAD, Rivertown International Film Festival, Weisman Art Museum, Gallery Rebolloso, and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; College of Visual Arts, St. Paul; MIX and Guggenheim Museum, New York; Reeling and John Marshall Law School, Chicago; Museum of Art, Providence; Antioch College, Yellowsprings; Queer Articulations, Princeton; Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley; El Rio, Golden Gate University, International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (96 & 98), Persistent Vision Conference, and Visual AID, San Francisco; Mills College, Oakland; Casa de la Cultura Mexica, San Jose; OUTFEST, Los Angeles; Festival of World Cinema, Philadelphia; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills; Reel Affirmations, Washington, D.C.; Three Dollar Bill Cinema, Seattle; U of AZ, Tucson; Milwaukee Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; University of CA, Davis; Image and Nation, Montreal; Making Scenes, Ottawa; One World Screen Festival, Vancouver; Cinema Spoutnik, Geneva; Mix Brazil; Festival de Films Gais et Lesbiens de Paris; Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Festival; Verzaubert, Munich; LesbischSchwule Filmtage, Hamburg; Internationale Filmfestspiele, Berlin; and Festival Internazionale Di Cinema Gaylesbico, Milano and Bologna. Aired nationally on Free Speech TV. Acquired by New York Public Library and San Francisco Public Library. (1995). “Tea Room Serenade” Directed and performed in 7'10" color video collaboration with Carl DiSalvo. Screenings: NoName Gallery, Red Eye, U of MN, and L?G?B?T Film Festival, Minneapolis. (1994). “UNIFORGIVEN FIRE” Wrote, co?directed, and performed in 13'30" b/w film/video collaboration with Steven Grandell. Screenings: Patrick's Cabaret, Red Eye, Rogue, MCAD, L?G?B-T Film Festival, Midwest Film/Video Showcase, NoName Gallery, InterMedia Arts, and DIFFA benefit, Minneapolis; Poetry Harbor at the U of MN, Duluth; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Arts; P.S. 122, MIX, and APAP, New York; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; Diverse Works, Houston; Dance USA, Chicago; Baltimore Lesbian/Gay Film Festival; Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival, Cambridge; Museum of Art, Providence; U of ND, Grand Forks; Persistent Vision Conference, San Francisco; Mills College, Oakland; and Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills. Televised on KTCA/PBS. Acquired by New York Public Library. (1993). “Art Shaving” Wrote and performed in 90” video. Screenings: P.S. 122, New York; Hallwalls, Rochester; New Performance Gallery, San Francisco; Columbia College, Chicago; NPN Conference, Columbus; and Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Patrick's Cabaret, Red Eye, and Midwest Film/Video Showcase, Minneapolis. 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