Film Screening with Erin Johnson '21 at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art
5pm - 7pm at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA), 543 Shore Rd, Ogunquit, ME 03907
Join Samantha Butler, Program Manager of Surf Point Foundation, and Erin Johnson, Chair of the Department of Film and Video at the Maryland Institute College of Art, for a discussion on artist Beverly Hallam and arts patron Mary-Leigh Call Smart, and for a screening of Johnson’s film inspired by them called “To be Sound is to be Solid.”
This talk and screening are free with admission to OMAA and free for OMAA members. Click here to join as a member.
Erin Johnson, Chair of the Department of Film and Video at the Maryland Institute College of Art
Erin Johnson (b. 1985, US) is a visual artist and filmmaker based in New York who was recently named one of
the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine. Her short films and immersive installations explore notions of collectivity, dissent, and queer identity. In her shape-shifting videos, constellations of artists, biologists, and film extras address the imbrication of science and nationalism. Johnson received an MFA and Certificate in New Media from UC Berkeley in 2013, attended Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 2019, and recently completed residencies at Pioneer Works (Brooklyn, NY), Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht, NL), Lower Manhattan Community Council (LMCC), Hidrante (San Juan, PR), Lighthouse Works (Fishers Island, NY) and Surf Point (Maine). Her work has recently been exhibited or screened at Sanatorium (Istanbul), REDCAT (LA), MOCA Toronto (Toronto), Munchmuseet (Oslo), Times Square Arts (New York), deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Boston), and Billytown (The Hague). She is represented by Galleria Eugenia Delfini (Rome) and is Chair of the Department of Film and Video at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Samantha Butler, Program Manager of Surf Point Foundation
Samantha is an arts organizer and multidisciplinary artist based out of Biddeford, Maine. Samantha has a rich history of developing engaging, artist-centric programming, especially supporting emerging artists; she co-founded New System Exhibitions and has worked with Maine arts institutions including SPACE, Running with Scissors, and the Portland Museum of Art. Prior to her current role at Surf Point Foundation, Samantha was the manager of TEMPOart where she led the organization through its annual public art commission. Read about Samantha’s practice supporting creative communities in Maine Magazine. Samantha’s studio work spans various media in the visual and performing arts. She values collaborative and improvisational methods of making and has worked as a set designer and art director for theatrical and commercial video productions. Samantha holds a B.A. Cum Laude from Connecticut College where she studied the representation of gender and sexuality, American Studies, and Studio Art.