SHAOLIN JAZZ in Ethiopia / Panelist: Tewodross Melchishua

Meet Tewodross “Teo” Melchishua (pronounced Tee-oh-droze Mell-keshu-ah) one of the panelists on our discussion this Sunday.  Teo serves as an associate professor and program coordinator of visual communication and digital media arts program (VCDMA) and teaches courses in animation, motion graphics, cinematography, new media, hip-hop studies and contemporary (underground) art/design. Teo also works this through his film and digital media studio collective Visual Jazz, located in the Art Lives Here Business Incubator, in Mount Rainier, just in the Gateway Arts district of Prince George’s County.

Teo is a filmmaker, animator, visual artist, VJ, projection designer, educator and curator from Prince George’s County, Maryland, who received his BA in Art/Photographic Media from Morgan State University, and an MFA in Imaging & Digital Arts from UMBC.

His visual art, animation and films have been shown to audiences nationally and internationally.

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SHAOLIN JAZZ / Cultural Presentation / Bowie State / 2.25

We’re pleased to announce our next college engagement will be tomorrow (2.25) at Bowie State University courtesy of the Visual Communication & Digital Media Arts (VCDMA) of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts.  The event is free and from 6-7pm and for all event info click here.