# Lydia Greer > Interdisciplinary Artist | Arts Educator | Director/Producer/Art Director (Film/Animation/Events) | Nonprofit Leader | Human-centered creativity & community via collaborative teaching, directing, producing & events. Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/lydiagreer Experienced in Visual and Studio Art, Filmmaking and Animation, Multimedia, New Media/Technology, Installation, Performance, and Arts Education with an extensive exhibition history. Over eighteen years of experience as an award-winning Arts Educator. Skilled in Creative Consulting, Nonprofit Organizations, and Curating as well as successful at Events, Film festivals, Theatre Tech, All stages of Film/Video and Animation Production, and Visual Arts Exhibition, Film Screening, and Event Planning. Multidisciplinary Theatre and Sculptural Installation, Curriculum Design, BlendEd Hybrid (online and face-to-face) Learning, Video Production, Directing, Art Direction, Producing and Post Production, Animation, Editing, Installation, Photography, Adobe Creative Suite, Dragonframe Stop Motion, Microsoft Suite, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Studio Art Education, and Visual Arts Foundations (Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Mixed Media, 3-D, and 4-D) Visual Thinking, Mentoring, Advising and Lecturing. Experienced lecturer in Art Practice, Art History, Film History, Media Arts and Animation, and Moving Image History. An Arts, A/V, and Education professional with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) focused on New Genres, Mixed Media from the University of California, Berkeley. Active Member of the College Art Association-CAA Advancing Art & Design ## Work Experience ### Granada Artist in Residence-Spring 2026 @ University of California, Davis Jan 2026 – Present Spring 2026 Granada Artist in Residence as co-Director and Art Director of a large-scale interdisciplinary shadow theatre project with shadow masks, shadow puppets, and multimedia: The Odyssey in Shadow, in collaboration with the Theater & Dance department at UC Davis. https://arts.ucdavis.edu/seasonal-event/odyssey-shadow ### Assistant Professor @ California College of the Arts Jan 2023 – Present Full Time TT Assistant Professor in Fine Arts-Animation, Interdisciplinary Art, 4-D, First Year CORE studio, UDIST, Grad Fine Art ### Assistant Chair of Animation and Game Arts @ California College of the Arts Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Adjunct II Professor @ California College of the Arts Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 Experimental Animation ### Artistic Director @ Facing West Shadows Jan 2015 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Interdisciplinary Artistic Collective Recent Exhibitions: https://www.icasanjose.org/current-exhibitions/facing-west-shadows-the-endless-end/ https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calendar/facing-west-shadows-phantasmagoria https://instagram.com/facingwestshadows https://www.facingwestshadows.com/ ### Freelance artistic associate, media and archives, creative consultant, curriculum/teaching artist @ ShadowLight Productions Jan 2008 – Present ### Artistic Associate, Archives & Media Coordinator and Teaching Artist @ ShadowLight Productions Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area Over 15 years of experience with ShadowLight Productions. ShadowLight’s vision is to expand the scope of Shadow Theatre as an artistic expression and as a tool for cross-cultural understanding. ### Creative Consultant, Ensemble Member, Artist, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist @ ShadowLight Productions Jan 2008 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Lydia Greer Studios-Interdisciplinary Visual Artist & Animator/Filmmaker @ Lydia Greer Studios & Facing West Shadows Jan 2005 – Present | Lydia Greer Studios-San Francisco Bay Area www.lydiagreer.com www.facingwestshadows.com ### Lecturer @ University of California, Davis Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 Art Practice-Video + Animation ### Artist in Residence @ MeMeraki Artist Residency Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Limassol, Cyprus https://resartis.org/listings/meme-art-res/ Aiming to minimise the gap between the public and the local artistic community, MeMeraki’s (Limassol, Cyprus) main Residency Program hosts local and international artists, providing for three 2-3 month Residency Periods in the course of a running year. Its schedule consists of various events namely: Meet the Artist Dinner, Open Studios, Critiques, Lecture Series, Studio Visits, Discussion Panels and various Group Shows. ### Assistant Professor of Art Practice (Ranked Renewable/Full Time) @ Saint Mary's College of California Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Full-Time Assistant Professor of Art Practice (adjunct) with all the duties of TT, including committee and service work, as well as Art Practice Major Advising, Art & Art History Department at Saint Mary’s College of California, Teaching: Digital Drawing and Animation, History of Animation (Art History course), Experimental Film, Studio Art, Interdisciplinary Art, American Art since 1945 (Art History course), Visual Culture, Senior Capstone, Senior Exhibition management, and Professional Practices. Designing and enhancing curriculum, advising students, participating in campus committees, maintaining office hours, working collaboratively and productively with colleagues, building internal and external relationships to enhance student opportunities, and maintaining a vibrant creative practice and exhibition record. ### Visiting Professor of Art Practice (full time) @ Saint Mary's College of California Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Full Time Visiting Professor of Art Practice with all the duties of TT, including committee and service work, as well as Art Practice Major Advising for the Art & Art History Department at Saint Mary’s College of California Designing and enhancing curriculum, advising students, participating in campus committees, maintaining office hours, working collaboratively and productively with colleagues, building internal and external relationships to enhance student opportunities, and maintaining a vibrant creative practice and exhibition record. ### Adjunct Assistant Professor @ Saint Mary's College of California Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Art Practice & Art History, Visual Culture, Digital Drawing and Animation, History of Animation, Studio Art ### Bridges Instructor-Bay Area Video Coalition -Arts Educator @ Bay Area Video Coalition Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area https://bavc.org/youth-programs/bridges-fellowship ### Visual Arts Faculty @ Lick-Wilmerding High School Jan 2010 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California Full-Time Faculty Member for 8 years: Teaching Film History and Video Production, Animation (History and Production), Public Purpose Driven Curriculum, Contemporary and Traditional Media and Visual Art (extensive experience teaching drawing, painting, mixed media, printmaking, architecture, Adobe Creative Suite, and photography) Student Advisor. Committee Work. Extensive Professional Development, Curriculum Design and Team Work. Started an annual film festival, exhibited student artwork within the school and in the community (SFO Art Galleries), developed original curriculum in my program area (film) and also in collaboration with colleagues, created an innovative hybrid course in filmmaking and cinema studies as a BlendEd Teacher and supported students in successful career paths in the arts and with college admissions. Collaborated with External Partners to create extensive opportunities for students. Research-based, Equity and Inclusion-grounded pedagogy. ### Founding Faculty (Bay Area Cinema & Filmmaking) @ The Bay Area BlendEd Consortium Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Blended Online and Face to Face Learning. ### Lecturer: Visual Arts/Thinking, Video Art/Video Production, Animation, Film/Animation History @ UC Berkeley Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 ### Art Teacher @ Oregon College of Art and Craft Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 ### Art Teacher @ Pacific Northwest College of Art Jan 2003 – Jan 2007 | Portland, Oregon Area ### Art Teacher/ Reggio Emilia Atelierista & Art Department: Exhibit/Curriculum Designer @ Portland Children's Museum & Reggio Emilia registered Opal School Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | Portland, Oregon, United States ## Education ### Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in New Genres, Mixed Media University of California, Berkeley ### Fellowship in Film, Video, Animation and Electronic Arts Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ### Professional Development> in Education, Pedagogy and Teaching Harvard Graduate School of Education ### Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking, Time Based Arts Portland State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lydia-greer-66135866 - Website: http://www.lydiagreer.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/lydiagreer JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/lydiagreer/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08