Guest Faculty Lecture: Julie Winoker and Ivana Dama

Aug 10, 2025 7PM-8PM

Schermer Meeting Hall

Sunday and Tuesday evenings, June through September, Anderson Ranch features a slideshow presentation by distinguished faculty members and visiting artists. These insightful talks dive into the artists’ inspiration, their creative process, and more.

This presentation is free and open to the public and is available in person or via livestream.

Registration is appreciated. All on-campus workshop students will be pre-registered for this event.

Speaker

Julie Winokur

Julie Winokur, Founding Director of Talking Eyes Media, has been a filmmaker and writer for over three decades. Her work has appeared on PBS, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. She is a National Geographic Explorer and former professor at Rutgers U. Newark and International Center of Photography.

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Ivana Dama

Ivana Dama is an artist and researcher holding an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University. She previously graduated from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture with a degree in Media Arts and Digital Humanities. Her multidisciplinary work spans audio-video installations, robotics, web projects, and music performances, with a focus on the nonverbal expression of traumatic experiences through sound studies and sonic memories. Ivana’s practice explores the relationship between sound and vibrations at various scales, from the microscopic to the architectural and satellite. Her work has been featured in over 30 group shows, and she has had solo exhibitions in Portland and Los Angeles. In addition to her artistic practice, she recently joined Columbia University’s MFA program in Visual Art as a professor, where she teaches a class titled Critical Issues in Sound.

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