Chelsea Coles visits Kathy Rivers at KXCI

Chelsea Coles visited KXCI on Tuesday afternoon to speak with Cathy Rivers about I DREAM IN WIDESCREEN.

I'll update soon w/ an audio clip.

Austin Counts covers IDIWS for Tucson Weekly's City Week

Films by Students!
by Austin Counts

If you were unable to make it to the Sundance Film Festival in January and won't be flying out to France for Cannes this week, don't worry. The UA's School of Media Arts has got you covered.

Student-film showcase I Dream in Widescreen is back with its latest installment of film shorts, music videos and commercials that were written, produced and directed by some of the brightest minds in the Media Arts bachelor's degree program.

"This is a great opportunity for film students to showcase their work for their friends and family," says Meg Askey, of the UA School of Media Arts. "There are very few film schools in the country that do this, and we're proud to be one of them."
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IDIWS Coverage in the Wildcat

I Dream in Widescreen
By: Brandon Specktor
Issue date: 5/13/09 Section: WildLife

The end of this semester will usher in a fond farewell to countless talented UA artists, but one section of students that often goes overlooked is the group of student filmmakers who will be exiting the competitive Media Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts program. This year's graduating class of BFA seniors will take their final bow on May 15 at downtown's Tucson Music Hall during a yearly event called "I Dream in Widescreen," a free public screening showcasing fifteen thesis films that represent the culmination of everything these aspiring artists have learned over the past four years.

Read the entire article on thedailywildcat.com >>

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We'll soon be using YouTube to upload clips of student films from the BFA Thesis Showcase, I Dream In Widescreen. We use Twitter primarily to remind our followers of upcoming events. Our Facebook and Blogger sites are the primary media outlets for photo documentation and .jpg copies of event fliers.

In addition to these sites, a current calendar can be found on the Media Arts Homepage.

Geraldo Rivera still stands but I have collapsed.

I collapsed just thinking about Geraldo Rivera's day in Tucson. Yep, I'm writing this from a local spa where I'm bathing in medicinal mud. I'm exhausted, I tell ya, and all I did was follow him around with a camera like a puppy-dog.

The event at the Fox Tucson Theatre was well-attended by the local community. He spoke with Tucson Weekly journalist Jim Nintzel for an hour and a half, and then took questions from the audience for 30 or 40 more minutes.

Dr. Maurice J. Sevigny, dean of the UA College of Fine Arts introduced Mr. Nintzel who in turn threw it to video footage of Mr. Rivera sparring with Bill O'Reilly on the O'Reilly Factor. GR soon emerged from backstage to explain that it was that very interaction that inspired him to write his book HisPanic.

I'll be uploading new photos and video in the coming days. For now, I must sleep. GR is probably writing another book at this very moment but Coffee Times cannot produce enough espresso to keep me up for one more moment. :)

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