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PHILMMAKERS Achieve Candidacy

(Doucette Hall, Edinboro, PA – November 04, 2024) PennWest’s Digital Filmmaking and Photography (Philm) Concentration is proud to announce the latest group of students to successfully negotiate its candidacy requirements: Zoe Barron, Joshua Bojarski, Xander Brzezinski, Shane Cannon, Abbie Dugan, Jacob Sukhenko, Tanner Tomak, Kaden Velasquez, and Kaleb Zanders. PennWest’s Philm candidacy application process is…

MPG Hosts Interns Dinner

(Doucette Hall, Edinboro, PA – October 08, 2024) Senior Bryan Mendez Perez was the first of four Philm interns who shared summer experiences with members of the Moving Pictures Guild over dinner Tuesday night.  He began by telling of his return to Puerto Rico to work on two films, a social media ad, and multiple…

REIHNER Offers Optical Marvels

(Loveland Hall, Edinboro, PA – September 22, 2024) A Sunday reception opens Optical Marvels, a show of proto-cinematic devices inspired by 19th-century parlor amusements.  Toys like the thaumatrope and phenakistiscope were popular entertainments which depend on the ability of the human eye to retain two images at once.  Philm senior KT Reihner explores this “persistence…

ART & ATHLETICS Host Aloha Tailgate

(Sox Harrison Stadium, Edinboro, PA – August 29, 2024) Edinboro’s storied Art program has long celebrated the start of each school year with Aloha, a rush event for the department’s many clubs. This year’s Aloha coincided with the football team’s first home game (on new AstroTurf with tartan end zones!) and the recent hiring of…

FULLER Presents A.I. Screenwriting

(Cleveland, OH – August 01, 2024) Associate Professor of Digital Filmmaking Brian Fuller addressed a session of the University Film and Video Association (UFVA) this week.  Cleveland State University was this year’s host, choosing the theme “Rock On: Urban Resilience, Cinema, and Sustainability.” Fuller moderated a Thursday panel entitled “The End of Creativity?  The Pitfalls…

MARSHALL Shows Photos

(Meadville, PA – July 19, 2024) Meadville’s Hatch Hollow is a fine art retail and mixed use coworking space which rotates exhibitions of local art every 6-8 weeks.  A Friday happy hour reception from 5-8 pm on July 19 welcomes the work of Edinboro photography student Avery Marshall to the comfortably-appointed gallery at 245 Chestnut…

REIHNER Earns Photo Accolades

(Kolkata, West Bengal, India – March 30, 2024) India’s Sundarban International Film Festival (SIFF) recognizes art films and photography with themes of environmental awareness.  The festival, boasting a month-long exhibition calendar, is particularly interested in furthering the cause of independent image-makers.  SIFF judges recently announced Eyes of the Hunter and Watercolors, photos taken by Philm…

FRANCIS & MARSHALL Attend SPE

(St. Louis, MO – March 21-23, 2024) Riley Francis and Avery Marshall drove 650 miles from Edinboro to attend the annual conference of the Society for Photographic Education (SPE).   At the St. Louis Grand Hotel, the PennWest juniors met up with Photography Professor Natasha Kravchenko for the three-day event. Francis and Marshall attended sessions and…

Legendary Animator MUSKER Visits

(Edinboro, PA – March 15-16, 2024)  Animation legend John Musker visited the PennWest Edinboro campus as a guest artist this weekend. For over four decades, Musker has been a key creative within the Walt Disney Company, co-directing films such as The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Aladdin, The Princess & and Frog, and…

Disney Hires BUPP & HESS

(Lake Buena Vista, FL – March 10, 2024) After a rigorous application and interview process, the prestigious Disney College Program (DCP) has chosen seniors Jared Bupp and Ryan Hess to join a corps of international recruits at the Walt Disney World Resort in June – hardly a month after their anticipated PennWest graduation. Established in…