Presented in conjunction with 'Commons Collaboration: Get Your Life!,' acclaimed Baltimore-based artists Elissa Blount Moorhead and Mina Cheon will talk about their video-making practices through the lenses of collaboration, power, and family. Moderated by artist Lee Heinemann, the conversation will take place inside the Get Your Life! (GYL!) exhibition in the Joseph Education Commons.

GYL! is a youth-led production company that creates collaborative video projects between middle school students, practicing artists, and institutions. See GYL’s exhibition on view at the BMA now through fall 2019.

+ Elissa Blount Moorhead, artist, curator, mother, and producer, has created public art, books, exhibitions, and cultural programs for the last 25 years. She is currently a creative partner at TNEG film studios, which creates films and time based-installations.

+ Mina Cheon (천민정 PhD, MFA) is a Korean-American global new media artist, scholar, and educator who divides her time between Korea and the United States. Cheon has exhibited her political pop art known as “Polipop” internationally and draws inspiration from global media and popular culture to produce work that intersects politics and pop art in evocative ways.

+ Lee Heinemann is an artist and organizer who makes programs and events in collaboration with individuals and institutions. Lee is the founder of Get Your Life! and the Education and Community Engagement Manager at ArtCenter/South Florida.

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