Christopher Alan Bratton

Background

Bratton, Christopher Alan was born on July 3, 1959 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of William Raymond and Barbara Jean (Yerkey) Bratton.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Atlanta College of Art, 1982; student, Whitney Indiana Study Program, 1984-1986; Master of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1994.

Career

Project director Rise and Shine Productions, New York City, 1988-1989. Guest lecturer School of Visual Arts, 1990, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1990. Visiting professor center for modern culture and media Brown University, Providence, 1991-1992.

Faculty member School of Art Institute, Chicago, 1992—2004, chairman department video, 1993-1995, chairman department video, committee on exhibitions and events, instn-wide technical initiative, 1997—1998, chair department of film, video, and new media Chicago, 2000—2001, dean undergraduate studies, 2002—2004. President San Francisco Art Institute, California, 2004—2010, School of Museum Fine Arts (SMFA), Boston, since 2010. Deputy director Museum Fine Arts, since 2010.

Guest lecturer in video production State University of New York at Old Westbury, 1986, Channel Four workshop, Derry Northern Ireland, 1986, seminars New York University, panelist New York Marxist School, Video, Education and Culture, New York City, 1989, Literacy on the Table seminar, Video and Literacy, Bronx (New York ) Council on the Arts, 1989, Columbus in Context, Union Theological Seminary, New York, Mediactive Conference Low Format Video and Media Education, 1990. Curator Teaching television, Artists' Space, New York, 1990, visiting artist Hallwalls, Buffalo, Educational Video Center, New York City, 1991, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1992, Gallery 400, University Illinois, Chicago, 1994. Coordinator producer Teaching television, Deep Dish television, 1992.

Presenter Hunter College Roundtable on Media and Culture, New York City, 1992, The Center for 20th Century Studies, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1992. Grants panelist National Education Association Regional fellowships, Film in the Cities, Minneapolis, 1993. Panelist Guerilla television, Center for New television, New York City, 1993.

Achievements

• Christopher Alan Bratton has been listed as a noteworthy Video and art educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Dalida Maria Benfield, October 7, 1994. Children, Isadora and Joaquin.

Father:

William Raymond Bratton

Mother:

Barbara Jean (Yerkey) Bratton

Spouse:

Dalida Maria Benfield

child:

Isadora Maria Bratton