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PAST CONVENINGS

• NYSCA Media Arts Breakfast

  Hosted by Wave Farm

  September 24 2024  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  Meeting Agenda:

  1. Welcome and introductions from Wave Farm's Galen Joseph-Hunter
  2. NYSCA updates from Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi and Arian Blanco
  3. NEA updates from Jax Deluca and NEA Media Arts colleagues
  4. Spring 2024 MAAF for Organizations grantees share short presentations from their funded projects:
  1. Chicken & Egg Pictures: AlumNest is a platform for alumni filmmakers to connect online, share resources, register for events
  2. CultureHub: LiveLab Broadcaster is an open-source, browser-based tool for interactive streaming
  5. Q&A for questions
  6. Round the Room updates from all of you!

  

  Attendees: DeAndra Anthony (CultureHub), Emma Bartley (NEA), David Bebb (EMAPC), Nova Benway (Triangle Arts Association), Bianca Biberaj (Wave Farm), Arian Blanco (NYSCA), Nilson Carroll (Visual Studies Workshop), Bleu Cease (Rochester Contemporary Art Center), Sofiya Cheyenne (MAAF for Artists Grantee), Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi (NYSCA), Billy Clark (CultureHub), Avril Claytor (NEA), Alsion Cornyn (Incorrigibles Project), Lukia Costello (Spark Filmmakers Collaborative), Peter Cramer (Allied Productions), Kathy Del Beccaro (Rockaway Film Festival), Jax Deluca (NEA), Mia Dooley (Chicken & Egg Pictures), Kristen Fitzpatrick (Field of Vision), Joanne Giordano (New York International Children's Film Festival), Lily Grossbard (Anthology Film Archives), Marnie Halper (Jacob Burns Film Center), Karen Helmerson, Blair Johnson (CultureHub), Galen Joseph-Hunter (Wave Farm), Jiyoung Lee (AHL Foundation), stefa marin alarcon (MAAF for Artists Grantee), Meghan McGinley (Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center), Karen Michel, Arno Mokros (UFO Untitled Filmmaker Org), Courtney Muller (Rockaway Film Festival), Mary Ellen Obias (Film Forum), Carol Parkinson (Harvestwoks), Tobi Phang-Lyn (Chicken & Egg Pictures), Ambreen Qureshi (Educational Video Center), Catherine Rafferty (WMHT), Rachelle Samson (Firelight Media), Lisa Schonberg (MAAF for Artists Grantee), Trilby Schreiber (SVA Computer Arts), Anna Scime (Buffalo Int'l Film Festival), Matthew Seig (Rivertown Film Society), Sanjay Singh (Nukhu Foundation), Laura Splan (MAAF for Artists Grantee), Andi State (Andi State Photo), Roselly Torres (Third World Newsreel), Lee Tusman (SUNY Purchase New Media), Maria Venuto (Standby Program), Maria-Christina Villaseñor (New York International Children's Film Festival), Brett Wallace (Amazing Industries), Jack Waters (Allied Productions), and David Weinstein (Roulette Intermedium).

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• Airtable Training Sessions with Brian Sweeny

  Airtable Training Sessions with Brian Sweeny

  March 27 2024  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  In response to recent conversations within our networks around improved and simplified data management strategies for arts organizations, Wave Farm coordinated and co-hosted a series of Airtable training sessions with consultant Brian Sweeny. This program was produced in collaboration with Flux Factory. The workshops were held over zoom and were free to attend. Organizations from the Media Arts Breakfast network attended the following meetings: 

   

  • February 21, 2024: Introduction to Airtable
  • February 28, 2024: Donor Management
  • March 6, 2024: Email Automation and Communication Tracking
  • March 13, 2024: Application and Review Portals
  • March 20, 2024: Using Integrations with Airtable Part I
  • March 27, 2024: Using Integrations with Airtable Part II

   

• NYSCA Art & Technology Zoom

  Hosted by Wave Farm

  December 5 2023  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

   

  Meeting Agenda:

  1. Welcome and introductions from Wave Farm's Galen Joseph-Hunter
  2. NYSCA updates from Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi
  3. NEA updates from Jax Deluca and NEA Media Arts colleagues. 
  4. Independent Consultant Brian Sweeny on building Airtable solutions for two organizations:
     1. Flux Factory: a customized solution to replace DonorPerfect for managing donors, campaigns, and generating fundraising reports
     2. Wave Farm: a solution for managing data for NYSCA regrant programs (Media Arts Assistance Fund and Arts in Corrections NYS) as well as Transmission Arts and Radio programs
  5. Q&A
  6. Round the Room updates from all of you! 

  

  Attendees: Bill Aguado (En Foco, Inc), Kimberly Almanzor (Games for Change), Rocío Aranda-Alvarado (Ford Foundation), Emma Bartley (NEA),  Albert Beniada (Filmshop), Bianca Biberaj (Wave Farm), Mary Billyou, Brian Bizier (French Institute Alliance Française), Cheryl Chan (SculptureCenter), Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi (NYSCA), Ginou Choueiri (ArteEast), Avril Claytor (NEA), Rebecca Cleman (Electronic Arts Intermix), George Cordes (Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts), Grace Davis (Jacob Burns Film Center), Perla De León, Jax Deluca (NEA), Kristen Fitzpatrick (Field of Vision), Sam Fleischner (Rockaway Film Festival), Liz Flyntz, Matthew Gantt, Joanne Giordano (NY Int'l Children's Film Festival), Douglas Green, Lily Grossbard (Anthology Film Archives), Anneka Herre (Light Work), DaShaun Hightower, Nicolas Jenkins, Monica Johnson (Booklyn, Inc.), Blair Johnson (CultureHub), Galen Joseph-Hunter (Wave Farm), Meredith Kooi (Wave Farm), Joseph Morris, Tara Nelson (Visual Studies Workshop), Paul Notice (The Notice Blog), Carol Parkinson (Harvestworks), Nat Roe (Flux Factory), Lisa Schonberg (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Matthew Seig (Rivertown Film Society), Jessica Svenson (Art21), Brian Sweeny, Jennie Thwing (Alfred State College), Roselly Torres (Third World Newsreel), Maria Venuto (Standby Program), Shu Wang (Third World Newsreel), David Weinstein (Roulette), Lauren Whittaker (UnionDocs), Stella Yoon (CREATE Council on the Arts).

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• Call for Proposals for the 2023 NY State Youth Media Arts Symposium: Digital Media as a Storytelling Tool

  July 7 2023  •  7:00 PM
  New York State
  https://nycaieroundtable.org/news/rfp-available-for-the-2023-ny-state-youth-media-arts-symposium-digital-media-as-a-storytelling-tool/

  Applications are now open to submit a proposal for workshops at the 2023 NY State Youth Media Arts Symposium: Digital Media as a Storytelling Tool, hosted by Magic Box Productions and the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable.

  The symposium is scheduled to take place on October 27, 2023 at Film at Lincoln Center and is funded in part by the NY State Council on the Arts. This application is specifically seeking hands-on workshops and experiences to supplement the day’s programming. Workshop proposals should be made in response to one or more of the following prompts:

  How do you use media arts to your advantage / to enhance the learning experience rather than to rely on it?

  How has the pandemic shifted or affected your media arts education practice(s)?

  How do you use media arts to increase accessibility in your practice and learning environment?

  All presenters will be offered a $200 honorarium and full registration to the symposium. Additional funds for travel may be available.

  PLEASE NOTE: All symposium sessions are 75 minutes. Workshops are limited to three (3) presenters.

• NYSCA Media Arts Breakfast

  Hosted by Wave Farm

  June 8 2023  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  Meeting Agenda:

  1. Welcome and introductions: Wave Farm's Galen Joseph-Hunter
  2. NEA Media Arts: Grants for Arts Projects July Opportunity: Jax Deluca
  3. NYSCA: Support for Artists: Arian Blanco
  4. NYSCA: Support for Organizations: Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi
  5. Q&A
  6. and Round the Room updates

  

  Attendees: Bill Aguado (En Foco), Olu Akanbi, Paul Allen (ImageOut), Emma Bartley (NEA), Bianca Biberaj (Wave Farm), Arian Blanco (NYSCA), Peer Bode (Alfred University), Alexa Bowers (American Documentary/POV), Tiffany Bradley, Jessica Brown (American Documentary/POV), Nilson Carroll (Visual Studies Workshop), Bleu Cease (Rochester Contemporary Art Center), Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi (NYSCA), Avril Claytor (NEA), Peter Cramer (Allied Productions / Petit Versailles), Grace David (Jacob Burns Film Center), Jax Deluca (NEA), Charles Dennis, Chloe Desaulles, Najiyah Edun, Corinne Erni (Parrish Art Museum), Samantha Furlong (Times Square Alliance), Nina Gielen (Filmshop), Joanne Giordano (New York International Children's Film Festival), Anita Glesta, Lily Grossbard (Anthology Film Archives), DaShaun Hightower, Michelle Jaffe, Galen Joseph-Hunter (Wave Farm), Thavary Krouch (NYC Film Office), Linda Law (The HoloCenter), Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, Theresa Loong (Filmshop), Al Margolis (Experimental Intermedia Foundation), Jillian McDonald, Karen Michel, Arno Mokros (Untitled Filmmaker Org), Rebekkah Palov, Nabin Park (Downtown Community Television Center), Xinan Ran (Franklin Furnace), José Rivera (CCCADI), Zainab Saleh (Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center), Trilby Schreiber (SVA), Roddy Schrock (Eyebeam), Anna Scime (Buffalo Int'l Film Festival), Stephanie Skaff (Downtown Community Television Center), Stacy Skolnik (Montez Press Arts), Rashiek Smart (NY Women in Film & Television), Laura Splan, Rachel Stevens, Charlotte Strange (Electronic Arts Intermix), Jessica Svenson (Art21), Maria Venuto (Standby Program), Ouida Washington (Wk Media), Jack Waters ((Allied Productions / Petit Versailles), Sean Weiner (Untitled Filmmaker Org), David Weinstein (Roulette Intermedium), and Alinda de Zoysa.

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  • Link to resources shared in the Meeting Chat

• NYSCA Media Arts Breakfast

  Hosted by Wave Farm

  February 8 2023  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  Meeting agenda:

  1. Wave Farm / NYSCA Regrant Partnerships updates from Galen Joseph-Hunter
  2. NYSCA updates from Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi
  3. National Updates from Jax Deluca, including National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) news
  4. Presentations on Digital Conservation Practices from:
     • Caroline Gil Rodríguez, Core Member, XFR Collective, and Director of Media Collections and Preservation, Electronic Arts Intermix
     • Bill Seery, Director of Preservation Services at the Standby Program
     • Anastasia Clarke, Sound Artist and Independent Archivist / Consultant for artists' studios and non-profits
  5. and Round the Room updates from all of you.

  

  Attendees: Bill Aguado (En Foco, Inc), Emily Apter (Maysles Documentary Center), Rocío Aranda-Alvarado (Ford Foundation), Destiny Arturet (Aubin Pictures), Emma Bartley (NEA), Arian Blanco (NYSCA), Peer Bode, Mahen Bonetti (African Film Festival, Inc.), Priscilla Brendler (Greater Hudson Heritage Network), Bleu Cease (Rochester Contemporary Art Center), Orin Chait (NYSCA), Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi (NYSCA), Anastasia Clarke (Archivist), Rebecca Cleman (Electronic Arts Intermix), Lukia Costello (Spark Filmmakers Collaborative), Grace Davis (Jacob Burns Film Center), Jax Deluca (NEA), Mary Ellen Obias (Film Forum), Bianca Felix Biberaj (Wave Farm), Liz Flyntz (Independent curator and designer), David Galbraith, Caroline Gil Rodríguez (XFR Collective, Electronic Arts Intermix), Anita Glesta, Lily Grossbard (Anthology Film Archives), Brian H. Lee (CNY Arts), Karen Helmerson, Melinda Hunt (The Hart Island Project), celia Ipiotis (EYE ON THE ARTS), April Johnson (Uovo), Galen Joseph-Hunter (Wave Farm), Celine Katzman (Rhizome), Ralph Lewis (Peculiar Works Project), Tara Nelson (Visual Studies Workshop), Dara Ojugbele (African Film Festival, Inc.), rebekkah palov, Carol Parkinson (Harvestworks), Joseph Scheer (IEA at Alfred University), Trilby Schreiber (SVA), Anna Scime (Buffalo International Film Festival), Kerry Sclafani (Greater Hudson Heritage Network), Bill Seery (Standby), Yeseul Song, Eric Souther (IEA at Alfred University), Brett Sroka, Charlotte Strange (Electronic Arts Intermix), Brett Wallace, Sean Weiner (Untitled Filmmaker Org), David Weinstein (Roulette Intermedium), and Barbara Yoshida.

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• NYSCA Media Arts Breakfast

  Hosted by Wave Farm

  November 16 2022  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  Meeting agenda:

  1. Wave Farm / NYSCA Partnership updates 
  2. NYSCA updates from Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi
  3. Presentations from three Immersive Art & Technology Initiative Grantees: 
     1. Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University (Allegany County) 
     2. Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) (Monroe County) 
     3. Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (New York County) 
  4. Recognition of the 2022 MAAF for Artists Grantees in attendance
  5. National Updates from Jax Deluca, including NEA news
  6. Round the Room updates

  

  Attendees: Ian A. Adams (NACG/The Film-Makers' Cooperative), Bill Aguado (En Foco), Francile Albright (The Picture House), Arantxa Araujo (Franklin Furnace Archive), mattie barber-bockelman (CultureHub), Eddie Berg (3LD), Bianca Biberaj (Wave Farm), Eneida Cardona (Manhattan Graphics Center), Bleu Cease (Rochester Contemporary Art Center), Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi (NYSCA), Anastasia Clarke, Avril Claytor (NEA), Rebecca Cleman (EAI), Jon Cohrs (NYT R&D), Lukia Costello (Spark Filmmakers), Steeve Coupeau, Peter Cramer (Allied Productions), Kevin Cunningham (3LD), Jax Deluca (NEA), Kayla Drzewicki (Rhizome), Ar Ducao, Linda Franke (Arts Council for Wyoming County), Matthew Gantt, Joanne Giordano (New York Int'l Children's Film Festival), Lily Grossbard (Anthology Film Archives), Brian H. Lee (CNY Arts), Karen Helmerson, Lucy Helton, Walter Hergt, Anneka Herre (Light Work | Urban Video Project), Carla Hoke-Miller (NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment), Anna Oxygen, Jessica Johnston (Visual Studies Workshop), Galen Joseph-Hunter (Wave Farm), James Kienitz Wilkins, Fawn Krieger, Tina Kukielski (Art21), Linda Law (HoloCenter), Christine Leahy (NYSCA), Victoria Lesourd (Barnard Athena Center for Leadership), Hank Linhart, Al Margolis (Experimental Intermedia Foundation), Joseph Morris, Tara Nelson (Visual Studies Workshop), Paul Notice, Mary Ellen Obias (Film Forum), Lisa Osborne (Black Public Media), Emily Packer, Carol Parkinson (Harvestworks), Rebecca Pavlov, Verdery Roosevelt (UMEZ), Joseph Scheer (IEA Alfred), Trilby Schreiber (SVA), Roderick Schrock (Eyebeam), Anna Scime (Buffalo Film Festival), Alana Selkowitz (Games for Change), MM Serra (NACG/The Film-Makers' Cooperative), Sarah Sharp, Stephanie Skaff (DCTV), Susie Sofranko (Stockade Works), Yeseul Song, Eric Souther (IEA Alfred), Kari Steeves (Barnard College), JT Takagi (Third World Newsreel), Owen Trueblood, Lee Tusman, Eric Umble (Roulette), Maria Elena Venuto (Standby Program), Maria-Christina Villaseñor (New York Int'l Children's Film Festival), Allison Villegas Roman (Chicken & Egg Pictures), Lucie Vitková, Kristin Wallace (Maker Park Radio), Jack Waters (Allied Productions), Howard Weinberg (Priority Productions), David Weinstein (Roulette Intermedium), and Tansy Xiao.

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• Living Memory: Exploring the NYSCA Memory Archive

  June 18 2022  •  11:00 AM
  New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium

  This event took place in person at the Library for the Performing Arts.

  The NYSCA Memory Archive is a mixed media collection of materials drawn from a range of organizations and individuals dedicated to sustaining independent media arts throughout New York State. The collection represents over fifty years of invaluable support from the New York State Council on the Arts. Dedicated to furthering the artistic growth and public engagement in the media arts, the NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program oversaw the development of the archive. Originally under Film & Television, this department grew from the early 1960s to become a leading state agency program in the development of film, analog, and digital media as an art form. The archive itself is comprised of four collections held by different agencies: the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; the Rose Goldsen Archive at Cornell University; the New York State Archives in Albany; and the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY.

  On Saturday, June 18, the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center hosted a free daytime event dedicated to introducing this collection. Representatives of the holding agencies provided an overview of their collections and demonstrated how to locate and access their holdings. In addition, works by media artists who have benefited from NYSCA support were shown.

• NYSCA EMF / VAP Art & Technology Breakfast Zoom

  May 11 2022  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  Hosts NYSCA and Wave Farm shared messages to the field, updated attendees on new directions, welcomed a special guest: Jax Deluca, Media Arts Director, NEA, and the group went "Round the Room" for organizational updates!

  

  Organizations in Attendance: Allied Productions, Inc., Anthology Film Archives, Arts Council for Wyoming County, Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival, BRIC, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo International Film Festival, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Cinema Tropical, Cinemapolis, CultureHub, En Foco, Endwell Community Chorus, Film Forum, Franklin Furnace Archive, Games for Change, Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council, Harvestworks, IEA at Alfred University, Insights International, Jacob Burns Film Center, Le Petit Versailles, LUMA Projection Arts Festival, Millennium Film Journal, NEA, New York International Children's Film Festival, NYSCA, Otsego 2000, Priority Productions, Rivertown Film Society, Roulette Intermedium, School of Visual Arts, Spark Filmmakers Collaborative, Squeaky Wheel, Stockade Works, SUNY Buffalo, Swiss Institute, The New American Cinema Group, The Russian American Cultural Center, Triangle, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, Visual Studies Workshop, Wave Farm, WMHT (Troy), and Woodstock Film Festival.

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• Immersive Tech Think Tank

  January 26 2022  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  This Think Tank meeting included and overview of the FY22 Immersive Technology Initiative, including the goal to Deepen Diversify Engender and a newly announced FY22 Immersive Technology Grant Opportunity. The purpose of the Think Tank was to share ideas, listen and learn; help shape and inform the Technology Initiative Opportunity; and design an effective outreach strategy.

• NYSCA EMF / VAP Art & Technology Breakfast Zoom

  Hosted by Rochester Contemporary Art Center

  December 15 2021  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  At this 2021 year-end Breakfast Meeting attendees went "round the room" to check-in, and share organizational news with each other. Hosted by Bleu Cease of Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo), the New York Media Art and Visual Arts field convened to listen to our colleagues across the state while we shared news and events. Participants took a moment to share their recent program accomplishments as well as highlight plans for the New Year. Attendees were also invited to make suggestions for upcoming Art & Technology presentations.

  

  Organizations in Attendance: African Film Festival, Inc., Alfred University, Allied Productions, ArteEast, Buffalo International Film Festival, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Cinema 10, Colored Criticism, Denniston Hill, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), Experimental Media Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, En Foco, Games for Change, Harvestworks, Hightower Co, HoloCenter, Manhattan Graphics Center, The New American Cinema Group, Inc., NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Millennium Film Journal, NYSCA, Otsego 2000, Inc., Rochester Community Media Center, School of Visual Arts, Smack Mellon, The Little Theatre, The Morgan Library, The New American Cinema Group, The Video Consortium, Triangle, Wave Farm, and Women Make Movies.

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• NYSCA EMF / VAP Art & Technology Breakfast Zoom

  October 20 2021  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  Through creative practice, Immersive Technology has expanded opportunities for dialog about ethnicity, gender, aging and more. At this Art & Technology Breakfast Zoom we will look at why it is important to understand this burgeoning field through its history and potential for a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive society.

  Joining this discussion, we welcome our presenters:

  Eva Davidova, Interdisciplinary Artist, on Immersive Technology / Possibilities for Participation
  Lisa Osborne, Black Public Media’s Director of Emerging Media Initiatives, on AI is Everywhere / The Decision Makers
  V Owen Bush, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Scan2Plan, on Activating the Potential of Geospatial AI for Data-driven Decisions

  As we reflect on a more humane relationship with technology through public participation, we want to hear your stories and your input. Please come ready to help us identify who is working in the field now throughout NYS, and what resources are required to participate.

  

  Organizations in Attendance: African Film Festival, Allied Productions, Anthology Film Archives, Antioch College, Black Public Media, Buffalo International Film Festival, Cinema Tropical, Collar Works, Courthouse Gallery, En Foco, Inc., Experimental Media Performing Arts Center Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Fiber Flurry Festival, Ford Foundation, Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc., FuturePerfect Studio, Harvestworks, HoloCenter, ImageOut: The Rochester LGBTQ+ Film Festival, NACG/The Film-Makers' Cooperative, New York International Children's Film Festival, NYSCC at Alfred University, Parrish Art Museum, Pioneer Works, Priority Productions, Inc., Scan2Plan, School of Visual Arts, Third World Newsreel, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation, and Wave Farm.

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• NYSCA EMF / VAP Art & Technology Breakfast Zoom

  May 13 2021  •  10:30 PM
  Zoom

  

  Organizations in Attendance: Allied Productions, Inc., Anthology Film Archives, Basilica Hudson, Buffalo International Film Festival, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Cinema Tropical, Cinemoapolis, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), En Foco, Inc., Experimental Intermedia, Eyebeam, Eyebeam, Film Forum, Filmshop, Fire Island Artist Residency, Flux Factory, Ford Foundation, Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc., George Eastman Museum, Ghetto Film, Glimmerglass Film Days, Hallwalls, Institute for Electronic Arts, Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University, Light Work | Urban Video Project, Little Theatre, Magic Box Productions, NACG/The Film-Makers' Cooperative, New York Women in Film & Television, NYSCA, Pioneer Works, Rhizome, Rivertown Film Society, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Roulette Intermedium and Outpost Artists Resources, Russian-American Cultural Center, Smack Mellon, Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center, Standby Program, Inc., Syracuse International Film Festival, The American Friends of the Ludwig Fdn of Cuba, The Art Effect, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, The Kitchen, The Little Theatre, The Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center, Triangle, UnionDocs, Visual Studies Workshop, Wave Farm, Woodstock Film Festival, and YouthFX.

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• EMVAP Art & Technology Zoom Rochester 1.5 Group

  December 18 2020  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  

  Organizations in Attendance: Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Gallery, CEPA Gallery, Cinemapolis, Community Folk Art Center, Ganondagan Seneca Art & Culture Center ,Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, iea, Alfred, ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film and Video Festival, NYSCA, Otsego 2000, Inc., RCTV (Rochester Community Media Center), Rochester Contemporary Art Center, The Little Theatre, Visual Studies Workshop, Wave Farm, WNY Book Arts Center, and WXXI Public Media.

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• EMVAP Art & Technology Zoom

  September 25 2020  •  10:30 AM
  Zoom

  

  Organizations in Attendance: African Film Festival, Inc., Allied Productions, American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba and the Havana Film Festival New York, Anthology Film Archives, ArteEast , Babycastles, Black Public Media, Bronx River Art, Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Gallery, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Cinema Tropical, Crandell Theatre, Denniston Hill / Third Streaming (3S), Dia Art Foundation, Educational Video Center, En Foco, Inc., Experimental Intermedia, Eyebeam, FIAF, Film-Makers' Coop, Film Forum, Filmshop, Firelight Media, Flux Factory, Ford Foundation, Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc., Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, ImageOut, Insights International, Inc., Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University, Jacob Burns Film Center, Light Work Urban Video Project, Magic Box Productions, Maysles Documentary Center, Mountain Lake PBS, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, NYSCA, Russian-American Cultural Center, Standby Program, Stockade Works, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, The Kitchen, The Little Theatre, The Morgan Library & Museum, Third World Newsreel, Union College, Upstate Films, Visual Studies Workshop, Wave Farm, WXXI, and Youth FX | NeXt Doc.

  • Introductions & NYSCA updates

  • Presentations
  • Q&A Discussion
  • Full Meeting Recording

• NYS Arts Standards for Youth Media Symposium

  October 17 2019  •  9:30 AM
  Film at Lincoln Center - Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center

  On October 17th, Media Arts Education professionals from 23 organizations throughout New York State gathered at Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center for the first New York State Arts Standards for Youth Media Symposium. Attendees kicked off the day with a deep dive into the Media Arts Standards with Magic Box Productions Executive Director and Standards Writer Nelle Stokes. Attendees discovered new and unique ways of thinking about the ways that the standards can frame their media arts practice in the classroom.

  In the afternoon, teach-back presentations by The Art Effect, DreamYard, and Jacob Burns Film Center shared best practices from across the state. The Art Effect's Mary Ellen Iatropoulus and David Wong brought Radio Uprising to the group in a hands on lesson and discussion around the definitions and differences of radio versus audio. DreamYard's Hillary Kolos walked the group through Digital Learning Portfolios, a platform co-designed with Parsons to help high schoolers in the pre-college process. Jacob Burns Film Center Educators Darrel Swann and Brandan Shenkman introduced View Now Do Now: an online resource of simple prompts inspired by classic films to guide classroom discussions and activities.

  Rounding out the day was a panel discussion moderated by Karen Helmerson of New York State Council on the Arts with industry greats– Roddy Schrock, Executive Director with EyeBeam, Susanna Pollack, President with Games for Change, and Tali Hinkis with LoVid. Each presented briefly on their organization and how it works with students and aligns with the Standards to make a difference in education. Following a robust panel discussion and Q&A, attendees celebrated at a wine and cheese reception hosted by Magic Box Production's Board of Directors.

  Co-sponsored by Magic Box and the NYSCA Electronic Media & Film and Arts Education Programs, the symposium was supported through funds from the NYSCA Electronic Media & Film in Partnership with Wave Farm: Media Arts Assistance Fund, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

• New York Film Festival

  September 27 2019  •  1:36 PM
  Film at Lincoln Center
  https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/

  The 57th New York Film Festival will run from Friday, September 27 – Sunday, October 13. As always, this major annual film event—a centerpiece of New York culture since 1963—will introduce the most essential new cinematic works from around the world to U.S. audiences in its Main Slate. NYFF will also continue to feature a variety of titles in different sections and sidebars, including Spotlight on Documentary, newly rejuvenated classics in Restorations and Revivals, a diverse selection of international and locally made Shorts, the ever-expanding experimental showcase Projections, and the immersive storytelling experiences of the cutting-edge Convergence. Additionally, there will be an exciting lineup of special events, free filmmaker talks and panel discussions, and the latest editions of our annual Industry and Critic Academies.

• Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®)

  2019 Conference and Training

  August 3 2019  •  12:00 PM
  Denver, CO
  http://education.kennedy-center.org/education/accessibility/lead/conference.html

  Capacity Building Workshops: August 3-4
  Conference: August 5-7

  Every year the Kennedy Center's Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®) conference brings experienced and new professionals together to explore practical methods for implementing accessibility in cultural environments. At LEAD® we share resources and knowledge, develop best practices, and experience accessibility in action.

  • Basic to Advanced: No matter what level of experience you have, there's always something to learn. The building blocks will give newcomers the tools and information they need to develop a successful accessibility program while the discussion groups and advanced track address accessibility for the most experienced.
  • Facilities to Programs: Sessions and discussions will cover all aspects of accessibility from the built environment to programs and communication.
  • Legal Obligations & Customer Service: Learn about relevant laws and regulations and explore accessibility from the customer service and business case perspectives.
  • Networking: Engage in conversations with colleagues who are enthusiastic about accessibility and eager to share their insights and learn from others. 

  Join us to continue the dialogue, to share exciting ideas, and to explore new and innovative ways to welcome everyone.

• Art & Technology Soiree

  December 12 2018  •  5:00 PM
  Fridman Gallery 169 Bowery, NYC
  https://www.fridmangallery.com/

  A festive and informal year-end soirée for the electronic media and film and visual art commumity to relax, enjoy each other’s company, share ideas, events, and good cheer.

  As part of the evening program vocalist Valentina Kvasova presented a diverse repertoire of Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Romany songs with deep respect for the folkloric tradition, complementing rich contralto vocals with traditional instruments and minimal use of electronics. A recording of her performance is available here.

  Valentina Kvasova hails from the Cossack region of southern Russia. A graduate of choreographic and music schools, she has toured the world as a soloist with the Don Cossacks Song and Dance Ensemble, Riverdance, and the Bulgarian Voices Trio.

  This soiree was organized by the NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program (EMF) and hosted at the newly relocated Fridman Gallery amidst Aura Satz's Listen, Recalibrate, the inaugural exhibition in the Fridman Gallery's new location at 169 Bowery (corner of Delancey).

  • Performance by Valentina Kvasova.

• NYSCA Art & Technology Breakfast Group Meeting

  October 18 2018  •  9:30 AM
  SculptureCenter 44–19 Purves Street Long Island City, NY 11101
  https://www.sculpture-center.org/

  Established by NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program (EMF), the Breakfast Group is a networking opportunity to exchange, face-to-face, information regarding the New York State media arts community. NYSCA EMF & VAP would like to thank SculptureSpace for hosting this Art & Technology Breakfast Group meeting.The October 18, 2018 meeting included special viewing of the exhibition Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974–1995 on view at SculptureCenter.

• The Robert Flaherty Film 2018 Seminar

  June 16 2018  •  9:00 AM
  Colgate University - 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY 13346
  http://flahertyseminar.org/

  Dates: June 16-22. The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar is the longest continuously running film event in North America. For more than fifty years the Flaherty Seminar has been firmly established as a one-of-a-kind institution that seeks to encourage filmmakers and other artists to explore the potential of the moving image. The weeklong Seminar brings together over 160 filmmakers, artists, curators, scholars, students, and film enthusiasts to celebrate the power of the moving image. Registration is open to the public and participants gather for a communal living experience that includes meals, social hours, special events, and at least three screening sessions daily followed by discussion. A different programmer is selected each year to shape the Seminar’s theme and objective, which relates to a regional or national cinema, examines a stylistic feature, or responds to current world events. The Seminar is an intimate and intense experience where the traditional barriers between maker and audience are gradually obliterated. The structure of the event ensures that participants have greater access to the featured artists than would be found at festivals or conferences.

• NYSCA Art & Technology Breakfast Group Meeting

  January 25 2018  •  9:30 AM
  NYSCA 300 Park Avenue, New York, NY
  https://www.arts.ny.gov/

  Established by NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program (EMF), the Breakfast Group is a networking opportunity to exchange, face-to-face, information regarding the New York State media arts community.

• NYSCA Art & Technology Breakfast Group Meeting

  October 12 2017  •  9:30 AM
  POV | American Documentary 20 Jay Street, Suite 940, Brooklyn, NY 11201
  http://www.amdoc.org/

  RSVP REQUIRED to info@wavefarm.org Please note: space is limited to 50 attendees with priority given to NYSCA funded EMF/VAP organizations.

  Established by NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program (EMF), the Breakfast Group is a networking opportunity to exchange, face-to-face, information regarding the New York State media arts community. NYSCA EMF & VAP would like to thank POV for hosting this Art & Technology Breakfast Group meeting.

  Travel Assistance is available for organizations located outside of New York City to attend the meeting. This reimbursement opportunity is made possible through the Media Arts Assistance Fund (MAAF), a NYSCA EMF/Wave Farm Partnership. Interested NYS Media Arts organizations should email info@wavefarm.org for details. 

• The Robert Flaherty Film 2017 Seminar

  June 17 2017  •  9:00 AM
  Colgate University - 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY 13346
  http://flahertyseminar.org/

  Dates: June 17-23. The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar is the longest continuously running film event in North America. For more than fifty years the Flaherty Seminar has been firmly established as a one-of-a-kind institution that seeks to encourage filmmakers and other artists to explore the potential of the moving image. The weeklong Seminar brings together over 160 filmmakers, artists, curators, scholars, students, and film enthusiasts to celebrate the power of the moving image. Registration is open to the public and participants gather for a communal living experience that includes meals, social hours, special events, and at least three screening sessions daily followed by discussion. A different programmer is selected each year to shape the Seminar’s theme and objective, which relates to a regional or national cinema, examines a stylistic feature, or responds to current world events. The Seminar is an intimate and intense experience where the traditional barriers between maker and audience are gradually obliterated. The structure of the event ensures that participants have greater access to the featured artists than would be found at festivals or conferences.

• NYSCA Art & Technology Breakfast Group Meeting

  FY18 Guideline Information Session

  January 24 2017  •  9:30 AM
  Roulette - 509 Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11217

  This is a focused NYSCA Electronic Media/Film and Visual Art Program FY18 Guideline Information Session, which will provide tips for navigating the highly-competitive funding arena we find ourselves in today. Whether you are a first-time, or seasoned applicant, this Session will prepare you for successful application submission by sharing common mistakes and mishaps found in EMF and VAP proposals over the past few years. Please note, we will not discuss pre-qualification or contracts during this Session. NYSCA EMF & VAP would like to thank Roulette for hosting this Art & Technology Breakfast Group meeting. Established by NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program (EMF), the Breakfast Group is a networking opportunity to share with each other, face to face, information regarding the New York State media arts community.

• NYSCA Art & Technology Breakfast Group Meeting

  December 15 2016  •  9:30 AM
  Emily Harvey Foundation / Roxanne Dance Foundation - 537 Broadway, 3rd Floor NY, NY 10012

  Established by NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program (EMF), the Breakfast Group is a networking opportunity to share with each other, face to face, information regarding the New York State media arts community.

• The 2016 Games for Change Festival

  June 23 2016  •  9:00 AM
  Parsons School of Design at The New School, NYC - 66 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
  http://gamesforchange.org/festival/

  The 2016 Games for Change Festival - June 23 - 24, 2016 - offers two days of keynotes, panels, mini talks, networking events, and workshops, where you and the 800 other attendees of the Festival will meet experts, connect with one another, share and explore groundbreaking ideas, and interact with new impact games. This year's Festival features three tracks of programming, each highlighting an emerging area of research and innovation within the games for impact sector: Civics & Social Impact, Neurogaming & Health, and The Games for Learning Summit. In addition, G4C will host the first-ever G4C Marketplace at the 2016 Festival, where 20+ leading companies and game studios will showcase new platforms, products and games in a business-to-business expo open for attendees to visit throughout the Festival. The Festival is is produced in collaboration with The New School's Parsons School of Design.

• The Robert Flaherty Film 2016 Seminar

  June 18 2016  •  9:00 AM
  Colgate University - 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY 13346
  http://flahertyseminar.org/

  Dates: June 18-24. The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar is the longest continuously running film event in North America. For more than fifty years the Flaherty Seminar has been firmly established as a one-of-a-kind institution that seeks to encourage filmmakers and other artists to explore the potential of the moving image. The weeklong Seminar brings together over 160 filmmakers, artists, curators, scholars, students, and film enthusiasts to celebrate the power of the moving image. Registration is open to the public and participants gather for a communal living experience that includes meals, social hours, special events, and at least three screening sessions daily followed by discussion. A different programmer is selected each year to shape the Seminar’s theme and objective, which relates to a regional or national cinema, examines a stylistic feature, or responds to current world events. The Seminar is an intimate and intense experience where the traditional barriers between maker and audience are gradually obliterated. The structure of the event ensures that participants have greater access to the featured artists than would be found at festivals or conferences.

• Creative Tech Week

  An Industry-wide gathering for the creative technology field.

  April 29 2016  •  7:00 PM
  New York, NY
  http://creativetechweek.nyc

  Creative Tech Week aims to highlight New York City as the top destination in America for Creative Technology, surface the best new developments in the field, and provide a nexus for a global network of creative technologists showcasing commercial, artistic and institutional achievements. Industry professionals will meet and discover the cutting edge, groundbreaking work being done today. Event week, Friday April 29 - Sunday May 8, features creative technology showcases, public installations, industry talks, art fairs including job fairs, educational workshops, artist forums, studio visits, panels, parties, and more.

• Media Arts Breakfast Group Meeting

  April 22 2016  •  9:30 AM
  New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) - 300 Park Ave South, 10th Floor NY, NY 10010

  Established by NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program (EMF), the Breakfast Group is a networking opportunity to share with each other, face to face, information regarding the New York State media arts community.

• The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival

  April 13 2016  •  9:00 AM
  Various locations in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood.
  http://www.tribecafilm.com

  Dates: April 13-24. A platform for independent filmmaking, creative expression and immersive entertainment, Tribeca supports emerging and established voices, discovers award-winning filmmakers, curates innovative and interactive experiences, and introduces new technology and ideas through panels, premieres, exhibitions, and live performance.

• Open Score

  Art and Technology 2016

  January 30 2016  •  2:00 PM
  The New Museum, 235 Bowery, NYC 235 Bowery, New York, New York 10012
  https://www.facebook.com/events/1726006637620733/

  The New Museum and Rhizome jointly inaugurate an annual symposium titled Open Score that will explore the state of art and technology today. Convening luminary artists, curators, researchers, and writers to discuss how technology is transforming culture, the first edition of Open Score will consider how artists are responding to new conditions of surveillance and hypervisibility; how social media’s mass creativity interfaces with branding and identity for individual artists; how the quality and texture of art criticism is evolving in a digital age; and what the future of internet art might be in light of a broader assimilation of digital technologies.

• Art House Convergence

  The largest national gathering of art house and independent cinemas in North America.

  January 18 2016  •  1:00 PM
  Midway, UT
  http://www.arthouseconvergence.org

  The Art House Convergence began in 2006 when the Sundance Institute invited 14 Art House theaters to the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. By 2008, the theaters decided to meet annually in Utah. Since then, the annual conference has grown to over 500 attendees and expanded to include regional seminars, industry events, and other programs throughout the year. The 2016 Annual Conference will take place January 18 - 21, 2016 in Midway, Utah.

• Contemplating Templates

  A Roundtable of Cataloging Solutions for Media Assets

  December 10 2015  •  6:00 PM
  Fales Library and Special Collections Bobst Library New York University 70 Washington Square South - 3rd floor New York, NY 10012

  Moderated by Christine Frohnert. This evening organized by Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP) featured presentations and presenters including "Reassessing IMAP’s Cataloging Template” Athena Christa Holbrook, Museum of Modern Art; "Introducing AVCC Inventory Tool” Joshua Ranger, AVPreserve; "Introducing Binder: Tool for Managing Digital Preservation Metadata” Ben Fino-Radin, Museum of Modern Art.

• The Robert Flaherty Film 2015 Seminar

  June 13 2015  •  9:00 AM
  Colgate University - 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY 13346
  http://flahertyseminar.org/

  Dates: June 13-19. The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar is the longest continuously running film event in North America. For more than fifty years the Flaherty Seminar has been firmly established as a one-of-a-kind institution that seeks to encourage filmmakers and other artists to explore the potential of the moving image. The weeklong Seminar brings together over 160 filmmakers, artists, curators, scholars, students, and film enthusiasts to celebrate the power of the moving image. Registration is open to the public and participants gather for a communal living experience that includes meals, social hours, special events, and at least three screening sessions daily followed by discussion. A different programmer is selected each year to shape the Seminar’s theme and objective, which relates to a regional or national cinema, examines a stylistic feature, or responds to current world events. The Seminar is an intimate and intense experience where the traditional barriers between maker and audience are gradually obliterated. The structure of the event ensures that participants have greater access to the featured artists than would be found at festivals or conferences.

• Archiving the Arts

  A symposium and public program

  June 13 2015  •  10:00 AM
  Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222
  http://www.imappreserve.org/educ/pdf/imap-AtAsymposiumannouncement.pdf

  Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP) celebrated the launch of its Web resource, Archiving the Arts , and recent publication of The Emergence of Video Processing Tools (eds., Kathy High, Mona Jimenez, Sherry Miller Hocking) with a symposium and public program on June 13, 2015 at Burchfield Penney Arts Center (BPAC), SUNY Buffalo State.

• The 2015 Tribeca Film Festival

  April 16 2015  •  9:00 AM
  Various locations in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood.
  http://www.tribecafilm.com

  Dates: April 16-26. A platform for independent filmmaking, creative expression and immersive entertainment, Tribeca supports emerging and established voices, discovers award-winning filmmakers, curates innovative and interactive experiences, and introduces new technology and ideas through panels, premieres, exhibitions, and live performance.

• Media Arts Breakfast Meeting

  December 19 2014  •  9:30 AM
  Rhizome at NEW INC 231 Bowery New York, NY 10002

  Established by NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program (EMF), the Breakfast Group is a networking opportunity to share with each other, face to face, information regarding the New York State media arts community. The December 19, 2014 meeting took place at Rhizome in their new home, NEW INC., a New Museum incubator and co-working space designed to encourage collaboration and spark new ideas from the synthesis of different disciplines.

• The Robert Flaherty Film 2014 Seminar

  June 14 2014  •  9:00 AM
  Colgate University - 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY 13346
  http://flahertyseminar.org/

  Dates: June 14-20. The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar is the longest continuously running film event in North America. For more than fifty years the Flaherty Seminar has been firmly established as a one-of-a-kind institution that seeks to encourage filmmakers and other artists to explore the potential of the moving image. The weeklong Seminar brings together over 160 filmmakers, artists, curators, scholars, students, and film enthusiasts to celebrate the power of the moving image. Registration is open to the public and participants gather for a communal living experience that includes meals, social hours, special events, and at least three screening sessions daily followed by discussion. A different programmer is selected each year to shape the Seminar’s theme and objective, which relates to a regional or national cinema, examines a stylistic feature, or responds to current world events. The Seminar is an intimate and intense experience where the traditional barriers between maker and audience are gradually obliterated. The structure of the event ensures that participants have greater access to the featured artists than would be found at festivals or conferences.

• Media Arts Breakfast Meeting

  March 28 2014  •  9:30 AM
  The Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery Walter Reade Theater 165 W. 65th St. New York, NY 10023

  Established by NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program (EMF), the Breakfast Group is a networking opportunity to share with each other, face to face, information regarding the New York State media arts community. The March 28, 2014 meeting took place at The Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.

• Digital Conversion Convening

  July 7 2013  •  1:00 PM
  Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center and Film Society of Lincoln Center
  http://transmissionarts.org/event/y5cvcn

  Organized by the New York State Council on the Arts, Electronic Media and Film, in collaboration with the Jacob Burns Film Center, Cinema Arts Centre, Milestone Film & Video, and Wave Farm, the July 10, 2013 Digital Conversion Convening was the first in series of discussions on the impact of Digital Conversion and independent media, film and technology as an art form. Representatives from all New York State media arts organizations, and related stakeholders, were invited to attend. This first discussion focused on the impact of Digital Conversion on independent cinemas, and worked to address the following questions: What is Digital Conversion? How is it affecting programming? Who has to transition and who can afford to wait? We will also look at requirements for conversion, cost and the future of 35mm film. Please refer to the Audio and Text links above in order to access the event audio archives and agenda. A special thanks to the Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center and Film Society of Lincoln Center for hosting this event.

  • Digital Conversion Convening Introduction
  • Digital Conversion Convening Panel One (Parts I and II)
  • Digital Conversion Convening Panel Two

• The Robert Flaherty Film 2013 Seminar

  June 15 2013  •  10:23 AM
  Colgate University - 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY 13346
  http://flahertyseminar.org/

  Dates: June 15-21. The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar is the longest continuously running film event in North America. For more than fifty years the Flaherty Seminar has been firmly established as a one-of-a-kind institution that seeks to encourage filmmakers and other artists to explore the potential of the moving image. The weeklong Seminar brings together over 160 filmmakers, artists, curators, scholars, students, and film enthusiasts to celebrate the power of the moving image. Registration is open to the public and participants gather for a communal living experience that includes meals, social hours, special events, and at least three screening sessions daily followed by discussion. A different programmer is selected each year to shape the Seminar’s theme and objective, which relates to a regional or national cinema, examines a stylistic feature, or responds to current world events. The Seminar is an intimate and intense experience where the traditional barriers between maker and audience are gradually obliterated. The structure of the event ensures that participants have greater access to the featured artists than would be found at festivals or conferences. 

• The 3rd MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival

  April 19 2013  •  10:00 AM
  Various locations on the campus of The New School.

  Dates; April 19-21. The MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival is a multi-day site-specific event for creating, experimenting with, and experiencing sound. Artists including documentarians, technologists, musicians, educators, urban planners, scientists, and radio producers come together to celebrate the audio medium and to encourage each other to push the boundaries of sound, art, and thought. MEGAPOLIS artists typically feature works that are new, collaborative, and responsive to the urban environment within the host city.

• The Robert Flaherty Film 2012 Seminar

  June 16 2012  •  9:00 AM
  Colgate University - 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY 13346
  http://flahertyseminar.org/

  Dates: June 16-22. The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar is the longest continuously running film event in North America. For more than fifty years the Flaherty Seminar has been firmly established as a one-of-a-kind institution that seeks to encourage filmmakers and other artists to explore the potential of the moving image. The weeklong Seminar brings together over 160 filmmakers, artists, curators, scholars, students, and film enthusiasts to celebrate the power of the moving image. Registration is open to the public and participants gather for a communal living experience that includes meals, social hours, special events, and at least three screening sessions daily followed by discussion. A different programmer is selected each year to shape the Seminar’s theme and objective, which relates to a regional or national cinema, examines a stylistic feature, or responds to current world events. The Seminar is an intimate and intense experience where the traditional barriers between maker and audience are gradually obliterated. The structure of the event ensures that participants have greater access to the featured artists than would be found at festivals or conferences.