I was born and raised in southeast Washington, D.C. I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts, with a concentration in Animation and Film/Video Production. I am currently completing my studies at the MFA Program in Experimental and Documentary Arts at Duke University and will graduate this May.
My early artistic work grew out of first-hand experience in the ways that gentrification and the use of eminent domain in Washington, D.C, and Philadelphia profoundly disrupted, disregarded, and displaced Black communities. I created documentary film and animation projects centered on the stories of neighborhoods that I was a part of such as the Black Bottom in Philadelphia, and the Anacostia and Congress Heights communities in Washington, D.C. I delved into documentary filming and animation as a medium for expression, preservation, and documentation, inspired to record and render the narratives that have been silenced or disregarded.
In this work at the University of Pennsylvania, I focused on the interweaving of the mediums of experimental documentary, animation, and archival footage. For two years I had the privilege of working with professor Dr. Krystal Strong, as part of the Re/Member Black Philly Project. I learned valuable professional skills such as working with emerging technology dealing with 360 ° cameras, DSLRs, and filming cameras as we worked to document endangered spaces and to collect material for the project's documentary web series component. Through a Mellon Humanities + Urbanism + Design Initiative, I researched and produced a short documentary video, “The Black Bottom,” about a predominantly Black community in West Philadelphia that was displaced due to urban renewal.
I have continued my practice and studies through the MFA Program in Experimental and Documentary Arts at Duke University. Through my experience of being part of the 2021–2022 StudioDuke Cohort, I partnered with Lauren Haynes, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum, for my project, “Ode/ (Owed) to Black Womxn.” I modeled an animated Afrofutrisitic, augmented reality world where viewers can explore the many facets that encompass the experience of being a Black Womxn in America. The immersive experimental animation bridged archival footage, animation, and AR/VR technologies to serve the purpose of honoring the history of Black Womxn through the exploration of several liberation movements.
University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor's - 2016-2020
Fine Arts with a Concentration in Film/Video Production and Animation
Duke University - Durham, NC
Master of Fine Arts - 2020-2022
Experimental and Documentary Arts
metaDEN, New Women Space, and Mott Haven Film Festival for Queering Film: A Mini Film Festival in Rainbow Colors
"Relics of the Afrofuture"
By: Ivy Nicole-Jonét & Lee Edwards
IncuArts Gallery Presents: Past, Present, Future International Exhibition
"Relics of the Afrofuture"
By: Ivy Nicole-Jonét & Lee Edwards
www.incuarts.com/past-exhibition
UNCG Flick! Experimental Film Festival
"Relics of the Afrofuture"
By: Ivy Nicole-Jonét & Lee Edwards
Graduate Teacher Assistant, Duke University
Neuroscience and Perception via the Arts - Fall '21
Graduate Teacher Assistant, Duke University
Traditions in Documentary Studies - Spring '21
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