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Monterey County Film Commission collaborates with Museum of Monterey on film series: “9 Films Marking 1967”Series premiere features “Bonnie and Clyde” on May 25, 2012 MORE
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MONTEREY COUNTY FILM COMMISSION SELECTS FILM STUDENT JOSEPH BLACKBURN AS $2,000 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER Joseph “Joey” Blackburn, a student at California State University, Monterey Bay, was named the 2012 winner of the $2,000 scholarship in the Monterey County Film Commission’s Film Student Scholarship & Awards Program.
Jeff Clark and Joey Blackburn
Blackburn, originally from Paso Robles, is a Marina resident and graduating senior at the California State University, Monterey Bay’s Teledramatic Arts and Technology Department.
Nurten Atila with Union Bank hands
check to Joey Blackburn
The Monterey County Film Commission scholarship program was created to provide financial aid and incentive to students of film as well as beginning filmmakers who reside in Monterey County or those enrolled in a college or university in the county. The fund was established as a permanent endowment with the Community Foundation for Monterey County. MORE
The Monterey County Film Commission in collaboration with the National Steinbeck Center, brought an insightful panel together to discuss “Books, Films & Art That Have Changed Your Life.” Panelists included Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild, Lisa Coscino (Executive Director of the Museum of Monterey), noted photographer Michelle Magdalena Maddox, Enid Baxter Blader (artist/filmmaker/CSUMB),
Assemblymember Bill Monning. Salinas City Councilmember Sergio Sanchez introduced the panelists at the May 5 event at the annual Steinbeck Festival in Salinas.(Click on images for larger view)
