About Danielle{

Danielle Siembieda is an art service provider and creative entrepreneur in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her most recent project, “The Art Inspector” was incepted in 2009 as a method to reduce the carbon footprint of art.  She recently received a grant from the Silicon Valley Energy Watch to conduct energy assessments on artist’s studios and take them through an eco-art makeover. Siembieda has a MFA in Digital Media Art at SJSU at the CADRE Laboratory for New Media with a focus on green technologies, sustainable materials. She recently finished a collaborative project for the 01SJ 2010 Biennial with the CADRE New Media Lab project, “Trading Voices,” during the Out of the Garage Into the World exhibition.  “Trading Voices” was a dialogic project based on the UN Millennium goal to work on women equality.  Additionally she is the Community Engagement and Special Projects Manager for ZER01: The Art and Technology Network. One of her most recent titles is the New Media Curator of a innovative partnership between San Francisco’s Intersection for the Arts and East Bay’s CalShakes. In this position she is responsible for providing visual and technical support for the online presence for new audience participation. She is also the Program Manager for the residencies of the San Jose Climate Clock Initiative, a collaborative public art project to make an iconic landmark measuring climate change and influencing public behavior. Siembieda recently ended her third term as Managing Editor of one of the pioneering online academic new media journals, SWITCH. In the summer of 2009 she head curated an international juried exhibition, Polar Identity, featuring acclaimed artists such as Xavier Cortada and Andrea Polli. In the same summer she also worked on a project submitted to the New York Times “Dot Earth” and Artist As Citizen Group regarding visualizing data illustrating the urgency of the climate crisis. Other important projects include participating various stages of development and construction in the Transmediale award winning “Tantalum Memorial” — Reconstruction with artists Harwood, Wright, Yokokoji (Formerly Mongrel) exhibited at Superlight at the SJ Museum of Art during the 2008 01SJ Biennial and in Cincinnati. Also during the 01SJ 2008 a project proposal, Eco Environmental Archive, for the Climate Clock Initiative was on exhibit at the School of Engineering at SJSU.

Previous to her career in art Siembieda spent over 10 years wearing various hats in the world of social justice. Her interest in global reformation is rooted in a background in environmental and social justice issues. Previous to her career as an artist she worked as a community developer and organizer in the Midwest and Southern California. This experience brought several challenges including mediation, peace making, and youth participation and building leaders to strive for self-sufficiency. From 1998-2004 Danielle was a member leader with Amnesty International holding various positions such as Just Earth Action Worker, Midwest Representative to the Annual General Meeting and a recipient of a member grant to develop and intertwine the various student and community groups in Columbia, MO. Other important participatory events include attending the 10th Anniversary of the Zapatista Uprising in Chiapas 2004, Mexico where she and others from the School for Chiapas stayed as special guests to the Zapatista government during one of the first time the Zapatista’s allowed for international media to join them. That same year she also participated largest march in the history of the United States with over 1.15 million documented citizens on the streets of Washington, DC in the March for Women’s Lives.