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Past Projects
Residing Here
Residing Here, is a public portrait and storytelling project based on illustrating and publicly exhibiting the unique relationships that a wide diversity of Berkeley residents have to both the natural and urban environment, shaping their stories and values in ways specific to this city and their experiences within it. Through a selection process in which residents tell their individual stories and participate in photography sessions with the artist a select group of people of diverse ages, cultures and economic conditions will be chosen. The result will yield physical installations of life-size portraits to be installed in public venues, both native habitat and urban landscape, becoming part of the visual information and stimulation of our city. In addition to visual imagery, each installation will have a scannable code that connects the viewer through their phone to a dedicated app, where they can hear the subject’s story in their own words. With the oral history of the people who live here, the public will discover that individual experience becomes collective identity.
Residing Here is a collaborative project between Samantha Matalone Cook and Sheila Metcalf Tobin, both Berkeley residents and artists in their own ways. You can contact them about this project by emailing sam@samanthamatalonecook.com or sheila@sheilametcalftobin.com.
Rose Hill Studio is a magical place of art and invention, where children and adults are invited to create and play. Immersive, hands-on History, Art, and STEAM classes with Samantha in her workshop, Rose Hill Studios.
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Founder of Curiosity Hacked Independent Learning Lab, or CHILL, a part-time holistic education program at the CH Oakland Lab, supporting life-long, self-directed learning.
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Co-Founder and Executive Director of Curiosity Hacked (formerly Hacker Scouts), a national non-profit dedicated to STEAM Education, Skill Building and Mentorship.
Curiosity Hacked website | CH on Facebook | CH on Twitter | CH on Instagram
Co-founder of a business incubator and makerspace for women and families, Mothership Hackermoms, featuring built-in programs, support, and childcare.
Press
“The Kids Are Online”: An evening with Sarah Granger (AUDIO)
Curiosity Hacked Oakland Lab – November 22, 2015“The Techies Who Are Hacking Education by Homeschooling Their Kids”
Wired – February 2015
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/silicon-valley-home-schooling/“In Curiosity Hacked, children learn to make, not buy”
Los Angeles Times, November 2014
http://www.latimes.com/local/great-reads/la-fi-c1-hacker-scouts-20141128-story.html“BrushBots Habitats”
Make magazine – July 8, 2014
http://makezine.com/projects/make-40/sure-fire“The Many Paths to Technology Careers”
Cisco: The Network – April 21, 2014
http://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1408284“Homeschooling Only Deepens Silicon Valley’s Rift With the Rest of Us”
Wired – February 6, 2014
(Samantha’s work is very inclusive, and was duly noted by the author)
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/homeschooling-deepens-silicon-valleys-rift-rest-us/
“Triangulation 123: Hacker Scouts” (VIDEO)
Triangulation on TWIT – October 9, 2013
Interview with founder Samantha Cook on creativity, innovation, and Hacker Scouts (MP3)
QUEST Diaries – October 5, 2013
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gm2r78pw09bgiyy/questdiaries.mp3GeekMom Interview with Cristen Pantano
GeekMom – October 1, 2013
https://geekdad.com/2013/10/hacker-scouts/“Method to the Madness: Interview with Hacker Scouts founder Samantha Cook” (AUDIO)
KALX – May 20, 2013
“Today’s Makers, Tomorrow’s Engineers” (VIDEO)
Cisco The Network – April 2, 2013)“GeekMom Interviews the HackerMoms”
Make magazine – November 9, 2012
http://makezine.com/2012/11/09/geekmom-interviews-the-hackermoms/
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