OAMF - 2026

Open Air Media Festival


Open Air Media Festival (OAMF) is excited to announce the 2026 program; a traveling film/video art screening presented in three cities in late May and early June. The program will travel across the Midwest and Southeast bringing artists from across the country to outdoor, public locations. 

The 2026 OAMF screening schedule:

Iowa City, IA
Friday May 29th, 8:30pm,
FilmScene in the Park

Greenville, SC
Friday June 5th, 8:30pm,
Monaghan Mill


Louisville, KY
Saturday, June 13th, 9:00pm,
Big Four Bridge

OAMF is co-organized by Zen Cohen, Assistant Professor of Digital Media at Clemson University, Clemson, SC and Dana Potter, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the Hite Institute of Art + Design, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY with production assistance from Caleb Payne.

Participating artists were curated from a national open call, from 12 U.S. states, and spanning ages 25 to 72. Selected works exhibit a vast spectrum of video art including non-traditional documentary, 3D animation, narrative, and non-narrative, expanding public access to contemporary media art. 



Open Air Media Festival is generously supported by:
City of Iowa City Public Art Program










FILM & VIDEO SCREENING


Tyson Gentry

City, State Clemson, SC
https://tysong.myportfolio.com/work

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Tyson Gentry is a current MFA candidate at Clemson University. He received his undergraduate degree in K-12 Art Education at Anderson University in 2024. During his time at Anderson University, he was a South Carolina Teaching Fellow, and received the Anne Gray Bishop Award of Excellence in Art Education upon his graduation. He also received the Rookie Teacher of the Year Award at T.L. Hanna High School for the 2024-2025 school year. His work has been displayed in multiple galleries across his native state of South Carolina, and has been included in national and international art publications.



Skin Shedding


00:04:00
Experimental, Music Video, Short

Skin Shedding presents my material form in search of connection to the physical environment while encased in an abstraction of recordings of social media scrollings. It is only by embracing the digital through a dance break that teeters on mental collapse that I am able to escape constriction.