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Rose Margaret Curley (b. 1990)

2024 - present • Solo Game Developer

2023 - 2024 • Rose Draws Trees at Lynden Sculpture Garden

2020 - 2022 • Consultant/Copywriter, Cynosure Creative Agency

2021 • Committee Member, Milwaukee Artists Resource Network

2019 - 2021 • Adjunct, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) fine arts department

2018 - 2020 • Illustrator, Shape of the World Podcast

2019 • Instructor, MIAD Future Designers at Milwaukee High School of the Arts traditional animation techniques workshop

2018 - 2020 • Instructor, bookmaking workshop, comics workshop for pre-college and continuing education at MIAD

2018 • Fellow, Mary Nohl Year II (Mary Ann Evans)

2018 • “Autumn in Milwaukee” ink on canvas, Fiserv Forum permanent collection

2017 • Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Lynden Innovative Educators Institute

2017 • Guest Lecturer, Artists Now! series at Peck School of the Arts

2017 • Stand Up Comedy Special, “I’m Not Who You Think I Am” at the Haggerty Museum of Art

2017 • Group Exhibition of Mary L. Nohl Fellows at the Haggerty Museum of Art

2016 • Visiting Artist, ACLU Teen Leadership Conference Free Speech Workshop

2016 • Emerging Artist, Mary L. Nohl Fellowship

2016 • Volunteer, Casa Maria Hospitality House

2016 • Board Member, ACLU Milwaukee Chapter

2015 • MFA Writing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

2014 • Small Works Grant, SAIC

2014 • Writer/Director/Editor, “Years” (short film), pre-feature at the Milwaukee Film Festival

2013 - 2014 • Video Club Volunteer, Golda Meir School Lower Campus

2012 • BFA Rhode Island School of Design, film/animation/video

2012 • Feature Film Finalist, Ivy Film Festival Screenwriting Competition

2011 • Panelist, Milwaukee Film Festival “Works in Progress”

2011 - 2012 • Executive Assistant, Elysium Bandini Productions

2010 - 2012 • Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design

2010 - 2012 • Media & Set Designer, Brown University student theatre, Production Workshop & Musical Forum

2009 • Animator/Editor, book trailer for “By The Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead” by Julie Anne Peters


Masterclass Workshops:

  • Guy Maddin in Chicago, 2014

  • Alison Bechdel in Provincetown, 2013

  • Vilmos Zsigmond in Milwaukee, 2011

This is Grandma De Leo’s tree. I gave it to her for her 93rd birthday in 2022. She said I can have it back when she dies but if someone wants to buy it for something like $3,000 while she’s still alive I should let them do that.