Announcing the 2027 SUNY Fredonia Film + Video Arts Alumni Project
The last alumni show was back in 2018. It's been way too long since that last one, but I hope that's just made everyone more excited for it to happen again. When I started the Alumni Showcase I did it for one specific reason, and in all honesty, for one person, a former student, who at the time was juggling life demands and finding that their creative impulse had taken a hit.
I had hoped that creating an easy safe space to be creative would be an encouragement to them and a benefit to anyone who participated. Of course, I had forgotten that we can be fueled by those very things that make life more difficult too, an idea that was reinforced for me by kind and encouraging graduate thesis committee members some time ago. The darkness is the impetus out of the woods. Sometimes, I still need to remind myself that the difficulties are the reason; The reason to create, to speak, to research and understand.
That former student has never submitted anything, but that's OK too. At this point I don't think they need a reason to be creative. They just are. I know they've found ways to keep the creative process happening in their very full life. However, I do love seeing former students jump back into it. Some have made careers out of what they learned in school. Some are doing something completely different, but whatever path their lives have taken I hope they've been able to draw on some of what they learned with me.
So, I invite all former students who have taken my classes to once again join me in making new cinematic work for the renamed FVA Alumni Project happening May 2027 at SUNY Fredonia. Specific dates and locations to be announced soon.
Details to get you started:
Submission is of course free, but I’d like to use this to help jump start a Film + Video Arts scholarship. I am currently looking into this and will provide details as soon as I have more information.
The screening will be free and open to the public.
Theme is open, but in the upcoming weeks, I’ll announce possible prompts/obstructions that you might use as inspiration.
Deadline May 1st 2027.
Run Length is open but contact me if you are submitting something more than 20 minutes.
Open genre: Abstract to Narrative, Animation to Documentary or any combination as you see fit.
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If there’s enough interest, there may be merch – which would be used to support the planned scholarship. Let me know what you think.
