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Finished my bachelors degree in Art Practices August of 2012 and a masters degree in Educational Leadership and Policy with a specialization in Post Secondary Adult and Continuing Education in 2014. Professionally I'm interested in creating culturally responsive curriculum for Native American/Alaska Native youth and adults in formal and non-formal learning environments. I love the intersection of art, learning/teaching, and Indigenous cultures and ways of knowing. In my creative process I'm interested in using iconic Native American images or objects in different ways to illustrate political or historical themes, truths (as I see them), and experiences. I also love to use different art mediums to capture the people and world around me. I enjoy making art with friends and giving away art is a way for me to show my love and gratitude to others.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Visual Storytelling: Final Project

Untitled Film About Anxiety

This is a collaborative project between myself and my classmate and friend, Rosie Dyer. We had originally thought of doing animation of a traditional Cheyenne story, however, we soon figured out it was not going to be possible in our time frame. So we thought of the elements that intrigued us by the story and the idea of a film about anxiety was born. We filmed over two three hour class periods and worked collaboratively in the editing. We accomplished this through Skype screen share as I have the editing software and Rosie was able to see the editing I was doing and we worked out pacing and problems. I created all the strange sounds in the film.

Overall it was a great process and I felt Rosie and I worked together really well. The only issue we had was that we couldn't come up with a title for the film so it doesn't have one. I usually refer to it as "Roy" because that is the name of the bowling ball featured in the film...the name Roy is carved on the actual bowling ball.

Similar to our midterm project we utilized two buildings on campus as our setting and asked our friend Kim Tune to act again as well as adding three other women. A huge thanks to Betsy, Kim, Renee, and Alecia for sharing their personal stories and anxieties. It wouldn't have been possible without their honesty.

Untitled Film About Anxiety

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