Helpful to have some previous experience with other video editing software or Adobe platforms but not mandatory. Participants will need access to a computer, reliable internet, Adobe CC subscription or download free 7 day trial: https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/free-trial-download.html

*Instructor proceeds will be donated to the Iowa Freedom Riders, Des Moines Black Lives Matter and Black Mamas Bailout Fund*

Teaching Artist:
Zen Cohen is a time-based media artist working with video, sound, digital photography, installation and performance. She received her MFA in Art Studio at the University of California at Davis and her BFA in Media Art from the California College of the Arts in Oakland, CA. Her work has been exhibited throughout the San Francisco Bay Area at the deYoung Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SFMOMA, SOMarts, The Lab, The Montalvo Center, and nationally at ARTSpace New Haven in CT, Vanity Projects in NY, Public Space One in Iowa City, and internationally at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City and Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno in the Canary Islands. Her photographs have been published in Hyperallergic, Art Practical and Southern Illinois University Press. In 2013, she received an Individual Artist Commission Grant in Media Arts from the San Francisco Arts Commission. Additionally, she curated monthly moving image programs and group exhibits at an artist run space called the Climate Theater. Her production experiences include working as a video editor for Al Jazeera America and owning a media production studio in San Francisco, which produced short documentaries, music videos, photo shoots and graphic design for artists and organizations. She moved to Iowa City in 2018 and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of media art and film studies at Coe College.  
Websites // visual art: zencohenprojects.com // media production: zencohenstudio.com