IMA Alumnus Awarded Top Socially Engaged Art Fellowship

Integrated Media Arts (IMA) alumnus Laura Chipley was just named one of 8 recipients of the ABOG Fellowship for Socially Engaged Art for 2015. This prestigious one-year fellowship pairs $20,000 in unrestricted project support with strategic assistance, assessment tools, video documentation, and other tailored resources (http://www.abladeofgrass.org/people/fellows/).  Laura Chipley (http://lauragracechipley.squarespace.com) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Queens, New York. Her past projects include “Deep Black Sea” – an experimental documentary series that chronicles the aftermath of oil spills around the world, and “The Newtown Creek Armada” – an interactive boat pond created in a New York Superfund site. She is an Assistant Professor of Media and Communications at the State University of New York at Old Westbury.