Elizabeth Mackie is an interdisciplinary artist working in handmade paper, sculpture, installations, photography, video, sound and textiles. Her works addresses the interface between science and art. Prior and recent projects include Glacier Loss on the Ortler Mountain Range, Italy, Impact of Delaware River Rising Water Levels, and Microfibers in our Waterways.
Ice-Bound
A study of space along the frozen shoreline of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the spring thaw. Intended for gallery exhibition, playing on a loop. Exhibited at Light City Baltimore in 2017. Additional exhibitions include the Minneapolis College of Art & Design Gallery, the Taubman Museum at Virginia Tech University and the Tyler School of Art Gallery at Temple University.
Medium: SD Video
Year: 2012
Details: 4:05 runtime
Family Medicine
A farcical short film about Dr. Susan Hardy's first day on the job at her father's rustic small-town family practice after taking over when a heart attack forces him into early retirement. Susan is determined to make the best of what she sees as a bad situation until her loquacious assistant, Betsy, and an unruly first patient cause everything to spiral out of control. Things only get worse when her father arrives to meddle in her affairs.
SELECT SCREENINGS:
Garden State Film Festival, Asbury Park NJ
Maryland International Film Festival, Hagerstown MD (* Winner - Best Local Film Award)
Palm Springs International Comedy Film Festival, Palm Springs CA
Queen City Film Festival, Cumberland MD (*Winner - Appalachian Short Film Award)
Ocean City Film Festival, Ocean City MD
University Film and Video Association National Conference, Los Angeles CA
SELECT SCREENINGS:
Garden State Film Festival, Asbury Park NJ
Maryland International Film Festival, Hagerstown MD (* Winner - Best Local Film Award)
Palm Springs International Comedy Film Festival, Palm Springs CA
Queen City Film Festival, Cumberland MD (*Winner - Appalachian Short Film Award)
Ocean City Film Festival, Ocean City MD
University Film and Video Association National Conference, Los Angeles CA
Medium: 6K HD
Year: 2018
Details: 15:30 runtime
Just Another Day
Reaching over 7 million views on YouTube in three years, Just Another Day portrays the experiences of a handful of students, professors and staff who come face-to-face with an active shooter attack on a college campus. Commissioned by Towson University as a public service announcement to promote increased awareness and preparedness in the campus community.
SELECT AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:
Nominee, Regional Emmy Awards, National Capital Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Gold Telly Award winner
Best in Competition Award, Festival of Media Arts, Broadcast Education Association
Award of Excellence, Communicator Awards
Over 7 million views on YouTube in the 3 years after its launch
SELECT AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:
Nominee, Regional Emmy Awards, National Capital Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Gold Telly Award winner
Best in Competition Award, Festival of Media Arts, Broadcast Education Association
Award of Excellence, Communicator Awards
Over 7 million views on YouTube in the 3 years after its launch
Medium: 6K HD video
Year: 2018
Details: 12:08 runtime, 4096x2160
I earned an B.A. in music composition at Washington College and an M.F.A. in studio art at Towson University. My process begins with drawing and/or sound, and usually ends with animation.
Personally, Alyscia Cunningham is a granddaughter, daughter, wife, mother of 3, sister, aunty, friend, artist, advocate, writer, Pisces, dreamer, truth seeker, positive thinker, adventurer, traveler, hiker, teacher, student...and her journey continues.
Professionally, Alyscia is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, filmmaker, and photographer who has contributed to National Geographic, Discovery Channel, America Online and the Smithsonian Institution. Alyscia is also the Founder of Her House Media and the CEO of a Maryland Home Improvement company, Uprising Builders, LLC.
Daniel Humphries-Russ is an award-winning photographer residing in Maryland who has exhibited both locally and regionally. Daniel creates original limited-edition archival pigment prints combining traditional techniques and current digital technology. As a master printmaker, he has produced prints for Fortune 500 companies. Daniel is a faculty member at Towson University and at Carroll Community College.
Mollye Bendell is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus in electronic and immersive media. She holds an MFA from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She has developed augmented and virtual reality projects as a resident of Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center and the Tides Institute and Museum of Art. She is also a founding member of media arts collective strikeWare, which creates experiences grounded in our collective history, often using new technologies to emphasize the nowness of that history.
Digital Art by Adam Zynger Adam Zynger has a background in art and medicine. He exhibited internationally since his high school years and in Baltimore as well, including in BMA (Baltimore Museum of Art) as part of the Artist’s Equity show. In the past he also taught college Art Appreciation and Art History courses. His playful encounters with digital art begun with the purchase of his first computer.
Walter Oliver Neal, has shown his work throughout the Washington Metropolitan area, and is highly regarded for the unique, creative vision and artistic excellence he brings to his work. His artwork is in the respective collections of Howard University, the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, as well as various organizations and private collections. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Zaidi is founder and artistic director of AMKA Graphics Studios, which he founded in 1970, while a student at his alma mater, Howard University. He resides in Baltimore, Maryland.