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National Museum of the American Indian seeks interns
posted May 27, 2010
National Museum of the American Indian Internship Program
posted May 27, 2010
The National Museum of the American Indian, in Washington DC, seeks students interested in gaining museum practice and program development experience to work as interns during four sessions lasting 10 weeks throughout the year. The positions are open to current or prospective graduate students in all fields of study, regardless ...
William O’Farrell Fellowship Awarded
posted May 26, 2010
Northeast Historic Film has awarded its inaugural William O’Farrell Fellowship to Caitlin McGrath, a doctoral candidate in cinema and media studies at the University of Chicago.
The Fellowship provides a stipend of $1,500 to support research at NHF, a regional moving image archives established in 1986 and located in Bucksport, Maine. NHF awards the O’Farrell Fellowship, ...
“The Feature” at Anthology Film Archives
posted May 25, 2010
The Feature is video artist Michael Auder’s 2008 semi-autobiographical filmed diary, “with the archive of footage Auder has amassed over the decades providing much of the source material, alongside new scenes shot by co-director Andrew Neel (the grandson of painter Alice Neel).” Screens nightly at 7pm, with additional shows Saturday and Sunday at 3pm.
Cinecon Classic Film Festival in Hollywood
posted May 25, 2010
Cinecon 46 will show “nearly thirty rare silent and early sound feature films and as many short subjects from the nation’s leading film archives and Hollywood studio vaults, and Cinecon is dedicated to showcasing unusual films that are rarely given public screenings.” Note preliminary schedule here.
Caroline Frick Named Eastman House Curator
posted May 25, 2010
Caroline Frick has been named the sixth curator of motion pictures at George House International Museum of Photography and Film, which was founded 61 years ago, and is the third largest film archive in the US. Frick has worked in film preservation at Warner Bros., the Library of Congress, and the National Archives in Washington, ...
Revamping Canadian Archives
posted May 25, 2010
Daniel J. Caron, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, has launched a series of dialogues with the Canadian archival community about the role of Library and Archives Canada (LAC).
He is looking for input on what the national archive is doing right, wrong, well, and not well enough.
What new services should it offer?
What strategies should it be ...
New US Archivist
posted May 25, 2010
In November, David S. Ferriero was sworn in as the tenth Archivist of the United States, the first librarian to hold the position. The librarian and library administrator was previously the director of the New York Public Library where he worked after serving as University Librarian and vice provost for library affairs at Duke University. ...
AMIA 20th Anniversary Edition of The Moving Image
posted May 25, 2010
Marsha and Devin Orgeron, editors of The Moving Image: The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists, have gathered input for an expanded Forum section of the publication (issue 11.1 of early 2011) which will commemorate AMIA’s 20th anniversary.
The tentative lineup for the issue, which will be the first issue of 2011, includes contributions ...
On, Archives!
posted May 24, 2010
On, Archives!: A conference on media, theater, and history
Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research
July 6 – 9, 2010
Madison, Wisconsin
On, Archives!, a conference celebrating 50 years of the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research, takes place July 6-9, 2010, in Madison. The center, formed in 1960 by the then-department of ...