Colette Brown is a teaching artist and community health researcher living and working in Los Angeles. Her work engages in an ongoing interdisciplinary dialogue between art and science, addressing health and wellbeing across the lifespan. She has facilitated programs at local community organizations such as non-profit EngAGE, the Centro Salud es Cultura, Black Infant Health, and Colonial Care Assisted Living Center; and worked with research programs including Partners in Research and Outreach for Health (PRO-Health), the CSULB Neuroscience Lab, and the UCLA Department of Adolescent Medicine.
EDUCATION
2015 BA, Sculpture, Psychology Minor, California State University Long Beach
2012 Study Abroad, Design & Illustration, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
COMMUNITY EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS (AS FACILITATOR)
2017 EngAGE Intergenerational, Co-facilitator with Ciana Lee, Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, Long Beach, CA.
2017 Event Commission, Hearts and Hands, 100 ceramic vessels (dimensions vary), collaboration with Ciana Lee and residents of the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, California Conference for Equality and Justice, Long Beach Convention Center, CA.
2016 Connections, Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, Long Beach, CA.
2015 The Brain Project, Expo Arts Center, Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, CA.
2015 Whaley Park Observatory, Whaley Park Community Center, Long Beach, CA.
2014 Perspectives, Whaley Park Community Center, Long Beach, CA.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Flow of Information, Maxine Merlino Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA.
2014 Bellies, Maxine Merlino Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Haptic, Max L. Gatov Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA.
2015 Insights, University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, CA.
2015 Don’t Clog the Sink, Dennis W. Dutzi Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA.
2014 The Micro-Miniature Show, Marilyn Werby Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA.
PUBLICATIONS
“Participatory Art and Aging: Proposal for Dementia Prevention Strategy,” Augsburg Honors Review 9 (2016): 1–19, https://issuu.com/honorsreview/docs/honors_review_-_volume_ix
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Linda Domingo, “Seniors EngAGE in Workshops, Classes, and Learning,” Grunion Gazette, Long Beach, CA, January 19, 2017. 9A.
Anita Hamilton, Interview, Brains Are Sexy Radio, Long Beach, CA, March 15, 2017.
PRESENTATIONS
SYMPOSIA & CONFERENCES
2016 “How Art May Alter the Face of Dementia,” Perception, TEDx Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo, CA, October 14.
2016 “The Mind is a Muscle II: Development of an Art-based Cognitive Health Program for Health Older Adults,” Humanities, Letters, Creative Arts and Design, 30th Annual CSU Student Research Competition, Bakersfield, CA, April 29-30.
2016 “An Art Against Dementia: Expected Outcomes of an Intervention for Healthy Older Adults,” Creative Arts and Design, 28th Annual CSULB Student Research Competition, Long Beach, CA, February 19.
2015 “Participatory Art and Aging: Proposal for Dementia Prevention Strategy,” 12th Annual CSU Honors Conference, Chico, CA, May 1-2.
DEPARTMENTAL TALKS
2016 Presentation, Department of Art Education, CSULB, Long Beach, CA, March 23.
2014 Presentation, Departments of Studio Art and Art Education, CSULB, Long Beach, CA, December 8.
2014 Presentation, University Honors Program, CSULB, Long Beach, CA, November 13.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2016 Project Microgrant and Professional Development Grant, Arts Council for Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2016 First Place Award (Humanities, Letters, Creative Arts & Design), 30th Annual CSU Student Research Competition, Bakersfield, CA
2016 First Place Award (Creative Arts & Design), 28th Annual CSULB Student Research Competition, Long Beach, CA
2015 Student Academic Travel Grant, Student Life Development, CSULB
2015 Student Travel Fund, Associated Students, Inc., CSULB
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