BAVC News
I got my start at BAVC: Yeelen Cohen
Stories from our community For 45 years we have been opening doors for emerging media makers and professionals in the Bay Area, through training, artist development, apprenticeships, funding and more. As we look forward to 2023 and celebrate the work we've done, we asked members of our community to share how BAVC Media has impacted their careers. Check out 2022 MediaMaker Fellow, Yeelen Cohen's BAVC story below! Your contributions help us deliver programs, pay instructors, and offer subsidized classes to support our local media-making community. While we continue to rebuild revenue loss from the pandemic, [...]
An inspiring Pitch from the 2022 BAVC MediaMaker Fellows!
2022 MediaMakers: Pitch Event Photo Credit: reflect light Photography On Tuesday, December 6, the exceptional cohort of 2022 BAVC MediaMaker Fellows were gathered for one final time in San Francisco where they presented their works in progress to an intimate audience of friends, peers, industry supporters, and potential funders at the KQED Headquarters. Executive Director Paula Smith Arrigoni welcomed us in and introduced Fellowship Co-Director’s, Dawn Valadez and Rodrigo Reyes who hosted the show. They began the night by talking bout the power and importance of mentorship. Each fellow then shared a new sample and pitched their project to [...]
I got my start at BAVC: Elizabeth Herrera
Stories from our community For 45 years we have been opening doors for emerging media makers and professionals in the Bay Area, through training, artist development, apprenticeships, funding and more. As we look forward to 2023 and celebrate the work we've done, we asked members of our community to share how BAVC Media has impacted their careers. Check out our program assistant, Elizabeth Herrera's BAVC story below! Your contributions help us deliver programs, pay instructors, and offer subsidized classes to support our local media-making community. While we continue to rebuild revenue loss from the pandemic, [...]
I got my start at BAVC: Rachel Holbrook
Stories from our community For 45 years we have been opening doors for emerging media makers and professionals in the Bay Area, through training, artist development, apprenticeships, funding and more. As we look forward to 2023 and celebrate the work we've done, we asked members of our community to share how BAVC Media has impacted their careers. Check out our newest board member, Rachel Holbrook's BAVC story below! Your contributions help us deliver programs, pay instructors, and offer subsidized classes to support our local media-making community. While we continue to rebuild revenue loss from the [...]
A letter from our Executive Director
A LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2022 MediaMaker Fellows + BAVC team at Camden International Film Festival Dear Friends of BAVC Media, I’m writing to ask for your support. If you’re looking for ways to contribute to independent media making tomorrow on Giving Tuesday, or another time soon, I humbly ask that you consider making a donation to BAVC Media (Bay Area Video Coalition). Since our founding in 1976, BAVC Media has been about opening doors for media makers of all ages and backgrounds. From young people making their first personal narrative films, to... Adults building their [...]
BAVC Media Produced Hamilton Families Audio Docs Air on KALW
BAVC MEDIA PRODUCED HAMILTON FAMILIES AUDIO DOCS AIRING ON KALW As part of BAVC Media’s collaboration with Hamilton Families, underwritten by Google/YouTube, we are pleased to share two audio documentaries about families experiencing homelessness in the Bay Area. The pieces are airing on KALW 91.7 FM. KALW is a local public radio station that airs the BBC and NPR in San Francisco and the Bay Area. KALW is committed to producing innovative programming including Crosscurrents and Your Call. BAVC Media is honored to partner with award-winning producer Lisa Rudman who has extensive experience in audio and video production and [...]
Shining Light on Families Experiencing Homelessness
In one of the most challenging years in recent history, BAVC Media has had the privilege of collaborating with an award-winning team of media makers and Hamilton Families, a nonprofit organization with a mission to end family homlessness in the Bay Area. BAVC Media commissioned six award-winning alum from the MediaMaker Fellowship to create a series of video and audio documentaries about Bay Area families.
Intro To Soldering and Troubleshooting for AV Archivists
Replacing electronic components can be a tricky task, but if you have the tools, training, and some practice it can be done by almost anyone! As usual, the best way to get good at something is to do it with some guidance. BAVC Media has created this video workshop to walk through the process of soldering a simple PCB kit. The kit we used is a "xr2206 function generator" that can be purchased for under $15 from various online vendors. During this workshop, you'll learn how to solder and remove electrical components, how to test electrical components, and the basics [...]
BAVC Media Announces 2021 MediaMaker Fellows
One of the Longest Standing, Top-tier Programs in the Country for Investing in Diverse Emerging Documentary Filmmakers, Celebrates its New 2021 Fellows
Announcing 2021’s Preservation Access Program Awardees!
BAVC Media is proud to announce the recipients of the 14th round of our Preservation Access Program, made possible by generous grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and California Humanities through which BAVC Media is able to subsidize the cost of preserving analog audio and video, allowing us to offer our expertise and services to individuals and artists that would otherwise not be able to afford them. In order to consider the applications that BAVC Media receives, a panel of local archivists, artists, media producers, and community members is assembled to select participants [...]
