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Date: 12/11/97 4:14 PM
RE: Art on Film Online
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NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
December 11, 1997
PROGRAM FOR ART ON FILM LAUNCHES EXPANDED WEB SITE
<http://www.artfilm.org>
Includes Fully Searchable Database of More Than
25,000 Films, Videos, and New Media on the Arts
Brooklyn, New York. The Program for Art on Film, Inc. today announced
the launch of its newly expanded Web site, ART ON FILM ONLINE,
located at <http://www.artfilm.org>.
Art on Film Online features a fully searchable version of the
Program's renowned Art on Screen Database an annotated research index
to more than 25,000 films, videos, and new media on the visual arts.
Subjects covered in the Database include painting, drawing,
sculpture, architecture, archaeology, photography, decorative arts,
design, costume, and more. Access to the Database will be free during
an initial introductory period.
"The Program for Art on Film is pleased to offer this unique service
online, making it even more accessible to arts and media
professionals," says Executive Director Nadine Covert. "Art on Film
Online is an important international forum for art and architecture
on screen."
Other new Web site features include:
* Art on Screen E-News, an electronic version of the Program's Art
on Screen newsletter, featuring up-to-the-minute information on
international festivals and film programs, news of colleagues in the
field, and reviews of new films, videos, CD-ROMs, and books.
* Art & Architecture Discussion Group, an electronic forum for
visual arts media professionals, including media producers, museum
personnel, librarians, and educators. (Art on Film membership
required.)
* Web Citings, an extensive listing of Internet sites of interest
to arts and media professionals, covering: film/video/media sites,
art sites, artists' film/video sites, library resources, education
sites, and professional societies and membership organizations.
* Festival and Conference Calendars, including calendars of Art &
Architecture and Archaeology events.
* Other Resources, including Program for Art on Film research
reports, guidelines, and articles.
Support for the Program for Art on Film Web site has been provided
by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Robert Sterling Clark
Foundation. The Web site was developed and is hosted by UNET 2
Corporation, New York City.
The Program for Art on Film was founded in 1984 as a joint venture
between the J. Paul Getty Trust and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Its mission is to foster a better understanding and appreciation of
the visual arts through the effective production and use of
moving-image media. An international leader in the field of visual
arts media, the Program maintains the Art on Screen Database, and has
published several major reference works drawn from Database research.
Other Program services include workshops and seminars for educators
and museum professionals, a series of short films and videos on the
visual arts, and a festival of films and videos on architecture
scheduled for January, 1998.
In 1996, the Program was restructured as an independent
non-profit, tax-exempt corporation, and relocated to Pratt
Institute's Brooklyn campus, where it is affiliated with the Graduate
School of Information & Library Science (SILS). States S. M. Matta,
Dean of SILS, "I am delighted to have the Program for Art on Film in
our School. The Program is a vivid illustration of Pratt's global
leadership in the education of artists, designers, architects, and
information managers."
Pratt Institute educates more than 3,850 undergraduate and
graduate students from around the United States and seventy foreign
nations in its schools of Architecture, Art and Design, Liberal Arts
and Sciences, Information and Library Sciences, and Professional
Studies. The 25-acre main campus is located in the historic Clinton
Hill section of Brookly, with additional classroom facilities in
the landmark Puck Building in Manhattan's SoHo district.
Contacts:
Nadine Covert Janet Fisher, Pratt Institute
Program for Art on Film Office of Public Relations
(718) 399-4206 (718) 636-3471
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