About the Artist
Filmmaker, Visual Artist, and Educator
Brittany Severance is an award winning filmmaker, photographer, and educator based out of Worcester, Massachusetts. She is also the owner of Sevco Productions. You'll often find her behind a camera, whether as the director, director of photography, or as a set photographer. Her work explores themes of identity, perception, memory, and relationships, creating projects that often reflect on domestic and daily life. She has a particular interest in coming of age narratives where the protagonist transforms as they move into the next stage of their life.
Severance’s photography and short films have shown in film festivals, museums, and galleries such as the Women's International Film and Arts Festival, the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, the Dam Short Film Festival, the Worcester Art Museum, the Fitchburg Art Museum, the Danforth Art Museum, and the New Britain Museum of American Art among others. Severance also co-authored a chapter with Dr. Daniel S. Hunt entitled “Social Justice Filmmaking from a DIY Perspective” in the recently published text, New Media Technology and Motion Pictures.
Currently she is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Worcester State University teaching video production, screenwriting, and film studies courses. Over the years she has also taught courses at the College of the Holy Cross and Clark University.
Arts Inc. Episode
Here is a link to the Arts. Inc season one episode featured on PBS Rhode Island that focuses on Brittany Severance’s art and filmmaking practice.