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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…

BLADES Collects Winter Trophies

(Manchester, UK; Rome, Italy; Zürich, Switzerland; Tblisi, Georgia; Perai, Malaysia – March 3, 2024) Barely three months after its premiere, Blades of Brilliance, a documentary profiling barber Josiah Stuart, has earned an impressive haul of international trophies.  The film, produced in ART3205 Non-Fiction Filmmaking, is a semi-finalist at the REWind International Film Festival in Manchester,…

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…

MOVING PICTURES GUILD announces SP24 Productions

Join the production crews for SHADOWS and ESPIONAGE VII: The Final Hour. Interested students should gather in Doucette 119 lecture hall for a pre-production discussion 8pm, Friday February 9.  Each film will need help in their production.  Never crewed a production before?  It doesn’t matter.  Every level of experience is welcome.  Now’s the perfect chance…

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…

24FA Red Carpet Gallery

KT & Chloey Kitty & MJ Owen John, KT, Riley & Karen 24-Hour Animators Aidan & The Twins Filmways Tanner & the Rileys Thoughtful Animators Countdown 24-Hour Animators Levi, Naomi & Jacob Gaumont MJ & Shane Connor, Rebecca, Sebastian Riley Josh & Elizabeth Yvonne & Cheryl Sydney & Mom Pathé Zoe Naomi & Jacob Riley,…

24FA Aloha

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