Category Archives: Faculty

Heavy Snow Can’t Stop The Showcase

(Edinboro, PA – December 11, 2025) Despite the challenges of severe winter weather, the Showcase of Philm and Animation welcomed moviegoers to Cole Memorial Auditorium Thursday night. The screening marks an important move for the event from the Pogue Student Center. It’s been relocated to the larger venue to accommodate capacity crowds typically frowned upon…

FULLER Addresses Animation Club

(Edinboro, PA – November 20, 2025) Associate Professor of Digital Filmmaking addressed the Animation Club at its regular weekly meeting in Doucette Hall’s central auditorium. His topic was the creative symbiosis between the disciplines of Animation and Philm. Fuller contends that Animation is the “movie-est” of film’s genres. “There are Western symphonies; there are Science…

Houston hosts Filmmaking Conference

(Prairie View, TX – July 22-26, 2025) PennWest professor Brian Fuller was among 250 filmmaking instructors from around the world who met outside Houston this week for the University Film and Video Association‘s 79th annual conference.  This year’s gathering at Prairie View A&M University marks the first time in UFVA’s 79-year history that an Historically…

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…

Chicago Hangs KRAVCHENKO’s Work

(Chicago, IL – March 2, 2024) Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, recently selected work by PennWest Photography instructor Natasha Kravchenko for inclusion in its 25th International Open, a group exhibition on display until March 30. Kravchenko works in collage style – both real and created using Photoshop. Using various symbols such as ropes, mirror fragments, and…

Canadian Exhibit Picks KRAVCHENKO

(Edmonton, Alberta – January 27, 2024) Art Gallery of Alberta announces InFocus Photo: Identity Ether, a showcase of images which explore the concept of Self through a tapestry of cultural and societal ideologies, career, creativity, death, the psyche. PennWest Professor Natasha Kravchenko is one of eleven photographers included in the exhibition, on display until March…

Screening Closes 2023 Fall Term

(Edinboro, PA – December 7, 2023) PennWest’s Philmmakers and Animators ended the semester with a screening of completed films and other exercises in the Pogue Student Center’s Multi-Purpose Room.  The venue was initially staged to seat an audience of 252, but additional chairs were added last-minute to accommodate a turn-out of more than 300 popcorn-eating…

KRAVCHENKO Earns Hall of Fame Prize

(St. Louis, MO – October 20, 2023) The International Photography Hall of Fame (IPHF) has announced winners of its 2023 Open Photography Competition. PennWest Photography instructor Natasha Kravchenko will be included as an exhibiting artist. Works will be showcased as an online collection through March 15, 2024. Juror Joyce Tenneson (lauded by American Photo Magazine…

UFVA convenes in Savannah

(Savannah, GA – July 19-21, 2023) PennWest professor Brian Fuller was among 250 filmmaking professors from around the world who converged on Savannah this week for the University Film and Video Association‘s 77th annual conference.  Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus played host to UFVA members as they shared best practices for production and teaching. Perhaps…

VIDEOSCAPE wins Telly Silver

(New York, NY – May 25, 2021) Assistant Professor of Digital Filmmaking Brian Fuller today was honored with a Silver Telly Award for ART100 Videoscape. The film features work by faculty and graduates of the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s celebrated Art Department. ART100 Videoscape was designed to be projection-mapped in four synchronized panels onto irregular…