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IMA student Megan Rossman’s screening

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IMA student Megan Rossman will be presenting her award-winning short film Love Letter Rescue Squad at the Reeling Film Festival in Chicago.

The short revisits the efforts of Deborah Edel and Joan Nestle who orchestrated the creation of the world’s largest collection of works by and about lesbians. This project, named Lesbian Herstory Archives, emerged as a response to the lack of preservation of lesbian history and grew from the hard work of a small group of women in a tiny New York apartment. After 40 years of dedication, the archive is very much alive as well as the challenges to keep it preserved.
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IMA student Betty Yu featured in Brooklyn Museum’s “Agitprop!” exhibition

The Brooklyn Museum is hosting an exhibition called “Agitprop!” which features politically progressive artwork by various artists. IMA student Betty Yu is featured in the exhibit for her work on “A People’s Monument to Anti-Displacement Organizing,” a wall exhibit that is currently featured in the museum in order to protest gentrification. The wall exhibit is described as a “community bulletin board” that features the works many artists. Read More

IMA student Emily Collins featured on Fusion Network

Photo with two women and an animated backgroundIMA student Emily Collins and her collaborative animation studio Mighty Oak were featured on Fusion Network.

“Emily Collins, Jess Peterson and Michaela Olsen run Mighty Oak, a Brooklyn-based animation studio dedicated to empowering women … The ladies recently spoke with Fusion about how important it is for women to encourage each other to take chances…” fusion.net

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