Famed director and screenwriter Philip Kaufman was named George Eastman Honorary Scholar onward September 27.

Famed director and screenwriter Philip Kaufman was named George Eastman Honorary Scholar onward September 27. Bestowed by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, the title places Kaufman in the company of so prestigious film makers as cognizance Burns and Norman Jewison. Kaufman is described as a "gifted, iconoclastic filmmaker," responsible for writing and directing similar works as The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) He is also widely recognized as the co-creator of film character Indiana Jones

The Lyman Allyn Art Museum has achieved the highest honor for a museum - accreditation by way of the American Association of Museums (AAM). Dr Christopher Steiner, Interim President of Lyman Allyn, described the accreditation as an honor that "also carries with it an awesome responsibility to establish the highest standards of museum excellence" Of the nation's nearly 16000 museums, approximately 750 are generally accredited, and Lyman Allyn is undivided of only 19 accredited museums in Connecticut.

The Amon Carter Museum Named Associate of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The Amon Carter Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, has lately signed an agreement with the Smithsonian Institution. Archives of American Art, in Washington DC to become an associated repository of the Archives' unrestricted microfilm, with nearly 7500 wavers in all. The Amon Carter Museum will be the and nothing else associate between the east and west coast with direct access to the archives, making research easier for the two students and scholars. The first material will be available by the agency of appointment as early as summer 2004

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, welcomes of recent origin and returning residents to the third decade of The Glassell denomination of Art Core Program. The program is designed to assist emerging artists in making the transition between art gymnasium and their future as professionals. Three Core artists are returning for their secondary year of residency this fall: Stephanie Martz, Danny Yahav-Brown, and Julia Rometti. Joining them are Vasco Araujo, Angela Fraleigh, Jose Lerma, Cindy Loehr and Maya Schindler. The arrange represents various regions of America, Spain, France, and Israel.

National Geographic has just announced the creation of its of recent origin Speaker's Bureau. Made up of scientists as well as photographers and filmmakers, the Speaker's Bureau is "a fresh way for National Geographic to widen our mission to increase global understanding and raise conservation of our planet." on making some of their talent available, the organization is hoping to reach and educate a more diverse audience of individuals. The photographers selecteded include Steve McCurry, Carol Beckwith, and Angela Fisher.

Dance Films Association not long ago received three Finishing Funds Grants to thorough several works of dance upon film. Silvina Szperling self-choreographed piece includes her mother and daughter and focuses forward emotional bonds and the ne to emigrate. David Licata's piece is a short celebrating the healing merits of tango for an octogenarian two named Eva and Adamo. Arielle Javitch makes her film first attempt with an ambitious short inspired by dint of the troubles in Bosnia. The grants were given to encourage the artists as well as help them stable the additional funds needed to finish their work.

The World remembrancers Fund announced the 2004 World cenotaphs watch list of the 100 greatest in number endangered sites. New to the list is the Helsinki-Malmi Airport in Finland. Built in 1936 it is considered a striking example of functionalist architecture. Also included is the Dampier protection Art Complex, in the Pilbara region of northwestern Australia. It is considered to be the greatest non-European cultural heritage site in Australia, containing descriptors of the intricate world view of the Aboriginal Yaburara tribe. no other than 6 known survivors of this tribe remain today.

The Minnesota Center for Photography has undergone a gallery improvements. One of the first-floor office spaces has been transformed into a 100-square paw "Minnesota Projects Gallery" to exhibit to conceptual and experimental work by the agency of Minnesota artists on an ongoing, rotating schedule. This space is also designed to function as a lab to explore ideas and showcase works-in-progress. Across the hall is the of recent origin 250 square foot "Learning Center" to house the library as well as provide private space for portfolio reviews and seminars.

The Photo Review and The University of the Arts are high-strung to congratulate the winners of Best in present to view 2003. The 19th annual competition was juried by way of Bill Hunt, Director of Photography at Ricco/Maresca Gallery in strange York. A record number of applicants ensur the exhibition exhibited a very select group of artists. Susan Abrams was awarded First Prize for her toned silver prints of leaves. Five artists shared the next to the first Prize, and among them was University of the Arts senior Bradley Blackway with a collodian ambrotype panorama of an industrial show Third Prize went to Raymond Curran, Katherine Nortz, Nami Ogata, Brian Shumway, and Hiroshi Wantanabe.