Education
2021 MFA, Intermedia + Digital Arts, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD
2017 BS, Electronic Media and Film, Towson University, Towson, MD
2010 Young Scholars Program, Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Courses: ARCH 150 - Discovering Architecture (3)
Awards, Grants, Residencies
2022 Wherewithal Research Grant, Washington Project for the Arts & The Andy Warhol Foundation, Washington DC
2022 Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants, New York Foundation for the Arts
2021 Grit Fund – Emergency Recovery Grant, Baltimore, MD
2021 Fleur And Charles Bresler Residency, VisArts, Rockville, MD, September - January 2022
2021 Summer Research Grant, Center for the Study of Religion and the City | Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
2020 Most Cultured Podcast Nominee - OBSIDIAN Podcast, Black Podcasting Awards
2020 Red Bull Arts Baltimore Microgrant - August
2020 IGNYTE Award Nominee - Best Fiction Podcast - OBSIDIAN Podcast, FIYAHCON 2020, FIYAH Literary Magazine
2020 Baltimore Artist Retreat, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, MD
2019 Rubys Artist Grant - Media Arts - OBSIDIAN Podcast, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, MD
2019 Professional Development Grant, UMBC Graduate Student Association, Baltimore County, MD
2017 Born in Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
Official Selection, A Letter From the 8th Floor (2017)
2017 Women in Leadership Conference, Towson University, Towson, MD
Nominated Attendant by College Dean
2016 Media Arts Festival, Towson University, Towson, MD
2nd Place Music Mixing, Across (2016)
Solo Exhibition History
Group Exhibition History
2022 Things Imagined, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2020 Everything is Connected, Jubilee Arts, Baltimore, MD (online due to COVID-19)
2022 Dispersive Archives Vol. 2, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD (curated by Joy Davis, Waller Gallery)
2021 SPARK IV: A New World, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2020 OBSIDIAN Podcast, Refusing Refusal, Baltimore, MD (online due to COVID-19)
2019 No Walls, No Bans, No Borders, The Peale Center, Baltimore, MD (curated by Rebel Lens Bmore)
2019 Supernova, StartUp Shell, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (curated by Tajbik Sheikh)
2019 Sister Cities Animated!, Sweaty Eyeballs Animation, Baltimore, MD (curated by Lynn Tomlinson and myself)
2017 Born in Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
2016 Progress, 4c Gallery, Baltimore, MD (curated by Markele Cullins and Suldano Abdiruhman; Online)
Curatorial Experience
2019 Sister Cities Animated!, Sweaty Eyeballs Animation, Parkway Theater, Baltimore, MD, February 11
2018 Bmore Accomplished: Not Just History... Black History, Calendar, Wide Angle Youth Media, Baltimore, MD,
2018 The Skin We’re In, Zine, Wide Angle Youth Media, Baltimore, MD, Spring 2018
Presentations, Conferences, Panels
2022 “Speculative Histories and Futures," UMBC Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts, moderator, March 4
2022 “Yarrow Mamout: Weaver of Islam, Counter-Memory, and Afrofuturism in late 18th century Georgetown, D.C.,” Claiming Space Symposium, Smithsonian Institute, January 27-29
2021 "Black Muslim Freedom Dreams" Critical Talk with Prof. Dr. Aminah Al-Deen PhD, Muslim Network TV, panelist, August 26
2021 "Black Muslim Freedom Dreams: 101," Black Muslim Psychology Conference, panelist, Muslim Wellness Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, August 20 (online due to COVID-19)
2020 "Making a Case for W.E.B. Du Bois as a Proto-Afrofuturist," History Should Make You Uncomfortable, presenter, Coalition of Master's Scholars on Material Culture, November 21 (online due to COVID-19)
2020 “WOC Artists Panel,” The BlackPrint, presenter, University of Maryland, College Park’s Multicultural Involvement & Community Advocacy (MICA), College Park, MD, February 26
2019 “Baltimore Spotlight: OBSIDIAN,” From Disordered to Deadly: Information and Power, presenter, Media
Democracy Fund, Baltimore, MD, December 4
2019 “Instances of Behavioral Dissonance,” Border Control: Symposium & Exhibition, presenter, New Media Caucus, Ann Arbor, MI, September 21
2019 “#AllRappersGoToHeaven,” Shell Talk, presenter, StartUp Shell - University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 4
2018 “Mapping a Pathway to Success through Creative Youth Development,” presenter, Maryland Out-of-School Time Network Conference, Baltimore, MD, January 10
Work Experience
2021– Program Coordinator | Maryland Citizens for the Arts. Baltimore, MD. Nov 2021 - Present
2021 Communications and Digital Media Specialist, Center for the Study of Religion and the City | Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, May-present
2020 Research Assistant, Office of Curatorial Affairs, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC, February-April
2019-20 Assistant Exhibition Designer, Center For Art, Design And Visual Culture, UMBC, Baltimore, MD
2019– Co-Creator/Producer/Writer, OBSIDIAN Podcast, Baltimore MD
2019 Community Communications Manager, Rap Research Lab, Baltimore, MD, June-August
2018-19 Communications and Social Media Research Assistant, Intermedia + Digital Arts MFA Department, UMBC, Baltimore County, MD
2015-19 Volunteer Short Film Judge, Muslim Interscholastic Tournament, Washington, DC
2013 Research and Membership Intern, Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, June-August
Teaching Experience
2020-21 Teaching Artist, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Art Activity Instructional Video for Virtual Corporate Council Night, December 2020 and May, June 2021
2019-20 Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD
Introduction to Printmaking, Fall 2020
Intermedia Studio, Fall 2020
Introduction to Art + Media Studies, Fall and Spring 2019-2020
Visual Concepts I, Fall 2019
2019-20 Instructor, Summer Enrichment Academy (SEA), University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD
The Art of Stop-Motion Animation, Summer 2020
The Art of Sound Animation, Summer 2019
2016-18 Lead Media Instructor, Wide Angle Youth Media, Baltimore MD
Animation, Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
Social Design, Fall and Spring 2016-2018
2016-17 Teaching Assistant, Towson University, Towson, MD
Visual Effects, Fall 2016
Animation Action Lab, Spring 2017
2013-16 Teaching Assistant, Govans Elementary School, Baltimore, MD
Writing and Reading Comprehension, Fall and Spring 2013-2016
Committees
2021 Member, Islamic Art Advisory Committee, The Walters Art Museum
2021 Member, Baltimore Field School, Working Group
2020-21 Trustee, Awesome Foundation, Baltimore MD
Press, Publications
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Rebecca Juliette, “BmoreArt’s Picks: February 1-7,” BmoreArt, February 1, Web. https://bmoreart.com/2022/02/bmorearts-picks-february-1-7.html
Rebecca Juliette, “BmoreArt’s Picks: January 11-17,” BmoreArt, January 11, Web. https://bmoreart.com/2022/01/bmorearts-picks-january-11-17.html
Cara Ober, "An Art Exhibit Considering Our Collective Future," BmoreArt, June 23. Web.
https://bmoreart.com/2021/06/an-art-exhibit-considering-our-collective-future.html
Rebecca Juliette, "BmoreArt’s Picks: May 4-10," BmoreArt, May 4. Web.
https://bmoreart.com/2021/05/bmorearts-picks-may-4-10.html
"Podcast Recommendations for Your Long Ride Nowhere" Bello Collective, 17 November. Web.
https://bellocollective.com/podcast-recommendations-for-your-long-ride-nowhere-bf926367556b
Lauren Passell, "⚰️ Lincoln's cadaver, Billie Holliday, a hip-hop conspiracy theory, Oklahoma City 🎶 Endless Thread's Amory Sivertson 🧵" Podcast The Newsletter, 12 October. Web.
https://podcastthenewsletter.substack.com/p/-lincolns-cadaver-billie-holliday
"60 Minutes Through Space." Open World, 8 October. Web. https://www.openworldradio.com/2020/10/08/60-minutes-through-space/
Lakshmi Gandhi, "55 years later, 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X' still inspires." NBC News, 10 September. Web. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/55-years-later-autobiography-malcolm-x-still-inspires-n1239797
Safiyah Cheatam, “Making a Case for W.E.B. Du Bois as a Proto-Afrofuturist.” The Drinking Gourd | Medium, 31 July. Web. https://medium.com/the-drinking-gourd/making-a-case-for-w- e-b-du-bois-as-a-proto-afrofuturist-302c60d8db8d
Aysha Khan, “Muslim women are building new worlds in science fiction and changing the confines of the genre.” The Washington Post, 17 July. Web. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ religion/muslim-women-are-building-new-worlds-in-science-fiction-and-changing-the- confines-of-the-genre/2020/07/17/ddea6a6e-c7aa-11ea-a99f-3bbdffb1af38_story.html
Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque, “Podcast Fever.” UMBC Magazine, 9 June. Web. https://magazine.umbc.edu/podcast-fever/
Teri Henderson, “MASTERS: Safiyah Cheatam.” BmoreArt, 28 May. Web. https://bmoreart.com/2020/05/masters-safiyah-cheatam.html
Vanessa Taylor, “Degrowing the Future. Part One of The Drinking Gourd’s Afrofuturism roundtable series." The Drinking Gourd | Medium, 31 January. Web. https://medium.com/the- drinking-gourd/degrowing-the-future-3bbfc28a725
Skills
Writing; Research and Planning; Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter); Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere, AfterEffects, Lightroom); Dragonframe (Animation Software); DSLR Camera (Canon, Nikon); Digital Archives; Public Speaking, Customer Service, Curriculum Building, Smithsonian TMS System, MS Office (Word, Excel); Spanish - Basic