Media Arts: FY 2016 Grants Panelists

Art Works I – Panel A July 15, 2015

Francis Cullado Accordionist Executive Director Visual Communications Los Angeles, CA Carlos Gutiérrez Co-founder/Executive Director Cinema Tropical New York, NY Deirdre Haj Director Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Chapel Hill, NC Jolene Pinder Executive Director New Orleans Film Society New Orleans, LA Robert Spikings (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Minneapolis, MN

Art Works I – Panel B July 15, 2015

Lynette Allston (Layperson) Chair Tribal Council of the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Drewryville, VA Christopher Escobar Filmmaker Executive Director Atlanta Film Festival Atlanta, GA Leslie Fields-Cruz Executive Director National Black Programming Consortium Cortlandt Manor, NY Gillian King-Cargile STEM Read Director Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL Jeff Lambert Executive Director National Film Preservation Foundation San Francisco, CA Shirley Sneve Executive Director Vision Maker Media Lincoln, NE

Art Works II - Panel A November 16, 2015

Chinonye Chukwu Assistant Professor of Motion Pictures/Film Production Wright State University Dayton, OH Susan Clampitt (Layperson) Consultant Washington, DC Cheryl Hirasa Director of Program Development & Content Strategy Pacific Islanders in Communications San Francisco, CA Jesse McLean Assistant Professor of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Shorewood, WI Ileana Rivera Santa Latino Desk Manager Latino Public Radio Consortium Lake Mary, FL

Art Works II - Panel B November 16, 2015

Robert “Biko” Baker (Layperson) Executive Director League of Young Voters Milwaukee, WI Dean Byrd Director of Education South Carolina ETV (SCETV) Columbia, SC Justen Harn Director of Programs and Community Engagement Hollywood Theatre Portland, OR Benjamin Roe Executive Director Heifetz International Music Institute Staunton, VA

Art Works II - Panel C November 18, 2015

Cinda Holt Business Development Specialist Montana Arts Council Stevensville, MT Andi McDaniel Senior Director, Content & News WAMU 88.5/American University Washington, DC Gunalan Nadarajan Curator Dean and Professor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Richard Ray Perez Director, Producer Creative Partnerships, Documentary Film Program Sundance Institute Los Angeles, CA Clarence Reynolds (Layperson) Public Speaker, Public Relations Specialist Orlando, FL Laura Waterman Wittstock President Wittstock & Associates Minneapolis, MN

Art Works II – Panel D November 18, 2015

Larry Coressel Production Manager and Announcer WDPR-FM 88.1, Dayton Public Radio Springfield, OH Stephen Gong Executive Director Center for Asian American Media Oakland, CA Peggy Johnson Founder and Executive Director Loft Cinema, Inc. Tucson, AZ Kay Kendall (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Washington, DC Opeyemi Olukemi Senior Director, Interactive Tribeca Film Institute Brooklyn, NY

Art Works II – Panel E November 20, 2015

Stephanie Barish Founder, CEO, & President IndieCade: International Festival of Independent Games Venice, CA Neyda Martinez Arts & Program Consultant, Marketing/Communications, Independent Producer Brooklyn, NY Andrew Peterson Executive Director Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Jason Scott (Layperson) CEO Prestwick House Middletown, DE Benjamin Stokes Assistant Professor American University Washington, DC