Honoria Madelyn Starbuck

1200 Payne Avenue
Austin, TX 78757
512-736-9394
honoria.starbuck at gmail.com

Learning Consultant

Instructional Design
Art Education
Online Education

. . . Education

Ph.D. 2003 Interdisciplinary: communications, fine arts, and education
Dissertation: Clashing and Converging: Effects of the Internet on the Correspondence Art Network
M.A. 1997 Instructional Technology/Curriculum and Instruction
Thesis: Pedagogical effectiveness of MIT's Brain Opera
B.A. 1995 Fine Art with specialty in Art and Technology
Capstone Project: honoria in ciberspazio: the first Internet Opera

. . . Scholarly Research Interests

Networked art, art and technology, art foundations, distance learning, grounded theory for art research

. . . Publications

Starbuck, H., (2006). Fluxus: Wanted Dead or Alive. review of Visible Language double issue on Fluxus. Volume 39.3 part 1 and 2, 2005. Review requested by Ken Friedman, Fluxus artist. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Starbuck, H., (2003). Collage and grounded theory: Methods to research living art movements. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Starbuck, H., (2003). Urban Networks: Mail Art and the Internet. Manuscript commissioned for Courtland Institute of Art, London, England for online exhibition catalog, November 2003.

Brazell, J, Kim, N., and Starbuck, H., (2003). Digital Games Forecast. IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin. August 5, 2003.

honoria's life as a mail artist. New Observations. editors Mark and Mel Corroto Issue #126. Summer 2000.

Introducing Mail Art: A Karen Elliott interview with Cracker Jack Kid and honoria. Postmodern Culture 3, no. 2, 1993.

. . . Web Art

. . . Portfolio

. . . Interviews

. . . Art and technology presentations

Keep Austin Weird, Digital art education booth, Austin, TX 2004
Interactive Village, Digital art education booth, Austin, TX 2004
South by Southwest Interactive, Aesthetics of Social Networks, Austin, TX 2004
Rhizome.org, Net.art database selection 2002
Seventh World Shakespeare Congress, Valencia, Spain 2001
Shift-CTR, New Media Exhibition, University of California at Irvine 2000
South by Southwest Interactive, Austin, Texas 1999
McCullough Theater, Austin, Texas 1998
South by Southwest Multimedia Conference, Austin, Texas 1997
First International Conference on Virtual Reality in Valencia, Spain 1996
5CyberConf, Madrid, Spain 1996

. . . Correspondence Art presentations

Berlin/Mail Art Congress, August 2006
NYC/DaDa Mail Art Congress, NYC, July 2006
10th anniversary of the ACTLab, Austin TX, September 2002
Mailed Art: Interview with Lynn Neary. National Public Radio, November 2001
Effect of the Internet on the Correspondence Art Network. SXSW Art Panel, Austin, TX March 2001
Ray Johnson Correspondences, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH 2000
Telenetlink, Mail Art and Virtual Community, Museo Pecci, Prato, Italy 1995
Mail Art in Cyberspace, International conference in Florence, Italy 1994
Women in Mail Art, Panel on Alternative Arts, University of Texas at Dallas, TX 1993

. . . Professional Organizations

Austin Museum of Digital Art, Education Director
College Art Association
Pi Lambda Theta, International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education
I.U.O.M.A. International Union of Mail Artists, Officer of Network Research
Austin Women's Chamber of Commerce

. . . Awards

Schoolzone Education selection 2000
Global Bangemann Challenge, Stockholm 1999
Texas Interactive Multimedia, Outstanding Achievement Award 1998
Innovative Instructional Technology Awards Program 1998
StudyWeb award for academic excellence 1998
Global Information Infrastructure semi-finalist 1998
University of Texas Travel Grants for presentations in Italy 1994 and 1996

. . . Certificates

. . . Exhibitions

2007

- Beuys will be Beuys, organized by Jean Chiaromonte, USA
- What Time is it? Organized by Paul Tiililä, Finland
- 3007: Take a walk in the future, Savona, Italy
- Mao Tse-tung, organized by Horst Baur, Munich, Germany
- Philosophy Day, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Tree of Poetry 2007, Venezia Mestre, Italy
- Georges Brassens, organized by Jean-Luc Turlure, Paris, France
- The archer and the bow, Windows on the Words, Asnières, France
- Lotus Blue, Austin, TX
- Happiness Gallery, Austin, TX
- Mystery Art Envelopes, Austin, TX
- Il Profumo del Bosco/The Scent of the Wood, exhibiton at the XXXIII Village summer Festival of Pro Loco San Leo Bastia, Italy

2006

- End of an Ear, Fall Art Festival, Austin, TX
- Lavoro, fatica, creativitá, organized by Mario Esposti, Milan, Italy
- Flamenco, www.serendipityart.squarespace.com
- Fiat 500 and one, Artrebates, Dozza, Italy
- Ambasciata di Venezia, organized by Giancarlo da Lio, Venezia Mestre, Italy
- Projetto Self-Portrait, organized by Sbietti Stefano, Arezzo, Italy
- Transparency, organized by Eugenia Serafini, Exhibition in at Tolfa and Rome, June 2006
- Travels, Le Salon du Timbre & de L'Ecrit, Organized by The French Post Office - La Poste, June 2006

2005

- Love, Light, Magic, Marilyn, Memorial for Mail Artist Marilyn Dammann, AKA Shadow
- letterbox ‘05 Alfonso Caccavalle, via Silvio Pellico 25, Afragola (NA), Italy
- Publicity, Assemblage organized by Josep Aroca, Barcelona, Spain
- Visual Poetry, Exhibition organized by Gik Juri, Moscow, Russia October 2005
- Open Theme, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL September 2005
- Anguish, Austin Museum of Art, Austin TX September 2005
- Belly Button, Organlized by Pati Bristow, Los Altos, CA, August 2005
- Your favorite Mail Artist, Berlin 2005
- Rot/Stuttgart Culture Day Exhibition organized by Ute Kinn, Germany, July 2005
- What colour is the peace? organized by Anna Boschi, exhibition Italy, July 2005
- Women and Ecology, Exhibition organized by Sinasi Gunes, Istanbul Turkey, June 2005
- Three minute self portrait, Sarah Lawrence College exhibition,USA, March 2005

2004

- Mail Art Tribute to Bern Porter, sponsored by Bern Porter International, Belfast, Maine, December 2004
- Telematic Society: art in the fourth dimension, Artpool Art Research Center, Budapest, Hungary, September 24, 2004
- Studio 360, exhibition sponsored by National Public Radio, October 2004
- Solar Matrix / Love Letters to the Sun, organized by Mariko Arai, exhibition during Solar Matrix and Sun-Earth Day Japan, October 2004
- Human Unity, Organized by Diocesan Caritas in Imola, Italy. Exhibition November 2004.
- Mouse-age: how the computer mouse changed the world, organized by Christa Behmenburg, Exhibition in German Computer Museum in Paderborn and Public Library Berlin-Zehlendorf. July 2004
- Ray Johnson and the true Postal Art, Struts Gallery's 9th Annual Mail Art Show, New Brunswick, Canada. Exhibition. May 2004
- Tree of Poetry, an American Maple dedicated to artistic performances in Venezia-Mestre, Italy, ITINERARI 80 Centre. Exhibition of poertry and mail art organized by Giancarlo Da Lio. April 25, 2004
- Living Organized by Piet Frazen, Gallery SIDAC-studio, Leiden, Holland. Exhibiton July-August 2004
- Exalare l'utimo respiro/to exhale the last breath Organized by Circolo Bonometti, Brescia, Italy, Exhibition March 2004
- Hill country close-ups, installation of 29 paintings at T.R. Rodgiquez Gallery, Austin, Texas. February 2004
- Mail Art at the Mirror Organized by Ruggero Maggi, Milan, Italy, Collection of works 28 February 2004, Exhibition in London Art Biennial 2004
- Labirinto Organized by Eduardo Loureiro Jr., Brasil. www.patio.com.br/labirinto, March 2004
- Sea Side Towns Organized by Debbie Standers, Docklands, London, England, January 2004

2003

- Violence against Women Organized by Kyoritsu Women's College, Tokyo, Japan, December 2003
- Collage Organized by R.F. Cote, Quebec, Canada, http://iquebec.ifrance.com/collage-mailart/ December 2003
- Bikini Organized by Josep M. Aroca, Barcelona, Spain, December 2003
- Drawing the end of the line Ecole Municipale de Dessin, Centre Culturel Jean Lur?at Saint-Lo, France, Organized by Professor David Lewis, November 2003
- "i fumi cotti" Organized by Comune di Ripe San Ginesio, Italy, October 2003
- All the world's a stage // Le monde entrier est un Theatre Organized by Aline Girard for the Festival d'Avigonon, France, 2003
- Venus, or the secret language of love Organized by Irene Ronchetti, Capital, Argentina, October 2003
- GET YOUR FEET WET ! MOUILLEZ-VOUS ! SPRINGEN SIE AUCH MIT INS WASSER ! Organized by "Le Moulin" Centre d'Initiation a la Nature et a l'Environnement, Lutterbach, France, April 2003
- Mail Art Extravaganza Organized by ex posto facto Curated by Julie Jefferies, Dallas, Texas, June 21, 2003 Installation and performance - radio-controlled Artist Trading Card all terrain delivery vehicle http://www.dragonflydream.com/mae.html
- EARTHQUAKE / TERREMOTO Organized by Roberto Scala, Naples, Italy, June 2003
- Pied Pipers of Today Organized by Christa Behmenburg, Stadtbucherei Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany May 5 - August 27, 2003
- The work and the author Organized by Claudio Romeo,Villa Raverio - Mi, Italy, Summer 2003
- Museum of Temporary Art, http://www.museum-of-temporary-art.com Organized by Debbie Rebsch, TY?Nbingen, Germany, April 2003
- WATER: BLUE GOLD Continuting Mail Art project started in 1999 is always changing and has been exhibited more than 30 times in Argentina, Brasil, France, Italy. Organized by Alicia Zárate Buenos Aires, Argentina

2002

- DMF2002 Artifact Reassembly thru New Media Art Organized by Fatima Lasay http://www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/Backissues/Vol_16/faf_v16_n11/reviews/feature2.html
- DORMANT/POTENT: The force inherent in the dormant. Laura Dunn Biddeford, Maine, USA December 2002
- Bald is Beautiful Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 2002 Organized by Dragonfly Dream to raise awareness for breast cancer research
- New York Correspondance School 1962-2002: 40 Years of Mail Art, Organized by Anna Boschi for the Comune di Castel S.Pietro Terme Assessorato alla Cultura, Exhibition August - September 2002
- The love of a man goes through his stomach // Dutch saying: De liefde van de man gaat door de maag. Organized by Zena Zero Exhibiton at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Groningen, the Netherlands. October 2002

2001

- Identity and Globalization - [E]Mail Art (e)mail art project developed by AUMA - GOM @ (Accion Urgente Mail Art - Global Organization Mail Art) for DIGITAL HALL of VII International Biennal of Painting, Cuenca, Ecuador, 2001, shown during 2 November 2001 - 15 January 2002. http://identidad-globalizacion.crosses.net/info.php?lang=english http://identidad-globalizacion.crosses.net/images/1006365790_mapasnakes.jpg
- "The ideal being is an angel wasted by love" Jean Cocteau Le Centre Culturel "Les Chiroux" Belgium, Organized by Jack Ross, Baudhuin Simon, and Jos? Vandenbrouke, December 2001
- Watch your time, Organized by Eberhard Janke, December 2001
- Peace Island: Jeju International Mail Art Show 2001 Jeju Culture & Art Foundation, Jeju-City, Korea. Organized by John Held Jr., Yang, Chang Bo, Woo, Keun-Min, Kim, Jae-Ho and Young Jay Lee, October 2001
- Respect Organized by Riene Shad Mail Art School, Chalon sur saone, France, October 2001
- Dog's Life Organized by Kiyotei, 2001 http://www.art.net/~kiyotei/dogslife/art056.html
- La Donna Ieri e Oggi Organized by Linda Pelati, Comune di Trezzano Rosa, Italy, April 2001

2000

- Mail Art Day 2000 INTERNATIONAL ARTISTAMPS EXHIBITION December 5, 2000 - Buenos Aires, Argentina http://www.vorticeargentina.com.ar/proyectos/mad_2000_exhibition.htm - list of participants
- SHIFT-CTRL: Computers, Games, and Art, the University of California, Irvine, opened a new research and exhibition space called the Beall Center for Art and Technology. Opening exhibition for the Beall Center about computer games, an examination of games, gaming and related new technologies as interpreted by a diverse group of artists. Curated by Antoinette LaFarge and Robert Nideffer http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/gallery/gallery351/lafargeintro.html, October 2000
- Fake Ray Johnson Weekend, Organized by Mark Corroto and the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, September 2000
Ray Johnson Correspondences panel discussion and performances http://www.funkup.com/finished_fake_ray_folder/fake_ray1.html
- Mail Art 6: International Mail Art Project 2000 - WORLD-WIDE YEAR OF THE MATHEMATICS / ANNO MONDIALE DELLA MATEMATICA Mostra/Exhibition from 26 August 2000 to 23 September 2000 Space Ex-Fienile of Castel S.Pietro Terme (BO) - Italy Organized by Anna Boschi http://digilander.libero.it/boschianna/Mail%20Art/2000-anno%20mondiale%20della%20matematica.htm
- Artbiorix - A Pêle Mêle of Icons Organized by Guy Bleus and De Velinx, Tongeren, Belgium, June - September, 2000
- Women at the Millennium, Organized by Women's Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and Carla Cryptic, March 2000

1998

- Mail Stones for Meana Sardo, Meana Sardo, Italy Organized by Gianni Broi, 1998
- 1001 Desks: Mail Art Networking Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Groningen, Netherlands Organized by Guy Bleus, Summer 1998

1997

- Faydherb Anders Bekeken, Organized by Annina Van Sebroek and Luc Fierens, Stedelijk Museum Hof Van Busleyden, Mechelen, Belgium, September - November 1997

1996

1995

- Honoria: A Good-bye Kiss, in: Net Informer No. 69, Genova, Italy, 1995/04.01. http://www.artpool.hu/Ray/RJ_bibliography.html
- Diritto alla comunicazione nello scenario di fine millennio Iniziativa nazionale in difesa della telematica amatoriale Organized convention from Strange Network at the Center for the Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci of Prato, Italy, 19 February 1995 Paper presentation and mail art action TURISMO MAIL ART, COMUNITA' VIRTUALI E TELENETLINK
- Diritti e Roversci, Biblioteca Comunale de Bagno a Ripoli, Organized by the Commune di Bagno a Ripoli and Amnesty International, May 1994

1990

- Beuys & Girls Arte Postale, The Nomad Museum, Lisboa, Portugal, Organized by José Oliveira, March-April 1990
- Kiss Mexic Arte Museum, Austin Texas, Organized by honoria, February 1990

. . . Selected Collections

. . . Teaching Experience

Art Institute Online, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, March 2005 - present
- Facilitate online art courses in drawing, life drawing, and color theory

Austin Museum of Digital Art, Education Director, October 2003 - December 2004
- Create digital art curriculum for youth
- Organize K-12 teacher and student participation
- Design interactive learning activities for outdoor community events

Watercolor Boot Camp June 2001 - present
Self-employed art teacher
- Create and deliver individualized painting curriculum
- Teach one-on-one watercolor painting theory and practice

Instructional Designer/Teaching Assistant 1997-1999
Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of Texas at Austin
- Designed on-line Master's degree course in collaboration with professor

. . . Professional Experience

Adjunct faculty, Art Institute Online, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, March 2005 - present
- Facilitate online art courses in drawing, life drawing, and color theory

Instructional Designer, Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) August 2005 - present
- Evaluate existing OSHA training
- Redesign instructor and student instructional materials for Industrial Hygiene course

Usability Consultant January 2003 - present
Polycot Networks LLC. Austin, TX
- Evaluate Web design and content based on needs assessment and prototype testing

Program Coordinator, November 2004 - July 2005
Science, Technology and Society Program, University of Texas at Austin
- Promoted interdisciplinary program to university students

Development Researcher June 2001-August 2003
Accessibility Institute, University of Texas at Austin
- Coordinated development strategies for technology and learning research
- Redesigned Web content based on user testing

Coordinator: Convergent Media Lecture Series September 2000-June 2001
Advanced Communication Technologies Laboratory (ACTLab) University of Texas at Austin
- Coordinated lectures by international experts in new media

Online Community Manager, May 1998-June 2000,
WholePeople.com and WholeFoods.com, Austin, TX
- Managed forums and chat events
- Designed qualitative tools to determine customer needs and usability
- Developed training for moderators

Instructional Designer 1997
Industrial-Strength Network, Inc. Austin, TX
- Designed intranet-delivered training for semiconductor manufacturing corporation

Internet opera director/producer 1995-2003
Advanced Communication Technologies Laboratory (ACTLab) University of Texas at Austin
- Design opera elements based on Internet interactions
- Direct volunteers to produce webcasts and live performances

Editor Austin, Texas 1995-1996
National Issues Convention, University of Texas at Austin
- Coordinated 500-page logistics handbook for national political event

. . . Additional Experiences
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City
- Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin

. . . Software Competencies
- Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Macintosh tools for creative expression