Media Arts: FY 2019 Grants Panelists

Art Works - Panel A June 20, 2018

Javier Alejandro Chavez Associate Director Coral Gables Cinemateque, Inc. Miami, FL Jazmyne Moreno Freelance Film Programmer Austin Film Society Austin, TX Courtney Sheehan Executive Director Northwest Film Forum Seattle, WA Jordan Matthew Smith Public Librarian & Film Critic Buffalo, NY Erin Waite (Layperson) Digital Content Senior Specialist World Wildlife Fund, Inc. Washington, DC Donald Young Director of Programs Center for Asian American Media Palo Alto, CA

Art Works - Panel B June 20, 2018

Dan L Brawley Executive Director Cucalorus Film Foundation Wilmington, NC Taylour Li Puanani Yukino Is Chang Director Doris Duke Theatre at Honolulu Museum of Art Honolulu, HI Abby Sun Programmer True/False Film Fest Ragtag Film Society Columbia, MO Andrew J Tyler (Layperson) Manager iStream Planet Las Vegas, NV Paige Watkins Associate Director, Detroit Narrative Agency Allied Media Projects Detroit, MI Fallon Young Executive Director New Orleans Film and Video Festival, Inc. New Orleans, LA

Art Works - Panel C June 21, 2018

Christopher D Escobar Executive Director Independent Media Artists of GA, Etc. Inc. Lithia Springs, GA J. Felipe Garcia (Layperson) Executive Vice President Visit Tucson Tucson, AZ Rebekka Herrera-Schlichting Assistant Director Vision Maker Media Lincoln, NE Lela Elizabeth Meadow-Conner Acting Executive Director Film Festival Alliance Tallgrass Film Association Wichita, KS Benjamin Popp (Layperson) Arts Administrator Portland Art Museum Portland , OR Emily Strong Independent Documentary Filmmaker Brooklyn, NY

Art Works - Panel D June 21, 2018

Rebecca Fons Education Director Chicago International Film Festival Inc. Cinema-Chicago Iowa City, IA Chloe Gbai POV Shorts & Streaming Producer American Documentary, Inc. Brooklyn, NY Broddy Johnson Producer March on Washington Film Festival Washington, DC Cara Ogburn Programming & Education Director Milwaukee Film Wauwatosa, WI Ron A Sober (Layperson) Learning Specialist/Arts Patron University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI

Art Works II Panel A Dec 12, 2018

Genevieve Carmel Program Officer LEF Foundation Cambridge, MA Margaret B Rorison Sight Unseen, Co-Founder Curator Adjunct Faculty Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD Dinorah Sapp (Layperson) Lecturer Intensive English Program University of Mississippi Main Campus Oxford, MS Nikki C Silva Co-Executive Producer The Kitchen Sisters Productions Watsonville, CA Vagner M Whitehead Professor of Intermedia Art Texas Woman's University Denton, TX David Michael Wilson Co-Founder True/False Film Fest Ragtag Film Society Columbia, MO

Art Works II Panel B Dec 13, 2018

Sandy Cioffi Filmmaker Northwest Film Forum Seattle, WA Sayde Faraday Finkel (Layperson) Legislative and Public Policy Director Office of Councilmember-at-Large Helena Moreno City of New Orleans New Orleans, LA Matthew Mitch Hashiguchi Professor/Filmmaker Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundation Savannah, GA James Lujan Chair, Cinematic Arts and Technology Department Media Arts Collaborative Charter School Santa Fe, NM Amy Oden Producer, Maryland Public Television's Digital Studios Women Make Movies, Inc. Baltimore, MD Greg Sorvig Director of Programming Heartland Film, Inc. Carmel, IN

Art Works II Panel C Dec 17, 2018

Carl H Elsaesser Filmmaker Cinematic Arts University of Iowa Bucksport, ME Talaya Grimes Producer and Consultant Hyattsville, MD Chris Hamel President The Gateway Film Center Columbus, OH Darcy McKinnon Executive Director New Orleans Video Access Center, Inc. New Orleans, LA KamranV Arts Technologist Los Angeles, CA Craig Wiroll (Layperson) Gigabit Portfolio Manager Gigabit Community Fund (Fellowships & Awards) Mozilla Foundation Eugene, OR

Art Works II Panel D Dec 18, 2018

Marie Biondolillo (Layperson) Marketing & Development professional Portland, OR Patrick Cain Volunteer RhizomeDC, Inc Mt Rainier, MD Kate E Fowler Director of Appalachian Media Institute Appalshop, Inc. Whitesburg, KY Bryan P Konefsky President Basement Films, Inc Albuquerque, NM Sultan Sharrief Cambridge, MA Nicole Tsien Co-Producer Programming & Production American Documentary, Inc. Jamaica, NY

Art Works II Panel E Dec 18, 2018

Debora A Bernagozzi Executive Director Signal Culture Fort Collins, CO Elizabeth Federici Documentary Filmmaker and Educator Northwest Film Center Lake Oswego, OR Gabriella Garcia-Pardo Independent Documentary Cinematographer, Producer Washington, DC Seddrick Hill (Layperson) Vice-President Institutional Advancement Talladega College McDonough, GA Christopher Seth McCaull Gadsden Director Indie Grits Labs (IGL) Columbia, SC Benjamin Rosenthal Artist and Professor of Art Artist in Residence Studio Residency Program Charlotte Street Foundation Kansas City, MO

Art Works II Panel F Dec 19, 2018

Kunu Bearchum Multimedia Producer Portland, OR Francis Cullado Executive Director Visual Communications Media Lakewood, CA Chris Gross (Layperson) Librarian George Washington University Chevy Chase, MD Keith Morris Program Coordinator Associate Professor of Film Dillard University New Orleans, LA Denae Peters Director Impact Distribution Picture Motion Brooklyn, NY Carol Varney Executive Director Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona Tucson, AZ