Category Archives: News

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

A New President & Profs Moving Pictures Guild The Cool Kids Graphic Design Club Professor Pattullo Ceramicists Animation Club Tailgating Printmakers

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…

Atlanta Hosts Boro Journalists

(Atlanta, GA – November 1, 2023) The Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association welcomed students from around the world to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta for the nation’s largest gathering of college journalists, media students, and their advisors.  Philm student KT Reihner joined a delegation of attendees from PennWest Edinboro. For four days, students chose from…

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…

Jalil Sadool

SADOOL Encourages Philmmakers & Animators

(Edinboro, PA – September 29, 2023) Graduate Jalil Sadool, an animator who has worked for visual effects companies including WETA Digital, Dreamworks, and Rhythm and Hues, returned to Edinboro with excitement as Grand Marshal of the 2023 homecoming parade.  While on campus, Sadool reached out to current students and faculty in multiple events and venues.…