Cara Benson / Partial CV

Selected List of Publications at Text
Full CV and References available upon request*

EDUCATION

Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, January 2007
Concentration: Poetry

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
B.A. in Communications, May 2004
Concentration: Creative Writing

New York University, New York, NY
Matriculated Study, 1985-1989
Concentration: Film

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Faculty, Fall 2009. Siena College. "Contemporary American Poetry"
at Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility. Wilton, NY.

Instructor, September 2009. Poetry Workshop for PARACHUTE:
Coney Island Performance Festival. Coney Island, NY.

Founding Editor, 2008 to Present. Sous Rature: An online journal of art and text.

Editor, 2008 to Present. EDNA. Annual art, text, and music journal for
Millay Colony for the Arts. Austerlitz, NY.

Teaching Artist, July 2008. "Art-Science Fusion: Scale: Nano to Micro and Back"
for Capital Region Center for Arts in Education. Albany, NY.

Instructor, Fall 2007. “Reading and Writing Poems: The Artist’s Responsibility”
Online for Skidmore College University Without Walls. Saratoga Springs, NY.

Writer-In-Residence, Spring 2006. Poetry for New York State Writers Institute
at SUNY Albany. Albany, NY.

Instructor, 2005 to present. Poetry for inmates at Mt. McGregor
NY State Correctional Facility for males. Wilton, NY.

Teaching Artist, 2000 to Present. Poetry, Creative Writing, and Performance
for Capital Region Center for Arts in Education. Albany, NY.

PERFORMANCES

PARACHUTE: Coney Island Performance Festival, September 2009.
NY Aquarium, Coney Island, NY.

ACA Galleries, May 2009.
Boog City presents Dusie. New York, NY.

Belladonna* Elders Series, April 2009.
with Jayne Cortez and Anne Waldman.
Dixon Place, New York, NY.

Buffalo Small Press Poetry Fest, March 2009.
Just Buffalo Poetry Series, Buffalo, NY.

Upstate Artists Guild, September 2008.
SUNY Albany Jawbone Series. Albany, NY.

ACA Galleries, July 2008.
Boog City presents BookThug. New York, NY.

Bowery Poetry Club, December 2007.
BookThug Book Party. New York, NY.

Gladstone Hotel, December 2007.
BookThug Book Launch. Toronto, Canada.

Unnameable Books, November, 2007.
EOAGH Launch. Brooklyn, NY.

Behind the Egg, October 2007.
Capital District Federation of Ideas. Albany, NY.

PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES

Panel Presentation, October 2009. "me + words + you / N + 7 = POEM :: The Role of Authorial Intention in Procedural, Conceptual & Collaborative Writing"
with Jen Karmin, Jared Hayes, and Joe Cooper.
&Now Conference. Buffalo, NY.

Presentation, February 2009. "To Do: List Poetry and Litany"
at AWP Pedagogy Forum. Chicago, IL.

Mixed Media Presentation and Workshop, 2006. “Fearless Poetry: Composing Poems the John Cage Way”
at Goddard College. Plainfield, VT.

Lecture, 2004. “What Can a Poem Do?: Poetics and Commodification”
at Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs, NY.

Keynote Address, 2002. “Humor Heals: A Personal Perspective”
for Saratoga County Citizens Committee for Mental Health. Saratoga Springs, NY.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

The Best of AWP Pedagogy Papers, 2009. "To Do: List Poetry and Litany"
chosen for Exemplary Pedagogy Papers.

bpNichol Chapbook Award, 2008. First Place tied with Jay MillAr
for "Quantum Chaos and Poems: A Manifest(o)ation". Toronto, Canada.

Poets & Writers, 2007, 2008. Recipient. Funding to continue Poetry Residence
at Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility. Wilton, NY.

Poets & Writers, 2007. Recipient. Funding to perform
at Eastern Correctional Facility. Napanoch, NY.

Incision/Arts of Segue Foundation, 2006, 2007, 2008. Recipient.
Funding for the Mt. McGregor Poetry Residence. Wilton, NY.

Frederick McDonald Grant, 2003. Poet-in Residence
for Montessori Magnet School. Albany, NY.

Sara Lee Schupf Scholarship, 2003. Recipient at Skidmore College.
Saratoga Springs, NY.

92nd St. Y/The Nation “Discovery” Poetry Contest, 2001.
Semi-Finalist. New York, NY.

New York Foundation for the Arts S.O.S. Grant,1997. Recipient.
Distributed through The Arts Center of the Capital Region. Troy, NY.



TRAINING

Teaching Workshop, June 2007. “Turning Pedagogy into Practice”
at UWW Faculty Institute, Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs, NY.

Teaching Conference, April 2007. “Revision: Lessons from Artists and Writers”
at The Institute for Writing and Thinking, Bard College. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

Teaching Artist Mentoring Program, 2005. Program participant
at SUNY Stony Brook. Stony Brook, NY.

COMMITTEES

PEN Prison Writing Program, 2008 to Present. Committee Member.
Prison Writing Contest. New York, NY.

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