About

Cathy Cook has been creating films, videos, poetry films, collages and installations since 1982. She has exhibited her award-winning work internationally. In 2001, Cook was awarded a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. In 2021 she received a Preservation Grant from the Avant-Garde Masters Grant from the New American Cinema Group and the NY. Filmmakers’ Co-op. In 2024, she was awarded a Commission from the Parkway Theater to produce a video/animation for the Parkway Windows.

Research interests

Film, Video, Animation, Low Vision accessibility, Environmental Issues, Womens' Issues, Cranes, Birds and Poetry.

Teaching interests

NOTE:

Cinematic Arts, Film, Video, Animation.

Education

  • MFA, Film, Art and Womens' Studies. — University of WI-Milwaukee (1988)
  • MFA, Film, Art and Womens' Studies. — University of WI-Milwaukee (1988)
  • MFA, Film, Art and Womens' Studies. — University of WI-Milwaukee (1988)
  • MFA, Film, Art and Womens' Studies. — University of WI-Milwaukee (1988)
  • MFA, Film, Art and Womens' Studies. — University of WI-Milwaukee (1988)
  • MFA, Film, Art and Womens' Studies. — University of WI-Milwaukee (1988)
  • MFA, Film, Art and Womens' Studies. — University of WI-Milwaukee (1988)

Research in Progress

  • Inside COPLOW 2019 Scholarly · On-Going
  • Inside COPLOW 2019 Scholarly · On-Going
  • Eye Movie 2018 Scholarly · On-Going

Performances and Exhibits

  • 2019 Faculty Exhibition 2019 UMBC, CADVC
  • Anthology Film Archives, “Let’s Talk About Sex” Series, The Match..., NYC, NY. 2019 Anthology Film Archives
  • Monumental 2019 Window 26, · The Peale, Baltimore, MD
  • “Birdland and the Anthropocene”, group show, "Cranes in Motion," Peale Museum, 2017 Peale Museum

Courses Taught

  • Thesis Prep. ART 792 · Fall 2019
  • Teach Practicum ART 638 · Fall 2019
  • Indep Studio Research ART 495 · Fall 2019
  • Senior Projects ART 489 · Fall 2019
  • Topics In Film/Video ART 435 · Fall 2019
  • Thesis Prep. ART 792 · Spring 2019
  • Ind. Studies ART 690 · Spring 2019