Here is a growing list of various programs, events, meeting topics, guest
speakers, and tours that RAVA members have enjoyed over the years. This
list is not all-inclusive of every event RAVA has sponsored, planned, or
participated in, yet it is a well-rounded list of the types of events RAVA is
involved in. Links are included when appropriate.
 | 1850s Collodion (wet plate) process studio,
Mark & France Osterman |
| Bill Pearce luncheon - past President of WXXI |
| Hosting Robert Forster for the RAVA 45th Anniversary |
| BUBL Project at Museum and Science Center |
| John Marianetti and Bonnie Garner luncheon - discussion of BUBL project |
| RIT New Media Lab tour, Malcolm Spaull |
| Digital Photography at FLCC |
| Film Preservation, Thomas Gahlin, Sweden |
| Aquinas Football
film, Howie Neilson |
| World War II filming, Tom Hope, Army Photo Officer |
| Bob Bilheimer, "A Closer
Walk", AIDS documentary premiere at Dryden Theatre |
| High Falls Film Festival, Bill Coppard |
| Vince Slavin Student Film & Video Festival |
| Arnie Rothschild luncheon - discussion of Arts Center in downtown
Rochester |
| Tour of Video Propulsion facilities |
| Tour of Monroe Community College audiovisual enhancements in their new
Campus Center |
| Tour of Genesee Community College |
| Muffy Meisenthal and Darren Hammond luncheon - discussion of PSTF |
| Tour of the Public Safety Training Facility and Emergency Operations
Center |
| Cinemark IMAX 3D film showing “Galapagos” |
| Cinemark IMAX 3D film showing “Bugs" |
| Viewing of film “Around Cape Horn” made in 1927 |
| Tour of lens and product manufacturing facility, Navatar Optics/Buhl |
| Tour of backstage at Eastman Theatre and Eastman Recording Studio |
| Luncheon discussions with Jane Sutter, Managing Editor of D&C about
"Fightin' for Rochester's Future" campaign |
| Luncheon discussions of end of slide projector manufacturing at Kodak with
Merri-Lou McKeever, Gen. Mgr. Presentation Technologies |
| Tour of John Vincent's stop motion animation and model creature shop at
Philrose Productions |
| Tour of the Kodak Post-Production Facility at Bldg 205 |
| Richard Haviland luncheon - "Film for Classics" |
| Ted Kinsman Photography
demonstration |
| Full table at the American Legion Red Wings Baseball Dinner |
| Dan Celso luncheon - watched Migrant Workers Documentary |
| Jeff Jones luncheon - watched Salmon film work in progress |
| Luncheon discussions with Sara Lentini, Director of the Arts Council of Rochester |
