Sharon’s current work with the American Friends Service Committee spurs us to post this video from their site Faces of Hope
To take action, follow this link to the AFSC website. There are a multitude of ways to make a difference and work toward peace.
We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention our current passion, the Red-tailed Hawk nest at the Franklin Institute. You gotta see it!
The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is the most common hawk in North America. It is a large bird with a broad, red tail. The female is usually larger than the male. It appears that a male and a female are co-constructing the nest at The Franklin Institute.
Our friends at Foulkeways have invited me to screen Family Gathering for their casual Wednesday morning salon. So, Lise Yasui and I will meet with folks who have lived that history next week. Living history meets learned history. It’s what makes understanding where we’ve been as a people relevant. And it makes a good case for the personal documentary, I think.
This piece, made in 1989, is still in active distribution. I’m very proud of it’s ‘legs’.
Press is good!
Read on! about spark. the little video that is making a splash at the American Association of Museums Annual meeting.
spark. was produced and directed by Glenn Holsten and cut by Ann Tegnell. 85 people shot in two days cut down to 7 minutes. Wow! Due the math.
From the American Association of Museums:
“Spark” Plug
Museum Week celebrates the 2009 AAM conference coming to Philadelphia while allowing the city to highlight the incredible wealth of cultural opportunities available in this region for residents, visitors and conference attendees. But local conference hosts Nancy Kolb of the Please Touch Museum and Gail Harrity of the Philadelphia Museum of Art wanted to create a legacy piece that would live on well after the 2009 AAM Annual Meeting wrapped.
And so the idea of “Spark” was born.
Local filmmaker and director Glenn Holsten interviewed 85 Philadelphia museum fans from all walks of life who shared deeply personal stories about the profound impact Philadelphia museums and cultural institutions have on their hearts and minds. The result is a powerful and emotional short film about chance meetings with things and places that generated a spark and forever changed the way people experienced the world.
Produced by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance in association with the American Association of Museums, “Spark” features a colorful mix of stories that testify to the power and meaning of museums in people’s lives. “Spark” showcases the potential that each visit has for being remarkable; it shows that museums matter.—Silvana Pop, public relations coordinator, Please Touch Museum
and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance:
Museum Community Kicks Off Museum Week at Independence Visitor Center, Monday April 27th
Fifty-five area museums team up on April 27, 2009 to launch the first Museum Week, April 27-May 3, 2009. The launch event will take place on Monday, April 27th at 10am at the Independence Visitor Center on Independence Mall. It will feature a wide variety of local museums displaying samples from current exhibitions or collections. Press and the public are invited to attend. The event will also feature the debut screening of SPARK, a new short film about the impact that Philadelphia’s cultural institutions have on the hearts and minds of our community. Speakers featured include Peggy Amsterdam, President, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; Gail Harrity, Interim CEO, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Nancy Kolb, President & CEO, Please Touch Museum; and Dennis Wint, President & CEO, The Franklin.
Join the region’s cultural leaders as they share details about Museum Week and the special offers available online at www.phillyfunguide.com/museumweek. In addition to appearances by the Zoo on Wheels, Please Touch Museum’s Mad Hatter, and museum leaders from around the region, there will be a special preview screening of SPARK, a short, captivating film about Philadelphia’s cultural institutions directed by Philadelphia filmmaker Glenn Holsten. More than 80 local culture fans appear in the film, including Franklin astronomer Derrick Pitts, Inquirer film critic Carrie Rickey, Dr. Brian McDonough, and Lily Yeh of the Village of Arts and Humanities.
From the Philadelphia Museum of Art:
The Philadelphia Museum of Art joins with the Philadelphia cultural community in welcoming the delegates to the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Museums in Philadelphia April 28 through May 4.
Money talk at conventions for museum professionals
By Stephan Salisbury
Inquirer Culture Writer
When roughly 5,000 museum professionals from across the country descend on Philadelphia this week for two conventions, they will represent institutions that exhibit everything from Old Masters to old rocks.
But despite the multiplicity of interests and the range of institutional sizes and locations, there will be one thing on everyone’s mind. Money. read on.
Museum Week Offers Discounts, Specials
By LINDSAY WARNER, The Bulletin
It’s been a great year for cultural unity throughout Philadelphia. We’ve stood shoulder-to-shoulder to view Cézanne’s works at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, crowded the gates of the majestic new Please Touch Museum and gathered at The Franklin for a glimpse at Galileo’s famous telescope, whole-heartedly supporting our city’s rich cultural offerings.
We’ve also stood behind various themed events, such as Restaurant Week and Beer Week, both heartily endorsed throughout the city, leading up to the next cultural event inspiring a seven-day celebration: Museum Week, from April 27 to May 3.
Fifty-five regional museums will offer special discounts on admission, shopping and other amenities in a city-wide celebration encouraging residents and visitors to appreciate the role museums play in our city’s cultural sector. read on.
OK, Jim may be modest about this, but I think it’s awfully exciting and he should be very proud. I had a brief re-encounter with our long-time friend Jim Rymsza through (cough!) LinkedIn and did he bother to mention it? No! What’s the point of social networking, really? So, if he’s not going to put it out there, let me say, “Congratulations! Jim!”
notice the link to the MossyBack Morris Men . . .
We’ve also stood behind various themed events, such as Restaurant Week and Beer Week, both heartily endorsed throughout the city, leading up to the next cultural event inspiring a seven-day celebration: Museum Week, from April 27 to May 3.
Fifty-five regional museums will offer special discounts on admission, shopping and other amenities in a city-wide celebration encouraging residents and visitors to appreciate the role museums play in our city’s cultural sector. read on.
love it.
click on photo to see MUSEUM spot.
OK, Jim may be modest about this, but I think it’s awfully exciting and he should be very proud. I had a brief re-encounter with our long-time friend Jim Rymsza through (cough!) LinkedIn and did he bother to mention it? No! What’s the point of social networking, really? So, if he’s not going to put it out there, let me say, “Congratulations! Jim!”
notice the link to the MossyBack Morris Men . . .