School of Film and Media Studies

Anne Basting is a writer, artist and advocate for the power of creativity to transform our lives. She is Emerita Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Founder of the award-winning non-profit TimeSlips.org, which inspires and supports the infusion of creativity and meaning-making into care systems. Her writing and large-scale public performances have helped shape an international movement to extend creative and meaningful expression from childhood, where it is expected, through to late life, where it has been too long withheld.

Her books include Creative Care: A Revolutionary Approach to Elder and Dementia Care (Harper), Penelope: An Arts-based Odyssey to Transform Eldercare (U of Iowa), and Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia (Johns Hopkins). Internationally recognized for her speaking and her innovative work, Anne is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, and numerous major awards and grants. She believes that creative engagement can and should be infused into every care system and has trained/consulted with Meals on Wheels, libraries, home care companies, senior centers, memory cafes, museums, adult day programs, and every level of long-term care.

Anne is currently at work on multiple projects including EMC2, an effort to sustainably grow the memory cafe infrastructure across the United States.

Interested in the Film BFA program?

When artists and organizers combine forces, new forms of political mobilization follow—which shape lasting social change. And yet few people appreciate how much deliberate strategy often propels this vital social change work. Behind the scenes, artists, organizers, political activists, and philanthropists have worked together to hone powerful strategies for achieving the world we want and the world we need. 

Join us for a  live taping of the podcast ‘Critical Listening’ with co-hosts  Liz Pelly (author of Mood Machine) and Max Alper. 

‘Critical Listening’ is a podcast of music, technology and culture criticism from journalist Liz Pelly and composer-educator Max Alper, two lifers of the Northeast underground and independent scholars of streaming era dystopia. On each episode, Liz and Max offer no-punches-pulled takes on the contemporary music and culture industries, featuring deep dives into contemporary music business headlines and longform interviews with fellow writers and musicians.

Here at Purchase they will record their November Headlines episode live and take audience questions.

This staunchly American film, The Sweet East is a rebellious and political coming of age story about self-discovering, shifting identity, and comedic foray into political satire through the eyes of a teenager on a field trip gone wrong. 

Directed by Sean Price Williams in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Nick Pinkerton.    Introduced by student Joanna Ascher.

Interested in the Film BFA program?