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 IMAGE
History and Mission
The IMAGE (Independent Media Artists of Georgia,
Etc.) 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.
IMAGE began in 1976 as an outgrowth of the need
for equipment access, networking, information dissemination
and support among media artists and producers in Georgia.
The executive committee, formed through public meetings held
with the media community, formalized an organizational structure
under the auspices of the Arts Festival of Atlanta, establishing
a non-profit media arts center. With initial funding from
the NEA and the Georgia Council for the Arts, IMAGE incorporated,
purchased film and video equipment, and presented programs
on independent film and video, featuring guest artists and
critics.
Part of a national network of media arts centers, IMAGE remains
the only established multi-purpose media arts center in the
region. The Center, then located in the Forrest Avenue School,
began to publish a newsletter, still one of the few media
arts publications in the region. Each year since 1977, the
Atlanta Film & Video Festival, organized by IMAGE and
held at the High Museum of Art, IMAGE and other venues, has
dispensed thousands of dollars worth of awards to artists
and has grown into one of the most important "artists'
festivals" in the country. In 1986, IMAGE moved to and
renovated a facility in the TULA Arts Complex on Bennett Street.
In 2004 the organization moved to The Contemporary at 535
Means Street.
IMAGE endeavors to support independent media artists while
simultaneously developing an audience for these artists.
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