echomech Creative

Information regarding Clay Hardwick

2007 (NOW)

Director of mixedCore; community for young, urban artists in Jackson, MS
Participating artist in Jubilee!Jam XX Collective Artists’ Market
Media Director for week long camp in downtown Jackson, MissionFest. (worked in live / post video, stage lighting, & general A/V)
Shot / produced short documentary, “Since 91” (7 min) – filmed in central Mississippi
Production assistant for feature length documentary on race relations in Mississippi - currently in production. Film by Paul Saltzman.
Participating artist in Jackson Prep's Artist in Action Day
Participating artist in Arts, Eats, & Beats in Fondren
Awarded “Best Painting” for Millsaps student art exhibit
Shot / produced commercial video for Delta State University (interviews; 12 min.; shot in Indianola, MS)
Shot / produced video installation for Scholastic Arts Awards at the Mississippi Museum of art (12 min.; entitled “Spectrum”)
Awarded “Best Video” for Millsaps video arts screening
Commissioned for various artwork
Semester internship with Josh Hailey Studio/Photography
Committee member (web/graphic design co-head) for Crossroads Film Festival
Own / operate echomech Creative (formerly Clay Borne Design); Clientele for 2007 included Delta State University, Josh Hailey Studio/Photography, MS Economic Development Council, Kate Medley, TALK Dance, Co., Crossroads Film Society, Alathea, Galloway UMC, and others

2006

Started forming mixedCore
Participating artist in Newstage’s “Unframed”
Participating artist in the “Fondren Art Mix”
Shot “Smoothie” (working title) (feat. Matt Doman, Logan Holleman; shot in Jackson, MS) – unfinished (not yet edited)
Participating artist at the Cedars summer arts festival
Shot / produced video installation for Scholastic Arts Awards at the Mississippi Museum of art (10 min.; entitled “En-Trance”)
(transferred) In school at Millsaps College, Jackson, MS.
Owned / operated Clay Borne Design; Clientele for 2003 included Eudora Welty Foundation, Jackson Prep, SafeCity, Saphenia, Fondren Historic District, McDonald Studios, Galloway UMC, Fish Tale Group, New Stage Theatre, Fried Green Capital, Avalon Image Group, Something Extra Monogramming, The John C. Stennis Institute @ MSU, and others

2005

Shot / produced "Anuga" (feat. Brett Brown, Caleb Johnson; 22 min.; shot in Memphis, TN)
Re-edited Free Parking (again for an experimental; to music, Pinback's "Chaos Engline")
Attended a semester at Memphis College of Art
Shot / produced / premiered “The Ticket Taker” at Video Café
Shot / produced / premiered “Next of Kin” at Video Café
Graduated Jackson Prep high school
Designer for Earthwinds literary magazine at Jackson Prep
Production assistant for FREE (anti-tobacco) campaign (2) 30sec commercials
Featured article in Jackson Free Press
Awarded “Best Music Video” at Crossroads Film Festival (showing “The Color of Freedom”)
Awarded gold / silver keys at Mississippi Scholastics Art Awards – Gold Key for Photography portfolio
Shot / produced “Metronome” (never been screened)
Freelance design for Krauscape Films
Freelance design for Frontier Strategies LLC
Volunteered for Galloway UMC TV (live) broadcast
Awarded “Most Promising Business” by the Mississippi Business Journal
Owned / operated Clay Borne Design; Clientele for 2003 included Noggins, Earthwinds, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson Prep, Senoj Films, and others

2004

Shot / produced “The Color of Freedom”
Featured article in Clarion Ledger
Awarded “Ruma Award” at Crossroads Film Festival for “Most Promising Filmmaker” (showing”California”)
Awarded Lauren Clemens AP Scholarship at Jackson Prep
Volunteered for Galloway UMC TV (live) broadcast (cam-man, TD, director, etc.)
Shot / dropped ”Simon Says” with Winsor Yuan (produced only a trailer)
Wrote “Simon Says” (featuring character Simon Cane) with Winsor Yuan
Began writing “Alphabetical Order” as novel (now a screenplay)
Shot / produced “Crawling in the Dark”
Re-edited “Free Parking”
Owned / operated Clay Borne Design; Clientele for 2003 included MS Urban Forest Council, Ronald McDonald House, MS Children’s Museum, Percival, Photo Adrenaline, Dare2Lead, and others

2003

Started Cluttered View Productions with Winsor Yuan
Shot / produced “Get Out”
Shot / produced “California”
Shot “Free Parking” (not allowed to edit for class)
Started shooting (1st ever serious) films in Video Arts class at Prep
Over the years I have received awards or honors including People’s Choice Awards at Prep, Scholastic Art Awards (gold, silver, HM, All American in Photography & Creativity), Earthwinds Photography Contest
Owned / operated Clay Borne Design; Clientele for 2003 included A Complete Flag Source, Tierra Rojo, Andrew Ketchings, Wilson Carroll, Mississippi Watercolor Society, and others