Tagged as “CPMA Alumni”

Laura Kissel '95 recently received a 2007-2008 South Carolina Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship Award in Media Production. 

Laura is a documentary filmmaker, associate professor in media arts at the University of South Carolina, and co-founder of the Orphan Film Symposium, a symposia series dedicated to the research, ...

Photographs by Migdalia Valdes '95, who received a B.A. in cinema and photography with a concentration in photography, are the subject of "In Motion," a solo exhibition at the Smith Andersen North gallery in San Rafael, California. The exhibit runs through September 8, 2007.

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Sherri Kauk (B.S. Cinema Production, Cinema Production Concentration, 2005) will complete her M.F.A. in cinematography from the prestigous American Film Institute in Spring 2007. Her Ithaca College thesis film, Under the Sun, provided the basis for subsequent work, and Sherri has recently completed filming a commissioned piece under the direction...

Congratulations to Francine Daveta (B.S. Cinema and Photography, Photography Concentration, 1998), whose photograph of Amy Poehler of Saturday Night Live appeared in a recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine.

Rich Herbeck (B.S. Cinema and Photography, Screenwriting Concentration, 2005) moved to Los Angeles immediately following graduation. He has worked for Miramax, Paramount, and was recently hired as a writer's assistant on ABC's LOST.

The premiere of Undefined, the first feature directed by Bryant Dameron and Jacob Dodd (B.F.A. Film, Photography, and Visual Arts, 2005) takes place Saturday, October 21st at 2 p.m. at the historic Byrd Theatre in Richmond, Virginia. Undefined utilizes the theme-based experimental structure to explore the complexities of addiction, control, guilt,...

Francine Daveta (B.S. Cinema and Photography, Photography Concentration, 1998) resides in New York City's East Village. Her commercial clients have included Surface Magazine, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Alby Marketing and Promotions, among many others. See examples of her recent work at Francine Daveta...

"Towards the Vanishing Point," a film written and directed by Pete Ambrose (B.F.A. Film, Photography, and Visual Arts, 2005), with cinematography by Megan Ulrich (B.S. Cinema and Photography , Cinema Production Concentration, 2005) was just accepted into the LA filmmakers showcase of the LA Shorts Film Festival, and will be...

Congratulations to Tamsen Wojtanowski (B.S. Cinema and Photography, Photography Concentration, 2003), who continues the tradition of C&P graduates accepted into high caliber Master of Fine Arts programs. Tamsen will be pursuing her M.F.A. at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University.

Last spring, Heidi Grass (Cinema and Photography, Photography Concentration, 2003) completed her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, in Minneapolis Minnesota.

The photographic work of Kanako Sasaki (B.S. Journalism, Photo Journalism Concentration, 2001) was recently the subject of a one person exhibition and monograph by Light Work, in Syracus, New York. Writes Light Work, Kanako's "images capture their own piece of Ukiyo, the concept of a floating world, where nothing in life is too small to be worth...

Sherri Kauk (B.S. Cinema and Photography, Cinema Production Concentration 2005) will be entering her final year at the prestigious American Film Instuitue, mastering in cinematography. Over the summer, Sherri served as gaffer and key grip--which means she dealt with all the lights and hardware involving lightand sun--for one of AFI's Directing...

Grzegorz (Greg) Kordas (B.S. Cinema and Photography, Photography Concentration, 2006) is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence, Rhode Island. (RISD is one of the top art schools in the country, so this is an exceptional accomplishment.)

Allison Quemere (Cinema and Photography, Photography Concentration, 2005) was accepted into the graduate studies program in photography at University of Washington in Seattle. She will begin her course of study this semester.

Amy Ciesielski (Cinema and Photography, Photography Concentration, 2005) had work accepted for inclusion in the 2006 Everson Museum of Art Biennial in Syracuse, New York. The juror for the 2006 Biennial was Claire Schneider, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, in Buffalo, New York. An example of Amy's work is...

Michael Robinson (B.F.A. Film, Photography, and Visual Arts, 2003) is currently completing an M.F.A. at the University of Illinois--Chicago. Two of Michael's films will be screened as part of the Views from the Avant Garde program at the prestigious New York Film Festival. For detailed information, visit the New York Film Festival's Web site. ...

After graduating from Ithaca College, Migdalia Valdes (B.A. Cinema and Photography, Photography Concentration, 1995) earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute, and since 2001 has worked as one of Ruth Bernhard's assistants. In October 2005 she was an artist in residence at Light Work, in Syracuse, New York. Migdalia...

Michael Sirianni (B.S. Cinema and Photography, Photography Concentration, 2005) will be exhibiting work in a group show in Chelsea at the White Box Gallery Annex Space (601 West 26th Street, 14th floor). The opening is Wednesday August 16th from 6:00 to 8:00, and the show will be up from August 13th through the 31st. Michael also recently received...