Guest Speakers
I am a big fan of bringing guest speakers to my classes. Here are a few visits I have coordinated:
Mike Olenick, experimental filmmaker (Columbus, Ohio)
course: Beginning Video & Sound, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Spring 2009
Zine Tour of Portland
Day trip to the Multnomah County Library Zine Collection, the Independent Publisher’s Resource Center, and zine vendors in downtown Portland
course: Digital Presentation for Artists, Spring 2009
Silvia Federici, feminist activist and scholar (New York City)
Talk about the visual history of witch hunts in a post-feudal Europe
course: Beginning Video & Sound, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Spring 2009
Kevin Van Meter, community organizer and political theorist (Portland, OR)
Presentation on zines and self-publishing
course: Digital Presentation for Artists, Western Oregon University, Fall 2008
Matt McCormick, Filmmaker (Portland, OR)
Screening and discussion of his work in film and video
course: Video Art History, Western Oregon University, Spring 2008
Shawn Micallef, Media Artist (Toronto), public lecture, University at Buffalo, Spring 2007
- presentation and discussion of the murmur project
Sarra Brill, Video Artist & Curator (Rome & New York City), Advanced Video Production, University at Buffalo, Fall 2006
- selections from Open Video Projects, an international show of video art she has programmed throughout Europe
Teri Miller, Professor of Law, University at Buffalo, Immigration and Film, Fall 2005
- presentation on recent immigration law
Bill Abom, Western New York farm worker advocate, Immigration and Film, Spring 2005
- presentation about recent struggles of migrant farm workers in upstate New York
Alex Rivera, Filmmaker (New York City), Immigration and Film, University at Buffalo, Spring 2004
- screeening and discussion of his work