CRISTY C. ROAD
P.O. BOX 20229, NEW YORK, NY, 10009-9991
CROADCORE@YAHOO.COM
WWW.CROADCORE.ORG
FORMAL EDUCATION
2000-2004
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration
2004-2005
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Art Education Post-Baccalaureate Program, Additional Credits
WORK EXPERIENCE (IN VISUAL ART AND PUBLISHING)
(PUBLISHED WORK)
BAD HABITS Writer/Illustrator (Soft Skull Press, 2008)
INDESTRUCTIBLE Writer/Illustrator (Microcosm Publishing, 2005)
GREEN'ZINE Writer/Illustrator (Self-Published, 1996-2004)
DISTANCE MAKES THE HEART GROW SICK: Postcards by Cristy C. Road Writer/ Illustrator (Microcosm Publishing, 2007)
Reproduce and Revolt Contributor (Soft Skull Press, 2008)
We Don't Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the Next Generation of Feminists Contributor (Avalon Publishing, 2006)
Baby Remember My Name Contributor (Carroll & Graff, 2006)
Live Through This Contributor (Seven Stories, 2008)
Best Erotic Comics 2009 Contributor (Last Gasp, 2009)
SIDE B: A Music Lover's Anthology Contributor (Poseur Ink, 2009)
(CLIENT LIST)
Bands/Music/Record Labels
Adeline Records, Recess Records, No Idea Records, Plan It X Records, Bonfire Madigan, The Queers, Ben Weasel, The Unlovables, Groovie Ghoulies, Kevin Seconds, Latterman, 1234 Go! Records, Social Classics, Know Your Enemy, I Object, Saw Wheel, Ladyfest East, Dan Padilla, Stop This Fall, Crooked Hook, Git Some, In The Red, Rubber Factory Records, Teenage Bottlerocket, Broadway Calls, The Clockouts, Diner Junky Records, Rubber Factory Records, Second Floor East, Joe Jitsu, Anchor Arms, The Crumbs, Livid Records, Dear Landlord, The Fest 8, Squirtgun,
Film/Theatre
Esther Bell Productions, Leah Meyerhoff Productions
Literature
We Don't Need Another Wave (Avalon Publishing), Making Stuff and Doing Things (Microcosm Publishing), SnakePit (Young American Comics), My Mother Wears Combat Boots (AK Press), South End Press Catalog, The Secret Life of White People (PM Press), Microcosm Publishing, South End Press
Editorial
JANE Magazine, GQ Magazine, The Progressive, Spin Magazine, Left Turn Magazine, Clamor Magazine, BITCH Magazine, BUST, Venus, Heartattack, MaximumRocknRoll, Razorcake, F Word Magazine, NextBook, Jezebel, Gawker, OnSpec
Non-Profit/Political
INCITE: To End Violence against Women of Color (New Orleans, LA), NARAL Pro Choice, Coalition of Immokalee Workers (Immokalee, FL), POWER U (Miami, FL), The Icarus Project (New York, NY), Femina Potens (San Francisco, CA), NASCO (Ann Arbor Michigan), GIRLS ROCK! Chicago, Women and Children First Books, Metro Health Academies (San Francisco, CA), Sexual Assault Center of the McGill Students Society (Montreal, Quebec)
INTERVIEWS AND ACCLAMATIONS
Curve Magazine Article (Spring 2005)
Heartattack Magazine Interview (December 2005)
Bitch Magazine: Bitchlist (Spring 2005)
Visual Resistance Interview (Winter 2005)
Left Turn Magazine (Fall 2006)
Current TV Interview (Fall 2006)
Shojo Beat Interview (April 2007)
Last Hours Interview (Spring 2007)
GO NYC! Top 100 Women (June 2007)
Time Out Chicago (October 2007)
Left Turn (February 2008)
AfterEllen.Com Women To Watch 2008 (September 2008)
Greenpoint Gazette (November 2008)
Last Hours (January 2009)
Daily News LATINO (May 2009)
EXHIBITIONS, SHOWS, PRESENTATIONS
2004
Not In Our Name - Group Exhibt- New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
2005
Copyist Conspiracy - Group Exhibt- Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA
2006
If They Come For You In The Morning- Group Exhibit- ABC No Rio, New York, NY
Sex Worker Visions- Group Exhibit - David Bohnett Cyber Gallery, New York, NY
Homo-A-Gogo- Group Exhibit- Olympia, WA
No Need For Sleep- Group Exhibit - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Microcosm Publishing Tour - (Slide Show / Lecture) East Coast Tour
2007
ART IS A WEAPON Slide Show/Lecture with Eric Drooker- New York, NY
JUST SEEDS Art Show - ABC No Rio, New York City, NY
Sister Spit: The Next Generation (Slide Show / Lecture) - U.S. Tour
Fey - Group Exhibit- Glory Hole, Brooklyn, NY
She's Strange -Group Exhibit- Che Soprano's, Miami, FL
The Art of Cristy C. Road - Solo Exhibit - South Union Arts, Chicago, IL
Ladyfest Chicago Group Exhibition - Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
MUSIC MINDED The Fest Art Show - Gainesville, FL
Sister Spit - (Slide Show / Lecture) Cattyshack, Brooklyn, NY
K'vetch - (Slide Show / Lecture) Sadie's - San Francisco, CA
924 GILMAN ST. Art Show - Group Exhibit - Berkeley, CA
2008
SIZZLE (Reading/Sldieshow) - Femina Potens Gallery - San Francisco, CA
Heart Snatchers (Group Show) - Pink Ghost Gallery - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
MASTERS REBORN (Group Show)- Compound Gallery - Portland, OR
GRAPHIC QUEERNESS Panel Discussion - University of Chicago, IL
I TOUCH MYSELF (Group Show)- Femina Potens Gallery - San Francisco, CA
HAMMER MUSEUM (Slideshow/Lecture) - Los Angeles, CA
RADAR (Slideshow/Lecture for the Queer Arts Festival ) - San Francisco, CA
Live Through This (Slideshow/Lecture for the Queer Arts Festival ) -Femina Potens - San Francisco, CA
Live Through This (Slideshow/Lecture for the Queer Arts Festival ) -Bluestockings - New York, NY
Live Through This (Slideshow/Lecture for the Queer Arts Festival ) - Good Vibes - Oakland, CA
Artists Speak Out Against Sexual Assault - Group Exhibit - Philadelphia, PA
BOOK EXPO AMERICA - Los Angeles, CA
CLOSER TO FINE (Group Exhibit) - Philadelphia, PA
PAINT YOUR ART OUT (Group Exhibit)- Portland, OR
DECIBELE FESTIVAL (Slide Lecture/Reading) - Chicago, IL
LATINA HEALTH SUMMIT (Keynote Speaker) - Denver, CO
BARNES AND NOBLE READING - Brooklyn, NY
HAPPY ENDING READING SERIES - New York, NY
RED EMMAS (Reading/Slide Lecture) - Baltimore, MD
WORD Reading - Brooklyn, NY
BROOKLYN INDEPENDENTS (Reading/Slide Lecture)- Brooklyn, NY
2009
RADAR (Reading/Slide Lecture) - San Francisco, CA
SKYLIGHT BOOKS (Reading/Slide Lecture) - Los Angeles, CA
ST. MARKS POETRY PROJECT (Reading/Slide Lecture)- Manhattan, NY
BEATRICE.COM READING SERIES (Reading/Slideshow)- Manhattan, NY
IN THE FLESH READING SERIES (Reading/Slideshow)- Manhattan, NY
THE ENCLAVE: PUNK WRITERS FESTIVAL (Reading/Slideshow)- Manhattan, NY
LEAVE HOME (Group Exhibit) - Brooklyn, NY
SISTER SPIT September 2009 Tour (Reading/ Slideshow) - European Tour
HISPANIC PANIC (Reading) - Manhattan, NY
OUT EN AMERICA: Celebrating the Queer Latino Experience (Reading)- Manhattan, NY
QE/ERY: A Radical Queer Arts Gathering - (Reading/Slideshow) - Chicago, IL
THE FEST 8 Art Show (Group Exhibit) - Gainesville, FL
IN THE FLESH: Sex and Religion (Reading)- Manhattan, NY
WORK EXPERIENCE (IN EDUCATION)
2003-Present
Conducted Various Workshops/Lectures for Youth and Adults on both Artistic Instruction and Gender/Ethnic/Sexual Empowerment. Presentation topics include: My general experience as a queer Latina artist (assisted with slide shows and lecture); Connections between ethnicity and sexuality; Healing from trauma through creativity; Community response and healing from Sexual Violence; Embracing of sexual self and dismissing expected constructs (through creativity; or a general discussion).
Workshops and discussions have been facilitated by:
Student Farm-worker Alliance (Sarasota, FL 2003, 2004)
Norris Square Neighborhood Project (Philadelphia, PA 2004, 2005)
Microcosm Publishing (Portland OR 2004)
Inquiring Minds Community Book Discussion - New Paltz, NY (2007)
New College of South Florida (Sarasota, FL 2003,2004,2009)
Duke University (Durham, NC 2009)
Guilford College (Greensboro, NC, 2009)
Wooden Shoe Books (Philadelphia, PA 2008, 2009)
Red Emma's Bookstore (Baltimore, MD 2008, 2009)
Latina Health Conference (Denver, CO 2008)
Queers for Economic Justice (New York, NY 2009)
The School of Humanities (Brooklyn, NY 2009)
Generation Q (Queens, NY 2010)
2004-2005
Norris Square Neighborhood Project , Art Teacher, Philadelphia, PA
*Art Teaching Portfolio Available Upon Request
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Visual Art - Illustration (Pen and Ink, Painting, Pencil, Figure/Still Life rendering, Digital), Printmaking (Silk Screening, Stencil Making, Woodcarving, Monotype, Etching, Book Binding), Digital Art (Photoshop, Illustrator, Web Design, Dreamweaver MX, Flash Media)
Creative Writing/Poetry
Guitar/Vocals for The Homewreckers (2008-Present)
Fluent in Spanish and English