Enhancing the Study Centers and Serving Audiences at BAM/PFA

FAIN: CH-51171-14

University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA 94704-5940)
Lawrence Robert Rinder (Project Director: May 2013 to June 2019)

Purchase furnishings for the Pacific Film Archive Library and Film Study Center, the Works on Paper Study Center, and a screening room; endowment for a Study Center staff position. f.

The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) respectfully requests a Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to furnish and equip education and study facilities in its new building in Downtown Berkeley, scheduled to open in 2016. These spaces include the PFA Library and Film Study Center; the museum's new Works on Paper Study Center; and a state-of-the-art small film and video screening room. BAM/PFA also requests endowment support for a position to staff the Works on Paper Study Center specifically, providing access and information to audiences both on site and online, and significantly expanding the impact of the collection on the study of the humanities.

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BAMPFA Study and Education Centers (Center)
Name: BAMPFA Study and Education Centers
Abstract: In 2013, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) a prestigious Challenge Grant in the amount of $2 million. The grant—which required us to raise a 3:1 match—allowed BAMPFA to successfully: 1) furnish and equip the education and study facilities in its new building in downtown Berkeley, which opened in 2016. These spaces include the Helzel Works on Paper Study Center (HWoPSC), Leiber Conceptual Art Study Center (LCASC), Cahill Asian Art Study Center (CAASC), Film Library & Study Center, and a small screening room with a projection booth. 2) endow a new position, Collections Engagement Associate, that plays in important role in increasing awareness and availability of works held in the study centers. These project outcomes, all of which benefit the UC Berkeley campus, researchers, scholars, and the general public, enhance access to the institution’s distinct art and film collections and help advance the important role of the humanities in academic and everyday life.
Director: Lawrence Rinder
Year: 2016
Address: UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 2120 Oxford Street #2250 Berkeley, CA 94720-2250

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