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Corey "Roc Bottom" Davis

Author / Writer; Director; Film Maker; Visual Artist: Drawing Illustration; Visual Artist: Mixed Media; Visual Artist: Painting; Visual Artist: Print / Digital Art / Graphic Design; Comic Books/Animation

An ink and pencils maestro, Roc Bottom has garnered praise from hundreds for his stylistic and innovative approach to his craft. His creative works have been featured in The Underwire Online magazine with his creator-owned comic, Lion’s Den Revolution, the first comic to ever be presented in digital desktop format. Other comedic credits include Trenchcoats, Cigarettes, and Shotguns for Conquest Comics, Queen of Sin and Master’s Devils for Legion Studios, and 803 from 803 Studios. Roc is a former member of Truthful Comics, where his titles include Order, Shadowclub Karma, and Jet Boy: Dawn of K.R.O.N.O.S., a comic/animated series. Roc also has his hand in the fashion world as co-owner of One Cloth1ng and his new line Johnny Rocketz which features custom shoes and t-shirts. Recently, Roc has partnered up with producer Mustafa Saied, and writer JD Lawrence to start a production company that will produce original content for several networks and streaming services. He is currently directing the animated project Jet Boy, along with Mike Sofoluke, producing/writing the animated Shadowclub Karma project, and producing the Dark Goddess animated series. Roc Bottom has been featured in gallery shows, conventions, and art shows such as 701 Gallery, Anastasia and Friends, Cola-Con, Punk Monkey Comics, Heroes and Dragons comics, Cayce-West Columbia Library, South Congaree-Pine Ridge Library, and Art Bar Agora, to name a few.

Fuse Artist Alliance

Actor; Author / Writer; Choreographer; Composer; Dancer; Director; Film Maker; Musician; Playwright; Poet; Producer; Singer; Storyteller; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Drawing Illustration; Visual Artist: Mixed Media; Visual Artist: Painting; Visual Artist: Photography; Visual Artist: Print / Digital Art / Graphic Design

To connect independent artists within the first 5 years of their creative career with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate their creative vision. FUSE aspires to provide the platform for these artists to be seen,heard, and loved. FUSE showcases indie talent in visual art, film, fashion design, music, performance art, hair and makeup artistry, and photography. FUSE desire to provide an alternative way for artists to showcase both to their local community and the world-at-large. We are not your average artist , no ! We are uniquely gifted, colorful in our words, creative in our vision and all about our artists.

Nathan Alexevis Cano

Film Maker

My name is Nathan Alexevis and I'am a filmmaker currently living in Holy City of Columbia, South Carolina. I have a BFA in Film & Video Production. Over the recent years, I've worked on a number of projects ranging from features, short films, promo videos, music videos, events, weddings and commercials. I have a natural talent for visualising a story and relaying information to the team. Using storyboards, diagrams, and other conventional means I can effectively get the team to understand what the concept is for any particular project.

Arischa Conner

Actor; Film Maker; Singer; Teacher / Instructor; Audiobook Narrator

Arischa Conner is your sweet southern auntie who loves a steamy romance novel. She’s an actor, director, voice over artist, narrator, singer, mom, wife and educator who lives in the Southeast region of the United States. She studied acting at Hampton and Claflin Universities and you can see her streaming on your television sets and phones in various limited series like Emmy Award Winning Dopesick on hulu, The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray and Swagger on AppleTV Plus. The warmth and richness of Arischas voice coupled with her background in improv, acting and storytelling, allows her to bring words to life in various genres including, but not limited to, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, historical fiction, self-help, non-fiction, erotica, and a cozy romance. In her spare time, Arischa loves to play her Ukuleles and sing the night away…in private (that’s why she loves to stay behind the mic). Let Arischas engaging and soothing voice take your ears on a melodious journey through your next novel.

Andrew Gajadhar, p.g.a.

Actor; Author / Writer; Choreographer; Director; Film Maker; Producer; Teacher / Instructor; Martial Artist/Scientist

Andrew Gajadhar, p.g.a. is an accredited Producer, Writer, Director and Actor, known for What Matters (2018), Prelude to Infusco (2014), Shenanigans (2019), Alienography (2019), and is in production of a new horror trilogy called Milila (2020). His work has been multi award-winning, to include 8 nominations and 3 wins at the Rising Star Academy Awards in Philadelphia, PA in 2018. His career started as a fight/tactical choreographer, rooted from an extensive Martial Arts, Law Enforcement, and Military background in the U.S. Marines with his founding organization, American P.I.T. Fighting Academy. Andrew Gajadhar, p.g.a. is the first ever accredited film Producer with the Producers Guild of America that was registered with the South Carolina Film Commission, a Martial Scientist, an inductee of the Action Magazine Martial Arts Hall of Honors, and in the Hall of Honors World History Book as the founder of American P.I.T. Fighting. He has degrees in both the Arts and in Psychology, and he is currently finishing the Masters program in Psychology while running three businesses and a nonprofit organization for the film industry of the Carolinas. Lastly, he is a dedicated single father of three.

Ron Hagell

Film Maker; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Installation; Visual Artist: Mixed Media; Visual Artist: Painting; Visual Artist: Photography

Ron has an MFA (Columbia University) and studied theater, art and photography at the RISD, UNC and American University. Ron has had careers in television (PBS and Lifetime) and as an Army officer in Vietnam. He has taught arts practice at Royal Holloway – University of London, RISD and privately in Columbia, SC. His courses include screenwriting, filmmaking, acting and media art. Ron makes films and art with installations featuring paintings, projections, prints and film centered on portraiture and topics related to Diasporas and family narratives. Since completion of his RISD post-graduate certificate in digital photography, Ron has been applying the medium to several recent photographic works but also continues to paint and make short art films. Including the 2017 film “Rising” and various works featured in the ArtFields Exhibition since 2016. A former Tapp’s Arts Center artist, Ron now maintains a studio at Outpost in Columbia’s Five Points. Contact: r.hagell@gmail.com Site: ronhagell.com Facebook: Art by Ron Hagell. Cell: 803-297-1938

Shannon Ivey

Actor; Director; Film Maker; Producer; Storyteller; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Installation

Shannon Ivey, MFA, AEA, is an artist. She creates socially minded events and experiences with and for communities. She has spent over 25 years creating as an actress, director, activist, coach, facilitator, and educator. Many know her from her StorySlam events and performances. Ms. Ivey is also a Tedx Presenter. She holds an MFA in Acting from UNC Greensboro and a BA in Theatre from Mississippi University for Women. Ms. Ivey has over 23 years of professional and community experience facilitating workshops, directing or devising plays, musicals, and creating performative experiences for audiences of all ages. Ms. Ivey is the proud founder of the #whatshesaidproject, which uses first person storytelling to empower women of all ages. She facilitates Story Slams and other interactive experiences under that name. In 2018, Shannon collaborated with the City of Columbia and the Knight Foundation on an event that was facilitated at the SC State House steps called “36 questions” For more info: shannon-ivey.com

Thaddeus Jones

Director; Film Maker; Producer; Visual Artist: Photography

I am a filmmaker among other things but I primarily have done work in shorts, screenwriting, and consulting in production and screenwriting. Anything film and music

Jason Kendall

Author / Writer; Director; Film Maker; Musician; Producer; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Drawing Illustration; Visual Artist: Installation; Visual Artist: Mixed Media; Visual Artist: Photography

Kendallprojects was founded in late 1999 in response to the status of a project that I was working on during the first semester of my senior year at Ringling. The Arthor Suger projects needed to develop into a broader, more inclusive way of presenting my ideas. When each work became it’s own production under the heading, work by, “artist” Jason Kendall, with help from others, it made sense to put each endeavor under the heading “kendallprojects”. Since it’s official inception in 2000 with the launching of a rudimentary website that laid out the brief history of the projects, it has expanded to include a wider variety of both work and persons involved. Do to the nature of the medium of performance documentation, it was important for me to have people assist with the projects that I trusted, were proficient in their area of expertise, understood and shared the same vision for the work as I did.

Sean Shoppell

Film Maker; Musician; Visual Artist: Installation

Eugene Washington

Author / Writer; Film Maker; Playwright; Teacher / Instructor

Gene Washington Productions produce original stage plays, documentary and feature films, and Mr. Washington teaches Creative Writing & Public Speaking.

EUGENE WASHINGTON

Actor; Author / Writer; Film Maker; Playwright

I have written and produced 4 plays at the Koger Center for the Arts – my proudest having been "The Modjeska Simpkins Story" – which chronicled the life of the Civil Rights icon. I’m the author of one book, "Love has everything to do with it," which challenges men to become advocates against domestic violence. I wrote, directed and produced the documentary film, "The Hallowed Halls" which tells the great story of how 3 Midlands segregation-era institutions (Lakeview, Booker T. Washington & C.A. Johnson High Schools)produced model citizens.

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