Heather Coker Hawkins heathercokerhawkins@gmail.com
Film & Video Projects (selected)
From Me to You for Us, Director. Screendance. 2024. In post-production.
Shadow Self, Director/Editor. Screendance. 2023.
Gravity Wins, Director/Editor/Performer. Screendance. 2022.
Pretty Little Dance, Co-director/DP/Editor. Adapted Victoria Marks’ dance to screen. 2020.
Inflatable Trio, Videographer/Editor. Video documentation & promotional video for director/choreographer, Lionel Popkin. 2016-17.
Endless Real, Co-director/DP/Editor. Short dance film collaboration with Victoria Marks. 2013.
Kamakha Through Prayerful Eyes, Post-production Supervisor/Editor. Feature documentary film by Aparna Sharma. Berkeley Media 2013.
Righthand, Performer/Editor. Dance film. 2011.
Pumercial, Director/Choreographer/Editor. Short film. 2007.
The Go-Getter, Choreographer. Sundance Film Festival 2007.
The One Who Wears Red, Director/Editor. Short film. 2004. Houston WorldFest Gold Remi Award winner.
Live Performance Projects (selected)
From Me to You for Us, Choreographer. Live dance performance. Performed by Circle Modern Dance, Rossini Festival. Knoxville, TN. April 2024. Modern Dance Primitive Light. Laurel Theater, Knoxville, TN. December 2023.
Here Lies Frank, Choreographer/Video Design. Live performance with video projection. Performed at L.A. Movement Arts, Catalyst 2013.
Brother, Co-choreographer/Performer. Site-specific performance at Pieter PASD with Sarah Leddy. 2012.
Pretty Good for a Girl, Choreographer/Video Design. Live performance with integrated video projection performed at UCLA. 2012.
Say Uncle, Choreographer/Video Design. Live performance with video projection performed at UCLA. 2011.
Unsquare Dance, Choreographer. Fosse-inspired solo. Live Arts LA Grand Opening. 2009. DanceSpot at StudioADance, LA 2010.
An Evening of Pure Magic & Ubiquitous Transformations, Co-produced with Cristine Tatomer, choreographed & improvised 2008.
eyeSpace, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Live-feed Camera Operator & Camera Team Leader. Irvine, CA 2007.
Website & Work Sample URL
Screenings (selected)
Official Selection Artists for Hope International Film Festival, Shadow Self 2024
Semi-finalist Flatlands Dance Film Festival, Gravity Wins and Shadow Self 2024
Official Selection UNDER_the_RADAR Festival and Conference for Artistic Film, Animation and Experimental Sequential Media, Gravity Wins 2023
Official Selection San Souci Festival of Dance Film, Gravity Wins 2023
Official Selection Greensboro Dance Film Festival, Gravity Wins 2023
Official Selection & Nominee LA Independent Women Film Awards, Gravity Wins 2022
Official Selection San Souci Festival of Dance Film, Pretty Little Dance 2021
Official Selection Show Me Film Festival, Pumercial 2008
Official Selection Big Bear Film Festival, Pumercial 2007
Houston WorldFest Gold Remi Award, The One Who Wears Red 2005
Exhibitions
Form 2024. Quest for Resolve (video installation). CICA Museum, South Korea. October 2 – 20, 2024.
University Film & Video Association 2024. Juried. Quest for Resolve (video installation) and Gravity Wins (screening). Cleveland, OH. July 30 – August 2, 2024.
One Health & Humanities Days. Embodied Cinema: Affect, Dance, and Speculative Wellness, interactive video installation, screening, a public presentation. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Knoxville, TN. 27 October 2023. https://onehealth.tennessee.edu/ohhd/
Art + Architecture 103A Gallery, School of Art, University of Tennessee, This is a Process, exhibition of collected works. University of TN, Knoxville, TN. Spring 2022
The OsCene: Contemporary Art and Culture in OC. Festival, The One Who Wears Red (video installation). Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA. 2004
Honors
Digital Humanities Summer Institute Award, June 2024, Victoria, BC, Canada, funded by UT Humanities Center
Elise Boake Memorial Faculty Award, 2023-2024. University of Tennessee
Kurka Faculty Award, 2023-2024. University of Tennessee
Co-PI with Brittany Murray and Cinema Studies affiliated faculty. Humanities Center and One Health Initiative. One Health & Humanities Days: Arts + Humanities Interventions. Summer – Fall 2023
Hothouse Residency, UCLA Dept. of World Arts & Cultures | Dance 2012
UCLA Graduate Division University Fellowship 2009 – 2012
Leo Freedman Fellowship, Chapman University 2004
Publication & Presentations
“Teaching the Change you want to See (On Set)”. Paper presented at the AMPS (Architecture Media Politics Society) virtual conference Teaching Beyond the Curriculum: Focus on Pedagogy 2023 Virtual Conference, US, UK, and China. November 15-17, 2023.
Volunteer Experience Faculty Fellows. “PERMA: An Introduction to our Well-Being Framework.” Co-led presentation & Breakout Session #1 for UT Thrive Summit, Knoxville, TN. November 15, 2023.
Coker Hawkins, H. (2022). Live – Filmed – Live Behind Glass. Research presented at the World Dance Alliance Mini-conference Americas, Corpus Christi, TX.
Coker Hawkins, Heather. “Body & Architecture.” Architectural Design I – Place (IARC 271). UT, Knoxville. 20 September 2019.
Dance’s Duet with the Camera: Motion Pictures, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Chapter 8, which pertains to the Integration of Live Performance & Video Projection.
Fowler Museum: Fowler Out Loud Series. Choreo-cinema screening and artist Q&A. UCLA, Los Angeles. 25 February 2010.
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Aug ’23 – present
*Teaching Graduate Seminar in Time-based Arts I & II; Performance and Film/Video; Introduction to Cinema & Video Art
Lecturer, University of Tennessee Aug ‘19 – May ‘23
*Taught Foundations in 4-D Art *Co-teaching Graduate course, Theory & Practice of Art Fundamentals
*Introduction to Cinema & Video Art; Foundations in 4-D Art (2021-22)
*Video Editing, Collaborative Filmmaking, Intro to Cinema & Video Art (2019-21)
Lecturer, UCLA Department of World Arts & Cultures | Dance Jan – Mar 2016
*Taught Screendance / Dance for Camera
Adjunct Faculty, American Musical & Dramatic Academy, LA, CA July ‘11- Feb ‘13
*Created and taught Screendance and Dance History courses
Instructor & Teaching Associate, UCLA WAC|D, LA, CA Sept ‘09 – June ‘12
*Instructor. Video Tools & Techniques. Winter and Spring Quarters 2012.
*Teaching Associate. Video Practice and Dance for the Camera, Spring 2011.
*Teaching Assistant. Video Production & Theory courses. 2009 – 2010
Education
M.F.A. Dance UCLA, Los Angeles, CA June 2012
M.F.A. Film Production Chapman University, Orange, CA June 2006
B.S. Mass Media, Video Production Missouri State U., Springfield, MO May 2000
University Service
Programming Committee, School of Art, 2023-2024
Co-facilitated Community Video Project with McClung Museum, Fall 2023
University of Tennessee Volunteer Experience Faculty Fellow, Spring 2022-2023
Professional Development
PEN America Faculty Workshop “Creating Classrooms for All: Fostering Open and Respectful Exchange”, hosted by UT Office of the Provost, March 31, 2022
University of Northern Colorado—Universal Design & Learning Training, 2022 “Equity By Design”, led by Kelly Langley-Cook and Dr. Lyda McCartin, March 24 “Deconstructing Dominant Cultures” led by panel, March 10 “Equity Minded Syllabus workshop” led by Dr. Chelsie Romulo, February 17
UT Online Learning and Academic Programs – Friday Brown Bag Series: “Part 1: Distracted: How to Win the Battle for Students’ attention in class” led by Dr. Beth Cooper and “Part 2: Engagement and Accountability in an Asynchronous Course” led by Dr. Heidi Stolz, February 25, 2022
University of Tennessee Innovative Teaching & Learning Conference 2021 hosted by TLI, “Active Learning Techniques for Engagement”, by Dr. Claire Major (Keynote Speaker), March 30, 2021
“Disrupting Racism and Microaggressions in the Classroom” by Dr. Jioni Lewis, March 26. University of TN.
“Responsible Teaching in a Violent Culture” by Dr. Koritha Mitchell, April 5. University of UT
University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2020 Teaching Online Training, TLI (Teaching & Learning Innovation) Virtual Vol Bootcamp, July 2020
Isadora In Action with Dawn Stoppiello (Troika Ranch), Portland, Oregon. May 13 – 15, 2016
Dance for Camera: Dance Camera West Dance Media Conference, Dance Media: An Active Spectrum, UCLA, June 16 – 19, 2011
University of Utah International Dance for Camera Festival & Workshop led by Douglas Rosenberg and Ellen Bromberg, September 26 – 29, 2002
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