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  • Our mission is to support the expressive use of innovative media tools by providing the access, training and environment needed to create/exhibit works of enduring merit and artistic excellence. We believe everyone can and should have access to the tools of communication.
  • BAVC is a video and new media center with access to extensive technology, training, and support to artists.
  • DCTV is the most honored independent nonprofit media center in the nation. Its productions, reaching over 100 million viewers each year, have received 12 national Emmy Awards, 3 duPont-Columbia Awards, and every other major award in the television field. In recognition of DCTV's artistic integrity and social commitment, the organization was awarded a highly competitive National Endowment for the Arts "Leadership Projects for the Millennium" grant.
  • EVC is a not-for-profit media arts center that teaches documentary video production and media analysis to youth, educators, and community organizers.
  • Eyebeam engages cultural dialogue at the intersection of the arts and sciences. Its goal is to forge an understanding of the relatedness of these practices, which are becoming increasingly significant engines of cultural production. Eyebeam amplifies the flux and hybridity of the art/science intersection by openly fostering the parallel strands of EDUCATION, RESEARCH, PRODUCTION, EXHIBITION with its public and peers
  • Film Arts is a non-profit leader in the media arts field, providing comprehensive training, equipment, information, consultations, and exhibition opportunities to independent filmmakers.
  • From its central SOHO location and through its Internet presence Harvestworks provides accessible and coordinated digital media production, education, information and content distribution services to a diverse creative community.
  • The IMAGE mission 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.
  • InterSpace was created to foster creativity in the field of arts, new media and technologies, and it works for the establishment of a social attitude to new media art forms, through the development of alternative means and possibilities of artistic expression in new media technologies.
  • Media Workshop New York was founded in 1994 to tackle the challenge of designing effective professional development models as we help teachers connect new media and technology to their curriculum in creative and critical ways.
  • Founded in 1992 on a belief that a top quality education in filmmaking should be accessible to anyone with the drive and ambition to make films. Each year hundreds of students of all occupations, races, ethnicities, and of a wide range of ages from around the world benefit from the extraordinary education offered at the New York Film Academy.
  • The mission of the organization is to ensure freedom of expression through the art of independent media in the larger struggle for social justice and equality. IP accomplishes its mission by supporting emerging media artists through a variety of programs and services, and by providing a consistent, reputable venue for media work the public would not otherwise see (especially in Ohio).
  • PIFVA is a non-profit organization, providing services to independent film, video and media makers working in all styles and at every level of experience. Membership is open to anyone interested in creating and supporting independent media. Programs offer opportunities to learn, mentor, intern, screen work, advocate for the community and network. PIFVA also provides opportunities to apply for production assistance and other support services to move forward with independent work.
  • Incorporated as a non-profit media arts center in 1977, SWAMP promotes film, video and new media through education, information and presentation activities.
  • A grassroots, artist-run, non-profit media arts center founded in 1985 to promote and support film, video, computer, digital, and audio art by media artists and community members. We provide low-cost access to video and film equipment rental, editing suites, workshops, and screenings of independent and avant-garde film and video.
  • In accordance with its mission, TWN serves as a fiscal sponsor of independent film and electronic media productions, as well as artistic, educational and cultural projects emphasizing people of color and their concerns.