Open Air Media Festival
Open Air Media Festival (OAMF) is excited to announce the 2026 Spring Tour; 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. 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.
Greenville, SC Screening event:
Friday June 5th, 8:30pm, Monaghan Mill
Event generously supported by Metropolitan Arts Council (MAC) in partnership with Tiger Strikes Asteroid – Greenville and Thornback Gallery.
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.
The 2026 artists:
Israel Lucius Barnes, Tiffany Carbonneau, Karl Erickson, Tyson Gentry, Laura Iancu, Sarah Lasley, Dwayne LeBlanc, Lex Leto, Song Lu, Maggie Murphy, Emily Sasmor, clay scofield, Eric Souther, Jenelle Stafford, Courtney Taniguchi, Roy Taylor, Michelle Trujillo, and Masha Vlasova.
About the festival:
Open Air Media Festival (OAMF) is an outdoor media arts program founded by artist and educator Zen Cohen. Launched in Iowa City in 2020, the festival was created to support media artists while encouraging chance encounters with the public in safe, accessible outdoor spaces during the pandemic. Since then, it has grown into a nationally recognized program through receiving a Grant for Arts Projects by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2024, funding support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts with Public Space One in Iowa City, and through partnerships with nonprofit arts organizations. All events are free and open to the public, broadening access to contemporary media art through shared, community-centered experiences.
Event Archive: http://www.publicspaceone.com/openair
