Internal Service

• Committee Member, Graduate Studies Committee, School of Dance, University of Utah. Committee Member, 07/01/2022 - present. Department service.

Honors & Awards

• Awarded the PK Walker Innovation in Craft Award for "Exit Strategy #5" presented at Superfest Disability Film Festival. The P.K. WALKER INNOVATION IN CRAFT AWARD is awarded to the film with the most innovative use of filmmaking techniques to encourage exploration of the experiences of people with disabilities. Superfest Disability Film Festival, 10/22/2022
• Jury Award for Best Experimental Short, "a story that doesn't have to do with me"- Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival. Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, 10/2022
• Juror Honorable Mention for "a story that doesn't have to do with me"- SPLICE Film Festival, Brooklyn NY. SPLICE Film Festival, 06/26/2022
• Individual Development Award -New York State United University Professions, Binghamton University. Binghamton University, 06/2022
• Artists with Disabilities Grant - New York State Council for the Arts / New York Foundation for the Arts. New York State Council for the Arts / New York Foundation for the Arts, 06/2022
• Juror Honorable Mention for "a story that doesn't have to do with me" - Milwaukee Underground Film Festival. https://milwaukeeundergroundfilm.org/2022-awards-2/. Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, 04/16/2022
• Best Experimental Film Award- Oregon Short Film Festival. Oregon Short Film Festival, 03/01/2022
• Best Experimental Film Short - New York Tripvill International Film Festival. International Society for performing & visual arts, 01/28/2022

In the Media

• Interviewed by VOYAGE UTAH Magazine, "Daily Inspiration: Meet Kym McDaniel" Published December 14, online. 12/14/2022. https://voyageutah.com/interview/daily-inspiration...
• Red Eye Curated Rental Residency with collaborator Chloe Nagle highlighted in "Our Friday Best" in the Star Tribune, Minnneapolis MN. 10/06/2022. https://www.startribune.com/our-friday-best-chris-...
• Review of Exit Strategy #2 in the Moving Body - Moving Image: The Moving Body With Disabilities, Barnard College Dance Department and The Movement Lab, April 3, 2022 Presentation. "...The installation portion of the festival showed another selection of shorts. There were three screens in a darkened room with cushions scattered on the floor. The films were projected onto these screens and the floor. One of the pieces, Exit Strategy #2, the work of Kym McDaniel, was a dance of hands or a single hand against a surface, with a story of trauma experienced in physical therapy dubbed over the movement. This piece in particular, seen on the floor, really filled the space, as hands reached across all surfaces, twisting, bending, stretching, and extending." Published online. 04/10/2022. https://www.thinkingdance.net/articles/2022/04/10/...