Still: Reclamation Meridian (2024) Film, Social Practice
GRANTS
New York Foundation for the Arts- Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grant; National Endowment for the Arts- Our Town Grant; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation & Mid-American Art Alliance- Interchange Grant + Fellowship; Charlotte Street Foundation- Cultural Producers Grant; Humanities Kansas- Humanities for All Grant; Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission- Reimagined Spaces Grant; Tallgrass Residency; Charlotte Street Foundation- Artist Leadership Intensive; KC Spaces Grant
AWARDS
American Film Institute- First Place Experimental Short; New York Independent Film Festival- First Place Experimental Feature; Winslow International Film Festival- Clear Creek Award; South Beach Film Festival- First Place Experimental Film; Around International Film Festival (ARFF International)- Best Experimental Film (Amsterdam, Netherlands); US Super 8 Film & Digital Film Festival- First Place Documentary; Impact Docs- Merit Award (Los Angeles, CA)
EXHIBITIONS
Sundance Film Fest- New Frontiers; The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)- New Directors/ New Films; American Film Institute- Visions; Motion Pictures International Film Festival; Society for Contemporary Photography; Dumbo Film Festival; Glasgow International Film Festival; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Athens International Film Festival; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Arts; Tallgrass Film Festival; Independent Film Channel- Independent Short Films Series; Midwest Center for Photography; Dante Fascell Gallery; Charlotte Street Foundation; Bandits Mages Video Festival; Chicago Cultural Center; Deuxieme Manifestation International Video et Art Electronique; New York Underground Film Festival; Haw Contemporary Stockyards; Emily & Todd Voth Artspace; Chicago Underground Film Festival
PRESS
“Finding Ground,” KC Studio Magazine
Cover Image & Article “Cyan Meeks: Phainesthai,” KC Studio Magazine, Kansas City, MO
“Counterpoint Festival Brings Passion and Preservation to the Prairie,” The Pitch, KC, MO
“Flint Hills Counterpoint Hosts A Natural Spring Tour,” Hillsboro Free Press, Hillsboro, KS
“Progress Continues at Flint Hills Counterpoint,” Marion County Record, Marion, KS
“Radkey Leap into Comic Book for Stunning ‘Romance Dawn’ Video,” Spin Magazine, International
“$20,000 grant awarded to Flint Hills Counterpoint,”Hillsboro Free Press, Hillsboro, KS
“Flint Hills Project Hopes to ‘Reclaim’ the Prairie,” The Topeka Capital Journal, Topeka, KS
“The 10 Best Hidden Gem Art Schools in the US,” College Gazette, National
“Project’s Founders Make Big Plans for Small Town,” Hillsboro Star-Journal, Marion County, KS
“Multimedia Project Promotes Stewardship, Artistry,” Peabody Gazette, Peabody, KS, Burns, KS, & Florence, KS
“Unlikely Love Story in New Video Feed My Brain,” MXDWN Entertainment Magazine, LA, CA
“Radkey’s Super Stylish Video ‘Romance Dawn’ Video,” NME Magazine, International
“Cyan Meeks’ Project for the Prairie Leads to Reclamation of Land and Community,” Kansas City Art Institute, Career Spotlight