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Sylvia Johnson discusses her recent foray into video installation

Sylvia Johnson is an award-winning filmmaker and impact strategist. She teaches filmmaking at the University of New Mexico and runs a small production company dedicated to visual storytelling to inspire action. In this week’s episode, she talks to Logan about her first-ever immersive video installation and what it’s been like to tell a story in three dimensions.

She also discusses the Trump administration’s cancellation of her Fullbright Award this year and how that has impacted her personally and professionally.

Listen to the podcast WORK IN PROGRESS: Conversations with Creators.

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Film & Digital Arts faculty Monique Anair presents at Statewide Summit

UNM Department of Film & Digital Arts adjunct faculty Monique Anair will present at the University of New Mexico-Gallup Statewide Diversity Summit on April 17th. The summit is free and open to the public, and its aim is to initiate dialogue on how New Mexico's higher education institutions can better support the growing diversity of student populations. Monique is an award-winning filmmaker who teaches Cinematography at UNM and is the Director of Workforce Development at Santa Fe Community College.

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Film & Digital Arts Capstone Premiere 2026

Mark your calendars--something exciting is on the horizon! Every year our senior students work in collaborative teams to execute film, animation, or gaming projects and give open demonstrations of the results.

The Mentor Series: Foley artist Lara Dale

Foley Artist Lara Dale (The Expendables 3, Mozart in the Jungle, A Better Life, Drunktown’s Finest, Love on Tap) to give in-person talk Tuesday, March 10 at 9AM as part of The Mentor Series. Date: Tuesday, March 10 Time: 9AM Where: CERIA 365 LARA DALE | FOLEY...