2024 Media Arts SCP & GPS

Type:
Webinar

Scheduled:
9/19/2022 9:00:00 AM

Name:
2024 Media Arts SCP & GPS

Fiscal Year:
2024

Staff Member:

Chair:
Deborah Kynes

Location:
Webinar

Access:
Comments Closed

County: MiamiDade

Bio

Chief of Administration, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
18 years’ experience in municipal administration in Culture, Tourism, Film and Special Events; 5 years’ experience in feature film development
Master in Public Administration, Florida International University, Green School of International and Public Affairs ; Bachelor in Fine Arts, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

County: MiamiDade

Bio

Board Member and Curatorial Team, Illuminate Coral Gables
Associate Educator, programming film & performances for the Saint Louis Art Museum
Program Coordinator, Webster University Film Series
Associate Producer of documentary films with Beacon Productions, St. Louis, MO
Vice Chair, New Music Circle

County: MiamiDade

Bio

Chief Executive Officer, Oolite Arts, Miami-Dade, Florida
Practicing artist and a regional Emmy winner for directing documentaries about art and artists, including films about Tracey Emin, Theaster Gates, Clyfford Still and Frank Gehry.
Art collector for the past 45 years, acquiring close to 2000 works of contemporary art and having one of the largest private collections of Aboriginal Australian contemporary art in the US.
Honorary Trustee, Detroit Institute of Art; Trustee Emeritus, Perez Art Museum; named to the annual WESTAF list of the Most Powerful and Influential Leaders in the Nonprofit Arts three times, and along with his wife Debra, received the National Service in the Arts Award from the Anderson Ranch Art Center.
In 2022, he and his wife, Debra, received the Order of Australia medal for their efforts to bring awareness to and exhibit Aboriginal Australian contemporary art in museums across the United States.

County: Broward

Bio

Creative Director, Island Syndicate, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Co-Founder, Board President, and Project Coordinator, Island SPACE Caribbean Museum
Publisher, Island Origins Magazine
Former Executive Producer, Taste the Islands and Co-Producer, Taste the Islands Experience
Public speaker, columnist, author, touring support vocalist, and performing artist
Recognized as a Top 40 Under 40 Leaders and Future Leaders of Broward County and as a Most Prominent and Influential Black Women in Business and Industry by Legacy Magazine, as a Rising Star by the International Career and Business Alliance, as Best Communicator of the Year in TV by the Black Owned Media Alliance, as part of the team producing the "Best Multicultural Program" for the 2018 Synergy Summit for Cultural & Heritage Tourism, and has been nominated as Innovator of the Year by the People Profile Awards.
Education: BA, Architectural Studies, University of Technology, Jamaica

County: Orange

Bio

Lecturer of Animation, University of Central Florida
Courses taught: Art as Interface, Intro, and Intermediate Animation
Formerly, Instructor at University of Central Florida and Middle Tennessee State University
Director, Animator, “2030.” Best Animated Short Film, 2021 Golden Leaf International Film Festival; Best International Short Film, and Best Animated Short Film, 2021 Paradise International Film Festival
M.F.A. Emerging Media, Animation and Visual Effects, University of Central Florida,
B.F.A, Emerging Media, Character Animation, University of Central Florida