Kira Carrillo Corser

Kira producers multi-media large collaborative projects combining art, and social or environmental issues for change. She believes that art has intense (and often forgotten ) power to move people toward action.

Her art projects give a voice to those often unheard. She is an instructor, photographer, fine and new media artist with a Master in Fine Arts Degree, a BS in Journalism and multiple awards. She taught 8 years at California State University Monterey Bay, worked as Director of Arts and Education for Monterey County, Artistic Director for First Night Monterey, PBS for 10 years and Directed 4 multi-year projects with national or state participation. Recent projects include: Art is the Next Peace, Connecting Communities.org; Sea Changes.org; Mi Vida: My Life; the Portable Cathedral and PostsforPeaceandJustice.org.

Kira is an award-winning photographic artist, writer and video-producer with 28 years experience, including 8 years teaching at California State University Monterey Bay, specializing in Service Learning courses and community arts. She founded and developed the Visual Literacy component in courses in the Institute for Human Communication at CSUMB. She is a trained and experienced supervisor in K-12 afterschool art studies, as well as over 15 years experience in collaborative projects and curriculum development. Her experience includes planning and shooting for a video used statewide in California State University faculty advancement concerning learning disabled students.

Her nationally traveled collaborative exhibitions, along with 3 books and 9 videos, have been supported in part by the California Wellness Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The California State University System, The AT & T Pebble Beach Charities Monterey Peninsula Foundation, The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The James Irvine Foundation, the California Women's Legislative Caucus and others. Her collaborative projects, with poet and professor Frances Payne Alder have shown in many major museums, as well as state capitals and the US Senate and Congress buildings in Washington DC. She lived in Monterey County for 20 years, and recently moved back to the San Diego area. She lived in San Diego for 17 years and is excited to be reconnecting to projects in Southern California