anchor films

bush beatin' (2004)
1 Min. 15 Sec. A reductionist political rant: Bush Beatin', a pastiche of appropriated images including vintage erotica (bush) and manipulated cut and paste animated images of Mr. Pres (Bush), all to the melody of a quirky mini-song also produced by Anchor.

accidental insolence (2001)
8 min. A collaged contemporary survey of the interconnections of democratic idealism, capitalism, authority, youth and homophobia. The juxtaposition of familiar media images and audio, stock footage, interviews and hand-marked film beckons questions of identity-making, human agency and control. The video is a documentary not only critical of the culture of homophobia, but also critical of the culture of media itself.

in my room (1999)
5 Min A snapshot of queer teenage lonerhood full of angst, pen pals, James Dean, Pretty In Pink and escapism.

Film/Video/Installation
Creator, Performer, Collaborator, Connie and Bonnie Show performance, Transmodern Age Festival 2005, April 9, 2005, Area 405 Gallery, Baltimore, MD Multimedia live performance with Citizen Rahne Alexander including video, performance, and set

Assistant Dir. and Installation Artist, Feminist Freak Show, 2004, Venus Theatre at Warehouse Next Door, Washington, D.C. Installations: Distortion Room ( Mr. Bush Turned the World Upside Down) Room installation including video and Hall of Hollywood Horrors (sound installation)

Maker, Bush Beatin', 2004 (Screenings: CineKink, NY 2004, Charm City Kitty Club 2004, Icecapades, Baltimore show, 2004, Phoenix Rising, Santa Cruz, CA 2004, Hondance Arts Festival, January 2005, Women in the Director's Chair Film Festival, March 2005, MARS, AFI Silver Theater, Silver Spring, MD April 2005, Hondance Compilation DVD, Released January 2005)

Collaborator, Variety Soundtrack, Feb 2004, In collaboration with performer/writer Citizen Rahne Alexander, recorded original soundtrack to Variety (1925, DuPont) classic silent film. Soundtrack sampled from European folk music recordings and commissioned by Elk Run Vineyards, Mt Airy, MD. (Exhibitions: Elk Run Vineyards, Feb 2004, Orpheum Silent Sounds Series, May 2004, St Johns College, Annapolis, MD July 2004)

Installation Artist, I'll Pass: Trilogy (Single channel video installation) Artists and Models, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY, July 2003

Collaborator, Causmonautica Performance, January 2003, In collaboration with writer Megan McShea .

Post Production PA, Empathy, Dir. Amie Seigel, 2002

Sound, Personal Assistant to Director, Investigation of a Flame, Dir. Lynne Sachs, 2001-2002

Maker, Accidental Insolence, 2001 (Screenings: Lightstruck 2001, Reel Green Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, Labor Film Fest, San Francisco, CA, 2001, Gay and Lesbian Experimental Film Festival, Mix, New York, NY Sheppard College, 2002, Chicago Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2002, Ladyfest DC, 2002, Ladyfest East, 2002, Women in the Director’s Chair, 2002, Bamboo Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 2002, Film Arts Foundation, 2002, 911 Community Media Center, 2002, Clinton Street Theater, 2002, Columbia College of Chicago, 2002, Homoagogo, Olympia, WA, 2002, Visions DC, Washington, DC, 2002, Artists and Models, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, 2003, Hondance Arts Festival, January 2005, Hondance Compilation DVD, Released January 2005)

Collaborator, NeverNeverLand, Installation/Performance, 20 Min, Porter, Maine, 2000 Collaborated with musicians and performers to produce multimedia performance (incl. video) in outdoor theater of our creation on the edge of a swamp near Maine Teen Camp.

Maker, In My Room, 1999 (Screenings: Maryland Film Festival 2001, Independent Eye, Maryland Public Television 2001, Seattle Underground Film Festival 2000, Crash Test Videos 2001, LightStruck 1999, ArtScape, 2002, 14 Karat Cabaret, 2003, Baltimore, MD, Flicker, Richmond, VA, 2003 Hondance Arts Festival, January 2005, Hondance Compilation DVD, Released January 2005)

Work
2001- Current Creative Alliance Baltimore, MD
Director, Creative Alliance MovieMakers (Produce programming and workshops to support local filmmakers and the filmmaking community in Baltimore, plan monthly screenings, workshops, community meetings, maintain equipment, manage volunteers, public relations, web design and maintenance, manage interns)

2000-2002 Wide Angle Community Media Center Baltimore, MD
Video Instructor; Manager of Distribution (Instruct youth and adults in community media production classes writing to editing, maintain contact database, develop contacts, organize screenings, submit student work to youth film festivals.

2000-2002 Lynne Sachs, Artist/Filmmaker Baltimore, MD/NY, NY
Artist Assistant , video installation, Mary Moylin: 9 Years Underground, Maryland Art Place, personal assistant, Investigation of a Flame

Organizing/Curating/Residencies
Organizer, Movie Dearest, Baltimore Pride Film Festival, June 2005

Visiting Artist, Art Institute of Portland, August 2004

Artist in Residence, Experimental Television Center, February 2004

Organizer, Charm City Kitty Club, Baltimore, MD, 2002-Current

Curator and Presenter, Classic Film Series, Elk Run Vineyards, Mt. Airy, MD 2003-2004

Juror, MicorCinefest, Baltimore, MD, 2002-2004

Education
James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia 1992 – 1996
Bachelor’s of Science, Sociology; Minors, Women’s Studies and English GPA 3.6

University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1998 – 2002
Bachelor's of Art, Visual and Performing Arts, Film GPA 4.0

Awards: Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Outstanding Sociology Graduate Award 1996 James Madison University; Dean’s List 1998-2001, Kaplan Scholarship for Outstanding Service 2000, Outstanding Student Graduate Award, Graduated Suma Cum Laude 2002, University Of Maryland, Baltimore County; Judge B. Watts Scholarship 2000 YMCA of Central Maryland Most Expressive Film Award In My Room Crash Test Videos 2001; Best Queer Event Charm City Kitty Club, City Paper 2003; Best Unexpected Best Friend to Filmmakers, CAmm, City Paper 2003; 2004 Lesbian Theater Award, Charm City Kitty Club, Curve Magazine