School of the Arts News

VMA faculty films featured in festival

Emerson College will host the finale of the 31st Black Maria Film Festival, which will feature works by three Visual and Media Arts faculty, on Thursday, November 8, at 8:00 pm in the Bright Family Screening Room. 

Raw Material Offers Strong Message

A 90-minute documentary that explores some of the shantytowns resting just outside Athens, Greece, was screened last week at the Bright Family Screening Room.

Alumni's film featured in Asian American film fest

Model Minority will be screened at the Bright Family Screening Room on Saturday, October 27, at 4:00 pm as part of the Boston Asian American Film Festival.

Gaming for Good

The Engagement Game Lab team develops games that engage people in a meaningful way online—whether they are focused on civic engagement, city planning, and/or collaborative storytelling.

VMA class visits set of Larry David movie

Nine students from Visual and Media Arts Professor and Chair Jonathan Wacks’s class “Directing the Feature Film” recently visited the set of Larry David’s HBO movie Clear History.

Memorial service slated for George Quenzel

A remembrance service will be held for Professor Emeritus George Quenzel on Saturday, October 27, at 1:00 pm in the Semel Theater.

Banjo is subject of popular, new documentary

Visual and Media Arts Associate Professor Marc Fields’s documentary Give Me the Banjo, which was originally aired nationally on PBS, will be screened at five festivals this month.

Hampl kicks off Reading Series

Author of A Romantic Education, Virgin Time, and Blue Arabesque and guest editor of Ploughshares' fall 2012 issue Patricia Hampl kicked off the newly merged 2012-2013 Reading Series hosted by WLP and Ploughshares.