CHRISSIE ORR was born in Scotland,
received a MFA from Edinburgh College of Art and then proceeded to develop
her skills as an artist in unconventional places and ways.She
was a circus performer throughout Europe, a muralist in Corsica, and
has created community based projects in America, Australia, Europe,
Iran, Mexico and Turkey. She was co-director of Arran Community Arts
Project, Isle of Arran, Scotland, which was one of the first rural arts
projects to be funded by the Scottish Arts Council. Orr has been a Community
Artist for East Lothian, Scotland, a guest artist at that University
of Michigan, an artist-in-residence in South Georgia (for the Millennium
Project developing innovative projects gathering stories from diverse
communities) and an artist-in-residence at Grand Central Art Center
in Santa Ana, California (designing portable, urban edible gardens).
As founder of the nationally acclaimed
Teen Project in Santa Fe, Her vision and skills were recognized by both
the US Congress and National Endowment for the Arts, and she has been
nominated for numerous awards for her work with youth. She has lectured
internationally on her work and process, especially the Bridge Project
that addressed issues of the border between El Paso, Texas and Juarez,
Mexico.
She
was a circus performer throughout Europe, a muralist in Corsica, and
has created community based projects in America, Australia, Europe,
Iran, Mexico and Turkey. She was co-director of Arran Community Arts
Project, Isle of Arran, Scotland, which was one of the first rural arts
projects to be funded by the Scottish Arts Council. Orr has been a Community
Artist for East Lothian, Scotland, a guest artist at that University
of Michigan, an artist-in-residence in South Georgia (for the Millennium
Project developing innovative projects gathering stories from diverse
communities) and an artist-in-residence at Grand Central Art Center
in Santa Ana, California (designing portable, urban edible gardens).