Grateful to have Trauma Bond - Short Film hosted on Retrospective of Jupiter. Go check it out!
https://retrospectiveofjupiter.com/films/trauma-bond/
We're over 7,000 views!
Feature in Lens Magazine /
Thank you to Lens Magazine for this wonderful feature of my self portrait work - How Can We Know Ourselves if We Don’t Have a Mirror?
You can purchase the issue here.
Press for music video /
Wonderful to see this video I worked on get some much deserved press!
“The director of my music video for Alice, Ben Phillippo, and set designers Jaina Cipriano and Adriane Moreno helped to crate a beautiful Victorian style bedroom for us to shoot in! We spent most of the day shooting there and then went outside to an abandoned schoolhouse to shoot the last scenes! It was a really fun experience working with so many talented and creative people and I am so happy you liked the results as much as I did.”
Aplomb Gallery /
Come to Aplomb Gallery next weekend and see my fathers least favorite portrait of me in this wonderful group show.
Thanks for the feature on Seacoastonline.com!
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/entertainment/2023/11/02/exhibits-galleries-theater-and-more-seacoast-arts-and-culture-news/71419774007/
Fall Fantasia! /
It was fun to have my work hanging at Fall Fantasia Art & Music Exhibition - thank you Skip for curating!
Trauma Bond in New Bedford! /
Trauma Bond will be screening at A Long Goodbye -A Film Showcase About Trauma. Excited to be in this line up with GR Films, Private Eyes Films, Soul Prophet Productions, Finding Bright Studios, & Fountain of Cards Productions!
EVENT LINK:
Cambridge Art Show - BLUE /
Absolutely wonderful show tonight at Cambridge Art Association! Big thanks to Abigail Ogilvy for jurying and Erin Becker for all her tireless work in putting together this amazing gallery + show. It’s worth seeing - go check it out!
Over 900 works were submitted and only 71 were selected. It’s a truly, fantastic show. I am so honored to be in it.
Superdown album is out /
I’m so proud of these guys + so honored to have been a part of this incredible record.
Grab a copy for yourself here.
And if you haven’t seen the video I directed for them yet - check it out now!
Grand Prize for Trauma Bond /
I am so excited and honored to say that Trauma Bond - Short Film took home the GRAND PRIZE at the incredible Lonely Seal Festival last week!
Thank you to Hammad Zaidi for creating such a wonderful festival + community. And Rachel Thomas for all your hard work putting together the amazing Women in Film and Video: New England block.
And of course, thank you to all the cast and crew that made this film possible. It wouldn’t exist without you all.
Alice - Peggy /
New music video alert!
It was so fun to design this pastel, victorian inspired bedroom - a bit different than what I normally do. Also, when someone cites Alice in Wonderland as their inspiration, you know I’m down.
Some BTS - working with my favorite, Adriane Moreno!
Trauma Bond at PRC Night of Film /
Last weekend I got to show Trauma Bond in Cambridge at an event with Henry Horenstein, Nancy Grace Horton and Stephen DiRado. Thank you to Lesley Art + Design for hosting and Photographic Resource Center for putting this together.
We had some incredible people there and some incredible conversations - it’s always a joy when I leave an event feeling fulfilled and inspired.
Trauma Bond is ONLINE! /
Finally, you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home.
Honorable Mention /
It's an honor to receive honorable mention for Beginning of the End at International Photography Awards for their 2023 contest.
Taken on my high school bleachers during a heat wave in summer 2020. I can remember what RISK! podcast I was listening too in my AirPods underneath that sweltering plastic wig. Strange times. Strangely good memories.
Shawna Spirit Award /
It was an absolute honor to take home the Shawna Spirit Award at Shawna Shea Film Festival this year for Trauma Bond - Short Film.
“The Shawna Spirit Award is awarded to a film/screenplay/individual that exemplifies a true independent, bold and unconventional spirit where art is the primary reason for the creative process. Those artists who push the boundaries and norms of the artwork. Truly independent spirits.”
Thank you Skip for all you do for the film community in New England!
If you're curious about Trauma Bond and haven't had the chance to see her yet... you might be in luck. Mark your calendars for October 31...for something special!
Somerville Public Library /
My work + free stickers at Somerville Public Library (MA) this month.
I will be there for a little opening reception tonight from 6-8.
Trauma Bond Nomination /
Shawna Shea Film Festival is one of the best local festivals around - we are honored to be nominated for Best Long Short!
Come on out next week and see Trauma Bond - Short Film in Worcester, MA on September 21st at 7pm.
Tickets here: https://filmfreeway.com/TheShawnaSheaFilmFestival
COVID Artist Archive at UMASS /
Back in 2020 Jerry Russo interviewed 249 artists about what their experience was like making art during COVID and I am honored to have been included. The oral history collection is housed at the Robert S. Cox Special Collections at UMass Amherst.
You can see my interview below if you'd like! Or hear the experience of dozens of other incredible artists.
"Cipriano, a photographer and filmmaker, is used to being alone, to hibernating, and she likes keeping to herself. So when the COVID-19 lockdown started in New York it gave her permission to stay home, make art, and not deal with anything in the outside world. It was like being on an art residency in her own apartment."
Trauma Bond in Vermont /
So lovely to share Trauma Bond - Short Film with Vermont at Vermont Film Festival this afternoon - it was an honor to be the first film to kick off the entire festival.
Can’t wait to share her with you all soon! The festival run is coming to a close!
Imag9ne Film Festival /
So wonderful to share Trauma Bond - Short Film with my stomping ground - Lowell, MA! Big thanks to Dare to Imag9ne Short Film Festival + Imag9ne for having me and doing such a thoughtful Q+A after.
Lonely Seal Film Festival /
Well, if you missed me in Vermont and Lowell this mark your calendars for Lonely Seal Festival - October 4-8 at The Regent Theatre (Arlington, Massachusetts)!
Come out and see Trauma Bond - Short Film + SUPERDOWN's new video Rattle, both showing during the Women in Film and Video: New England block on Saturday October 7 10am-1pm.
See you there
Shout out to Lucas Hobbes O'Neil who was the DP on BOTH of these projects!