Black Public Media (BPM) and the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts are continuing a collaboration for the second year on a new residency for Black filmmakers, creative technologists and artists who need access to emerging technology, studio time or work space.
The in-person residency was launched at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln during the summer of 2022.
Emerging technologies include—but are not limited to—artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics and 3D printing. Candidates may also choose to focus on older technologies, such as projection mapping, multichannel video, VFX, or 3D animation.
Filmmakers, artists and creative technologists will be accepted on a rolling basis between now and May 5, 2023.
For guidelines and submission info, visit https://go.unl.edu/bpmresidency.
Last year's first cohort included artist Johannes Barfield, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; educator Rae Phillips, of Shreveport, Louisiana; and artist Andrea Walls, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Read more about their experience at https://go.unl.edu/d8ry.
Founded in 1979, Black Public Media supports the development of visionary content creators and distributes stories about the global Black experience to inspire a more equitable and inclusive future. The nonprofit, which is primarily funded by Corporation for Public Broadcasting, provides quality content for public media outlets, including PBS, PBS.org, and BlackPublicMedia.org, while training and mentoring the next generation of Black filmmakers. Its emerging media program, BPMplus, is funded by MacArthur Foundation, private gifts and other funders.