UNM Film and Digital Arts

09/05/2024

We're so excited for this year's UNM Fine Arts ARTS Splash! See you there.

09/05/2024

Annnndddddd, heeerrreee's our September 2024 calendar of movies & events! The wild stuff, the classics, the topically important, the live on our stage, the upcoming double feature (of SUN RA!!), the festivals, the encores, the naughty naughty ;), the funny things, take a good look over below here or even better take it all in at https://www.guildcinema.com/_files/ugd/f0f631_dac7f795b07b4719bdd7f4f4f747c6b7.pdf ! Thank you for being a big part of it!

09/05/2024

09/05/2024

3 Weeks Until AFMX 2024! Get Ready for Film, Music, and Fun in Nob Hill! Calling all cinephiles, music lovers, and festival fanatics! The countdown is officially on – AFMX 2024 is just 3 WEEKS AWAY! 📆 Get ready to immerse yourself in an incredible 5-day celebration featuring:

🤩 Over 40 unique events – From captivating film screenings and inspiring documentaries to electrifying live music performances and insightful industry panels, there's something for everyone!
🤩 The heart of Nob Hill – Experience the vibrant energy of Albuquerque's Nob Hill district, a hub of creativity and culture.
🤩 Unforgettable experiences – Meet filmmakers, musicians, and fellow festival-goers, discover new favorites, and create memories that will last a lifetime.
🤩 Don't miss out! Secure your festival pass today and join the AFMX magic! ✨ ➡️ https://loom.ly/A3rb7S0
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09/03/2024

Join the 2024 New Mexico Game Jam this Friday!

The 2024 New Mexico Game Jam starts on Friday, September 6th at 6:00pm.
Join the game jam on the itch.io page: https://itch.io/jam/new-mexico-game-jam-2024
NM Game Jam Discord: https://discord.com/invite/e7eCRmxVs7

Parking:
24 hour parking is available at the Yale and Cornell parking garages. For more details, please visit: https://pats.unm.edu/parking/visitors.html

In-Person Location:
CERIA Building, Room 365
302 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
https://film.unm.edu/facilities/ceria/
CERIA on the school map (no.83):
https://css.unm.edu/campus-maps/docs/visitormapcentral_alpha.pdf

If you have any questions, please email Chanee Choi Chanee Choi, Assistant Professor in the Film and Digital Arts department, at [email protected].

09/03/2024

Calling Native artists 23 and under! Submit your work by SEPT 27 for the NEXT GENERATION FILM FESTIVAL! We are looking for talented Native artists to showcase their creativity. Whether you’re a filmmaker or a photographer, this is your chance to have your work featured at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe.
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To enter work, please visit:
https://lensic.org/next-generation-native-registration/

08/29/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Angie Beauchamp!

08/29/2024

The Office of the Chief Information Officer at UNM is sponsoring its annual App Contest, providing an opportunity for undergraduate students from UNM and CNM to develop and apply app design and presentation skills to plan useful applications for the community. Learn more about how to get involved here: https://appcontest.unm.edu

08/29/2024

Our very own Professor of Practice Matt McDuffie will be on the Perfecting Your Pitch panel again this year at the Albuquerque Film & Music Experience! The submission deadline for this contest has been extended to 9/9.

Attention Filmmakers! 🗣️ Great news! The deadline to submit your pitch video for the AFMX 2024 Perfecting Your Pitch Panel Contest has been extended! 📆 You now have until Monday, September 9th, 2024 to polish your pitch and seize this incredible opportunity!

Get feedback from industry experts, win amazing prizes, and network with fellow filmmakers. Don't miss out! Click here to learn more and submit your pitch 🔗 https://loom.ly/xr5D2gw
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08/28/2024

Congratulations to our alumni Cole Velasquez whose documentary, made while a student in our Documentary class, will be screening in the Albuquerque Film & Music Experience Documentary Shorts program! The screening takes place on Thursday 9/26/24 from 10:30am-12:30pm at the The Guild Cinema.

This AFMX 2024 film block includes selections in the Documentary Shorts category.

08/26/2024

CURRENTS New Media is pleased to announce our annual open call! (Open to local and international artists)
We are trying something new this year. In addition to the annual festival, we will be presenting three separate, smaller exhibitions throughout 2025, each focusing on one or two modalities of art and technology: Sound Environments/Installations, Artist/AI Collaborations, Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality Environments, and Robotics/Kinetic/Electro-Mechanical Objects and Installations.
This submission process allows you to submit work in these categories for either the festival, the exhibitions, or both.
Deadline: November 4, 2024
https://currentsnewmedia.org/submission-guidelines-2025/

Submit to the following categories for the 2025 Festival:
•Installations (interactive and non-interactive)
•Sound Environments/Installations
•Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality Environments
•Artist/AI Collaborations
•Robotics/Kinetic/Electro-Mechanical Objects
•Multimedia Performance
•Digitally Generated or Fabricated Objects

*Artists in most categories may be eligible for travel, lodging, shipping and equipment support.*

Learn more & submit: link in bio
DM or email us with any questions at [email protected]

08/21/2024

08/19/2024

ANNOUNCEMENT - FALL 2024 LUNAR ARTS AWARD Calling all University of New Mexico students with a passion for artistic exploration! The Fall 2024 Lunar Arts Award is now accepting proposals for original artworks inspired by the moon. Whether you're a painter, sculptor, photographer, filmmaker, poet, dancer, musician, digital artist, or working in any other medium, we invite you to submit your innovative ideas that explore the multifaceted influence of the moon on human culture and imagination. Sponsored by the Space Sustainability Research Grand Challenge (SSRGC) and ARTSLab.

APPLY TODAY:
https://forms.office.com/r/ncna2pR9Xv

DETAILS:
Three winning proposals will be selected to receive funding.
Each selected project will be awarded a $750 artist stipend.
An additional $250 in material support will be provided for necessary supplies.

ELIGIBILITY:
This award opportunity is exclusively open to current University of New Mexico students enrolled in the Fall 2024 semester. This includes both graduate and undergraduate students. All artistic mediums and disciplines are welcome, including but not limited to: music, painting, sculpture, photography, film/video, poetry, dance, performance, digital art, and mixed media.

SELECTION PROCESS:
Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of judges consisting of faculty members from Space Sustainability Research Grand Challenge (SSRGC) and ARTSLab Faculty

ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Projects will be evaluated based on artistic merit, originality, feasibility, and their capacity to spark audience discourse about the moon.
Special consideration will be given to projects that seek to bridge traditional science communication and creative expression.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Call opens: Monday August 19, 2024
Deadline for submission: Monday September 30, 2024
Winners announced: Friday October 4, 2024
Public exhibition at ARTSLab: December, 2024

For any inquiries or further information, please contact [email protected].

UNM Art Department

08/12/2024

Please donate to help support UNM Film & Digital Arts Assistant Professor Marie Alarcón's production 'Escape from Flat Earth'! Find out more at the link below!

Donate here: https://linktr.ee/EscapeFromFlatEarth

08/09/2024

Film & Digital Arts has a new scholarship!

"The Department of Film & Digital Arts within the College of Fine Arts at The University of New Mexico announces the first scholarship specifically for the Department, created to support Indigenous Native Students, and a new course titled Indigenous People on Screen."

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The Department of Film & Digital Arts within the College of Fine Arts at The University of New Mexico announces the first scholarship specifically for the Department, created to support Indigenous Native Students, and a new course titled Indigenous...

08/05/2024

We are very excited to announce that our Dept Administrator and Film Lecturer Angie Beauchamp was recently on C-SPAN! She was a featured author at the 2024 Roosevelt Reading Festival and her book talk was aired on C-SPAN 2 this past Sunday (8/4) from the FDR Library. You can watch her talk at the link here:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?536172-6/eleanor-roosevelt-screen UNM Fine Arts The University of New Mexico - UNM

The 2024 Roosevelt Reading Festival featured author Angela Beauchamp on how Eleanor Roosevelt used film and television, from the early 1930s to 1960s, to promote her political and social causes. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum in Hyde Park, New York, hosted this event.

08/05/2024

We are beyond excited to have Diné writer and filmmaker Ramona Emerson join the Film & Digital Arts Department as an assistant professor!

Diné writer and filmmaker Ramona Emerson, a The University of New Mexico alumna, has joined the Film & Digital Arts Department as an assistant professor. Originally from Tohatchi, N.M., Emerson received her degree in Media Arts in 1997 from UNM and her...

07/24/2024

Our very own Film & Digital Arts Professor of Practice Matt McDuffie in the first episode of COMING IN HOT!

Episodic cold-reading series with a live studio audience. Each episode highlights new works by local writers performed by local actors produced by local prof...

07/24/2024

Attention students who are looking for a fun part time job on main campus 📢

The Photography area of the Department of Art is looking for a lab monitor. Duties and responsibilities include monitoring the digital photography lab, scheduling printing time with student (via google docs), troubleshooting Epson printers, scanners, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, fielding general computer/camera questions, maintaining cleanliness of the labs, gently enforcing lab policies, and ensuring the overall well-being of the photography lab. On-the-job learning includes inkjet printing, scanning, digital photography, Epson and Canon printer maintenance, Adobe CC suite, Google Docs, and conflict de-escalation.

For best consideration please apply by August 1, 2024!

Please visit the link below to read more and apply.
https://unm.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/18/home/requisition/30140?c=unm

07/24/2024

We are thrilled to sponsor the Band Vs Bands contest with at the big winner will perform at AFMX 2024! 🔥 Sign Up 🔗 https://loom.ly/G2oBpq0
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Every Saturday in August, Nob Hill Stage will host a special event full of awesome bands from around the southwest.
Yes, the process of choosing these bands is a logistical feat only possible thanks to the hard work of the people from . 🎸 🔗 https://loom.ly/G2oBpq0
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There will be one winner each week that will get passes to the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience. Truly a one of a kind event. The winner of the whole competition will also perform at the experience! 🎶 🔗 https://loom.ly/G2oBpq0
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Still plenty of time to sign up! 🎤 🔗 https://loom.ly/G2oBpq0

07/16/2024

Congratulations to our Assistant Professor Chanee Choi for receiving a 2024 Women in STEM award!

http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-faculty-members-selected-for-the-2024-women-in-stem-awards

07/16/2024

Congratulations to our Assistant Professor Chanee Choi for being selected for the 2024 Women in STEM Award!

Fourteen faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2024 Women in STEM Awards. The 11 funded projects include a study of carbon storage in soils along the middle Rio Grande floodplain, an investigation into rural New...

07/12/2024

07/11/2024

🚨 Attention filmmakers! Need help getting your film to the finish line? Film Independent and Picture Shop will select a qualified filmmaker who will receive the Picture Shop Feature Film Grant: Up to $50,000 in color correction and digital intermediate services for their fiction or nonfiction feature film.

Learn more + apply now here: https://bit.ly/3zoGeCT

07/11/2024

🌟 Attention Native storytellers! 🌟
It's that time of year again - our Public Media Fund and Creative Shorts Fellowship open submissions are officially open until Dec. 31st! If you have a powerful, unique Native story to share, we want to hear from you. Let us help empower your voice and bring your Native stories to life. Don't miss this incredible opportunity - submit your story today!

Public Media Fund: https://visionmakermedia.org/public-media-fund/
Creative Shorts Fellowship: https://visionmakermedia.org/creative-shorts-fellowship/

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07/03/2024

Congratulations to 4 of our recent graduates (Dominic Fraire, Gianna Peredina, and Dylan Hayworth) who were awarded grants from the Emerging New Mexico Documentary Filmmakers Grants Initiative this year! Their films will premiere in Albuquerque on 7/14/24 and in Santa Fe on 8/7/24!

07/02/2024