2024 | Workshops
All workshops must meet a minimum enrollment no later than October 31st. Any workshop that hasn’t met the minimum enrollment by October 31 will be cancelled and all fees refunded. Workshops require separate registration and are not included in conference fees.
Full Day | Separate Registration Required
Film Restoration Essentials for Small Archives and Non-Profits
Fabio Bedoya, Filmworkz
Join us for a comprehensive workshop on film restoration, designed to empower small archives and non-profit organizations with the knowledge to perform complete restorations. We will explore accessible tools and technologies that ensure the integrity and quality of historical films. The workshop will introduce machine learning tools for color recovery and frame replacement, making advanced restoration techniques available to institutions with limited resources. Our instructor brings extensive experience in digital intermediates and film restoration from various international projects, including collaborations with major studios and independent filmmakers. Participants will learn cost-effective restoration methods that do not compromise on quality. This workshop is intended for individuals with a basic understanding of video editing or digital intermediate processes. It aims to enhance participants’ skills in film preservation, ensuring that our cinematic heritage is preserved for future generations.
Full Day | Separate Registration Required
Legacy Equipment: Maintenance & Repair Workshop
Jackie Jay, Farallon Archival Consulting
Victoria Fajardo, BAVC Media
Kristin MacDonough, Video Data Bank
Steve Davis, Vanderbilt Television News Archive
With a focus on four common video decks, this full-day pre-conference workshop will cover maintenance, simple fixes, and diagnosing problems. Attendees will have the chance to work hands-on with the playback machinery, working with specialists on each type of deck, and have the opportunity to ask questions of repair experts.
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Separate Registration Required – Sign up here
Hack Day
Annie Schweikert, Stanford Libraries
Tim Lake, BAVC
David Rodriquez, Florida State University
A unique opportunity for practitioners and managers of moving image collections to join with developers and engineers for an intense day of collaboration to develop solutions for digital audiovisual preservation and access. Within digital preservation and curation communities, hack days provide an opportunity for archivists, collection managers, technologists, and others to work together develop software solutions, documentation or training materials, and more for digital collections management needs. No prior experience in coding or computer programming is needed, just a willingness to learn, share knowledge and collaborate.
Full Day | Separate Registration Required
Community Archiving Workshop
Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) provides moving image archivists the opportunity to serve the community of Tulsa and work with local volunteers to help an organization gain intellectual and physical control over an endangered audiovisual collection. The workshop provides a space for conference attendees to partner with local volunteers to conduct basic processing, cataloging and inspection and, by doing so, will learn how to identify risk factors and make preservation recommendations. Attendees will gain experience in working with and training non-archivists to care for their collections. In the process, they will engage in hands-on processing, inspecting, and cataloging audiovisual media.