Film and Electronic Arts Program Presents
Nicky Tavares, Screening and Discussion
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Nicky Tavares is a multimedia artist whose work spans from experimental documentary to handmade 16mm film to installation and sculpture. Her short documentary "Fwd: Update on My Life" screened at film festivals and micro-cinemas nationally and internationally including: New Directors/New Films (The Museum of Modern Art in New York & Lincoln Center), Impakt, the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, WAM!Boston Film Festival, Balagan Experimental Film Series, and MassArt Film Society. Additionally her work has been shown at the Institute for Contemporary Art/Boston and the Dallas Medianale and numerous galleries. She holds an MFA in Film and Video from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and a BA in photocommunications from Saint Edward's University. She has worked as a cinematographer for the PBS series Arab American Stories and has taught courses at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Southern Methodist University, and the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan. Currently Nicky is a Visual and Digital Media Mellon Fellow at Skidmore College.5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
For more information, call 917-755-2070, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center