School of Contemporary Arts (CA)

Faculty Profile: Bonnie Blake

Professor of Design and Interactive Media

Year Joined RCNJ: 2002

Contact Information:

• Phone: (201) 684-7597
• E-mail: bblake@ramapo.edu
• Office: H-100
• Office Hours: M, T and W - By appointment
• Personal Website
• Personal Course Information Website

Education:

• B.F.A., Ohio University
• M.F.A., Columbia University

Courses Offered:

• Idea Development
• Visual Identity
• Graphic Design
• Motion Graphics
• Visual Effects
• Apocalyptic Visions in Animé, Film, and Media

Awards and Special Recognition:

• "Postcards From Tora Bora" film poster, Design Award, ADCNJ Annual Showcase Awards 2007

Recent Scholarly and Professional Accomplishments:

Screenings and Exhibitions:

• "Too Lost To Find" Screening Selection for the following film festivals:
  • Red Bank International Film Festival, Long Branch, NJ 2009
  • "Women Films," Austin Film Festival, Austin, Texas, 2008
  • New Jersey International Film Festival, New Brunswick, NJ, 2008
  • Cape May New Jersey State Film Festival, Cape May, NJ, 2008
  • Peace On Earth Film Festival, Chicago, IL, 2008
• "Lost & Found" documentary, selected for screening at the following venues:
  • "Restorative Justice," New Thought Chicago Film Festival, Chicago, IL, 2006
  • Homelessness Awareness Week screening selection, Rutgers University 2006
• "A Friend," narrative short, screening selection for "New Media, New Works" exhibition, ArtSpace Gallery, Cambridge, MA, March, 2006.
• "Waiting For a Friend" narrative short, selected for screening at the following venues:
  • "Optika Lounge", University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, March, 2006
  • "Comments on Consumer Culture," Athens Art Museum, Athens Georgia, 2003
• "Mickie and the Red Shoes" interactive media, selected for exhibition at the following venues:
  • Chiangmai New Media Arts Festival Chiang Mai Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2004
  • Digital DUMBO 2003, Brooklyn, NY, 2003.

Peer-Reviewed Papers, Presentations (2005-2010):

• "Bleeding the Itinerant Creative Labor Force: When One Area of Expertise Is Not Enough," peer-reviewed paper at the Society For Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Los Angeles, CA, March 21, 2010
• "iPod and iPhone When YouTube MySpace: Reimagining a Graphic Design Curriculum for the Net Generation," peer-reviewed paper at the University and College Design Educator's Association, DeKalb, IL, July 2008
• "Who Wants to be a Designosauris?" peer-reviewed paper at the University and College Design Educator's Association, DeKalb, IL, July 2008
• "Apocalyptic Visions in a Fear Culture: The Dystopian World of Tezuka's "Metropoli," delivered peer-reviewed paper on panel entitled "Apocalyptic Persuasions: The Mainstreaming of Millenarism." Society For Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2007
• "Type and Image as Visual Metaphor," peer-reviewed paper on panel ("Digital Technologies and The Globalization of Media Production: Their Impact on (New) Visual Narrative Forms") at the Optika 2: A Symposium on Visual Narratives, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, March 2007
• "Reshaping the Meaning of Type With Sound and Motion," peer-reviewed paper for session entitled, "Interactive Type and Image: Changing the Face of Graphic Design" at the College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, February, 2007
• "The Visual Style of the Tapestry in Miyazaki's "Nausicaa and the Valley of the Winds," peer-reviewed paper on panel entitled, "Pixar and Beyond: International Animation Today." Society For Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Vancouver, BC, March 4, 2006
• "The Role of the New Designer's Portfolio in the Expanded Space of Multimedia." Invited to deliver paper. Design Perspectives-Envisioning Design For the XXI Century, Universidad IberoAmericana, Mexico City, Mexico. October 26-28, 2005
• "Participation, Brainstorming, and Critical Thinking For Design Students." Presentation. Technology, Learning, and Pedagogy Conference, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT. June 4-6, 2005

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