On Friday 23rd August Massey formally welcomed artist-in-residence Melissa Edmon at the Turitea Campus. Our 29th visiting artist on the successful and popular scheme, Mel is a renowned documentary filmmaker (see her Vimeo page for examples of her amazing work) and a senior lecturer and programme coordinator at UCOL’s School of Photography, Arts and Design in Palmerston North.

Whilst at Massey, Mel is intending to make a short fiction film, entitled Are You Happy? which will involve Massey media production students as crew members, allowing them to experience working on a professional film set first hand. Mel has also already given guest lectures and workshops on the Creative Communication and Media Practice II papers at Palmerston North.

We’re thrilled to have Mel with us and look forwards very much to working with her over the coming months.