This all sounds wonderful, Karen. Jim was a wonderful filmmaker and I know that many on Frameworks knew and loved his work. With the help of Mark Toscano and others, this project can also be a way to reinforce the importance of 16mm projection. It would be good to know which institutions and individuals in this country are still committed to 16mm class and theatrical projection. Mark and Canyon can help determine this. Expanding beyond that to reach venues that once frequently showed 16mm might also make sense. Arranging as many screenings of Jim's films as possible will also be important. My best, Steve
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM Jim Jennings <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m Jim Jennings’ widow, Karen Treanor, and I am working with a social > media expert, Siver Aarestad, to promote Jim’s work and gather ideas in > preparation for an arts foundation I’m going to establish in Jim’s honor. > > At the moment, we have several projects in the works: > > -While all of Jim’s films were acquired by the Academy of Motion Picture > Arts and Sciences, he left a series of beautiful Kodachrome slides from the > late 70s that we are digitizing to create a video. Some of the slides were > shown at the Collective for Living Cinema in 1980, but we are unsure of > which ones. (John Zorn’s accompaniment is also unknown.) Nevertheless, > these exquisite images, along with audio recordings Jim made, will be > transformed into video form and, therefore, become more widely accessible. > > -We are creating a Wikipedia page with information about Jim’s life and > work. > > -We are posting news and images on Instagram (Jim_Jennings_Films), > Facebook (Jim Jennings), X ( film_jim53056 ) and Blue Sky ( > [email protected] ), as well as updating Jim’s website > (JimJenningsfilms.com). > > -We are exploring venues to show all of Jim’s art–photographs, drawings, > films, videos and slides. > > -We are also collecting ideas about what sort of foundation I can create > to serve the needs of artists and art-lovers and we would appreciate any > recommendations you might have for Board Members, especially accountants, > lawyers and fundraisers with previous Board experience. > > Your input would be valuable to us! What do you think would help make the > arts scene more vibrant and inspiring? What do you see as an unmet need? > > > > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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