IMAGE

IMAGE began in 1976 as an outgrowth of the need for equipment access, networking, information dissemination and support among media artists and producers in Georgia. The executive committee, formed through public meetings held with the media community, formalized an organizational structure under the auspices of the Arts Festival of Atlanta, establishing a non-profit media arts center. With initial funding from the NEA and the Georgia Council for the Arts, IMAGE incorporated, purchased film and video equipment, and presented programs on independent film and video, featuring guest artists and critics.

Part of a national network of media arts centers, IMAGE remains the only established multi-purpose media arts center in the region. The Center, then located in the Forrest Avenue School, began to publish a newsletter, still one of the few media arts publications in the region. Each year since 1977, the Atlanta Film & Video Festival, organized by IMAGE and held at the High Museum of Art, IMAGE and other venues, has dispensed thousands of dollars worth of awards to artists and has grown into one of the most important "artists' festivals" in the country. In 1986, IMAGE moved to and renovated a facility in the TULA Arts Complex on Bennett Street. In 2004 the organization moved to The Contemporary at 535 Means Street.

IMAGE endeavors to support independent media artists while simultaneously developing an audience for these artists.


 * EVENTS:**



June 10-18, 2005

The line-up for the 29th Annual Atlanta Film Festival is [|now available online].

Passes and advance tickets are available online at [[www.ticketalternative.com|[|Ticket Alternative]]]

or by calling 1-877-725-8849.

Since 1977, the AFF has offered rich opportunities for the Atlanta community to experience the work of local, regional, national and international media artists. AFF is widely considered one of the most respected and longest-running festivals in the United States.

IMAGE was founded in 1977 by a small group of Atlanta media producers and artists, and today is one of the most respected non-profit media arts centers in the country. The IMAGE mission is to build and support a strong media arts community in Atlanta and the Southeast by promoting the production, exhibition and awareness of film and video as unique forms of artistic statement.



The 18th Annual Out On Film Festival will take place November 11 - 17, 2005.

For more information on the 2005 Out On Film Festival, please contact IMAGE Film & Video Center at 404-352-4225.

OUT ON FILM is produced annually by IMAGE Film & Video Center, a non-profit media arts center dedicated to fostering independent film and videomaking in Atlanta and the Southeast. IMAGE is funded in part by the the Fulton County Arts Council, the Georgia Council for the Arts, the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.

ANNOUNCEMENTS! Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and IMAGE Film and Video Center announced that IMAGE moved to the Contemporary’s 535 Means Street campus last summer. The move provided both institutions with collaborative opportunities in the areas of programming, membership, and fundraising, and offered the Atlanta community an enhanced cultural destination. Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, established in 1973, is the vanguard destination in Atlanta for the most up-to-date and highest quality among art exhibitions. The Contemporary is a non-profit multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to excellence, experimentation and education in all forms of contemporary art. Website -- www.thecontemporary.org. The mission of IMAGE (Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc.), a nonprofit organization founded in 1976, is to build and support a strong independent media arts community in Atlanta and the Southeast by promoting the production, exhibition and public awareness of film and video as artistic forms of individual expression. Website -- http://www.imagefv.org. Together, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and IMAGE Film & Video Center are committed to promoting and exhibiting all forms of contemporary art. Their collaboration will serve our city and region as a major multidisciplinary arts center and continue to develop, educate and cultivate an energetic audience of supporters. Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 535 Means Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30318, 404-688-1970 information courtesy of //www.thecontemporary.org/engagement.html//