Filmmaking
Creative Filmmaking (selected works)
HEY, IT'S MOM (2020)
A short film in which Mother Nature leaves a voicemail.
THANKS, DAD (2020)
A short film in which Father Time gives his child a motivational speech for each season via letters.
PhillyCAM collaboration:
WHAT'S NEXT? SO, YOU'RE DEAD. (2018)
role: editor
The 48 Hour Film Project is an annual film competition in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and have 48 hours to create a short film containing those elements. The competition has been active since 2001. Shoutout to the cast and crew who participated in creating "What's Next? So You're Dead.", PhillyCAM's second 48 Hour Film Project.
HORCRUX: The Curse of Trash (2022)
This piece is dedicated to the third eye chakra since climate change is the existential crisis of our time. The third eye chakra is linked to perception, awareness, wisdom, and insight, all of which we need to tackle this problem. During my weekly street cleanups, I've documented what I find on the street before I pick it up. A Horcrux is an object formed by dark magic used to achieve immortality by splitting a soul into separate pieces. This trash will be here long after we are gone.
Documentary Filmmaking (selected works)
Contra Dance Documentary (May 2017)
During the Almost Heaven Dance Weekend in May 2017, I conducted a series of interviews with contra dancers to learn more about how and why contra dancing is important to them.
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eHow Craft Video Series: (2013)
In the winter of 2013, I collaborated with a cinematographer (Nelson Punn) to create an Ehow video series. The series of 10 videos teach children how to make simple crafts with household and recycled items. See the complete series on EHow Crafts website.
PhillyCAM collaboration:
HUMANI-TV: SOLACE (2019)
roles: filmmaker, editor, interviewer and interviewee
Created in collaboration with Temple University's Visual Anthropology department, Solace explores how people find peace and hope during uncertain times. Temple students paired with PhillyCAM members to create biographical portraits of each other in this episode.
Farm Sanctuary Documentary (November 2019)
This short documentary documents Farm Sanctuary's annual "Celebration for The Turkeys" event.
FRIDAY ARTS : WHYY
roles: writer & editor (intern)
I was the WHYY Friday Arts Intern summer 2016 where I: wrote and edited an original web video based upon an idea or story not used in the broadcast segment, logged and transcribed footage, acted as a production assistant on location, and supported the producers as they researched, shot and edited segments for the monthly broadcast. https://www.pbs.org/video/friday-arts-privy-digging-extended-interview-louis-frechette/
A Seat At the Table: (2017)
Collaborative Cooking Classes with Philadelphia's Charter High School for Architecture + Design Students and Penn State Extension Nutrition Links. Every Thursday, for 2 months, senior Environmental Design students from CHAD saddled up with bags of groceries and excitedly made their way to Penn State Center Philadelphia's demonstration kitchen, ready to cook.
WASTed exhibition (Spring 2017)
My senior environmental design class at the Charter High School of Architecture + Design created and curated an exhibition in the corner gallery on 7th and Sansom that addresses numerous environmental issues such as: waste production, waste disposal, electronic waste, planned obsolescence etc. Student-created work from recycled materials, shared information, and proposed creative solutions such as: the zero waste challenge, electronic recycling locations, using reusable bags, switching over to a refillable canteen/water bottle etc. Students were inspired by a variety of assemblage artists who work with recycled materials, to raise awareness regarding our waste. We hope to create change locally and globally with our art and message so that our world does not become “wasted.
MURAL ARTS PROGRAM: A20: Arts & Artists Outdoors (2015)
As the lead Teaching Artist, I was featured in a promotional video for
A20: Arts & Artists Outdoors. This program is a partnership between The Mural Arts Program and The Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. The objective of the program is to teach young artists the skills needed to ultimately create a temporary or permanent art installation at their facility. Every year, the PPR Visual Arts Coordinator chooses five recreation centers with large amounts of green space and an active After School Program to host A2O for the fall and spring semester.
PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW: 2019: FLOWER POWER
MRS. JOY'S ART CLASS
HONORABLE MENTION
Olney Charter HS
Pocket Garden Class
Title: What Easels You?
My 8th period class at Olney Charter HS won Honorable Mention for our Pocket Garden Exhibition. We designed a small space with herbs and plants to cure “what ails you”. Their entry was a free-standing sculpture that involved an easel complete with many pockets and live plants. Students were inspired by artwork by Peter Max (pop artist of the 1960s).
PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW: 2020: RIVIERA HOLIDAY
MRS. JOY'S ART CLASS
FIRST PLACE
Olney Charter HS
Windowsill category
Title: Surrealist Tea With Dalí
The Philadelphia Flower Show/ The Clay Studio (collaboration)
My 3rd period art class from Olney Charter High School won first place in the Windowsill Category at the Philadelphia Flower Show: Riviera Holiday 2020. Their work was titled "Surrealist Tea With Dalí " and received a perfect score from the judges! Students created pottery inspired by Salvador Dalí and created a windowsill display featuring a variety of bizarre cacti and succulents from the Mediterranean! Students worked for 6 weeks with the Claymobile/Clay Studio to create bowls, cups, and chia pets for their windowsill display! Students also entered the Pressed Plants category and created pressed plant collages with real plant material with the theme: Umbrellas at The Beach. Students went on a field trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show to document their work and experience.