BREN BATACLAN CURRICULUM VITAE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ICA Boston Art-making in the Harbor Room June 2023 >>>

Artist Fellow with the Cultural Diplomacy Initiative at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University 2022 to 2023 >>>

TEDxNatick Talk, January 2017, Natick, MA. My talk is about my street art project and the power of paying kindness forward. See the video of my talk >>>

Kickstarter Project, April 2013. In response to my request for support for the tenth anniversary of my SmileyB project, 149 backers pledged $9,239, over 300% of the request, to help me distribute free SmileyB paintings in 20 states. This overwhelming response enabled me to distribute painting in all 50 states.

"The Smile Artist" textbook, 2013. Heinemann Press published a textbook for elementary schools about my street art project, paintings and murals.

SmileyB Project, 2003-present. I have distributed over 3,000 free Smiley paintings in all 50 states and in about 80 countries around the world, with a note saying, “This painting is yours if you agree to smile at random people more often.” Feedback from hundreds of recipients is on my website at www.bataclan.com

Art Residencies, 2001-present. I have completed over 300 school mural art residencies around the U.S., which include engaging students on art, kindness, and stopping bullying, as well as incorporating kids’ designs and ideas into the murals.

May 2023 to present: Algeria >>> Armenia >>> Bangladesh >>> Barbados >>> Belgium >>> Bhutan >>> Bosnia and Herzegovina >>> Botswana >>> Bulgaria >>> Cape Verde >>> Chile >>> Colombia >>> Croatia >>> Cuba >>> Cyprus >>> Denmark >>> East Timor >>> El Salvador >>> Ethiopia >>> Georgia >>> Ghana >>> Greneda >>> Luxembourg >>> Malawi >>> Malta >>> Montenegro >>> Myanmar >>> The Netherlands >>> Nigeria >>> North Korea >>> Palau >>> Romania >>> Rwanda >>> Serbia >>> Samoa >>> Taiwan >>> Tanzania >>> Tunisia >>> Vatican City >>> Zimbabwe >>>

SMILE AMERICA PROJECT (I've now given away paintings in all 50 states)
Alabama >>> Alaska >>> >>> & >>> Arizona >>> & >>> Arkansas >>> California >>> >>> >>> >>> & >>> Colorado >>> Connecticut >>> Delaware >>> Florida >>> Gerogia >>> Hawaii >>> Idaho >>> Illinois >>> Indiana >>> Iowa >>> Kansas >>> Kentucky >>> Louisiana >>> & >>> Maine >>>, >>> & >>> Maryland >>> Massachusetts >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> & >>> Michigan >>> & >>> Minnesota >>> Mississippi >>> Missouri >>> Montana >>> Nebraska >>> Nevada >>> >>> & >>> New Hampshire >>> & >>> New Jersey >>> New Mexico >>> New York >>> >>> & >>> North Carolina >>> & >>> North Dakota >>> Ohio >>> & >>> Oklahoma >>> Oregon >>> Pennsylvania >>> Rhode Island >>> & >>> South Carolina >>> South Dakota >>> Tennessee >>> Texas >>> Utah >>> Vermont >>> Virginia >>> Washington >>> West Virginia >>> Wisonsin >>> Wyoming >>> and Washington D.C. >>>

SMILE WORLD PROJECT (Before my Tufts University Fellowship)
Afghanistan >>> Antarctica >>> Argentina >>> Aruba >>> Australia >>> & >>> Austria >>> & >>> Bahamas >>> Belize >>> Bermuda >>> Brazil >>> Canada >>> >>> & >>> Cambodia >>> China >>> Costa Rica >>> Czech Republic >>> Djibouti >>> Dominican Republic >>> Dubai >>> Ecuador >>> Estonia >>> Egypt & Morocco >>> Fiji >>> Finland >>> France >>> & >>> French Polynesia (Tahiti and Bora Bora) >>> Germany >>> Greece >>> Guam >>> Guatemala >>> Haiti >>> Honduras >>> Hungary >>> Iceland >>> India >>> Indonesia >>> Ireland >>> Israel >>> Italy >>> Ivory Coast >>> Japan >>> Kenya >>> Korea >>> Latvia >>> Liechtenstein >>> Lithuania >>> Malaysia >>> Mexico >>> & >>> Nepal >>> Netherlands >>> & >>> New Zealand >>> & >>> Norway >>> & >>> Pakistan >>> Panama >>> Poland >>> Peru >>> & >>> Philippines >>> & >>> Puerto Rico >>> Qatar >>> Russia >>> Saipan >>> Scotland >>> Singapore >>> Slovakia >>> Slovenia >>> South Africa >>> & >>> Spain >>> Sri Lanka >>> & >>> Sweden >>> Switzerland >>> Taiwan >>> & >>> Thailand >>> Tibet >>> Tonga >>> Turkey >>> Turks & Caicos >>> Uganda >>> & >>> United Arab Emirates >>> United Kingdon >>> >>> & >>> Uruguay >>> Vanezuela >>> Vietnam >>> Wales >>>

DONATIONS

- Red Cross >>> & >>> - Cool Cats - Homeless Cat Network - D.A.D.S. - Medicine Wheel Production - OneWorld Classrooms - English at Large - Jackson School - Bennet Hemmenway Elementary School - Hope Project - Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition - Red Cross Donations >>>- Night of 10,000 Balloons - The Corner Co-op Nursery School - WGBH Auction 2010- Anti Defamation League New England Region - Boston Living Center- Filipino Heritage Camp - New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League- Philippine flood victims of 2009- United Way - Association of Community Employment Program - Washingotn Gateway- artofhealing.org- PAWS (has been successful in keeping thousands of low-income people living with HIV/AIDS, other disabling illness, and now seniors, together with their beloved pets)- Garden Nursery School - Cowboy Caleb- William Lacey - Arlington's Children's Theater- AIDS Action Committe of Massachusetts through the Imperial Court of Massachusetts - Philippine Peace Corps >>>- Gulu Gulu Cafe fundraising - WGBH 2008- Nepalese Orphanage- MS Walk - Love for Lilli - Triangle- The Dance Complex- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Massachusetts- Boston Boy's Choir- Nora Theater Company - WGBH 2008 Auction- The Jackson School- Garden Nursery School - Brattle Street Theater- Dedham School System - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Massachusetts- Federation for Children with Special Needs- Red Cross- National Multiple Scleoris Society- Garden Nursery School at Harvard - Sam Yoon- WGBH 2006 Auction- Avon Breast Cancer Walk- Spread the Bread >>>- Garden Nursery School- Beyond Shelter- artconnection.com - WGBH 2006 Fine Arts Auction- Gulu Gulu Cafe's Hurricane Katrina fund raising- Garden Nursery School- PFLAG- London, U.K.'s Filipino Community Center- Red Cross (Hurricane Katrina vicitms)- Oxfam (Tsunami victims)- Boston Public Library- WGBH (2004 and 2005 auctions)- Lynn Community Health Center- Lincoln Sudbury High School's Math Team- National MS Society, New England Chapter- Spruce Street Nursery School- Friends of Boston's Homeless- Cambridge Nursery School - Families First- Washington Gateway Main Street- Charles River Public Internet Center- Annual Head of the Charles Celebration- HRC- Artist Group of Charlestown various fundraising events- Identity Magazine fund raising event at All Asia, July 9, 2004- 2004 Run for Research Marathon at DKNY's - Hyde Square Task Force- American Heart Association- WNPR/CPTV Online Auction- Shelter Legal Services Foundation- Avon's Walk for Breast Cancer- Relay for Life- GLSEN Boston - Cambridge Public School System