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Aleigh Lewis holds a BA in Visual Art from Oberlin College and a MFA in Film/Video from the California Institute of the Arts (2010). Her schooling was funded by scholarships from the Disney family and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Aleigh is currently an artist in residence for 4 months at the CENTQUATRE, a cultural institution in Paris, France. She is doing research for her most recent film and photography project Right to Light which addresses the interweaving history of the physics of light and consciousness. Aleigh's long term project The Closest Farthest Away, a collaborative project between Cuban and American artists, premiered in Miami, Florida in March 2010 and the Havana Film Festival in December 2009. This live performance is an intersection between theater and cinema, mixing layers of video projections with live actors on stage. The paradigm of the performance intensifies the disconnect between a physical and a virtual world which is a response to the inability for Americans and Cubans to travel to each other's countries. Read reviews here. In 2009 Aleigh was a recent recipient of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences internship grant which funded assisting Academy Award nominated director Kirby Dick in the summer of 2009. Aleigh also works as a producer/director for TurnHere, making promos for small businesses that appear on Yellowpages.com. This work has been extremely interesting meeting a wide range of people from hormone therapy doctors in Beverly Hills to heating & air conditioner salesmen in North Hollywood. Director: Short Films Director: Live performances with video Screenings/Performances/Installation NOISE UNTO THE WORLD SPECTRUM MISC
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