Tonight! May 2nd, 6:00pm at Hunter, Baker Arts Lounge WORKS IN PROGRESS WIP is a gathering for IMA students to come together to share their ideas and unfinished work for feedback. IMA students Shira Golden Kresch and PJ Rountree started the project and have been spearheading the series, it’s grown to include support by other IMA students like Zoha Akhter, Sabeena Singhani, Celeste Newcomb, A.J. Cincotta-Eichenfield, Lisa Draho, Azia Egbe, and more. WORKS IN PROGRESS takes place on the first friday night of the month. A great way for current students to get to know each other/‘s work and to create opportunities for feedback, discussion, and growth as a creative community—outside of class! A chance to connect with other IMAers at various stages in the program including Thesis. **You don’t have to share work to go! Listening is great too! ** More info here: ima-mfa.hunter.cuny/works-in-progress (flyer by AJ Cincotta-Eichenfield) #WorksInProgress #gathering #feedback #community #ideas #multimedia #storytelling #film #installation #audio #sound #interactivemedia #animation #projectionmapping #music #performance #documentary #narrative @huntercollege @hunterartsandsciences @artsathunter

The Travel Companion @thetravelcompanionfilm a feature narrative film by Travis Wood and IMA alum and professor, Alex Mallis @decimalplace is having its World Premiere at Tribeca! @tribeca More info and tickets: https://tribecafilm.com/films/travel-companion-2025 “...The Travel Companion offers a deft and painfully comedic insight into the push and pull of aspiring filmmakers’ woes, the inner turmoil when professional and personal jealousies collide, and the growing pains of long term friendships.” —Celeste Wong Thu June 05 - 8:30 PM @ Village East by Angelika Fri June 06 - 9:15 PM @ AMC 19th St. East 6 Wed June 11 - 3:15 PM @ Village East by Angelika Sat June 14 - 5:15 PM @ Village East by Angelika #film #narrativefeature #TribecaFilmFestival #filmscreening

IMA alum and professor Betty Yu @bettyyu21 is speaking at the We The People Forum at Hunter College, tomorrow! May 1st at 9am! We The People A Forum on Working Class Artists in America “This groundbreaking forum will explore barriers faced by artists from working class backgrounds, addressing their critical lack of representation in the arts and proposing solutions towards a more economically inclusive culture that reflects the full breadth of the American experience in the twenty-first century.” Thursday, May 1, 9am-1pm Frederick Loewe Theater, Hunter College 930 Lexington Avenue The entrance is on East 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, near Lexington Hosted by THE OFFICE OF THE ARTS @artsathunter @hunterartsandsciences Hunter College @huntercollege Gregory Mosher, Executive Director This event is made possible by the generous support of Susie Sainsbury For the full schedule and to RSVP https://www.workingclassartists.org/#participants #Forum #conversation #paneltalk #WeThePeople

IMA alum + visiting artist professor Yehui Zhao @yehui_zhao is premiering her feature film, May the Soil Be Everywhere at BAM as part of the Prismatic Ground festival, co-presented by UnionDocs The film began as her IMA thesis. About the film: “In a remote Chinese village, a peasant family endured wars, the communist revolution, and the deadliest famine. Persecution and hardship eventually forced the family to scatter. Against the backdrop of China’s rapid urbanization, the filmmaker sets out to unearth her family’s enduring bond with this long-forgotten village, hidden deeply in the vast mountain range of Loess Plateau.” More info and tickets: https://www.bam.org/film/2025/prismatic-ground-may-the-soil And more about Yehui’s work: https://www.yehuizhao.com #Film #filmmaking #filmscreening #familyarchive @bamfilmbrooklyn @uniondocs @prismaticground

IMA alum Sasha Wortzel @sashawortzel is screening film, RIVER OF GRASS at the American Museum of Natural History @amnh as part of the Margaret Mead Film Festival @margaretmeadfilmfestival Info and tickets: https://www.amnh.org/explore/margaret-mead-festival/river-of-grass Sunday, May 4 3:30 pm | Kaufmann Theater New York Premiere Director in Attendance: Sasha Wortzel 2025 | 83 min | USA “There is no place in the world quite like the Everglades, which serves a fundamental role in the Florida ecosystem. Betty Osceola, a member of the Miccosukee tribe, has defended the Floridian swamplands for decades against fracking, agribusiness, and water pollution, protesting swamp drainage with multi-day prayer walks along major highways. The film’s title evokes a Miccosukee phrase describing the Everglades, emphasizing the region’s natural resilience in the face of climate devastation. “ #RiverofGrassfilm #Everglades #film #filmscreening #NYPremiere #climatedevastation #ecosystem #environment

IMA alum Chloe Smolarski @elevatorbingo has coordinated an event on April 24th at 6:30pm as part of Social Practice CUNY @socialpracticecuny called Choosing to Remember: Embodied Witnessing and Co-Creating a participatory assembly led by Chloe Smolarski, artist; Tasha Darbes, ethnographer; and Edge Effect Media Group @edge.effect.media Location: The James Gallery - 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016 Engage the climate crisis through art, embodiment, and conversation. Participants will interact with archival material as interlocutors, as they observe one another’s stories of climate change effects. This assembly will contribute oral histories to an archive of collective grief, as we recover the past, acknowledge the present, and dream about the future of our climate. Embedded within and inspired by the exhibits Holding Water and When Home Leaves You: Archiving Living Memories of Climate Change our space centers collective grief, as a way to transcend alienation and imagine responses. More info: https://archive.centerforthehumanities.org/programming/choosing-to-remember-embodied-witnessing-and-co-creating #archive #embodiment #conversation #events #history