There Will Be Pancakes

Artists’ Television Access Throws Marathon Screening Party

In celebration of its thirty years supporting underground media and experimental artists in the Bay Area, Artist’s Television Access is throwing a thirty hour marathon screening and party. Starting today at 1:00 PM and continuing straight through to 7:00 PM Saturday evening, the (essentially) mini-festival features the work of over 98 artists (I counted), plenty of beer, and a 6:00 AM coffee and pancake breakfast.

As noted by Mission Local, this celebration comes at the end of what has been a successful fundraising effort led by ATA, which will allow for the purchase of “[new] projectors, a refinished floor and space to archive film data.”

Briefly mentioned in the Mission Local piece is the fact that ATA’s lease is up for renegotiation at the end of next year, a situation that has meant the end of numerous businesses and organizations on Valencia over the past few years. However, the capital improvements ATA is sinking into the building suggest they are confident they will weather the renegotiation process (though we’ve seen this exact same situation end tragically for a community space before).

Artists’ Television Access is asking for a sliding scale donation of $7.00 - $10.00, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

[Mission Local]