Spying in the House of Sundance
Author: Helen De Michiel and Jack Walsh NAMAC was long overdue to establish a presence at Sundance, so in January, our co-directors, Jack and Helen, went to the Festival. Our raison de venir was to...
View ArticleCHANGE
Author: Caroline Savage I recently relocated from rural Pennsylvania to San Francisco, taking on the exciting role of executive director at San Francisco Cinematheque. Obviously, this is a huge...
View ArticleInternational Film Seminars: A Work in Progress
Author: Nadine Covert How do you keep the magic alive? read more
View ArticleThe Living Documentary: Journey Across the US
Author: Dorthea Braemer One late evening while editing, we members of the Termite TV Collective decided to go on a roadtrip across the United States and spend all of our time shooting and making...
View ArticlePreserving the Immaterial: The Guggenheim Museum's Variable Media Initiative
Author: Jim Hubbard On March 30-31, 2001, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York hosted a conference entitled "Preserving the Immaterial: A Conference on Variable Media." The conference made...
View ArticleAn Open Letter
Author: Ruby Lerner We are reprinting this piece that AIVF's (then) executive director and former NAMAC board member Ruby Lerner recently wrote for The Independent because it especially speaks to and...
View ArticleTechArcheology2000
Author: Steve Seid On January 5 and 6, 2000, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art hosted "TechArcheology: A Symposium on Installation Art Preservation." This gathering was billed as an "opportunity...
View ArticleWAVES
Author: Anne Bray L.A. Freewaves is a bottom-feeding festival nibbling at wet crumbs that Hollywood, public TV, ads and industrials don't notice that they have dropped. So what I know pertains for an...
View ArticleBITE
Author: Bill Judson What IS this shit? Some stuffed-shirt museums may fit the portrait of "elitist" arts in the NEA's American Canvas (sic!) report. Or maybe the symphony, opera, dance programs......
View ArticleThe Last of the Red Hot Filmmaker Tours
Author: Allen Bell and David Dombrosky Find out how the Southern Arts Federation takes their filmmakers on the road for a unique exhibition experience. read more
View ArticleOpening Night Reception at MIT Museum
CommonWealth opening night reception to be held at MIT Museum.read more
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Physical Media - Gone with the Wind?
Author: Brian Hearn I’m a film guy. I like celluloid on reels. I like the whirring machines that play them. This love affair started in my late teens. Seeing Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire changed my...
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Five Question Q&A: Nina Simon, The Participatory Museum
Author: Rachel Allen Meet Nina Simon. She’s the author of the Museum 2.0 Blog and The Participatory Museum and she’s been called a “museum visionary.” In our Open Dialogue and on our blog, NAMAC...
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Documentary Now! Conference
Blog Author: Patricia R. ZimmermannWhile democracy protesters jammed into Tahrir Square, the Egyptian government cut off and then opened up the internet and Facebook, and British students from the...
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A Dream Walking
Blog Author: Brian HearnThe Oklahoma City Museum of Art's Film Curator Brian Hearn explores his love for celluloid through recounting his experience loaning out a film print of a 1934 Popeye cartoon, A...
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Submissions Open for the 2014 Youth Media DoGooder Video Awards
NAMAC has partnered with the YouTube DoGooder Video Awards to showcase compelling youth media to diverse, national audiences. From February 1, 2014 and through Feb. 15, 2014, nonprofits are invited to...
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