CELIA LOWENSTEIN

• RESIDENCY DATES : Aug 1st 2004 to Aug 31st 2005
• PRACTICE : Filmmaker
• FROM : USA/UK

Celia Lowenstein is an awarding winning producer/director whose films are regularly shown at international film festivals and screened on television channels around the world, has lectured in film studies at Oxford University, Hamilton College in New York and in 2003, was the Granada Artist-in-Residence at the University of California-Davis Davis.

Lowenstein is in residence working on the Musical Heritage Project, thanks to a grant from the Christensen Fund.  The Musical Heritage Project is a three year endeavor in which Lowenstein is seeking to record and archive diverse musical traditions from around the world, to help revitalize local musical communities, and to educate audiences through festivals, the web, books, DVDs, and music films.