| OHIO FILM SHOWN AT SUNDANCE | BARNETT SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULED FOR MAY |
 Scene from Picture Day by Steven Bognar |
The 2000 Barnett Symposium Going Global: Negotiating the Maze of Cultural Interactions will be held May 5-6 in downtown Columbus and on the campus of The Ohio State University. Anyone interested in international aspects of the arts will benefit from these in-depth sessions. Learn how policies set by arts boards, other institutions and government agencies determine chances for success in the global arts marketplace. The symposium, presented by the Arts Policy and Administration Program at The Ohio State University and the Ohio Arts Council, is open to the public. To receive registration materials contact Karen Oldham at 614/292-5356 after March 15. |
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Day, a short documentary by Ohio filmmaker Steven Bognar, was selected to
play at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, January 20-30, in Park City,
Utah. Picture Day was one of 65 selections from 2,000 films submitted in
the short film category.
Bognar created the seven-minute film while he was an Ohio Arts Council artist in residence at Tussing Elementary School in the Columbus suburb of Pickerington, October 1998 to May 1999. Picture Day features 601 of the school's students individually posing for the camera with a soundtrack of students |
discussing the meaning of photographs. Bognar filmed the students in a format called pixilation, used for animations. To make the film more interactive, he used students as interviewers and camera operators. "Picture Day, is a great example of arts education in the Midwest," Bognar said. "That's something I've put a lot of energy into in the last 10 years. I'm really proud of that." This is Bognar's second film to show at Sundance. In 1996, his film Personal Belongings, about his father, premiered at the prestigious film festival. | ||
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