Film

Ira Mallory is an Indiana based film director and founder of production company IRA FILMS/BJYL PRODUCTIONS LLC. Ira’s education in film began in Los Angeles inside Fox Searchlight’s Director’s Labs in association with the American Black Film Festival, receiving instruction from the late John Singleton (Boyz n Tha Hood, Snowfall) , F Gary Gray (Italian Job, Straight Outta Compton) and Zola Mashariki (BET Networks). Mallory’s film education continued at  Indiana University where he studied Communications, Media and Film History.

Justin Brown is a multidisciplinary artist and curator from Indianapolis, IN. He is the founder and director of Hoy Polloy art gallery, located at 3125 e. 10th street, Indianapolis, IN. Justin’s work is research based; ranging from public- private experiments, to government and corporate surveillance programs to archival photographs. Justin paints with data and paper.

His series “Intelligence Countered” highlights FBI surveillance files of persons of interest from the Rabble Rouser Index, Cointelpro, and modern intelligence operations. He collages casework and redacts the papers further with abstract painting techniques to draw the viewers’ eye to the text. Justin’s “Cubist Maps” series is centered around the historic development of neighborhoods, cities, and interstate infrastructures. He collages archive images of landmarks and residents in geometric “maps” to honor a regions history. Justin has installed permanent murals in Milktooth, Rabble Coffee, Beholder, the MLK Multi-service Center in Indianapolis, Fraser Colorado, and the Adams County board of Commissioners in Colorado. His work has been exhibited at Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Big Car’s Listen Hear, and Hoy Polloy.

Lorea Turner is an actress, singer, and musician. She started taking music seriously at the age of 15 when she took her talents to the app Vine, where she gained over 100,000 followers in a short couple of months. Her first full cover was with friend Leroy Sanchez and they covered “Beauty and the Beast” which currently has 31 million views on YouTube. Later, Entertainment Weekly reviewed the song, and it was praised. She was also featured on Glamour Magazine where Demi Lovato reacted to Lorea’s cover of hers.

Lorea dropped her first single, “Secrets” in April of 2021.

She performed at H.E.R.’s Lights On Festival in September of 2021. She also sang at “Circle of Lights” in November and had a completely sold-out Christmas concert at the Indianapolis Arts Garden.

Towards the end of 2022, Lorea starred in Kirk Franklin’s “The Night Before Christmas” Lifetime original movie.

Imagist, Seed Lynn, submits deep listening as a liberation practice. Whether sensually, technically, or artfully applied, Lynn greets the lens as an altered state through which listening and witnessing make voice necessary. This state invades his work, frames subjects with honesty, and in turn, shapes spaces where stories find students. Lynn’s studies concern how we remember ourselves, who that memory honors, and how remembrance itself, in the face of oppression, is a cathartic act of love and protest.

Ikenna Stovall is a Nigerian engineer turned creative with hopes of fighting for inclusion within the fashion industry through ways of media production and creative strategy. He aims to provide longevity for new and upcoming creatives.

Ikenna has been featured in Essence Magazine and Pattern Magazine for his influential style. He is big on fashion and beauty and has worked closely with Dr Martens, ASOS, Misbhv, SwearLondon, Koi Footwear, Beautycounter and more.

In the realm of visual storytelling, Tobechukwu Francis Nwosu, a Nigerian-American photographer and filmmaker, emerges as a maestro, seamlessly blending emotive narratives with vibrant colors. Born in Enugu State, Nigeria, and raised amidst the cultural tapestry of Indianapolis,Indiana Nwosu’s art is a celebration of his dual heritage, a dance between West African traditions and the dynamic landscapes of America.

David Conner, known professionally as SIK-REEJECT, is an illustrator and writer from Gary, Indiana. He currently resides in Indianapolis. He recently graduated from Herron School of Art and Design.

SIK-REEJECT writes dark comedy and about lessons in self-love. He is the author and illustrator of the canvas webtoons “Rated Teen”, “Misery City”, and soon to come, “The Laugh-ocalypse!”

His work is inspired by Adult Swim, a programming block broadcast by Cartoon Network.