Richard Rinehart: Short Bio

Richard Rinehart is Director and Chief Curator of the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University. He has served as curator at New Langton Arts and for the San Jose Arts Commission and as Digital Media Director & Adjunct Curator at the UC Berkeley Art Museum. He juried for the Rockefeller Foundation, Rhizome.org, and others. Richard has taught courses on art and new media at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, the San Francisco Art Institute and elsewhere. He has lead NEA and NEH-funded national research projects on new media, art, preservation, and museums and he is currently working on a book for MIT Press on preserving digital culture. He served on the boards of the Berkeley Center for New Media, New Langton Arts, and the Museum Computer Network. Rinehart's papers, projects, and more can be found at http://www.coyoteyip.com.