Beth Deel

Current

• mini think tank at upUPperiscope, inc.

Past

• Visiting Professor of Dance at SungKyunKwan University
• Adjunct Instructor at Virginia Western Community College
• Creative Services Director at Roanoke Ballet Theater

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Education

• Hollins University
• Kansas City Art Institute

Recommended

2 people have recommended Beth

Connections

75 connections

Industry

Fine Art

Beth Deel’s Summary

Beth Deel is an intra-disciplinary artist living and working in Roanoke, VA. She has an MFA in Dance from Hollins University and American Dance Festival and holds a BFA in painting and printmaking from the Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, MO. Since 2000 Beth has been flying off tall buildings in aerial dance productions, organizing art exhibitions, teaching, and contributing to innovative community projects. Ms. Deel has teamed with design maven, Wendy Schuyler, to create Roanoke's first ever intra-disciplinary design and event action firm, upUPperiscope.com. Their most exciting and popular projects to date include the brilliant interactive online calendar www.myScoper.com and it's new sister publication A Useful Paper.

Beth Deel spent Fall 08 as visiting professor of Dance at SungKyunKwan University in Seoul, Korea. An experiment being in two places at once while sharing UP UP responsibilities with her business partner in Roanoke via the boundlessness of the Internets!

Beth Deel’s Specialties:

mini think tank, public art performance, scholar, adobe cs3 designer, can draw and paint, dance maker, techno enthusiast, idea maker, improv-everywhere agent, people connector and a work in progress----and yes one person can do this and more!

Beth Deel’s Experience

• mini think tank

  upUPperiscope, inc.

  (Design industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

• Visiting Professor of Dance

  SungKyunKwan University

  (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)

  Teaching Graduate and Undergraduate Modern Dance Classes, including technique, composition, and improvisation.

• Adjunct Instructor

  Virginia Western Community College

  (Design industry)

  2000 — 2006 (6 years )

  Teach foundation level art courses in drawing, design, painting and sculpture.

• Creative Services Director

  Roanoke Ballet Theater

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Fine Art industry)

  January 2000 — June 2005 (5 years 6 months)

  design + marketing + promotion
  
  professional dancer + choreographer

Beth Deel’s Education

• Hollins University

  MFA , Dance , 2006 — 2007

  MFA degree in Dance from Hollins University and American Dance Festival at Duke University.

• Kansas City Art Institute

  BFA , Painting and Printmaking , 1996 — 1999

  I love this place!

Additional Information

Beth Deel’s Honors:

Blue Ridge Business Journal's '20 under 40' September 2009
Business Valley Front 'Executive Profile' September 2009

Beth Deel’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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