Hello Sharon, See Ya Zachariah, Party on the 10th
Sharon is a Mexican American artist from Central Tejas, a native Spanish and English speaker who grew up rooted in community, performance, and culture.
She joins us with a background in dance, photography, and youth education in dance and assisting with camps from film to horseback riding. She has performed at music festivals, appeared in music videos for local artists, and worked on commercials.
Behind the camera she loves shooting BTS and mixing fashion with photography, styling shoots around pieces from local designers and getting to play dress up in the process.
✶ Three questions
Get to know Sharon.
Favorite art form, and why?
Dance. It's the art form where I feel like I can express myself the most freely, and where I feel the most myself.
What are you excited to make next?
I want to keep taking photos and watch my work progress over the years, then eventually print them all out as a book.
Favorite place in East Austin?
My grandma's house 🤍
Welcome to the team, Sharon!
✦ Photos by @manderbot and @khanhvytran · Clothing design by @deruthl
✦ Come say hi
Meet Sharon at the Film Social.
Part open house, part welcome party, filmmakers at every stage in one room. Come as you are.
Thursday, September 10 · 6 to 8 PM · Free
RSVP drops tomorrow, September 1. This post is the first place it has been announced, so consider it your head start.
✦ Also this month
See ya around, Zachariah.
Zachariah Williams is stepping out of his full time role as Studios and Equipment Manager and into freelance film work. He is not going far. He stays on to teach youth and adult classes with Austin School of Film and to run analog processing for our motion picture classes. He wrote the rest himself.
Dear MMAC friends,
I wanted to take a moment to share what my time here has meant to me.
I got my start in the avant-garde and experimental filmmaking class with ASoF after graduating college, living in somebody's dirty attic, and potentially leaving Austin. What began as an attempt to learn a little about Super 8 turned into something much bigger, and in a few short months I was working at a place that would change my life. For over two years, I balanced managing the studios at Cinemaker while picking up freelance gigs on every off hour I could fill. Being immersed in a production environment every day, inside and outside of work, alongside such a talented and generous community of members (and friends), is where I gained the confidence and knowledge to make this jump. And I'll be forever grateful.
I also had the chance to teach summer camps with the school, which pushed me to translate everything I'd learned into a simpler form and reminded me why I fell in love with this work in the first place.
I'm endlessly grateful for these last 3 years. Beyond the skills I gained, I've made lifelong friends and collaborators here. And I cannot wait to keep working, pushing, and celebrating each other.
This is only a see ya around, not a goodbye, as I'll continue to teach both youth and adults with the school, as well as the analog digitization for the space.
Thank you, Motion Media Arts Center, for everything.
Warmly,
Zachariah
P.s. available for work 🤍
One hello, one see ya around, and a room to do both in on September 10. Come through.