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Founder/Executive Director of Starting Artists, Marisa Catalina Casey is an artist, administrator, and advocate who has worked almost exclusively in the nonprofit sector supporting a variety of constituents and causes from arts advocacy to child welfare to international development work. Ms. Casey obtained her BA in Latin American Studies from Brown University and her MA in Arts Administration from Columbia University Teachers College. Utilizing her artistic and entrepreneurial skills, Ms. Casey has worked as a photojournalist for CARE-Peru, the Alliance for Children, and The Providence Journal. Ms. Casey has held positions at the William Randolph Hearst Foundations, Metropolitan Opera, Teen Ink Magazine, Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations, and APERTURE Foundation. Additionally, she co-authored Born in Our Hearts: Stories of Adoption (HCI: 2004), selling over 11,000 copies with proceeds benefiting international orphanages. Her memoir and photo-illustration is included in NOT QUITE WHAT I WAS PLANNING: Six-Word Memoirs By Writers Famous and Obscure (Harper Perennial: 2008). Ms. Casey has received fellowships and scholarships from such organizations as the National Endowment for the Arts, Americans for the Arts, Columbia University, and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. She is a newly elected Member of the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leader Council. She has received grants from the Newton Cultural Council, Production Workshop, and Creative Arts Council. Ms. Casey was a semi-finalist for the 2007 & 2008 Echoing Green Social Entrepreneurship Fellowships.
Marisa Catalina Casey,
Executive Director
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MY NAME IS
Owen David, Program
Coordinator
Starting Artists Program Coordinator Owen David is a graduate from Brown University, where he received his BA in International Relations and Economic Development. During his time at Brown, Owen was an active member of the arts community. He danced and choreographed with Fusion Dance Company and Brown University Dance Extension, was the secretary for Arts House, and volunteered as an instructor for Community Outreach through the Performing Arts, an after-school program that worked with under-served Providence youth. He also worked as a Resident Counselor and spent a summer doing Technical Production at the American Dance Festival. Having just relocated to Brooklyn, Owen is currently exploring social enterprise and New York's vibrant arts community. He is super excited to be working with Starting Artists this summer.
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Starting Artists Silkscreen Instructor Saul Mizrahi is a multimedia artist with experience in experimental printmaking techniques and a variety of studio art forms. Mr. Mizrahi received his BA in Studio Arts with an emphasis on Printmaking from Long Beach State University. As technician and student-aid in the Printmaking department at Cal State Long Beach, he assisted professors in maintenance and supply of the print shop as well as contributed in the advising and printing of student work. In addition, as a slide library assistant, Mr. Mizrahi provided valuable aid to many prominent art historians and professors overseeing various aspects of the extensive library. Mr. Mizrahi mentored and taught youth at the Homeland Cultural Center where his responsibilities ranged from assisting in t-shirt design and printing to student mentoring and counseling. He has dedicated himself to creating art that addresses the power of healing, as well as to teaching others techniques and artistic practices in order to promote self-expression.
Saul Mizrahi,
Silkscreen
Instructor
