Bay Area Video Coalition, or BAVC (pronounced “bay-vac”), is a nonprofit media arts center that was founded in 1976 by a coalition of media makers and activists who wanted to find alternative, civic-minded applications for a new technology - PortaPak video. While the technology has continued to evolve, BAVC’s mission to bring increased cultural and economic participation to underserved communities through media, and our belief that telling compelling stories is powerful for both media maker and audience, remains. Tips for using the BAVC website.

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Last week Zoe and Mindy, two BAVC Training & Resources staff people, gave an orientation on BAVC classes to about 30 editors at Kink.com, the internet porn company located in the old Armory Building at 14th and Mission.

BAVC trains a diverse (and we mean DIVERSE) group of companies in the Bay Area and Kink.com employs a host of production staff, video editors, and other media artists.

When Mindy and Zoe got back to BAVC they knew they wanted to blog about their Kink experience so they started chatting on Yahoo Messenger . . .
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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MON, AUGUST 18th!

Have you ever been working on a project and gotten to a place where you NEED the insight and thoughts of other creative and engaged people to help you get some clarity, context, and inspiration?

That's what 5x10 for BAVC mediamakers is all about.

BAVC Members are invited to submit up to 10 minutes of an original media work-in-progress: digital films and videos, interactive websites or social networking sites, audio projects, podcasts, mobisodes - whatever you are working on and would like to present to an audience of peers and experts. In one dynamic and exciting evening, we will screen the work of 5 selected mediamakers, and you'll get targeted feedback from other 5x10 participants, BAVC staff, and special guests.

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