IMAG National Field Meeting: December 2023 [Video]

Co-hosted by the National Endowment for the Arts and BAVC Media, this quarterly field meeting of the Independent Film and Media Arts Group (IMAG) features community leaders working to strengthen communities through the power of storytelling and build accessible and equitable career pathways into the film and media arts industry. This national meeting is part of the NEA Independent Film & Media Arts Field-building Initiative. Learn more: https://www.arts.gov/initiatives/independent-film-media-arts-field-building-initiative
Full meeting agenda PDF: (ADD LINK)

Welcome & Opening Remarks: 0:00-04:15

Session #1: Media Arts + STE(A)M – 04:15-01:09:26

Session presenters:
* Allyson Kennedy, National Science Foundation
* Lissa Soep and Oliver Kuya Rodriguez, YR Media
* Moderator: Jax Deluca, National Endowment for the Arts

Session #2: Evolving Technologies and Practices in Media Arts – 01:09:26-01:48:44

Session presenters:
* Katerina Cizek, Artistic Director, Co-Creation Studio, MIT Open Documentary Lab
& Amelia Winger-Bearskin, lead artist on the Indigenous Immersive Incubator
* Aja Evans, Immersive Producer, BPMplus Residency at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
& Johannes Barfield, Artist, Ancestral Plane, Marauders

Community share-outs and other field news – 01:48:44-02:04:17