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EL PASO’s PLAZA CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL TO HOST TEXAS FILM ROUND-UP

AUSTIN, Texas (July 13, 2010) – The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) brings its traveling media history and preservation program, the Texas Film Round-Up, to the El Paso Community Foundation’s Plaza Classic Film Festival on Saturday, August 14 and Sunday, August 15, 2010. Area residents can bring their Texas-related films and videos to the Texas Film Round-Up table in the Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Center (125 Pioneer Plaza) to sign up for free digitization services during festival hours, between 10am and 10pm on Saturday and 1pm and 7pm on Sunday.

A partnership between TAMI and the Office of the Governor’s Texas Film Commission, the Texas Film Round-Up offers free film and video digitization service to anyone with Texas-related film or video who is willing and able to contribute an electronic copy of their materials to TAMI’s video library: www.texasarchive.org/library. The program is open to any Texas-related films including home movies, amateur films, local television productions, advertisements, industrial films, government films and more. Films and videos dropped off at the Round-Up will be returned to contributors after digitization along with two DVD copies (or digital files) of their materials and information about safe media storage. A selection of films representing Texas history and culture, chosen from those contributed during the event, will be added to TAMI video library in early 2011.

“Filmmaking is only a little over a hundred years old, but numerous films of Texas have already been lost due to neglect and decay,” said TAMI Executive Director Caroline Frick Page. “The Texas Film Round-Up is a unique opportunity for El Paso residents to digitally preserve their films and videos while contributing to a pioneering state history project.”

Winner of the 2010 American Association of State and Local History’s Leadership in History Award of Merit and WOW Award, the Texas Film Round-Up is a partnership between TAMI and the Office of the Governor’s Texas Film Commission that works to discover, preserve, digitize and disseminate moving images of Texas. Films contributed to the Round-Up are made accessible at no cost to the public via TAMI’s online video library. The collection includes home movies, industrial films, educational films, advertisements, local television, feature films and more.

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) is an independent non-profit organization founded in 2002 to discover, preserve and make accessible, and serve community interest in Texas’ moving image heritage. The organization’s main project is the TAMI video library (www.texasarchive.org), an ever-growing collection of Texas-related films. More information on the Texas Film Round-Up can be found at www.texasfilmroundup.org or by contacting (512) 485-3073 or round-up@texasarchive.org.

WILLIAMSON MUSEUM’S SALON FEATURES CAROLYN JACKSON AND THE TEXAS ARCHIVE OF THE MOVING IMAGE

This month’s Williamson Museum Salon will feature Carolyn Jackson, former host of Austin’s daytime talk show The Carolyn Jackson Show, and Elizabeth Hansen, Education and Outreach Coordinator for Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI). The Salon takes place Wednesday, July 14th at 6:30 pm at the Wildfire Restaurant (812 S. Austin Avenue in Georgetown).

During the program, Carolyn Jackson will discuss her career as a pioneering woman in Austin television broadcasting. Starting in 1968, Jackson produced and hosted her own programs on KTBC and later KTVV/KXAN, which she recounts in her autobiography, “We Interrupt This Program….” Through a partnership with the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, several interviews from Jackson’s show have been digitally preserved and made available for viewing via the TAMI video library. Jackson is also featured in the organization’s newest Curated Collection on Austin television history, “Pieces of the Past".

Elizabeth Hansen will lead the discussion, show clips from Jackson’s show, and discuss the Texas Archive of the Moving Image’s unique approach to moving image preservation.

For more information, visit The Williamson Museum’s website at www.williamsonmuseum.org.

TEXAS FILM ROUND-UP ANNOUNCED AS 2010 AASLH AWARD WINNER

NASHVILLE, TN (July 2010) — The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that the Texas Archive of the Moving Image and the Office of the Governor’s Texas Film Commission are the recipients of an Award of Merit from the AASLH Leadership in History Awards for the Texas Film Round-Up. Also known as the Texas Moving Image Archive Program, the ground-breaking public service initiative to discover, preserve, digitize and disseminate moving images of Texas will be honored with the AASLH Leadership in History Award of Merit as well as the organization’s esteemed WOW Award.

Given at the discretion of the Leadership in History Award Committee, the WOW Award is an additional award for an Award of Merit winner whose nomination is highly inspirational, exhibits exceptional scholarship, and/or is exceedingly entrepreneurial in terms of funding, partnerships, or collaborations, creative problem solving, or unusual project design and inclusiveness. Only three WOW Awards will be presented in 2010. AASLH congratulates the Texas Archive of the Moving Image and the Office of the Governor’s Texas Film Commission for the work that has brought this honor. The Texas Film Round-Up offers free digitization services for Texas-related films and videos that are incorporated into an online library of streaming video (www.texasarchive.org) as well as educational resources and events celebrating Texas media history. In its first two years, the program has digitally preserved and provided access to thousands of Texas-related moving images serving individuals and institutions across the state. Round-Up programming continues in the 2010 – 2011 fiscal year with programs in the West Texas and Gulf Coast regions. As a component of the state’s film incentives legislation, the program will come under review for renewal in the 2011 legislative session.

“The Texas Moving Image Archive Program has helped digitally preserve Texas’ rich heritage and history on film, ensuring that future generations benefit from these moving images of our state’s past,” Texas Governor Rick Perry said. “We are honored to receive this distinguished recognition by AASLH of our dynamic program through its Leadership in History Award of Merit and the esteemed WOW award.”

The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 65th year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. The AASLH Awards for 2010 represent forty-nine organizations and individuals from across the United States. Award winners will be honored at a special banquet during the 2010 AASLH Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Friday, September 24. A generous contribution from The History Channel will once again help underwrite the cost of the awards banquet.

The AASLH awards program was initiated in 1945 to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history throughout the United States. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards not only honor significant achievement in the field of state and local history, but also brings public recognition of the opportunities for small and large organizations, institutions, and programs to make contributions in this arena. For more information about the Leadership in History Awards, contact AASLH at 615-320-3203, or go to www.aaslh.org.

The American Association for State and Local History is a not-for-profit professional organization of individuals and institutions working to preserve and promote history. From its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, AASLH provides leadership, service, and support for its members who preserve and interpret state and local history in order to make the past more meaningful in American society. AASLH publishes books, technical publications, a quarterly magazine, and monthly newsletter. The association also sponsors regional and national training workshops and an annual meeting.

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image is an independent non-profit organization founded in 2002 to discover, preserve and make accessible Texas’ moving image heritage. More information on can be found at www.texasarchive.org or by contacting (512) 485-3073 or info@texasarchive.org.