Kade Mendelowitz: Education, Awards & Accomplishments

Kade Mendelowitz
Theatrical Designer & Multimedia Artist
e-mail:
PO Box 81522
Fairbanks, AK 99708 USA
Phone/Fax: (907) 455-9469

Education, Awards & Accomplishments

Receiving the Usibelli Service award
May, 2004

"Professor Mendelowitz has provided service to the university through his unflagging support of the institution as an educational and cultural resource for Alaskans. His collaborations with community organizations have enhanced the university's reputation. He has devoted his considerable talents in a variety of ways, from stage production to classroom teaching to university administration. He has enthusiastically applied his creativity to the ever-expanding frontiers of new technology, blending artistry, communication and audience participation in web-based formats and groundbreaking theater productions. Mendelowitz has been named one of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Best Teachers in 2002 and has received the 2000-2001 College of Liberal Arts Teaching Excellence Award and a 1997 Best Production Award from the Alaska Community Theatre Festival. "
The Usibelli Award is considered the Highest Honor available at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Awards & Accomplishments

Outstanding Advisor Award

2009 University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks Film Festival

2007 Honorable Mention: Animation for "Hounds"

2005 Best in Show: Animation for "Love at First Light"

Aurora Award

2004 Platinum: Best in Show: Entertainment for Water Stealers

Usibelli Service Award

2004 University of Alaska Fairbanks. Fairbanks Best Teachers

(one of three) - 2002 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Reader’s Choice Award. Teaching Excellence

2000-2001 UAF College of Liberal Arts, student-voted award. Who's Who Among Americas Teachers

Listed, 1998 Lighting Designer for F.L.O.T.'s (Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre) "Ain't Misbehaivin'"

ACTfest

Best Production
Best Director
"Backstage Professionalism" Award

Best Community Lighting Designer

Education

MFA - Temple University

BFA - S.U.N.Y. (State University of New York) New Paltz

Board Member / Alpha Psi Omega
Board Member / New Paltz Players

High School of Art & Design

Board Member / Student Organization.

Certificates

Master Class in Stage Rigging

Theatrix, Inc. Accredited by University of Colorado

Memberships

U.S.I.T.T. United States Institute of Theatre Technology

Publications

Interactive Media Published

2009 “Theatrical Sound Design Interactive”
Multimedia cross-platform DVD-ROM published / distributed by Stage Research, also available via Amazon.com
2008 "Theatrical Makesup Design Interactive" 4-disc DVD set. Kade Mendelowitz: Producer. Distributed by Stage Research, also available via Amazon.com
2006 “Theatrical Lighting Design Interactive Version 2.5”
Multimedia cross-platform CD-ROM published / distributed by Stage Research, also available via Amazon.com
2004 "Water Stealers interactive story / entertainment.
Live actors & computer animation are combined, then you're put in control.
2003 “Theatrical Lighting Design Interactive Version 2”
Multimedia cross-platform CD-ROM published / distributed by Crescit Software of London, Canada.
2002 “SoftPlot 8 Tutorial”
Multimedia cross-platform CD-ROM published / distributed by Crescit Software of London, Canada.
Also available online at: http://www.alaskasbest.com/kade/tldi/softplot/
2000 “Student Recruitment”
Multimedia cross-platform CD-ROM published / distributed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Colleges of Science Engineering and Mathematics and Liberal Arts.
1999 “Theatrical Lighting Design Interactive”
Multimedia cross-platform CD-ROM published / distributed by Crescit Software of London, Canada - over 500 copies sold of version 1.
1999 “Alice in Wonderland”
Multimedia cross-platform CD-ROM for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Theatre Department
1998 “Robert Crawford”
Multimedia cross-platform CD-ROM published by ArtsVenture for the National Endowment for the Arts.

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

2002, April, “Dangerous Liaisons” color photograph
2002, March, “Touch” black and white photograph
1999, April 1, “Comical Kabuki” color photograph
1998, October 15, “Hit or Miss” photograph
1998, October 8, “'Laughter’ Director Takes Serious Career Step” article and (2) color photographs
1996, February 29, “Wisdom” color photograph

Other Publications / Presentations

2010 Juror's Lecture: "Digital Art" - Fairbanks Arts Association
2004 "Managing Rain Effects on Stage" - TD&T (Trade Magazine - Theatrical Design & Technology)
2003, 2002, 2001, 1997-99 Season Brochure - designed, printed for the Theatre Department. Mailed to 6,500
1999 Video presentation for the University of Alaska Museum expansion project. Video displayed 11/99 - 9/00
1995 Video commercial series for the Fairbanks Arts Association, aired for approximately 3 months

USITT (United States Institute of Theatre Technology)

2000, March, presented a seminar on “Authoring Multimedia”
1999, March, presented a seminar on “Multimedia in the Theatre, from the Classroom to the Stage”.

Website Designer

1996-Present, UAF Theatre Department http://www.uaf.edu/theatre
2003-2009 Fairbanks Symphony Organization http://www.fairbankssymphony.org
2001-2008 Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival http://www.fsaf.org
2002, University of Alaska Press http://www.uaf.edu/uapress/
2002, University of Alaska Summer Fine Arts Camp http://www.uaf.edu/music/artscamp
1999, College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics http://www.uaf.edu/csem