Occidental College Media Arts & Culture Department

Congratulations Angelina Lee! Angelina Lee was nominated by the school to compete in the national competition for the Beinecke Scholarship, which concerns graduate study in the arts, humanities, and social sciences!

Congratulations to Professor Marciniak on her recent co-edited book, The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures! Check it out here!

Evan Salce '14 is putting together an IndieGoGo campaign for his series OUTLAWS! "On the heels of who they believe to be a child kidnapper with stolen Tamaranean tech, Jason Todd, Roy Harper, and Koriand’r have finally managed to corner their suspect in one of Blüdhaven’s derelict buildings. As the gang plans to spring into action, they must steel themselves for what may very well be a fight for the lives of Blüdhaven’s numerous missing children. But with an unseen and seemingly omnipotent quarry, are these three heroes truly prepared to face the horrors that await them when they are drawn into the shadows and confronted by him?" Check out OUTLAWS' IndieGoGo page at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/outlaws-the-series--2#/!

Congrats to Kyle McCue ’17! His film Quarantine Flix was a finalist at the 3 Minute Film Festival! You can watch the top videos and full program here: https://vimeo.com/user88289363 We always love hearing what our alumni are up to, so if you have exciting news, send it our way!

Huge congratulations to MAC 210 students Zachary Galen and Allison Wilson for ranking in the top 10 of an international Adobe Character Animator Contest! Over 100 students around the world participated, answering the question How would you solve Covid-19? in a one-minute animated video. Zach will also be receiving a free one-year subscription to the Adobe Creative cloud for coming in third place. You can watch the projects and check out their process books here: https://bit.ly/charactercontest2020

Another huge congratulations to Olivia Adelman '20 whose senior film Boxed was awarded BEST FILM for the Experimental, Dance, and Music Film Festival! Link to their announcement on their website: https://experimentalfilmfestival.com//highlights-videos-e/... Link to their feedback video on their Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZCbDfWb0Q8 Congrats, Olivia!

Congratulations to Olivia Adelman '20 whose senior comps film "Boxed" is screening at the The Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival TODAY at 5:00 p.m. PDT! This documentary explores the trauma and emotional aftermath experienced by sexual assault survivor advocate Barbara Handel through poetic and performative reenactments. Click on the link to read more and join the live festival screening! https://experimentalfilmfestival.com/next-festival-event/

Huge congrats to Gabe Feinberg, MAC '11, for becoming an official staff writer on NBC's Chicago Med!

Our MAC Summer Event series concludes today at 5:30 p.m. PDT! Join us for "The Critical Video Essay" with Prof. Allison de Fren and Tracy Cox-Stanton, video essayist and founder of the Cine-Files. This session explores what it means to "think and write with video" about film, media, and popular culture. Free and open to everyone - click on the Eventbrite link below to get your ticket and Zoom info!

While we’re not able to film on campus together at Occidental College this fall, we’re working hard in the Media Arts & Culture department to get our students the equipment they need!

Our MAC Summer Event series continues today! Join us for The Power of Participatory Video with Prof. Broderick Fox and Visiting Prof. Vivian Lin. This session explores the ethics of participation in documentary media. Fox will engage with Dr. Lin, MAC’s 20-21 Visiting Assistant Professor of Media for Social Change, about her organization Voices of Women Media--which uses participatory video models to provide community members with the skills and technology to make media for and about themselves. Free and open to all! Please click on the Eventbrite link below to register and receive the Zoom link.