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Dara Greenwald (born Febraury 27, 1971 - died January 9, 2012) was an interdisciplinary media artist, scholar, curator, and activist.

• Part-time faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Film/Video/New Media department from 2003-2005

Worked at the Video Data Bank in Chicago from 1998-2005.

• Co-organizer, Pink Bloque dance troupe http://www.pinkbloque.org/newabout.html and http://www.pinkbloque.org/newfaq.html

• Curator, Linoleum Fest of Alternative Animation

• Member of the Just Seeds Artists Collective.

• MFA in writing from the School of Art Institute Chicago in 2003.

• MFA in electronic arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2007.

• Doctoral candidate in the Department of Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

References

• Dara Greenwald Vimeo page
• Irregular Rhythm Asylum blog by Keisuke Narita, founder Irregular Rhythm Asylum info-shop in Shinjuku district of Tokyo <ref>[1]
• Chronogram

From article: Dara was central in so many communities, and it seems that everyone who knew Dara knew her through more than one network. After graduating from Oberlin with a major in women’s studies and a minor in dance, she headed to Chicago, where she earned an MFA in writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She worked at the Video Data Bank from 1998 to 2005 and co-organized a number of radical initiatives during her Chicago years, including Pink Bloque, a "radical feminist dance troupe dedicated to challenging the white supremacist capitalist patriarchal empire one street dance party at a time," and Ladyfest Midwest, an ambitious arts festival celebrating the achievements of women. She then moved to Troy, New York, where she earned an MFA and worked toward a PhD in electronic arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. This is where I first met Dara in person, although her work certainly preceded her. Dara also served on the board at Deep Dish Television and was an ally to independent media centers nationwide. She worked extensively with her partner and collaborator Josh MacPhee, himself a prolific activist, artist, and writer. Recently, to great acclaim, they cocurated the monumental exhibit "Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures, 1960s to Now" that premiered at Exit Art in New York, and they wrote the book by the same name, published by AK Press in 2010.