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“Moon Crab” Short Film Screening & Cyanotype Workshop
September 20 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Join artist, filmmaker, and professor Leah Clare Michaels for a screening of her latest short documentary film, Moon Crab, followed by an artist talk about sustainable darkroom practices, and a cyanotype workshop for all ages. The film is a meditation on the horseshoe crab and is partially shot on film and eco-processed with a seaweed developer. For the workshop, please bring items from home that you would like to layer on top of your cyanotype: lace, flowers, leaves, and/or a photo transparency in black and white.
Presenter Bio:
Leah Clare Michaels is an artist, filmmaker, and professor. She has produced documentary films, multi-media installations, and performance art works rooted in historical research, social justice, and cultural exchange. She received a B.A. in History with a focus in Classics from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2012 and a M.F.A. in Intermedia and Digital Arts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2019.
Michaels has taught and presented in the United States, Europe, and Asia including an international tour of her feature documentary Rock, Rage & Self-Defense: An Oral History of Seattle’s Home Alive, which she co-directed and produced with friend and colleague Rozz Therrien. Her written work has appeared in BmoreArt, UMBC Magazine, and the Debutante Journal based in Edinburgh, Scotland. As an adjunct professor, she teaches film and cinema studies at Towson University and Anne Arundel Community College.
She received a Fulbright grant to Poland for the 2023-2024 academic year.
