MFA Candidate
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Education and Training:
B.A., Temple University
Biography:
Matte Hewitt has a BA in sculpture from Temple University and is an artist/environmentalist interested in nature, sound and sound design. Their research interests include ornithology, queer ecology, ecofeminism, natural history, racial discourse, and land use. They participated in Philadelphia's acclaimed Scribe Film Scholars program to begin their documentary production training, and their proposed MFA thesis would focus on same-sex behavior and gender variance in birds to challenge the boundaries between humans and animals and to counter homophobia and transphobia.