Film Studies profs to exhibit new work at Athens film, video festival

Film Studies professors Ray Rea and Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson will be exhibiting new work at the 2010 Athens International Film and Video Festival. Both works combine elements of documentary, animation and experimental practice. Rea’s work, Cat’s Cradle, combines 16mm animation and analog rotoscope techniques with digital effects to tell a visual story of trial, error, and forgiveness. Kristjansson’s 30-minute documentary, Sveit, was shot in a rural village on the north coast of Iceland. The filmmaker traces her family’s history and emigration from Iceland to the United States, while unpacking memories and stories of her grandfather’s experience as a New American in North Dakota. Click headline to read more.

Jennifer Tuttle film accepted to Canadian film festival

89 Second Productions, a production company co-founded by Jennifer Tuttle, Theatre Arts, had a short documentary film, The Collector, directed by Ryan Kipp, accepted to the Canadian Film Centre’s World Wide Short Film Festival. As a co-producer, Jennifer will be traveling to Toronto the first week of June for the screening and promotion of the film at the Festival. While there, she will also be participating in master classes, such as “Director-Actor Relationships,” and “The Poetics of Transmedia Storytelling” throughout the week.

BFA exhibit on display through May 13

An MSUM student art exhibit will be on display April 29-May 13 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. The exhibit is in partial fulfillment of students’ bachelor of fine arts degrees. A reception for the artists will be held from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, May 6 in the gallery. It’s free and open to the public. Click headline for details and to view some of the student artwork.

School of Business hosts premier research conference, healthcare workshop

MSU Moorhead will host the fifth annual conference of Midwest Association for Information Systems (MWAIS) May 21-22, and will also host the Healthcare Service Management and Modeling workshop on May 21. The MWAIS conference is set to provide an excellent platform and forum for researchers, visionaries, practitioners, and doctoral students to share their ideas, present their research and chart the future course of technology in emerging domains of business. The Healthcare Service Management and Modeling workshop will feature invited speakers, panels, and research presentations from academics and various sectors representing the healthcare industry. Click headline for details.

Write Site closes May 4

The Write Site will close for the semester on May 4. Appointments are still available during day and evening times on Monday and Tuesday of next week; if you would like to schedule a meeting with a Write Site consultant, please visit http://www.mnstate.edu/write. The Write Site will be open during the summer session. Hours will be posted soon on Dragon Digest and on the Write Site website.