Press Releases

[San Francisco, CA] - BAVC Media has been approved for a $291,661 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to support Community-Based Preservation Education and Training. This NEH grant will fund a suite of educational tools, workshops, and curricula informed by the investigation of educational skill gaps in the preservation and archival communities. The project will culminate in a fellowship which will provide high-level training, hands-on experience and career mentorship to a candidate entering the cultural heritage sector. The goal is to launch a new preservationist into the field, with a strong orientation towards community-based, accessible, preservation services.     This [...]

[San Francisco, CA] - BAVC Media has been approved for a $291,661 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to support Community-Based Preservation Education and Training. This NEH grant will fund a suite of educational tools, workshops, and curricula informed by the investigation of educational skill gaps in the preservation and archival communities. The project will culminate in a fellowship which will provide high-level training, hands-on experience and career mentorship to a candidate entering the cultural heritage sector. The goal is to launch a new preservationist into the field, with a strong orientation towards community-based, accessible, preservation services.     This [...]

San Francisco, CA - Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC Media) is proud to announce Jacqueline Olive (‘11 Fellow) and Alcee Walker (‘16 Fellow) as the inaugural recipients of MediaMaker Fellowship Alumni grants. Olive and Walker will receive $5,000 each, to cover costs related to impact strategy and post-production, respectively. The grants are made possible by re-granted funds from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Olive, who is based in Wilmington, North Carolina, will use her funding to complete post-production work on Always in Season, the same project that was under development when she first entered the MediaMaker program [...]

San Francisco, CA - Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC Media) is proud to announce Jacqueline Olive (‘11 Fellow) and Alcee Walker (‘16 Fellow) as the inaugural recipients of MediaMaker Fellowship Alumni grants. Olive and Walker will receive $5,000 each, to cover costs related to impact strategy and post-production, respectively. The grants are made possible by re-granted funds from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Olive, who is based in Wilmington, North Carolina, will use her funding to complete post-production work on Always in Season, the same project that was under development when she first entered the MediaMaker program [...]

San Francisco, CA — Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC Media) is pleased to announce that Jason Hanasik and Leah Nichols are the 2018-2019 Residents for BAVC Media’s relaunched Residency program, made possible through support from the San Francisco Film Commission. Building on the success of BAVC Media’s Artist-in-Residence program, the present iteration of the Residence program provides Bay Area independent media makers with the space and resources necessary for developing creative work. During the nine month program, each Resident is given a shared co-working space at BAVC Media’s Mission District offices, the opportunity to take BAVC Media courses of their [...]

San Francisco, CA — Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC Media) is pleased to announce that Jason Hanasik and Leah Nichols are the 2018-2019 Residents for BAVC Media’s relaunched Residency program, made possible through support from the San Francisco Film Commission. Building on the success of BAVC Media’s Artist-in-Residence program, the present iteration of the Residence program provides Bay Area independent media makers with the space and resources necessary for developing creative work. During the nine month program, each Resident is given a shared co-working space at BAVC Media’s Mission District offices, the opportunity to take BAVC Media courses of their [...]

Jeremy O'Neal | 415-558-2127 | jeremyoneal@bavc.org San Francisco, CA: Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC Media) is thrilled to announce the multiplatform documentary makers and projects that will receive the 2018 National MediaMaker Fellows award.  A full list of recipients is below. The 2018 National MediaMaker Fellows are: Daniel Chein, Sonsplitter (Oakland, CA); Bryan Gibel, Sign My Name to Freedom (Oakland, CA); Gabriella Garcia Pardo, Gunpowder Women (Washington DC); Chelsea Hernandez, Building the American Dream (Austin, TX); Sara Lafleur-Vetter, The Sacred and the Snake (Berkeley, CA); Elizabeth Lo, Stray (Los Angeles, CA); Ashley O'Shay, Unapologetic (Chicago, IL); Raul O. Paz Pastrana, Border [...]

Jeremy O'Neal | 415-558-2127 | jeremyoneal@bavc.org San Francisco, CA: Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC Media) is thrilled to announce the multiplatform documentary makers and projects that will receive the 2018 National MediaMaker Fellows award.  A full list of recipients is below. The 2018 National MediaMaker Fellows are: Daniel Chein, Sonsplitter (Oakland, CA); Bryan Gibel, Sign My Name to Freedom (Oakland, CA); Gabriella Garcia Pardo, Gunpowder Women (Washington DC); Chelsea Hernandez, Building the American Dream (Austin, TX); Sara Lafleur-Vetter, The Sacred and the Snake (Berkeley, CA); Elizabeth Lo, Stray (Los Angeles, CA); Ashley O'Shay, Unapologetic (Chicago, IL); Raul O. Paz Pastrana, Border [...]

San Francisco, CA — Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC Media) is pleased to announce that Andrea Rodriguez and Erica Molesworth are the 2017-2018 Residents for BAVC Media’s relaunched Residency program, made possible through support from the San Francisco Film Commission. Building on the success of BAVC Media’s previous Artist-in-Residence program, the present iteration of the Residency program provides Bay Area independent media makers with the space and resources necessary for developing creative work. During the nine month program, each Resident is given a shared co-working space at BAVC Media’s Mission District offices, the opportunity to take BAVC Media courses of [...]