Carolina González Valencia
Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture
Associations
Art and Visual Culture
Olin Arts Center, Room 318
Gender and Sexuality Studies
About
Carolina’s films lie at the intersection of personal, social, and political narratives. She weaves multiple media–animation, video, film, performance, and writing–to create films that challenge social and historical representations of migration, otherness, diaspora, and labor. She has worked on projects in Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Lebanon, and the United States. Her projects have been funded by BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship, LEF Foundation Production and post production Grant, the Lyn Blumenthal Scholarship (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), the Gelman Travel Fellowship (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), and the Programa Nacional de Estímulos (Colombian Ministry of Culture) among others. She received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation). Carolina is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Visual Culture at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Current Courses
Fall Semester 2025
Introduction to Video Production
This course introduces video as a medium for artistic expression and social investigation. Students gain an understanding of video production, including the video camera, sound, lighting, and editing (e.g., Adobe Premiere), with emphasis placed on the relationship among the camera, the maker, and th…
Animation I: Hand-Drawn Animation
An introduction to animation for story telling and artist expression. Students explore various techniques including metamorphosis, walking cycles, holds, squash and stretch, blur, and resistance using traditional and contemporary processes . Students undertake weekly assignments and a final projec…