Religious Studies scholar Merinda Simmons and filmmaker Brandon Colvin use the latter's new film, THE WORLD DROPS DEAD, and a handful of other cinematic texts to explore and articulate how religious practices, spaces, relationships, and perspectives provide unique and powerful contexts for narrative filmmaking. Brandon Colvin Merinda Simmons    

Ann Carlson is an interdisciplinary artist whose work borrows from the disciplines of dance and performance as well as visual, conceptual and social art practices. Her work as a whole is engaged with flattening traditional hierarchies, and throwing off the guardrails of who gets access to the contemporary dance/art experiences. She is the recipient of many awards for her work, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Dance Project Award, and a Creative Capital Award. Working with more questions than answers, [...]