Guest
Biography

Lisa Marie Evans

Director

Lisa Marie Evans co-directed, edited and animated In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction, the first film to win the Publishing Triangle’s Michele Karlsberg Leadership Award. Since April of 2022 In Her Words has reached audiences across Perú, Mexico, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Poland, England, Germany, Australia, Canada, and the United States. Evans was keynote speaker at VIII Gendercom: the International Conference on Gender & Communication in Viterbo, Italy. She is a 2021 recipient of the Arkansas Arts Council’s Fellowship Award in Cinematic Arts and co-founded “Collision: When Visions Combine,” an annual performance event at the Momentary.
Over the past 20 years, Evans has mentored hundreds of multidisciplinary artists. Currently, she is the Director of Creative Development for CACHE where she designs and leads professional development programming, project support and grantmaking for artists. Since 2020, Evans has overseen the distribution of $750K+ dollars to over 175 creatives.

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Lisa Marie Evans attending

In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction