We are so honored to announce that Jennida was awarded the SECAC Artist Fellowship based upon The Motherlode project. This award comes with a cash prize and an exhibition opportunity in the fall of 2023.
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s/n named visiting artists in the Guilford County School system
s/n in honored to be named visiting artists at Morehead Elementary School, where we’ll collaborate throughout this school year to work with the Morehead Arts Academy dance instructor Jenny Braswell to work with her class to make a dance film! This project is funded through the Arts in Education Artist Residency Grant with the NC Arts Council, and with funding through the National Endowment for the Arts! We are truly honored and very excited!
Honored to screen at The International Independent Film Festival of Mexico this coming November!
s/n’s short video-essay Notes from Someone Else’s Lecture will be screening at the Biblioteca Vasconcelos in Mexico City in November, at The International Independent Film Festival of Mexico (SUTFF Mx)!
s/n invited to participate in UNESCO conference
s/n members Hassan Pitts & Jennida Chase were invited by the UNESCO/UNITWIN Chair on Cultural Heritage and Digital Memory to participate in the international conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France in November. This year’s conference theme is Transforming knowledge for a just and sustainable futures.
Some of the objectives of this conference are to Invigorate greater interdisciplinary cooperation and catalyze new research collaborations! (So you know we’re excited!) The conference will also serve as a platform for generating foresight in priority thematic areas and to envisage the further evolution of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme. It will feature plenary and parallel sessions on developing foresight within and across UNESCO’s priority programmes and provide opportunities for networking.
Lone Soldier Rising selected for LoudSoulMusic Festival
The dance film that Hassan Pitts shot and edited for director-choreographer Jurne Smith has been officially selected for LoudSoulMusic Festival in Belgrade, Serbia!
Notes From Someone Else’s Lecture will screen at World Cine Fest in Portugal this coming January
s/n is honored to screen Notes From Someone Else’s Lecture at World Cine Fest, in Porto, Portugal this coming January!
Hassan Pitts to collaborate with dancer Duane Cyrus as part of Creative Greensboro’s Hyers Residency Program
Theatre of Movement presents: TIME: Liminal, a performance art autobiography by Duane Cyrus.
Featured Artists: Steven Cozart, Duane Cyrus, Robbin Ka, Devin Newkirk, Hassan Pitts & The Resistance Project.
Location: Hyers Theater at The Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N Davie Street. Greensboro, NC
Public Dates: July 29 & 30 at 7pm, August 5 & 6 at 7pm
Time: Liminal
Time Liminal is a performance art installation and community discussion led by Dance artist Duane Cyrus. As part of Creative Greensboro’s Hyers Residency program, Cyrus will share a series of four reflections on nearly 20 years of arts performance, advocacy, and mentorship in North Carolina and 40 years as an arts practitioner around the world.
Duane Cyrus also directs The Black Network, of which Hassan is also a member.
Honorable Mention at Splice Film Festival in Brooklyn, NY!
We are pleased to mention that Notes From Someone Else’s Lecture received an Honorable Mention at the Splice Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York!
The Motherloade wins an award at die Seriale in Germany!
We are super excited to announce that Jennida participated in die Seriale’s Pitch Competition with The Motherlode (formerly The Mothers) and we won the Bronze Trophy!!
Thank you so much to the awesome jury!
Notes from Someone Else’s Lecture to screen at Splice Film Festival in Brooklyn, NY in June
We are excited to announce that Notes from Someone Else’s Lecture will screen in Brooklyn, New York in June as a part of the official line up for the Splice Film Festival. The festival takes place the 23rd – 26th of June.