Arwen speaking on BAVC fundraising panel Tuesday
I’ll be speaking about doc film fundraising on a panel this Tuesday, April 13 with acclaimed non-profit arts consultant Morrie Warshawski for the third installment of BAVC’s “Art of Fundraising” series. Moderator Jeff Perlstein of GFEM, Danae Ringelman of IndieGoGo and Ellen Schneider of Active Voice will join me. Hope to see you there, but please RSVP as soon as you [...]
Report: March 2010 shoot with UKL
My latest shoot with Ursula went great. Someone is trying to include her invented word for a faster-than-light communication device, the ansible, in the OED. More details to come!
Robert Darnton Reflects on the Google Settlement in the NYRB
Google & the Future of Books By Robert Darnton How can we navigate through the information landscape that is only beginning to come into view? The question is more urgent than ever following the recent settlement between Google and the authors and publishers who were suing it for alleged breach of copyright. For the last four [...]
Ursula K. Le Guin Resigns from the Authors Guild over Google Settlement
Resignation letter from Ursula Le Guin18 December 2009To whom it may concern at the Authors Guild:I have been a member of the Authors Guild since 1972. At no time during those thirty-seven years was I able to attend the functions, parties, and so forth offered by the Guild to members who happen to live on [...]
California Documentary Project awards development grant to Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
December 2008: California Documentary Project, a joint program of the California Council for the Humanities and the Skirball Foundation, awarded the Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin film a Research & Development Grant. This funding will allow me to work with humanities experts to develop the California story that informs so much of Le Guin’s [...]
Arwen Lee Curry Awarded SFFS Filmhouse Residency
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (working title) has a new home by the bay. View the press release here: The San Francisco Film Society announced today the first ten filmmakers who have been awarded SFFS FilmHouse Residencies. This innovative new program, developed in partnership with the San Francisco Film Commission, supports local independent filmmaking [...]
October Fundraiser
Our October fundraiser at Needles & Pens bookstore in San Francisco was a great inauguration to the project. Fans of Ursula K. Le Guin and the Le Guin-curious came to enjoy the fine sounds of the Top Critters (see photo). Anna Brown and Brontez read two of Le Guin’s short stories: “The Ones Who Walk [...]
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Introduction to the film
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (working title) will be an hour-long documentary film exploring the life, roots, and ideas of the celebrated Bay Area-born science fiction and fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin. I hope you will join me as I move through the various stages of development and production.