Education

Teaching

Art Appreciation · Richard Bland College

Teaching art through looking, discussion and connections across visual culture.

Alex Dahdah · Instructor

Qualification

Certificate in the College Teaching of Art

Preparation for college art teaching through pedagogy and teaching practice, earned alongside the MFA.

Alex Dahdah · Certificate earned alongside graduate study

Qualification

MFA in Multidisciplinary Art

Graduate studio and thesis work at MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art, alongside critical theory and visual identity design.

Alex Dahdah · Master of Fine Arts awarded

Teaching

Visual Culture and the Holocaust · Maryland Institute College of Art

A teaching internship in visual culture, history and representation.

Alex Dahdah · Graduate Teaching Intern

Teaching

4K Film Editing Workflow · San Francisco Art Institute

A practical workshop in film editing and post-production workflow.

Alex Dahdah · Workshop Instructor

Qualification

Graduate study at SFAI

Graduate studio work, critique, theory and directed study at the San Francisco Art Institute, before completing the MFA at MICA.

Alex Dahdah · MFA Studio Art programme · study at SFAI

Teaching

Interdisciplinary Sculpture · Maryland Institute College of Art

Teaching support for the senior sculpture programme.

Alex Dahdah · Graduate Teaching Intern

Teaching

Editing and Sequencing · San Francisco Art Institute

Undergraduate photography with Professor Linda Connor.

Alex Dahdah · Graduate Teaching Assistant

Qualification

BA in Television & Film

Undergraduate study in filmmaking, television, media and the liberal arts, completed with High Distinction.

Alex Dahdah · Awarded with High Distinction

Qualification

Minor in Performing Arts

Acting, theatre, dance, music and movement studied alongside the BA in Television & Film.

Alex Dahdah · Minor accompanying the BA

Teaching

Introduction to Filmmaking · Geek Express

An introductory filmmaking workshop in Lebanon.

Alex Dahdah · Workshop Instructor

Teaching

Movement Improvisation for Teenagers · Guides du Liban · Groupe SSCC Kfarhbab

Led a movement-improvisation workshop for teenage members of the Guides group at Collège des Saints-Cœurs Kfarhbab, the school Alex attended.

Alex Dahdah · Workshop Instructor

Practice & context

Trisha Gupta Studio

Alex Dahdah · UI/UX refinement, website strategy, portrait photography and printmaking assistance

Qualification

French Baccalauréat

Economics & Sociology, with a Mathematics specialization, at Collège des Saints-Cœurs Kfarhbab.

Alex Dahdah · Baccalauréat Général · ES

Professional role

Expert

Helps customers identify Apple products, services and purchase options that fit their needs, and mentors sales colleagues through product knowledge and customer engagement. Within this broader role, Alex also supports creatives and creative businesses with technology choices for their work.

Alex Dahdah · Expert

Professional role

Docent Programs Digital Associate · Volunteer

Continued digital support for the museum’s docent and education programmes in a volunteer role following the internship.

Alex Dahdah · Docent Programs Digital Associate · Volunteer

Practice & context

SFAI

Alex Dahdah · UX/UI, navigation & content architecture

Professional role

Docent Programs Management Intern

Supported docent education through training-media production, digital resources and technology assistance for online and on-site programmes.

Alex Dahdah · Docent Programs Management Intern

Professional role

Faculty Senate Student Representative

Represented students in faculty senate meetings.

Alex Dahdah · Faculty Senate Student Representative

Professional role

Digital Media Producer

Built an in-house filming studio, trained interns, produced videos, photographs and graphics, and contributed to website and social-media updates. The employment period above is recorded in Alex’s career history. The linked case study also includes website captures through September 2022 and videos published in 2021 and 2022; those later dates document the work, not an extended employment period.

Alex Dahdah · Digital Media Producer

Recognition context

Recognises

Graduate-study support

Recipient

Alex Dahdah

Professional role

TV & Film Studio Technician

Maintained and loaned film equipment, supported students’ studio projects, and filmed and edited campus events.

Alex Dahdah · TV & Film Studio Technician

Practice & context

Good Morning Charles

Alex Dahdah · Shared art direction · assistant director · actor

Workshop record

Guerrilla Filmmaking

Alex attended Pablo’s guerrilla filmmaking workshop during the 2018 Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change.

Photo · Salzburg Global Seminar/Katrin Kerschbaumer

Alex Dahdah · Participant · with Pablo Martínez-Zárate

Study record

Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change

Re-Imagining Journalism: News and Storytelling in an Age of Distrust, held at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria. Alex was one of thirteen coauthors of Salzburg Online, a proposal for a community media network.

Alex Dahdah · Fellow

Creative experience

FilmCamp

Alex took part in a FilmCamp edition while developing āh, leaving the programme before completion.

Alex Dahdah · Participant · partial programme

Practice & context

Do You Really Think You Know Me?

Alex Dahdah · Producer & assistant director

Practice & context

In the Mood for Love — Remake Exercise

Alex Dahdah · Actor · main cast

Practice & context

Wedeh Bou Jmil

Alex Dahdah · Episode writer · Series writing collaborator

Study record

Philosophy and Pedagogy

Developed a teaching philosophy and proposed art assignments, connecting educational theory with course structure, discussion and assessment.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

Practice & context

Levant Museum of Art

Alex Dahdah · Visual identity & exhibition design

Study record

Teaching Assistantship

Alex supported Linda Connor’s Editing and Sequencing course as a teaching assistant. This was a teaching appointment recorded alongside his graduate study.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Teaching assistantship

Practice & context

Meals On

Alex Dahdah · Visual identity & graphic design

Practice & context

Murray — Mediterranean Cocktails

Alex Dahdah · Visual identity & packaging design

Recognition context

Recognises

Academic achievement

Recipient

Alex Dahdah

Study record

Internship

A credited internship within Alex’s Television and Film degree, connecting university study with work in a professional setting.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Internship

Recognition context

Recognises

University recognition

Recipient

Alex Dahdah

Coverage topic

Alex joins LAU students at the 2018 Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change.

Study record

Academic English II

Academic reading and source-based writing, practised through outlines and working drafts comparing arguments about homeschooling, social integration and autonomy.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

Related work · In the Mood for Love — Remake Exercise

Screening

Work

• In the Mood for Love — Remake Exercise

Alex’s role

Actor · main cast

Coverage topic

A programme interview with Alex. The recording opens at his segment, at 1:25.