Neal Baer, M.D.: Mash-Ups: Merging Photography with New Media for Social Change
October 18, 2010
Drawing on the work of Venice Arts and other organizations, photographers and writers, Neal Baer, M.D. will give a visual exploration of how photography and new media are acting as compelling advocacy tools for community storytelling and social change.
Baer is a Harvard-trained physician, practicing pediatrician and award-winning television writer and producer. Since 2000, he has been the showrunner and executive producer of the NBC series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Before his tenure at Law & Order: SVU, he was a writer and executive producer of ER. Baer is a board member at Venice Arts, where he has been a co-creator of Venice Arts’ current, international documentary projects, and a co-founder of the Institute for Photographic Empowerment, a joint project of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and Venice Arts.
When: November 10, 2010 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Venice Arts – 1702 Lincoln Boulevard, Venice, CA
Photograph courtesy coloradocollege.edu
Panel Discussion: Documentary Photography, Photojournalism & Visual Storytelling in the Digital Age
October 11, 2010
Visit Venice Arts for a conversation with Brett Abbott, associate curator for the J. Paul Getty Museum’s Department of Photographs; documentary photographer and photojournalist Jim Hubbard; BagNews editor Michael Shaw; and additional speakers.
Natalie Bookchin: Artist Talk
October 10, 2010
Natalie Bookchin will discuss her ongoing work, “Testament,” that culls material from online video diaries (vlogs) in which individuals produce a continuous stream of instant replays with analysis about their everyday lives and circumstances. Borrowing from the Greek model of theater featuring a chorus of many speakers, the project explores new forms of documentary, while transforming individual expressions into a social and collective activity.
Screening: “Pushing the Elephant”
October 4, 2010
Part of the USC Institute for Global Health’s annual lecture series, this special screening will feature testimony by Rose Mapendo and a behind-the-scenes look with filmmakers Beth Davenport and Elizabeth Mandel. Through refugee Rose Mapendo’s story, the film explores the long-term and often hidden effects of war on women and families as well as what it means to become an active advocate for peace.
When: October 6, 2010 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Albert and Dana Broccoli Theater 112 at USC School of Cinematic Arts
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