Preservation Access Program

Digitize your tapes before it’s too late – apply to BAVC Media’s Preservation Access Program!

The old tapes you have in storage are likely way past their shelf-life, and the longer they sit the harder it will be to preserve the content they hold.

Digitizing and preserving your audiovisual media collection can be difficult, time-consuming, and expensive, but through the Preservation Access Program (PAP), BAVC Media proudly provides museum-quality transfers and preservation services at a reduced rate.

With the Preservation Access Program, BAVC Media is able to provide affordable preservation services to individuals and small-to-midsize organizations who have analog audiovisual materials in their collections. Especially if those collections contain art, activism, or content featuring BIPOC communities and LGBTQ+ communities!

Services provided to PAP participants include analog-to-digital preservation transfers at a discounted rate based on organizational budget size. Join the ranks of artists and organizations who have had their works digitized and preserved by BAVC Media Preservation!

If you are interested in participating in this round of PAP, you can fill out our application below. The deadline for submitting applications to the 2024 Preservation Access Program has passed. We will be announcing successful applicants in April 2024.

If you have any questions about the program, feel free to reach out to us directly at preservation@bavc.org.

This is all thanks to generous grants from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA). NEA funding also supports BAVC Media’s efforts to advance audiovisual preservation practice, theory, and accessibility based on new and innovative developments in the field.

Recent participants in the Preservation Access Program include:

Videoda
Visual Studies Workshop
People’s Video Theater / Survival Arts Media
Pamela Cohen
Larry Ackerman
Scarlett Shepard
Eva Soltes
Charles Atlas
The GLBT Historical Society
Visual Studies Workshop
The Salem School District
The New Arts Foundation
Friends of Knoxville Country Library
Global Village
Planet Drum
and many more!