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Form Name: Cultural Arts Commission Application
Date & Time: 08/06/2024 11:01 AM
Response #: 54
Submitter ID: 134022
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Survey Details
Application for membership on the Cultural Arts Commission
1. Prefix
(0) Mr.
Preferred Pronoun
(0)
He/Him/His
3. First and Last Name
giancarlo ruiz
4. E-mail
Home Address
6. City
Chula Vista, Ca
7. ZIP code
91910
8. Primary Phone
9. Secondary Phone
Not answered
10. I certify that l am a resident of the City of Chula Vista and at least 18 years of age.
When applying for a Youth Advisory member: I am a resident of the City of Chula Vista and between 16 and 22 years of age.
(0) Yes
11. How long have you been a resident of the City?
35 days
12. Please click here to view the interactive map and verify your District of residency I am a resident of the following City Council district. 10) 2
13. Present employer
Self Employed
14. Occupation
Actor, Filmmaker, Artist
15. Have you ever been employed by the City of Chula Vista? (0) No
16. If you have worked for the City of Chula Vista please provide the department and dates of employment.
Not answered
17. Please select the seats for which you are interested and qualify: (select as many as applicable) [x] Arts Professional
18. IF you are an artist, educator, and or possess professional qualifications and experience in disciplines of arts and cultures (see definitions of these terms below), please indicate which discipline(s) apply:
Definitions:
• Artist: A practitioner of an arts discipline (e.g. performing arts, fine arts, culinary arts, media arts or related arts disciplines)
• Educator:One who is credentialed in the field of the arts or one who teaches or has experience teaching one or more disciplines of the arts.
• Professional qualifications:Qualifications based upon one's body of work, one's educational background and experience in a discipline of the arts.
[x] Performing Arts
x Media Arts
19. Are you currently serving on a Chula Vista Board/Commission? (o) No
20. Which one(s)?
Not answered
21. Have you previously served on a Chula Vista Board/Commission? (o) No
22. Which ones?
Not answered
23. Per Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 2.25.030, I understand:
-If I am currently serving on a board or commission, 1 must resign from my current board or commission if I am appointed.
-I must have served at least 12 months on my current board or commission in order to be appointed to another board or commission.
(o) I have read and acknowledged the above statement.
24. Are you or have you been involved in any local, civic or community groups? (0) No
25. Which ones?
Not answered
26. What are your principal areas of interest in our City government, and what experience or special knowledge can you bring to those areas?
Community Engagement and Accessibility: Ensuring that arts and cultural programs are accessible to all community members, including underserved populations, and fostering community engagement through inclusive initiatives.
Cultural Preservation and Promotion: Promoting the preservation of local heritage, traditions, and cultural assets, and encouraging the integration of diverse cultural expressions within the community.
Support for Local Artists: Providing platforms, resources, and opportunities for local artists to showcase their work, develop their skills, and thrive professionally.
Economic Development through Arts: Leveraging arts and culture as a means for economic development, attracting tourism, and enhancing the city's cultural and economic vitality.
Arts Education: Promoting arts education in schools and the community to foster creativity, critical thinking, and cultural awareness among residents of all ages.
Experience and Special Knowledge:
Background in Arts Administration: I have experience in managing arts organizations, understanding the logistics of organizing events, exhibitions, and cultural programs, and ensuring their successful execution.
Community Outreach and Development: I have a strong background in community outreach, having worked on various projects aimed at engaging diverse community groups and promoting inclusivity in cultural activities.
Grant Writing and Fundraising: I have expertise in grant writing and fundraising for arts and cultural initiatives, securing funding from public and private sources to support projects and programs.
Collaboration with Local Artists: My experience working directly with local artists gives me insights into their needs and challenges, enabling me to advocate effectively for policies and programs that support their growth and sustainability.
Cultural Programming and Event Planning: I have a track record of planning and executing successful cultural events and programs, from small community gatherings to large-scale festivals, enhancing the city's cultural landscape.
27. If you selected one or more of the areas of discipline above, please describe your qualifications and experience. (250 words or less)
Giancarlo Ruiz, born in Tijuana, México, is a multifaceted artist with a career spanning over three decades in theater, film, and visual arts. His journey into the world of acting and filmmaking was sparked during high school after witnessing a transformative performance of 'Hamlet' at The Old Globe Theater in San Diego.
This early inspiration led him to pursue a career in the arts, beginning with a pivotal role as a production assistant on Maria Novaro's "Garden of Eden" in 1992, which provided him with foundational insights into filmmaking.
Ruiz's artistic endeavors flourished as he relocated to Mexico City, where he immersed himself in theater and film, refining his skills and laying the groundwork for his future projects. Returning to Tijuana in 1996, he made his mark with the debut of his first play, "Shit," marking the start of a prolific career in theater and independent cinema. His directorial efforts in short films such as "INSECTO," "IV," and "St. Jacques" garnered international acclaim, with screenings at prestigious festivals including Cannes, Havana, and the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. His feature film The Neighbor premiered at Los Angeles Film Festival in 2017.
In addition to his accomplishments in filmmaking, Ruiz has also made significant contributions to the visual arts scene, participating in collective exhibitions that showcase his diverse talents and artistic vision. His involvement in exhibitions like "Alt. Pictures Show" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, and "Strange New World: Art and Design from Tijuana" at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego underscore his versatility as a visual artist. Recently, Ruiz expanded his creative portfolio by venturing into graphic novels, publishing "The Fracture" during Comi-Con, further cementing his status as a dynamic and influential figure in the arts community.
28. If you are NOT an artist, educator, and/or possess professional qualifications and experience (as described in Question 1, above), please describe your competence, knowledge, and experience in cultural arts. (250 words or less)
Not answered
29. What would you hope to accomplish in the role of a Cultural Arts Commissioner? (250 words or less) I would want to have an impact on the community.
30. I understand that to be considered, I must submit a resume along with this application.
CV.pdf
31. The City understands meeting schedules and individual's availability may change. We ask that you consider the meeting schedule when submitting an application. (o) I have reviewed the Cultural Arts Commission regular meeting date, time and frequency.
32. (o) 1 am familiar with the responsibilities of the Cultural Arts Commission. I attest that the information 1 have provided is accurate and true.
33. (o) I understand that this application and any documents submitted in connection with the application process are public records and may be publicly disclosed.
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City of Chula Vista
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Giancarlo Ruiz
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EDUCATION
UCSD, San Diego CA, VIS ARTS, 2006-2014
DIPLOMADO Desarrollo de Carpeta, CCC/CECUT, 2010
DIPLOMADO Guión Cinematografico CCC/CECUT 2009
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE, San Diego CA, TELEMEDIA, 2004
DIPLOMADO, Dirección de Cine, John Newhouse, 2002
DIPLOMADO, Producción de Cine, James B. Harris, 2002
ACTING, Carla Kirkwood, William Virchis 2000-2003
TECHNICAL STUDIES
Software knowledge: Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools, Toast, Adobe Photoshop, Garage- band, Soundtrack Pro, Word, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excel, Adobe premiere
Cameras: Panasonic AGDVX-100, Sony PMW-Ex1, Sony ZR-1 HDV, Cannon SD, Cannon 7D, FLIP Camera, 16mm Bolex, 16mm Aaton Minima, Super8, RED, Black Magic.
Lightkits: Soft Box, Tota lights, Reflective Lights, Fresnel Lights, Elipsoidal Lights, Light Consoles, Spot and V lights, Bounce Backs, C-Stands Audio: Fostex Flash Recorders, Dat Recorders, Zoom Digital Recorders, Shot- gun microphones, Cardioid Microphones, Condenser Microphones, Lavalier Mi- crophones.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FICTION (DIRECTOR-WRITER)
"DINGLEBERRIES" DEVELOPMENT
"MARGARITA GADILLACS" DEVELOPMENT
"El Vecino" 2017 COLOR/24P 76min
"Macburro" 2016 GRAPHIC NOVEL (WRITER)
"St. Jacques" 2010 COLOR/24P 17min
"Los Z" 2009 COLOR/24P 27min
"La llamada" 2006 COLOR/24P 4:20 min
"Insecto" 2004 COLOR/ S16, S8, Digital, 22 min.
"Poopsie" 2003 COLOR/ DV 4min
"Little drop of poison" 2003 COLOR/ DV 4 min
"La Chamba" 2001 BW DV 8 min
"Just Peru" 2001 COLOR S8 22 min.
"Baby Frost" 2000 BW 8mm 35 min.
"Doomsday" 2000 BW 8mm 9 min.
"Oxigeno" 2000 BW 8mm 22 min.
"1V" 1999 BW 8mm 25 min
"Disneylandia pa' mi" 1999 BW 8mm 15 min
"Popporn" 1999 BW 8mm 42 min.
"El Divorcio" 1997 BW 8mm 7 min.
"Ungesetzlich" 1997 BW 8mm 3:43 min.
VIDEO ART
Hugo Crosthwaite" 2019/COLOR/ PPROD
2015/COLOR
"Giulia Magg" 2013/COLOR/24P5min
"Razgado" 2013/COLOR/24P 5min
"Plastilandia" 2013/COLOR/24P 9min
2012/COLOR/5min segments
J500" 2012/COLOR/24P 5min
"Buscando a Valra:video retrato" 2012/COLOR/24P 8min
"IILUZtration" 2011 COLOR/24P 9min
"Ruega por nosotros" 2011 COLOR/24P 4min
MUSIC VIDEOS
"FLAGDAY III" Dir. Giancarlo Ruiz Dir
"Nuevo testamento" Dir. Giancarlo Ruiz Dir
"Nazarin" Dir. Giancarlo Ruiz Dir
"Mi deporte favorito" Dir. Sal Ricalde DP
"Sick symphones" Dir. Iván Díaz DP
"Blue" Dir. Joseph Pérez Producer
COLABORATIONS
MAKE PICTURES Demo Reel Editor
"Evidence Film Studios Demo reel Editor
"Wharton Esherick" Dir. Carolynn Coal
"Baja Expedtion" Dir. Rick Zazueta
"Ruta Madre" Dir. Agustin Castaneda 2nd Unit Director
"Heartbreak in 209 cuts" Dir. Teri Carson
"We the dust" Dir. Sergio de la Torre
"Nuevo Dragón City" Dir. Sergio de la Torre
"Maquilopolis" Dir. Sergio de la Torre
Dir. Vickey Funari
"Obsesión por un relato" Dir. Maribel Tapia DP
"When the world went away" Dir. Joseph Pérez Producer
"Diario de la Vida Privada "Dir. Maria Berns DP
Dir. Omar de León Gaffer "Jugada del diablo"
Dir. Omar Iñigo PA
"El Jugador" Dir. Jaime Alarid P.A.
"El Jardín del Edén" Dir. María Novaro P.A.
FESTIVALS
EL VECINO LAFF 2017, MACABRO 2017, SDLFF 2018
LOS Z Feratum Film Festival Morelia, Michoacán 2013
St. Jacques Cannes Film Festival Cannes, Francia
SDLFF 2010 San Diego, C.A. In-
secto Los Ángeles International Film Fest 2004
Los Ángeles, C.A.San Diego Latino Film Festival
2004 San Diego, C.A.Best Fest 2004 San Diego, C.A.
Oxigeno Best Fest 2003 San Diego, C.A.
Film School Confidential 2003 San Diego, C.A
Doomsday INSITE 2000 San Diego, C.A.
Festival Internacional de Cine
Latinoamericano 2000
Fosa Film Festival 2001
Borderline Film Festival
Baby Frost INSITE 2000 San Diego, C.A.
Borderline Film Festival Tijuana, B.C. IV
Fosa Film Festival 2000
Best Fest 2000 San Diego, C.A
Borderline Film Festival Tijuana, B.C.
Disneylandia pa' mi Mex Artes Berlín 2003
Binacom 2000
Festival Internacional de Cine La Habana, Cuba
COLLECTIVE EXPOSITIONS
"Tijuana Makes me Happy", Los Angeles C.A. Mexican Consulate2012 "Alt. Pictures Show" Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego C.A. Curated by Neil Kendricks
2011
"Feria de Arte Contemporaneo" San Diego
"Arte y Politica. Conflictos y disyuntivas " Museo de Arte de Sinaloa/Centro Cul- tural Tijuana, Tijuana B.C., México. Curaduria: Alberto Torres"Obra Negra. Una aproximación a la cultural visual de Tijuana" Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana B.C., México. Curaduria: Carlos Ashida y Olga Margarita Davila 2010
"Alt. Pictures Show" Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego C.A. Curaduria Neil Kendricks
"Strange New World: Art and Design from Tijuana" Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego CA, Estados Unidos. Curaduria: Rachel Teagle Intinerancia: el Cultural Institue of México, Washington, D.C. Estados Unidos, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Mónica, CA, Estados Unidos. 2005
"Alt. Pictures Show" Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego C.A. Curaduria Neil Kendricks
2000
"INSITE" Ciclo de Cine y Video, Un proyecto de Rita González y Norma Iglesias
AWARDS DISTINCTIONS
2011
"IILUZtration" Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair IN/TO Creating Films 2010
"Sensory" Le' Flip Contest, Cannes Francia, Top 10 of 300 filmmakers 2004
"Insecto" San Diego Latino Film Festival Best Fest San Diego C.A. 2003
"Oxigeno" Best Fest San Diego C.A
2001
"Doomsday" FOSA Film Festival San Diego C.A.
2000
"IV" FOSA Film Festival San Diego C.A.
CURATORIAL
2011
Curaduría de Videos "Obra Negra. Una aproximación a la cultural visual de Ti- juana" Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana B.C., México.Curaduría de Videos, Aperi- tivo al Cubo, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana B.C., México. 2010
Curaduría de Videos, Tijuana Showcase, Rosa de Mexicali, Mexicali B.C.Cu- raduría de Videos, Tijuana Showcase, Echoe Park Film Center, Los Angeles C.A. 2003
Curaduría de Videos, "Cinemático" Cine Itinerante, Tijuana B.C. 2002
Curaduría de Videos, "Cinemático" Yonke Life, Yonke Art Tijuana B.C.
CLASES IMPARTIDAS Y TALLERES
2012
Script Analysis from page to screen, Tijuana B.C.
2010
Do it Yourself Lighting Workshop, Echoe Park Film Center, Los Ángeles C.A.
Do it Yourself Lighting Workshop, Rosa de Mexicali, Mexicali B.C.2009Guión para Cortometraje, Espacio el Sótano, Tijuana B.C.
2Ocortos48, Cine Digital, Tijuana B.C. (CO-FUNDADOR, CO-DIRECTOR) 2007
REcortos48, Cine Digital, Tijuana B.C. (CO-FUNDADOR, CO-DIRECTOR) REcortos48, Guión para Cortometraje, Tijuana B.C. (CO-FUNDADOR, CO-DI-
RECTOR)
ARTIST TALKS
2014
Macburro (Graphic Novel) UCSD Literature Department
2013
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach C.A., Katharsis Exhibition, Spon- sored by Target
2011
Tijuana Art Tour. Turista Libre, organizado por el Centro Cultural Tijuana. Coordi- nadores: Illya Haro/Derrik Chin.
Somos Vicio. Arte Contemporaneo. Curador, Dardin Coria
2010
La luz refleja 24 cuadros, Mexicali Rose, Mexicali B.C.
La luz refleja 24 cuadros, Echoe Park Film Center, Los Ángeles C.A. 2008
REcortos48, El Cine digital como herramienta, Teatro del IMSS, Tijuana B.C. 2007
Noche de Cortos, Colegio de la Frontera Norte/CECUT. Curaduría Norma Igle- sias. Bordocs, El cine en la Frontera, UABC/Polen Audiovisual.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
"Obra Negra. Una aproximación a la cultura visual de Tijuana", Centro Cultural Tijuana.
2006
"Strange New World/Extraño Nuevo Mundo", Arte y diseño de TijuanaMuseum of Contemporary Art San Diego
2000
INSITE, Reflejando la Escena, Hogar.Rita González y Norma Iglesias-Prieto, CECUT Tijuana B.C.
CRITICAL PRESS (SELECTED)
2012 Sofilm Magazine, France, Tijuana Connection By Tomas Goubin 2011 Teaser: 'El Vecino' A Work in Progress from Giancarlo Ruiz, December 6, 2011 By Beth Accomando, KPBS.
2010 "Tijuaneo", Edición # 47, Mayo 2011, Tijuana B.C.
"San Diego Union Tribune", , 14/05/10, Modestly Produced St. Jacques makes cut at Cannes Film Festival, José Luis Jiménez"City Beat", 28/04/10, On Screen, Anders Wright "Mexicano", 16/04/10, Tijuanense en el Festival Cannes, Julio JaureguiTrascendiendo límites: La frontera México-Estados Unidos en el cineNorma Iglesias-Prieto "Vol. 3, No. 2 (Nov. 2010), Volume3.2, Iglesias
"Tanke Studio Magazine", ", Año 01, Número01, Tijuana B.C. "Bitacora Cultural", 05/05/10, Giancarlo Ruiz: Cannes, Cuauhthemoc Ruelas 2008
"San Diego Union Tribune", 31/07/08, Street People, Keli Dailey 2006"Revista Todavía" ", 15/12.06, FRONTERA A CUADRO
REPRESENTACIONES
Y AUTORREPRESENTACIONES
DE LA FRONTERA MÉXICO-ESTADOS UNIDOS
EN EL CINE, Norma Iglesias-Prieto"Frontera", 14/05/06, Rumbo a la Exposición 2005"Frontera", 12/05/2005, Proyectan videos de locales, Juan Carlos Reyna 2004"Frontera", 31/03/04, Premian a Insecto en SD Latino Film, Patricia Blake"City Beat", 10/03/04, In the spirit of Mestizaje, John Esther 2003"Frontera", 27/10/03, Luces, Cámara, acción... Paty Blake"Frontera", 26/10/03, Nuevos Escenarios, Nuevos Rostros, Patricia Blake"Frontera" 01/09/03, Montan Obra en San Diego, Patricia Blake2001"Frontera" ", 18/02/2001, El entorno en el Cine, Juan Carlos Reyna