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| BLOC PROJECTS exists as a curatorial and art consulting organization that strives to bring attention to current issues and ideas by creating an atmosphere of open dialogue through site specific and traveling visual art exhibitions, installations, performances, residencies and productions. |
Carrie Le Chevallier
Heart Pencil Project Director / Bloc Projects Advisor and Co-Founder
carriebounce@gmail.com
Carrie Le Chevallier grew up along the beaches of Southern California, with Los Angeles as a backdrop. During the early 1990’s she studied and taught World
Religion at San Diego State University.
Carrie has over 10 years experience with managing facility operations including retail businesses, a yoga studio and several restaurants. In 1995 she moved to
New York City where she joined the Midnight Oil Corporation to manage one of Giorgio Armani's cafes on Madison Avenue. Since moving to North Carolina, Carrie
spent five years working with Whole Foods Market as a Marketing Specialist implementing a strong marketing plan that she won several awards for. Other art
related experience include being the Director of Operations at THE LoDi PROJECT gallery and serving on the advisory committee for the Monet in Normandy exhibit at
the North Carolina Museum of Art.
She is the founder and Director of Bounce Media Marketing, as well as an Account Manager at Social Media Guardian.
Heart Pencil Project Director / Bloc Projects Advisor and Co-Founder
carriebounce@gmail.com
Carrie Le Chevallier grew up along the beaches of Southern California, with Los Angeles as a backdrop. During the early 1990’s she studied and taught World
Religion at San Diego State University.
Carrie has over 10 years experience with managing facility operations including retail businesses, a yoga studio and several restaurants. In 1995 she moved to
New York City where she joined the Midnight Oil Corporation to manage one of Giorgio Armani's cafes on Madison Avenue. Since moving to North Carolina, Carrie
spent five years working with Whole Foods Market as a Marketing Specialist implementing a strong marketing plan that she won several awards for. Other art
related experience include being the Director of Operations at THE LoDi PROJECT gallery and serving on the advisory committee for the Monet in Normandy exhibit at
the North Carolina Museum of Art.
She is the founder and Director of Bounce Media Marketing, as well as an Account Manager at Social Media Guardian.
Georges Le Chevallier
Bloc Projects Executive Director / Co-Founder
georges@blocprojects.com
The youngest son of a French father and Puerto Rican mother, Georges Le Chevallier was born in Paris, France, and grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He studied
painting at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain, before receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Drawing and Painting from California
State University in Long Beach. He received a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in painting from Hunter College of the City University of New York. His paintings,
photographic works, and installations have been exhibited extensively nationally and internationally.
Le Chevallier has also curated many successful exhibitions including The Obama Inauguration Exhibition at Designbox Gallery in Raleigh and at Green Hill Center for
NC Art in Greensboro, organized art projects such as the Visual Arts Exchange Collector’s Print Portfolio, co-founded the international fund-raising exhibition Artist
Unite for Haiti, and co-produced an art documentary and an animation festival . Past Gallery management experience includes Director of Exhibitions at THE LoDi
PROJECT gallery and Gallery Coordinator at the Living Arts College. He is also sits on the Board Directors of Visual Art Exchange, a non-profit gallery and artist
association.
Le Chevallier has over 15 years of bi-lingual art teaching experience at the University level: He has taught at UNC Pembroke, Vance Granville Community College, the
Federal Prison in Butner, Lehman College in New York City, and currently is a Professor in the Interactive Media Arts Department at The Living Arts College in
Raleigh, NC, where he teaches courses in Digital Design, Photography, Art History and Drawing. He was presented with The LAC Outstanding Faculty Member
Award for the winter 2007 session. To visit his art website CLICK HERE
Bloc Projects Executive Director / Co-Founder
georges@blocprojects.com
The youngest son of a French father and Puerto Rican mother, Georges Le Chevallier was born in Paris, France, and grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He studied
painting at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain, before receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Drawing and Painting from California
State University in Long Beach. He received a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in painting from Hunter College of the City University of New York. His paintings,
photographic works, and installations have been exhibited extensively nationally and internationally.
Le Chevallier has also curated many successful exhibitions including The Obama Inauguration Exhibition at Designbox Gallery in Raleigh and at Green Hill Center for
NC Art in Greensboro, organized art projects such as the Visual Arts Exchange Collector’s Print Portfolio, co-founded the international fund-raising exhibition Artist
Unite for Haiti, and co-produced an art documentary and an animation festival . Past Gallery management experience includes Director of Exhibitions at THE LoDi
PROJECT gallery and Gallery Coordinator at the Living Arts College. He is also sits on the Board Directors of Visual Art Exchange, a non-profit gallery and artist
association.
Le Chevallier has over 15 years of bi-lingual art teaching experience at the University level: He has taught at UNC Pembroke, Vance Granville Community College, the
Federal Prison in Butner, Lehman College in New York City, and currently is a Professor in the Interactive Media Arts Department at The Living Arts College in
Raleigh, NC, where he teaches courses in Digital Design, Photography, Art History and Drawing. He was presented with The LAC Outstanding Faculty Member
Award for the winter 2007 session. To visit his art website CLICK HERE
Marc Russo
Bloc Animation Project Co-Producer / Editor / Technical Advisor
marcerusso@gmail.com
Marc Russo is an Assistant Professor of Art+Design at North Carolina State University. Marc has taught animation and interactive media classes at UNC-Chapel Hill
and The Living Arts College. He graduated from NC State with a Master of Art+Design with a concentration in Animation and New Media.
For over a decade, he has worked as a production artist and a freelance designer throughout the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill area. Some of his clients include
LG, DHL, the Emmy Award-winning film maker Josh Lowell, Elements Design Group, IntraHealth International, and Train of Thought Marketing. The projects range
from print collateral and art direction to interactive training websites and animation.
As an independent artist and animator, Marc's work has been featured in galleries throughout North Carolina. His animations have been selected by international film
festivals and have won several awards, including "Excellence in Animation" from the Carrboro Film Festival and the "Experimental Film Award" from the Indie Grits
Film Festival.
Most recently, Marc has been the Lead Digital Artist for the IntelliMedia Group. A part of the Department of Computer Science at NC State, the IntelliMedia Group
creates educational video games for elementary and middle school students with funding from the National Science Foundation and The Gates Foundation. For
more information on Marc Russo please visit: www.magnaverse.com
Bloc Animation Project Co-Producer / Editor / Technical Advisor
marcerusso@gmail.com
Marc Russo is an Assistant Professor of Art+Design at North Carolina State University. Marc has taught animation and interactive media classes at UNC-Chapel Hill
and The Living Arts College. He graduated from NC State with a Master of Art+Design with a concentration in Animation and New Media.
For over a decade, he has worked as a production artist and a freelance designer throughout the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill area. Some of his clients include
LG, DHL, the Emmy Award-winning film maker Josh Lowell, Elements Design Group, IntraHealth International, and Train of Thought Marketing. The projects range
from print collateral and art direction to interactive training websites and animation.
As an independent artist and animator, Marc's work has been featured in galleries throughout North Carolina. His animations have been selected by international film
festivals and have won several awards, including "Excellence in Animation" from the Carrboro Film Festival and the "Experimental Film Award" from the Indie Grits
Film Festival.
Most recently, Marc has been the Lead Digital Artist for the IntelliMedia Group. A part of the Department of Computer Science at NC State, the IntelliMedia Group
creates educational video games for elementary and middle school students with funding from the National Science Foundation and The Gates Foundation. For
more information on Marc Russo please visit: www.magnaverse.com