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 Craig Harris is a composer, new media artist, writer and consultant
in the non-profit arts community, with expertise in organizational
development, strategic planning, fund development, project management,
program development, creative facilities development and new media arts. His artwork includes works for concert performance,
music theater and performance art, dance, video, multimedia and art
installation. His book Art and
Innovation, documenting collaborations between artists and research
scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), was released in June 1999
by MIT Press. His electroacoustic work, The Hill Has Something to Say,
commissioned by soprano Renée Fleming, was premiered in Alice Tully Hull in
May 2000.
His background
includes serving as President of the International Computer Music
Association, and he's also former Executive Director of Leonardo, the International Society for Arts, Sciences and
Technology, former Executive Editor of the Leonardo/MIT Press electronic
journal Leonardo
Electronic Almanac, and contributing author for the Leonardo Book Series. Craig received his Ph.D. and Master of
Music degrees in Composition at Eastman School of Music, University of
Rochester, where he facilitated in the development of their Computer Music
Studio.
Currently
Mr. Harris is Interim Director of the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, MN. He has served as Executive Director for the Minneapolis-based dance
theatre company - BALLET
of the DOLLS, and as Executive Director of THE RITZ THEATER FOUNDATION, where he completed a major renovation project converting a historic 900-seat movie theater into a 240-seat multi-use performing arts venue. Former Twin Cities clients include Artspace Projects, Inc., Bell Museum of Natural History,
the Minnesota Orchestral Association, and Sutton +
Associates.
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