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Grants received
Thanks to grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, the full Art on Screen Database is now online. With news from the field, a listserv, and an archive of additional materials, the Program's new and improved Web site is a complete resource for the fields of art and architecture on screen.
Art on Screen Database goes online
The Database is now accessible free of charge during an initial Beta test period, with information on more than 25,000 productions worldwide. After completing a registration form, visitors can search the Database by Title, Credits, Production Year, Subject, or Artist's Name. Be sure to visit the Art on Screen Database often!
Submit entries for the Art on Screen Database
Now producers and distributors can submit data on new visual arts productions directly online. You'll find a form for submitting new entries in the Database section, or you can mail or fax announcements of new releases to: Program for Art on Film, Inc., 200 Willoughby Avenue, c/o Pratt SILS, Brooklyn, NY 11205. Fax 718-399-4507.
An Evening with Jem Cohen and Adam Cohen--October 16, 1997
In collaboration with the Pratt Institute School of Architecture, the Program presented an evening of videos by Jem Cohen and Adam Cohen. Working individually, the New York-born brothers share similar visual styles and themes, producing gritty, poetic cityscapes exploring life at the urban edge.. The program included Jem Cohen's Lost Book Found (1996), set in New York City, and an excerpt from the feature-length Buried In Light: Eastern Europe In Passing (1994). Adam Cohen presented Late City Final (1997), about the redevelopment of 42nd Street in New York, and Voyage To El Chino (1997), set in Barcelona. Both filmmakers were present to participate in a lively discussion with the standing-room only audience.
Architecture on Screen '98 Touring Program
The Program for Art on Film launched an international festival of Architecture on Screen, which premiered at the Brooklyn Museum of Art January 30-31. An Architecture on Screen '98 video package is touring during 1998. There are still open dates available later in the year. For booking information, contact the Program for Art on Film (info@artfilm.org). Check the Architecture on Screen '98 Web page frequently for the list of programs and tour updates.

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Field Notes	News from colleagues around the country and abroad
Now Playing	Art & Architecture on a screen near you
Festival Round-up	Entry deadlines/Award winners
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