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SF Commons Interview: Christina Marie

Public Access Television | Posted on: Tuesday, June 18, 2013

By Andy Kawanami, Community Manager

This month, we got a chance to talk to SF Commons producer Christina Marie from "SF LIVE TV with Christina Marie" about her public access television show and her love of San Francisco.

What is your SF Commons show?

My show is "SF LIVE TV with Christina Marie", and I interview unique people in San Francisco

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Lost Treasures: Recollections of the initial years of Headlands Center For The Arts

Media Preservation | Posted on: Wednesday, June 12, 2013

By Leonard Hunter, Emeritus Professor at San Francisco State University

The Bay Area Video Coalition received funding from the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation to support a unique, collaborative effort to digitally preserve and exhibit seminal Bay Area audiovisual works that would otherwise be lost forever. BAVC's Preservation department worked with graduate students in California College for the Arts' Curatorial Practice (CURP) program to

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Gig Union Spotlight: Sylvie McClelland

Get A Job | Posted on: Tuesday, June 11, 2013

by Mwende Hahesy, Training Strategist

Gig Union connects the Bay Area's community of media and tech entrepreneurs, freelancers and contractors to resources, networking opportunities, and gigs. The Gig Union Spotlight will feature members who're pursing their passion of working independently in the media and tech industries.  Last month we met Eric

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BAVC Celebrates Champions of Change

General BAVC | Posted on: Monday, June 10, 2013

By Carol Varney, Executive Director

BAVC is honored to be a partner in the work that Dr. Elizabeth Babcock, Chief Public Engagement Office and Roberts Dean of Education, at California Academy of Science, is being honored for as a Champion of Change on June 11 at the White House. The Learning Lab project, developed through a partnership with the San Francisco Public Library, the California Academy of Science, KQED and BAVC is an innovative project

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Designing With the User In Mind

Youth Programs | Posted on: Monday, June 10, 2013

By Amy Li, BAVC alum and Bridges Peer Mentor
 
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend Cooper U’s Interaction Design course. This extensive four-day course explored many techniques and practices useful to designers, developers, marketers, project managers, and design enthusiasts. Here are some concepts and tips that resonated with me. 

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BAVC Interviews: Pamela Yates

Producers Institute for New Media Technologies | Posted on: Friday, June 07, 2013

by Zoë Banks, BAVC Marketing Manager

 We recently interviewed Pamela Yates, Guggenheim Fellow, Producers Institute alum and award-winning director of

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Recap: American Institute for Conservation conference in Indianapolis

Media Preservation | Posted on: Thursday, June 06, 2013

By Lauren Sorensen, Preservation Project Manager

Last week I attended the 42nd annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation, which brings together professionals from the field of cultural heritage (mostly in museum collections) to talk about and share their work with colleagues and peers. The conference is held with a few sessions devoted to the field

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Lost Treasures: Experimental Archives from the Bay Area

Media Preservation | Posted on: Wednesday, June 05, 2013

By Callie Humphrey, Curatorial Studies Graduate Student at California College for the Arts

The Bay Area Video Coalition received funding from the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation to support a unique, collaborative effort to digitally preserve and exhibit seminal Bay Area audiovisual works that would otherwise be lost forever. BAVC's Preservation department worked with graduate students in California College for the Arts' Curatorial Practice (

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Newbie Quiz: Sam Gutterman

General BAVC | Posted on: Monday, June 03, 2013

We're STOKED to welcome Sam "The Man" Gutterman as BAVC's new Network and Preservation Administrator, where he'll be guiding us through *fun* tech challenges day in and out. Hey, you don't run the nation's largest nonprofit media training center without breaking a few eggs laptops. Read on to learn more about The Man himself...

1. The story of your life starts out with which 10 words?
June

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BUMP Records :: May 2013 Album Releases - The Final Four

BUMP Records | Posted on: Friday, May 31, 2013

By Chris Runde, Youth Programs Manager
 
And here we are.
 
After 8 months or so of non-stop composing, recording, mixing and designing, BUMP Records is delighted to share the fruits of our artists' collective creative labor. This fourth and final round of album releases for Spring 2013 represents the culmination of a huge amount of love,

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