“Holding on to Jah,” Roger Landon Hall’s documentary film on the history and culture of reggae music and the Rasta movement, is getting all the right kind of attention: Legendary director Jonathan Demme (”Silence of the Lambs”) has endorsed it, and the film will premiere in April at the Washington, D.C., International Film Festival.
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To aid students as they navigate the Academy’s urban campus, Academy grad Jeff Yen has combined cutting-edge web and mobile technology. His Campus Shuttle Service project is attracting attention, says Yen, MFA09, and has just been recognized as a Webpick by the highly respected design publication Communication Arts.
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The 79 Gallery in San Francisco will be buzzing in coming days with the 2nd Annual Fine Art Photography Faculty + Alumni Auction. A preview party Thursday, March 11, at 5 p.m. will provide an advance glimpse of the works. The live auction will take place Saturday March 13 at 2 p.m.
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[Janet Preloger] This year marks the beginning of a new Academy of Art University tradition: the 2010 Alumni Awards, an opportunity to celebrate graduates who have made significant contributions to the world of art and design. Nominations for recipients of the new awards are now being accepted.
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More than 500 volunteers and community partners, including the Academy, will be recognized March 6th for the 10th anniversary of San Francisco’s Community Clean Team. In the past decade, thousands of volunteers — including Academy faculty and students — have worked to plant trees, eradicate graffiti and generally “clean and green” the city.
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