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Lee Michael Walczuk
leemichael@walczuk.com 1-808-968-1505 www.walczuk.com QUALIFICATION : 40 years of professional accomplishments in the Arts Master of Fine Arts UCLA Multidisciplinary and multi-cultural experiences on the US Mainland, Europe and the Hawaiian Islands I have a unique foundation in the Arts. I am dedicated to the creative process. I am driven by a spirit to promote natural healing and creative well being through the Arts. Kozmo Mimzi means to mimic the universe through the arts in a playful manner. CURRENT POSITION : Art Instructor at EAST HAWAI'I CULTURAL CENTER VOLCANO ARTS CENTER NANAWALE COMMUNITY CENTER PAHAO MUSEUM FOUNDER: THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: HILO, HAWAI'I Independent Artist Owner, Walczuk Productions, LLC Dba Wild Orchid Weddings & Events Wild Orchid B & B Wild Orchid Tours Kozmo Mimzi Animation Theatre founder RELEVANT EXPERIENCE : Hilo, Hawaii 2005-present Magician of Masks Expo Teen Theatre Keiki Theatre Reader's Theatre on going-Hilo Library Book Week presentations Hilo Ocean Festival artist Abled festival artist and performer EHCC performances: "7" African Silhouettes Shakespeare's the Tempest Saroyan's The Cavedwellers Bali's Garuda Shadow Play Dragon Dance Keiki Camp Extravaganza EHCC classes: The Magicians of Masks Cinema Hilo Keiki Theatre: saturday am Maui, Hawai'i 2002- 2005 Voices Instructor, MAPA Hawaiian young artists Coach, World Talent Faculty member, Hui No'eau Wo Hing Temple Museum: Chinese Shadow Theatre Productions New Year of the Ram Chinese Moon Festival Princess Busaba's Farewell Nian "The Story of the Fireworks" Year of the Monkey Haiku Elementary : Ka'upena, after school classes Mask workshops and exhibition Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) Voices Drama Specialist MaskPuppet and Mime Classes Phantom : 12 original masks Taradiddle Travels : 13 original masks Wild Trails + Tails : original masks, puppets, design and 3-month tour of the Hawaiian islands. Walczuk Productions Maui County Libraries : Kahului, Wailuku, Makawao, Kihei, Lahaina, Hana, Lana'i Stories : Gingerbread Keiki, Phaëton, Dragon Dance, Momotaro Kozmo Mimzi, Queen Ka'ahumanu Mall : Christmas ('02, '03) and Spring productions Korean Cultural Festival Mask exhibit and workshop Hui No'eau Art Van Go Maui Project Mall Community Arts Education Project Animation Classes Adult Evening Mask Classes Summer Camp : Guest Artist and Counselor Maui Community College P.A.C.E. program : Adult Mask as Culture Classes Hana, Maui Mask-making for Youth Centre Mask portraits for Art Barn Physical Theatre and Masks workshops for Youth Theatre Puppet Consultant for Taro Festival Assistant Director for Conference of the Birds Korean Festival: Maui War Memorial Complex 1/24/04 Korean Masks Display and Sales Wo Hing Museum : Chinese New Year Performances Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) MaskPuppet and Mime Classes Research and Development of Original Greek Production for State-wide Tour Pinocchio-Geppetto?s Workshop Production Magician Of Masks Ebb & Flow : Seabury: Yellow Sound / Kandinsky Visual Scenery, Shadow Puppets, Sound, Lights Guest Animator in Makawoa Elementary School Libraries : Guest Artist Pinocchio Readings Storyline Weekly Storyteller Lahaina Town Council Ocean Arts Festival Keiki Of the Sea Project Independent Artist Art Teacher, Actor, Puppeteer, Maskmaker, Filmmaker, Director and Acting Coach Young Audiences Inc. 1991 - 03 Artist-in-Residence Taos, New Mexico 1999 - 2002 Fine Arts Teacher, Taos Charter School K-8 Instructor Taos Film Initiative Director Pierrot Players Readers Theatre Community Arts Programs Kozmo Mimzi Cleveland, Ohio 1991 - 1999 Art Instructor John Marshall Senior High School Director Walczuk Ensemble Theatre and Studio Director Archangel Crusade Guest artist Cleveland Art Museum Assistant to the President Dyke College UCLA Theatre Mask Instructor Florence, Italy Los Angeles, California MFA UCLA Theatre and Animation Business Manager Alpine Auto Artist-in-Residence Los Angeles Unified School District Art Therapist for drug dependents Project VI H.E.L.P. Theatre Director Malibu Masques Artist LA Craft and Folk Museum Art Teacher Carden School Theatre Assistant Padua, Italy UCLA National Basketball Team Championship Member 1969 Coached by John Wooden Europe Actor: Theatre and Film; Masks and Puppets Senior Assistant Professor - English Philology Warsaw, Lodz, Wroclaw, Opole: Poland Performing Artist La 25eme Heure. Paris Director and Performer Mouth and Trousers Theater, London Graduate Adam Darius London Mime Centre Student Jaroszewicz Compagnie Magenia Student Min Tanaka Body Weather Student Maskmaker Donato Sartori Performing Artist La Nostra Famiglia: Venice, Italy New York City Scholarship student Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Apprentice Photographer Ed Emschwiller Member Carolyn Carlson's First Ensemble Member Cartoon Opera Faculty of Multi-Gravitational Aerospace Dance Theatre Creation of Kozmo Mimzi |
