Land of Eternal Summer: Maya Jeffereis in Conversation with Sofia Thiệu D’Amico
6:30 – 7:30PM
In conjunction with the exhibition Maya Jeffereis: Land of Eternal Summer, ISCP artist-in-residence Maya Jeffereis will discuss her creative processes and her thematic interests, including the subjects of diasporic longing, archival obfuscation, poetry as collective memory, and the land as a site of reimagining belonging. She will be joined by curator and writer Sofia Thiệu D’Amico. They will also talk about her experimental film and photography practices, and natural dye fiber art. Following the discussion, Jeffereis will lead a walkthrough of the exhibition in ISCP’s project space.
Maya Jeffereis is a New York-based artist and filmmaker working with video installation and experimental film. Jeffereis’ work has been presented in the United States and internationally, including at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Brooklyn Museum, New York; The Noguchi Museum, New York; and Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut, among other institutions. Her work has screened in international film festivals including Images Festival, Canada; Third Horizon Film Festival, Miami, Florida; Cosmic Rays, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, United Kingdom.
Sofia Thiệu D’Amico is an independent curator, writer, and researcher based in New York and co-director of Transmitter. Her work engages social practice and poetics, with recent research focused on intercolonial solidarities and abolitionist imaginings. She previously served as assistant curator at Canal Projects and has held arts administration roles at the Vera List Center for Arts and Politics, the Isamu Noguchi Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), among others. Sofia holds an MA from Bard College’s Center for Curatorial Studies; her thesis research will appear in Borders of Art: Migration, Mobility and Artistic Practice (American University of Cairo Press, 2026). She is on the curatorial team of the upcoming 2026 Immigrant Artist Biennial.