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Error - unable to initiate communication with LISTSERV (errno=10061, phase=CONNECT, target=127.0.0.1:2306). The server is probably not started. ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Forwarded from the NINCH list. Judy -------------Forwarded Message----------------- From: David Green, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] To: Multiple recipients of list, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] Date: 12/11/97 4:14 PM RE: Art on Film Online =========================================== NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT December 11, 1997 PROGRAM FOR ART ON FILM LAUNCHES EXPANDED WEB SITE 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 . 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 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] # # #