MDOCS Faculty
MDOCS draws from Skidmore's faculty and staff along with documentary practitioners to deliver courses in documentary traditions, theory and methods. Spring 2021 Faculty are listed below...
Sarah Friedland received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and the International School of Film
and Television in Cuba and her M.F.A. from the Integrated Media Art Program at Hunter
College. Her documentary films and installations are concerned with personal stories
that reveal larger histories and intricacies about place and society. Friedland’s
works with Esy Casey have screened widely in the U.S. and abroad and have been supported
by grants from the Jerome Foundation, Paul Newman Foundation, William H. Prusoff Foundation,
Princess Grace Foundation, Ford Foundation and Center for Asian American Media. In
2009, after the debut of her feature documentary Thing With No Name, she was named
one of the “Top 10 Independent Filmmakers to Watch” by Independent Magazine. She is
a recipient of the 2014 Paul Robeson award from the Newark Museum for her feature
documentary The Rink, which is slated to air on PBS (WNET/NJTV) in fall 2016. Her
recent documentary Jeepney (2015), which she produced with its director Esy Casey,
was broadcast on PBS (World Channel). She is currently co-directing the feature documentary
Lyd in Exile with Rami Younis. She has received residencies and fellowships from the Center of
Contemporary Art in Pont-Aven, LABA House of Study, MacDowell Colony and Meerkat Media.
Adam Tinklecreates, teaches and writes about music, sound, media and performance. At the center
of Adam's work are strategies for artistic engagement, interactivity and pedagogy
that draw on experimental music. In 2010, he co-founded the Universal Language Orchestra,
a group of elementary-aged novice musicians that composed, improvised and built their
own instruments. He subsequently created several similarly path-breaking arts education
programs across San Diego County, where his collaborations with his students and his
audience-participatory works were shown at the Birch Aquarium, Museum of Contemporary
Art San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art, Old Globe Theatre and Institute of Perception.
See full bio. (DS 210: Intro to Audio Doc; AS 251C: Pandemic Bardo) Adam, is currently on sabbatical
for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Emily Vallee is a visual artist and photographic educator. Her work explores and challenges the
separation and convergence between humankind and the natural word. Emily’s most recent
exhibitions include Uncovered at the Arts Center Gallery (Saratoga Springs, NY), Dust Collective & Cold Season at Aviary Gallery (Boston, MA), and The Telephone Booth Exhibit, Anderson Ranch Arts Center (Snowmass, CO). In 2017 she was shortlisted for the Royal
PhotographicSociety’s International Photographic Exhibition in London, England. Emily has been
featured in various publications such as Phases Magazine, Mubridge’s Horse, Booooom and Don’t Take Pictures. Emily released her most recent body of work Years With Wings at the Boston Art Book Fair in 2019, an ongoing project influenced by the publication
of the 2019 Audubon Study: Survival By Degrees. She received her MFA in Photography
from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her BFA in Studio Art from the
University of Vermont. (DS 119B: Explorations in Doc Photo)
