Services

Instruction

Creative and ethics driven inquirty into storytelling and relationship to power through instruction focused on leadership and media. Includes programmatic direction at organizations, working with communications professionals and with individual makers on relationship building, community engagement, professional development and authentic storycraft.

Example Projects

Instructor, Change Leader Institute
Washington State Arts Commission
Faculty, Ethics of Storytelling
UW CommLead Masters
Executive Director, Board President
Seattle Documentary Association
Instructor, Documentary Production Course
Northwest Film Forum (Seattle)

Media Storytelling

Producing and editing media for state agencies, nonprofit and mission driven small business to community storytelling. Utilizing a strong background in documentary film, Elliat offers a keen awareness of stewardship in media production, supporting people and their powerful voices through storytelling.

Example Projects

Modern Indigenous
Chef Braveheart
Creative Start Studio
Washington State Arts Commission, Arts Education
The Knowledge Building Initiative, an oral history project
National Performance Network (New Orleans)
SeaDoc Portraits, a series about documentary filmmakers
Seattle Documentary Association

Programs Curation

Programming cultural spaces for nearly three decades, innovating and engaging cultural dialogue and culture shifting with a sensibility for the evolving ethics of equity-focused curation. Supporting engaged networks, communities and creative industries to move forward in thought leadership and creative visioning.