A celebration of the talent and legacy of important animated projects with the creators who made them happen.
Please join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes fly-through tour of the Academy Museum. The Museum campus is comprised of the restored and revitalized historic Saban Building—formerly known as the May Company building (1939)—and a soaring spherical addition that houses the 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, the Academy Museum’s seven floors feature exhibition spaces, education and special event spaces, a conservation studio, a café, a museum store and the 288-seat Ted Mann Theater.
The tour provides an in-depth overview of the Museum’s opening exhibitions, including interview segments with Spike Lee, Rita Moreno, Pedro Almodovar and more. We’ll also learn about the Museum’s plans for a year-round calendar of screenings, film series, member programs, panel discussions, family programs, and symposia. Programs will include retrospectives and thematic series that illuminate the artistic and cultural contributions of an international selection of movie artists.
The museum opened to the public on 30 September, 2021.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Barbara Turman
Director, Gift Planning // Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
(City Slickers, Misery)
Barbara Turman, Director of Gift Planning at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, attended Emerson College and is a graduate of Temple University’s Radio-TV-Film program. She began her career in Los Angeles working for Castle Rock Entertainment at the corporate level, then as a production accountant on Misery and City Slickers. She has more than twenty years of experience working in fundraising, mostly on the east coast in the field of education, including nine years at Cornell University. Prior to joining the Academy Museum, Barbara worked for Bill Nye at The Planetary Society in Pasadena. Barbara works with donors to make annual gifts and to celebrate their legacy with a gift to the Museum in their estate plans.
A celebration of the talent and legacy of important animated projects with the creators who made them happen.
Please join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes fly-through tour of the Academy Museum. The Museum campus is comprised of the restored and revitalized historic Saban Building—formerly known as the May Company building (1939)—and a soaring spherical addition that houses the 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, the Academy Museum’s seven floors feature exhibition spaces, education and special event spaces, a conservation studio, a café, a museum store and the 288-seat Ted Mann Theater.
The tour provides an in-depth overview of the Museum’s opening exhibitions, including interview segments with Spike Lee, Rita Moreno, Pedro Almodovar and more. We’ll also learn about the Museum’s plans for a year-round calendar of screenings, film series, member programs, panel discussions, family programs, and symposia. Programs will include retrospectives and thematic series that illuminate the artistic and cultural contributions of an international selection of movie artists.
The museum opened to the public on 30 September, 2021.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Barbara Turman
Director, Gift Planning // Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
(City Slickers, Misery)
Barbara Turman, Director of Gift Planning at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, attended Emerson College and is a graduate of Temple University’s Radio-TV-Film program. She began her career in Los Angeles working for Castle Rock Entertainment at the corporate level, then as a production accountant on Misery and City Slickers. She has more than twenty years of experience working in fundraising, mostly on the east coast in the field of education, including nine years at Cornell University. Prior to joining the Academy Museum, Barbara worked for Bill Nye at The Planetary Society in Pasadena. Barbara works with donors to make annual gifts and to celebrate their legacy with a gift to the Museum in their estate plans.
