Sean Estelle

estelle.sean@gmail.com (760) 546-8164 Born in 7/16/1991 in Salem, Oregon lives and works in Chicago, IL

Education
2014: - Emotional Clearing Teleclass (taught by Langston Khan) o http://shamanbomb.com/events/emotional-clearingtele-class/

2009 to 2013: B.A., UCSD (graduated cum laude) - Theatre Major/Visual Arts (Studio) Minor 2013: - La Pocha Nostra International Summer School o 24 artists participating in a two-week workshop presented by La Pocha Nostra and the National Theatre School of Athens (06/10-06/24) - Living as Form (the nomadic version) presented by the University Art Gallery o curator workshop (11/26/12) - CSU Summer Arts (Steppenwolf West Theatre 2 week Intensive) (07/11)

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Awards/Honors
2013: - The David Heikkila Scholarship (UCSD Department of Theatre & Dance) o Monetary scholarship awarded to the graduating senior

Theatre major who best embodies the qualities that made

David unique: excellent scholarship, service, collaboration, energy, and commitment.

- UCIRA Undergraduate Action Research Grant recipient (02/13) - Project Interchange Trip to Israel o California Student Leader delegation with 13 other CA student leaders for a week to Israel (12/28-1/7/13) 2012: - Visual Arts Studio Honors Class (2 quarter requirement with faculty nomination) (09/12 03/13) - Calit2 Summer Scholar (summer research internship with faculty nomination and 3000 dollar stipend) (06-09/12) - Class Project Grant (400 dollar grant awarded by Visual Arts Department to limited applicants) (05/12) - invited to participate in SPARC (Sixers Practicing Action and Reflection in Community) Retreat for student leaders (01/10)

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2009-2012: - Provosts Honors (3.5 or higher GPA) every quarter except one since enrolling at UCSD

Group Exhibitions
2014: - Making Strange: Undergrad Work Curated By Undergrads (3/11 - ) o Sixth College ARTifact Gallerys first exhibiting featuring undergraduate work o Exhibited: Surveilled (4th Iteration) - Murmuration Festival of Drone Culture (6/1-6/30) o Online festival of works interacting with the character of the drone o http://murmurationfestival.tumblr.com/about

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 Exhibited: Surveilled (3rd Iteration) - Wed Love Your Company (2/21-4/10/13) o Interactive project with Ethan Breckenridge at the University Art Gallery Exhibited: Student Loans (coordinated with Public Education Coalition) - Equinox (3/19-3/22/13) o Group Exhibition for VIS Honors class Exhibited: Angelus Novus 2012: - Amalgamy (12/4-12/7/12) o Group exhibition for VIS Honors class Exhibited: Heaven Can Wait - A Performance Engagement (10/25/12) o Single evening of performance with 2 other performers Exhibited: (re)Birth - Drones At Home (Phase 3) (10/12-12/12) o Performative Workshops led by Ricardo Dominguez at Calit2 Exhibited: Surveilled (2nd Iteration) - Artoberfest 2012 (10/4/12) o Mixer night/performance and exhibition opportunity for art communities on campus o Exhibited: Surveilled (1st Iteration) - VIS 12: Formations of the Student/Artist (05/12) o Vis Arts Undergraduate Annual Art Show o Exhibited: Aesthetics of Reclamation - ADDO (05/11) o Independently organized 2 day exhibition for unseen artists at UCSD Exhibited: G.F.R. (Afrikan Map) - &Now Festival of New Writing: Tommorowland Forever o biannual national festival that celebrates writing as a contemporary art form Exhibited: & A New Future (in collaboration with The Writing Rainbow) [part of the Innovation In A Box series]

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Theatre/Performance:
2013: - Highways Performance Space (11/2) o Co-performance of Illustrated Body with Maria Mathioudakis during Dia de los Muertos Group Performance Evening - La Jolla Playhouses Without Walls Festival (10/3-10/6) o Carpe Minuta Prima (in collaboration with Christina Aushana and Brian Lobel) - San Diego Fringe Festival (07/4 07/7) o Carpe Minuta Prima (in collaboration with Christina Aushana and Brian Lobel) - La Pocha Nostra Jam Session (6/22) o Final presentation of work from International Summer School with open invitation to Greek public for viewing - Underground New Play Festival (06/12) o Dawning Pupils (devised work) - Spring Awakening (01/12) o Actor - The Thugs (11/11) o Assistant director - Underground New Play Festival (06/11) o Director (Butterfly in China) - Radical Acts of Desire (05/11) o Director (Poster of the Cosmos) - Baldwin New Play Festival (04/11) o Assistant Director (A Man, His Wife, And His Hat) - Reasons to be pretty (11/10) o Lead actor - Our New Play Spectacular (06/10) o Actor (Animal Animal, Wigs) - Baldwin New Play Festival (04/10) o Band member/actor (Phantom Band) o Assistant director (Muzungu)

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- The Seagull (02/10) o Actor

Film/Television/Media
2012: - Media Point Person for Student Voice Campaign (04/12) o Created campaign videos for student government elections o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0pjwxg3pfE&feature =plcp o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9O8DjB07z0&featur e=plcp - Media Creator for Justice In Palestine Week (05/12) o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2AeCR8ta2g - served on Triton Television Executive Board (09/11-06/12) o http://www.tritontv.com - correspondent on Triton News Network (09/11-02/12) o https://vimeo.com/channels/tnn - Afrikan Tragedy (01/11) o Intern Final Project for Triton Televison o https://vimeo.com/20232991

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Curatorial/Producer Work
2012: - Underground New Play Festival (2012-2013) o Serving as Artistic Director Working with Company 157 and Theatre Department to produce Festival content for 2013 season - Workshop Host at UC Student Association Congress (08/12) o Topic: Technology and the Student Movement - Artoberfest 2011 (10/11) o Triton Television sponsored event that curated different performances and art submissions for a night of mixing with the arts communities on campus - Radical Acts of Desire (05/11)

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o Transformed theatre space into a one-night art show/interactive performance event utilizing established theatre texts

- Howl (10/10) o Collaboration with the University Art Gallery, Nomads Theatre Company, Company 157, the Visual Arts Department and other organizations to have a Halloween arts event on campus 2010-2012: - Company 157 o Independent, student-run theatre producing organization Serves as producers board for independent student theatre projects Company Manager (05/10-06/11) Co-Chair (09/11-06/12) - Triton Television o Producer (03/11 06/11, 09/12-present) Shooting, editing, coordinating projects o Executive Producer (In Training) [09/11-06/12] Overseeing teams of producers, working more closely with administration and higher-level projects

Work Experience
2013-2014: - GAP (9/30 - ) o Brand Team, 10.00/hr 2013: - Center For Policy Initiatives (9/13-12/25ish) o Blogging/New Media Internship - worked on creating opeds/blog pieces based on more extensively researched reports by CPI 2012-13: - Student Sustainability Collective (05/12 06/13) o Grassroots Outreach Coordinator Creating media for events, managing website, working with progressive organizations on campus - Associated Students (05/12 06/13)

o Serving in student government for a one-year, elected term as Arts & Humanities Senator Voting on spending of student fees Advocating for student needs, especially in Arts & Humanities Working with Dean of Arts & Humanities and requisite departments to create programming 2011-2013: - Calit2 Gallery Assistant/Tour Guide (09/11 09/13) o Helping install and watch shows, and giving tours of Calit2 Building with other Tour Guides 2011: - Fund For The Public Interest o Canvasser for Equality California (06/11) 2009: - Pura Vida Properties, LLC o Manual laborer helping re-model foreclosed homes

Published Writing - Zines

o Art School is Hell, Nia King; o Never Satisfied, 3rd Language Arts Collective; http://issuu.com/3rdlanguage/stacks/be843535d1134497 841f0625d68bc8b9

- Other Published Work o http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/blog/the-artists-journeywithout-walls-wow-festival-series-sean-estelle-christinaaushana-of-carpe-minuta-prima o http://youngist.org/post/66718712229/students-forjustice-in-palestine-building-a-movement

Conference Participation
2014: - TABLA (http://www.tablaconference.com/), UC Riverside 1/18/14 o Co-led workshop Embodied Communities Performance Art as Activism

2013: - Student Labor Organizing Conference (USAS/AFSCME), UC Riverside 9/14/13 - 2nd National Student Power Convergence (grassroots), University of Wisconsin (Madison) 8/1- 8/5/13 o Co-led workshop Paestine Solidarity Training 2012: - Students For Justice in Palestine Nationals (SJP), University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) 11/2 11/4/12 - UC Student Association Congress, UC San Diego (UCSA) 8/17 8/20/12 o Led workshop - Technology and the Student Movement - Statewide MAT Leadership Conference, Sacramento, CA (AFSCME) 8/10 8/12/12 - Student Lobby Conference, Sacramento, CA (UCSA) 3/1 3/5/12

o Held follow-up workshop with UC Riverside Anti-Bullying Society on 2/11/14

Bibliography
2013: - Carpe Minuta Prima (SD Fringe/LJP Without Walls): o http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwart/article/La-JollaPlayhouse-Announces-New-Additions-for-Inaugural-WoWFestival-Begin-Today-20131002-page2 o http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jul/23/la-jollaplayhouse-wow-festival-hebert/ o http://sdjewishjournal.com/site/5449/wow-factor/ - Murmuration Festival: o http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2013/07/04/cros s-frontiers-fly-away-a-murmurationretrospective/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twit ter - La Pocha Nostra International Summer School: o http://www.athinorama.gr/arts/newsroom/?edtId=25208 - BDS Resolution at UCSD:

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o http://mondoweiss.net/2013/03/divestment-targetingcompanies.html o http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/afterhard-fought-battle-students-celebrate-divestment-votevictory-uc-san-diego o http://www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/3930 - Drones at Home Phase 3: Unmanned Interventions (Performative Workshop) Press Release o http://www.calit2.net/events/popup.php?id=2051 o http://rhizome.org/announce/events/58886/view/ - Calit2 Class of 2012: Undergraduate Scholars Begin Their Summer of Research o http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/calit2_class_of_201 2_undergraduate_scholars_begin_their_summer_of_research - CLICS Library Reclamation: o http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/UCSD_library .html o http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/ucsdstudents-camp-out-in_n_1133604.html o http://www.10news.com/news/ucsd-students-reclaimlibrary-closed-by-cuts

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