He has served as director since the center's inception in 1988. McConnell received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1976. A graduate of Slippery Rock State College, he earned a master's degree from Miami University of Ohio and a doctorate at Ohio State University. The center will continue as the program's administrator, providing quality manages. It will travel to Europe next year and then to U.S. museums.
All events are open to the public.
The Vasulkas both taught at UB, and a retrospective of their work opens at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco in January. Nine shorts produced between 1975 and 1993 by UB media study graduate Vibeke Sorenson will be shown. A filmmaker and video artist on the UB Media Study faculty from 1973-1992, he received more than 100 awards and grants and had exhibitions at leading museums, galleries and universities.