From: mclaff9@earthlink.net
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 3:32 PM
Subject: [IFASA] November IFASA Meeting will be on 19 November
Due to many people attending AFM (American Film Market), the monthly IFASA meeting will NOT be this Monday. It will instead be two weeks later (due to Veterans Day) on Monday, 19 November.
The meeting will be held at Access Tucson, 124 E. Broadway.
Our speaker this month will be Vicky Westover, Program Director of the UA's Hanson Film Institute (www.hansonfilm.org) who will inform us about her organization and what Hanson offers for the local film community. The Hanson Film Institute was one of the sponsors of this year's Three-Minute Thriller contest.
The Jack and Vivian Hanson Arizona Film Institute (Hanson Film Institute) at The University of Arizona offers programs for students, emerging filmmakers, and media entrepreneurs who want to contribute significantly to the art and/or business of filmmaking and have an influential role in the film industry. Serving diverse, underrepresented, and new voices, the Hanson Film Institute creates and advances a dynamic understanding of the collaborative dimensions of the art and business of film. The Hanson Film Institute provides and supports educational programs, public events, and creative projects.
Victoria Westover is the Program Director of the Hanson Film Institute at The University of Arizona. Vicky oversees all aspects of the Institute. Vicky is a collaborating producer of diverse nationally recognized film programs, including Cine Mexico and Native Eyes Showcase. She serves on the Board of Trustees of NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) and is an adjunct faculty member in the School of Media Arts at The University of Arizona. A native of Washington, D.C., Vicky is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Photography, and she completed Masters Course work in American Studies with a concentration in Anthropology. Vicky has trained and worked in non-profit management for 19 years. She worked for six years for the Library of Congress, including as the Assistant to the Curator of Exhibits. As the Executive Director of the Baltimore Film Forum, Vicky directed numerous repertory seasons of cinema, international film festivals, competitions, and special programs, including the Baltimore International Film Festival and the longest running Russian Film Festival in the United States. She received a Governor’s citation for her work promoting filmmaking in Maryland. Vicky taught photography and film appreciation courses over a 17-year period at the Maryland Institute and other institutions, and she is the co-founder of a Baltimore City youth media program. Vicky served as an art critic for Patuxent Publishing and has over 50 articles on art criticism published. She has served on numerous non-profit boards, committees, and panels, including for the Maryland State Arts Council, the AFI in Washington, and the Tucson Cinema Foundation, and was a guest on Congressman Kweisi Mfume’s television show on African-American filmmaking. Vicky is the Founding Producer of Independent Eye, which aired for many years on Maryland Public Television; was the Executive Producer of the 2007 award-winning short film, Alma; and served as Producer for the independent feature, Red 71.
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